NBvS

History
Committee
Membership
KNSB & FIDE
FIDE-titles
Dutchmen on the FIDE solving ratinglist

History:

The Dutch Chess Problem Society (Nederlandse Bond van Schaakprobleemvrienden, NBvS) was founded on January 18, 1931 by H.G.M. Weenink and M. Niemeijer, in the presence of some thirty other chess problem friends, including F.W. Nanning and P. Feenstra Kuiper. The happening took place in the National Chess Building (Nationaal Schaakgebouw) in The Hague.

The Society’s aim is to promote the composition and solving of chess problems, including endgame studies. After the Society was founded it initially used the magazine of the Dutch Chess Society (Tijdschrift van de Nederlandse Schaakbond) as its means of publication. It is only after WWII that the Society starts publishing its own magazine, Probleemblad, which still appears today.

The Society also holds bi-annual general meetings, which include solving contests, such as the Henk Hagedoorn solving tourney (prior to the fall meeting in November) and the Dutch Open Solving Championship (prior to the spring meeting in March, traditionally held in Nunspeet).

Committee:

President: P. le Grand

Secretary: J. de Boer, Boy Edgarstraat 96, 3069 ZA ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands

E-mail: secretaris@probleemblad.nl

Treasurer: M. Van Herck

General Editor: H. Schogt

Member: H. le Grand
Member: P.A. Bakker

Membership fee:

The membership fee is €35 per year for members of the Dutch Chess Society (Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond, KNSB). Dutch non KNSB members pay €50 per year. The surcharge is an obligatory payment to the KNSB, to which our Society is affiliated. Besides several facilities offered to the Society by the KSNB, members also receive the KNSB magazine Schaakmagazine in return. For junior members (of age 18 and under) the amounts are €24 and €39, respectively.

KNSB & FIDE

The Dutch Chess Problem Society is a special subsociety of the KNSB. Dutch members of the NBvS automatically become members of the KNSB if they are not yet members of a chess club.

Internationally chess problemists are united in the FIDE Permanent Commission for Chess Composition (PCCC). This commission is responsible for, among other things, appointing IGM’s, IM’s and FM’s, for in chess composition titles can also be obtained, both for composing and for solving chess problems. The commission also appoint judges and oversees the Codex.

The awarding of composition titles is based on the number of publications in the FIDE Album. Once every three to four years an album is issued containing the best chess problems of the previous period. Also, each year composers are appointed world champion in certain genres.

Review of Fide title holders

Dutchmen holding a FIDE title in chess composition:

-Grand Master

Eeltje Visserman (+)

Cor Goldschmeding (+)

Jac. Haring (+)

-International Master:

Jan Hartong (+)

Carel Sammelius (+)

Pieter ten Cate (+)

Gerardus Drese (+)

Meindert Niemeijer (+)

Henk Prins

-FIDE Master:

Hans Burbach (+)

Jan Marwitz (+)

Cees Groeneveld (+)

Gerard Smits

Henk le Grand

-Honorable Master: Albert Koldijk (+)

Dutchmen holding a Fide Title in solving chessproblems: complete worldratinglist.

-Grand Master

Dolf Wissmann

-International Master:

Frank Visbeen (+)
Peter van den Heuvel

-FIDE-master:

Johan de Boer

Hans Uitenbroek

Dutchmen op de wereldranglijst (1-04-2009)
plaats	Titel	naam	Fide	KNSB
23	GM	Dolf Wissmann	2552	2075
46	IM	Peter van den Heuvel	2428
61	FM	Hans Uitenbroek	2400	2026
93		Dirk Borst	2309
115		Henk le Grand	2272
132		Ruud Beugelsdijk	2222
142	FM	Johan de Boer	2187
146		Peter Bakker	2186
160		Koen Versmissen	2157	1865
164		Piet le Grand	2145
211		Joost de Heer	2068
234		Johan Beije	2031
299		Wim Vink	1940	2030
387		Harold van der Heijden	1792
403		Harm Berger	1763	1587
404		Ton van Oosterhout	1760	1841