The Royal Dutch Chess Federation ( - KNSB) is the national organization for chess in the Netherlands. It is affiliated with the World Chess Federation. Its headquarters are in Haarlem. The current president is 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 and initiatives such as a Chess Challenge in secondary schools.
Administration
Current officers of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation are:
The board also includes representatives of the ten regional organizations subordinate to the federation. Mark van der Werf directs the head office.
Presidents
Dutch chess players
- Jan Hein Donner
- Max Euwe, president of the Royal Dutch Federation (1943-1945) and president of the World Chess Federation (1970-1977), world champion
- Dick Tommel, president of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation
- Jan Timman, a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.
References
Further reading
- Hans Ree et al. Nederland schaakt! KNSB 100 jaar. Baarn: Moussault, 1974.
- 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. . (Thesis, Catholic University of Brabant, 1999).
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