The Dutch Chess Championship was officially established in 1909, although unofficial champions stretch back to the 1870s.
Early years
# Year City Winner 1 1873 The Hague Henry (H.W.B.) Gifford 2 1874 Amsterdam Adrianus (A.A.G.) de Lelie 3 1875 Rotterdam Henry (H.W.B.) Gifford 4 1876 Gouda Julius (J.G.C.A.) de Vogel 5 1877 The Hague Ansel Polak Daniels 6 1878 Amsterdam Maarten van 't Kruijs 7 1879 Rotterdam Charles (C.E.A.) Dupré 8 1880 Gouda Henry Edward Bird 9 1881 The Hague Levi Benima 10 1882 The Hague Christiaan Messemaker 11 1883 Rotterdam Levi Benima 12 1884 Gouda Christiaan Messemaker 13 1885 The Hague Dirk van Foreest 14 1886 Utrecht Dirk van Foreest 15 1887 Amsterdam Dirk van Foreest 16 1888 Rotterdam Rudolf Loman 17 1889 Gouda Arnold van Foreest 18 1890 The Hague Rudolf Loman 19 1891 Utrecht Rudolf Loman 20 1892 Amsterdam Robbert van den Bergh 21 1893 Groningen Arnold van Foreest
Rudolf Loman22 1894 Rotterdam Rudolf Loman 23 1895 Arnhem Adolf Georg Olland 24 1896 Leiden Dirk Bleijkmans 25 1897 Utrecht Rudolf Loman 26 1898 The Hague Jan Diderik Tresling 27 1899 Amsterdam Henry Ernest Atkins 28 1900 Groningen Gerard Oskam 29 1901 Haarlem Adolf Georg Olland 30 1902 Rotterdam Arnold van Foreest 31 1903 Hilversum Paul Saladin Leonhardt 32 1904 Leeuwarden Dirk Bleijkmans 33 1905 Scheveningen Frank James Marshall 34 1906 Arnhem Bernard Wolff Beffie 35 1907 Utrecht Jan Willem te Kolsté 36 1908 Haarlem Jan F. Esser
Official championships
The official championship was established in 1909 as a biennial, twelve-player, round-robin tournament. As of 1970, the top five finishers were seeded into the next championship, one player was nominated by the Selection Committee and six came from preliminary qualifying tournaments. Three regional qualifying tournaments of eight to twelve players each were held over four weekends. Grandmasters were not required to qualify to play in the championship.[1] In 1970, annual championships were instituted. In 1935 a championship for women was established.
Year City (men) Winner Women's winner 1909 Leiden Adolf Georg Olland 1912 Delft Rudolf Loman 1913 Amsterdam Johannes Esser 1919 The Hague Max Marchand 1921 Nijmegen Max Euwe 1924 Amsterdam Max Euwe 1926 Utrecht Max Euwe 1929 Amsterdam Max Euwe 1933 The Hague Max Euwe 1935 Catharina Roodzant 1936 Rotterdam Salo Landau Catharina Roodzant 1937 Fenny Heemskerk 1938 Amsterdam Max Euwe Catharina Roodzant 1939 match
Euwe - LandauMax Euwe Fenny Heemskerk 1942 match
Euwe - van den HoekMax Euwe 1946 Fenny Heemskerk 1947 match Max Euwe 1948 match
Euwe - van ScheltingaMax Euwe Fenny Heemskerk 1950 Amsterdam Max Euwe Fenny Heemskerk 1952 Enschede Max Euwe Fenny Heemskerk 1954 Amsterdam Jan Hein Donner Fenny Heemskerk 1955 1954 match Max Euwe 1956 Fenny Heemskerk 1957 Amsterdam Jan Hein Donner 1958 Amsterdam Jan Hein Donner Fenny Heemskerk 1960 Corry Vreeken 1961 The Hague Hiong Liong Tan Fenny Heemskerk 1962 Corry Vreeken 1963 The Hague Franciscus Kuijpers 1964 Corry Vreeken 1965 The Hague Lodewijk Prins 1966 Corry Vreeken 1967 Zierikzee Hans Ree 1968 Ingrid Tuk 1969 Leeuwarden Hans Ree 1970 Leeuwarden Eddy Scholl Corry Vreeken 1971 Leeuwarden Hans Ree Rie Timmer 1972 Leeuwarden Coen Zuidema Rie Timmer 1973 Leeuwarden Genna Sosonko Ada van der Giessen 1974 Leeuwarden Jan Timman Cathy van der Mije 1975 Leeuwarden Jan Timman Erika Belle 1976 Leeuwarden Jan Timman Cathy van der Mije 1977 Leeuwarden Viktor Korchnoi Cathy van der Mije 1978 Leeuwarden Jan Timman
Genna SosonkoCathy van der Mije 1979 Leeuwarden Gert Ligterink Cathy van der Mije 1980 Leeuwarden Jan Timman Erika Belle 1981 Leeuwarden Jan Timman Erika Belle 1982 Amsterdam Hans Ree Carla Bruinenberg 1983 Hilversum Jan Timman Carla Bruinenberg 1984 Hilversum John van der Wiel Carla Bruinenberg
Heleen de Greef1985 Hilversum Paul van der Sterren Jessica Harmsen
Hanneke van Parreren1986 Hilversum John van der Wiel Heleen de Greef 1987 Hilversum Jan Timman Jessica Harmsen 1988 Hilversum Rudy Douven Jessica Harmsen 1989 Hilversum Marinus Kuijf Mariette Drewes 1990 Hilversum Jeroen Piket Renate Limbach 1991 Eindhoven Jeroen Piket Anne Marie Benschop 1992 Eindhoven Jeroen Piket Erika Sziva 1993 Eindhoven Paul van der Sterren Iwona Bos-Swiecik 1994 Amsterdam Jeroen Piket Erika Sziva 1995 Amsterdam Ivan Sokolov Marisca Kouwenhoven 1996 Amsterdam Jan Timman Erika Sziva 1997 Rotterdam Predrag Nikolić Peng Zhaoqin 1998 Rotterdam Ivan Sokolov Erika Sziva 1999 Rotterdam Predrag Nikolić Erika Sziva 2000 Rotterdam Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2001 Leeuwarden Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2002 Leeuwarden Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2003 Leeuwarden Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2004 Leeuwarden Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2005 Leeuwarden Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2006 Hilversum Sergei Tiviakov Peng Zhaoqin 2007 Hilversum Sergei Tiviakov Peng Zhaoqin 2008 Hilversum Jan Smeets Peng Zhaoqin 2009 Haaksbergen Anish Giri Peng Zhaoqin 2010 Eindhoven Jan Smeets Peng Zhaoqin 2011 Boxtel Anish Giri Peng Zhaoqin 2012 Amsterdam Anish Giri Tea Lanchava 2013 Amsterdam Dimitri Reinderman Lisa Schut 2014 Amsterdam Loek van Wely Anne Haast 2015 Amsterdam Anish Giri Anne Haast 2016 Amsterdam Jorden van Foreest Anne Haast 2017 Amsterdam Loek van Wely Anne Haast 2018 Amsterdam Sergei Tiviakov Peng Zhaoqin 2019 Amsterdam Lucas van Foreest Iozefina Păuleţ
Notes
- ^ Sunnucks 1970, p. 318. Organization of the championships changed some time after 1967.
References
- Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 (some player's full names)
- Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 318, LCCN 78106371
- Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, pp. 107–8, ISBN 0-85112-455-0 (results from 1873 through 1985)
External links
- Dutch Chess Champions
- Historical ratings
- "Jan Smeets wins the Dutch Championship 2008", ChessBase News, 13 April 2008, retrieved 2008-04-17