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. In 1970, annual championships were instituted. In 1935 a championship for women was established.
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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 Frans 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 John van der Wiel Heleen de Greef 1987 Jan Timman Jessica Harmsen 1988 Rudy Douven Jessica Harmsen 1989 Riny Kuijf Mariette Drewes 1990 Jeroen Piket Renate Limbach 1991 Jeroen Piket Anne Marie Benschop 1992 Jeroen Piket Erika Sziva 1993 Paul van der Sterren Iwona Bos-Swiecik 1994 Jeroen Piket Erika Sziva 1995 Amsterdam Ivan Sokolov Marisca Kouwenhoven 1996 Jan Timman Erika Sziva 1997 Predrag Nikolić Peng Zhaoqin 1998 Ivan Sokolov Erika Sziva 1999 Predrag Nikolić Erika Sziva 2000 Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2001 Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2002 Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2003 Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2004 Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2005 Loek van Wely Peng Zhaoqin 2006 Sergei Tiviakov Peng Zhaoqin 2007 Hilversum Sergei Tiviakov Peng Zhaoqin 2008 Hilversum Smeets, JanJan Smeets Peng Zhaoqin 2009 Haaksbergen Giri, AnishAnish Giri Peng Zhaoqin 2010 Eindhoven Smeets, JanJan Smeets Peng Zhaoqin 2011 Boxtel Giri, AnishAnish Giri Peng Zhaoqin 2012 Amsterdam Giri, AnishAnish Giri Tea Lanchava
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