# Royal Dutch Chess Federation > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Royal_Dutch_Chess_Federation > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Royal_Dutch_Chess_Federation.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Chess_Federation > Source revision: 1255933544 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Governing body of chess in the Netherlands This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Royal Dutch Chess Federation" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Press conference in Amsterdam on the occasion of KNSB's 100th anniversary; from left to right with booklet Mr. Ruth (chairman KNSB), Hartoch, Langweg, Euwe and Ree. The **Royal Dutch Chess Federation** ([Dutch](/source/Dutch_language): *Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond* - *KNSB*) is the national organization for [chess](/source/Chess) in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands). It is affiliated with the [World Chess Federation](/source/World_Chess_Federation). Its headquarters are in [Haarlem](/source/Haarlem). The current president is [Bianca de Jong-Muhren](/source/Bianca_de_Jong-Muhren). The Royal Dutch Chess Federation was founded in 1873 and is one of the country's oldest sports federations. It organizes a [Dutch Chess Championship](/source/Dutch_Chess_Championship) and initiatives such as a Chess Challenge in secondary schools.[1] ## Administration Current officers of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation are: - president: Marleen van Amerongen - secretary: [Arthur Rongen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Rongen&action=edit&redlink=1) - treasurer: [Michiel Bosnan](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michiel_Bosnan&action=edit&redlink=1) The board also includes representatives of the ten regional organizations subordinate to the federation. [Mark van der Werf](/source/Mark_van_der_Werf) directs the head office. ## Presidents 1873 – 1875 Frederik van Hogendorp 1876 – 1889 J.G.C.A. de Vogel 1889 – 1893 C. van Olst 1893 – 1896 Dirk van Foreest 1896 – 1897 H.J. den Hertog 1897 – 1906 A. van Rhijn 1906 – 1906 H.J. den Hertog 1906 – 1907 Arnold van Foreest 1907 – 1908 A. van Rhijn 1908 – 1909 J.F. Esser 1909 – 1910 Ch. Enschedé 1910 – 1912 W. Peekema 1912 – 1913 H. Gouwentak 1913 – 1919 J.J.R. Moquette 1919 – 1920 J.J. Belinfante 1920 – 1921 J. van der Kolk 1921 – 1922 H. Strick van Linschoten 1922 – 1922 M. Levenbach 1923 – 1928 Alexander Rueb 1929 – 1932 G.C.A. Oskam 1932 – 1938 B.J. van Trotsenburg 1938 – 1943 G.W.J. Zittersteyn 1943 – 1945 Max Euwe 1945 – 1948 G.W.J. Zittersteyn 1948 – 1957 Henk van Steenis 1957 – 1959 A.G. de Blécourt 1959 – 1965 Henk van Steenis 1965 – 1969 F. Goudsmit 1969 – 1970 H.G. Drechsel 1970 – 1974 J.W. Ruth 1974 – 1989 Henk Wille 1989 – 1992 Hans Pont 1992 – 1994 Dick Tommel 1995 – 2003 Herman Hamers 2003 – 2004 Ernst M. Enschedé 2005 – 2006 Joop Roozeboom 2006 – 2007 Sytze Faber 2007 – 2016 Eddy Schuyer 2016 - 2020 Marleen van Amerongen 2020 - present Bianca de Jong-Muhren ## Dutch chess players - [Jan Hein Donner](/source/Jan_Hein_Donner) - [Max Euwe](/source/Max_Euwe), president of the Royal Dutch Federation (1943-1945) and president of the World Chess Federation (1970-1977), world champion - [Dick Tommel](/source/Dick_Tommel), president of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation - [Jan Timman](/source/Jan_Timman), a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Eric van Breugel, ["slim.nl Schaakchallenge op Corlaer college"](http://nijkerk.nieuws.nl/nieuws/20140619/slimnl-Schaakchallenge-op-Corlaer-college), *Nijkerk Nieuws*, 19 June 2014 (in Dutch) ## Further reading - Hans Ree et al. *Nederland schaakt! KNSB 100 jaar*. Baarn: Moussault, 1974. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9022610977](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9022610977) (in Dutch) - Hans Scholten. '*Het loopt ongenadiglijk mat'. Het schaakleven in Nederland in de negentiende eeuw. De sociaal-culturele achtergrond van het ontstaan van schaakverenigingen*. Bilthoven: Scholten, 1999. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [90-6663-044-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-6663-044-2). (Thesis, Catholic University of Brabant, 1999). (in Dutch) ## External links - [Official website](http://www.schaakbond.nl/) - [Netherlands portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Netherlands) - [Chess portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Chess) - [Games portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Games) v t e National members of FIDE Africa (ACC) ALG ANG BDI BOT BUR CAF CGO CIV CMR COM DJI EGY ETH GAB GAM GHA KEN LBA LES MAD MAR MAW MLI MOZ MTN MRI NAM NGR RSA RWA SEN SEY SLE SOM STP SUD SWZ TAN TGO TUN UGA ZAM ZIM Americas (CCA) ARG ARU BAH BAR BER BOL BRA BVI CAN CHI COL CRC CUB CUW DOM ECU ESA GUA GUY HAI HON ISV JAM MEX NCA PAN PAR PER PUR SUR TRI URU USA VEN Asia (ACF) AFG AUS BAN BHU BRN BRU CAM CHN FIJ GUM HKG INA IND IRI IRQ JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP NZL OMA PAK PHI PLE PLW PNG QAT RUS SIN SOL SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TLS TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM Europe (ECU) ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ENG ESP EST FIN FRA FRO GEO GER GGY GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA JEY LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROU SCO SLO SMR SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR WAL v t e Sports governing bodies in the Netherlands (NED) Summer Olympic Sports Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. 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