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Machgielis " Max " Euwe (Dutch: [ˈøːʋə]; [1] May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978.
Max Euwe was the fifth world chess champion, holding the title from 1935-37. The first grandmaster from the Netherlands, he won a total of 12 Dutch championships in his lifetime, a record that still stands today.
Max Euwe (born May 20, 1901, Watergrafsmeer, near Amsterdam, Neth.—died November 26, 1981, Amsterdam) was a Dutch chess master who won the world championship (1935) from Alexander Alekhine and lost it to Alekhine in a return match (1937).
Machgielis “Max” Euwe (May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess grandmaster, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He is best remembered for being the fifth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1935 to 1937.
Machgielis “Max” Euwe is one of the most esteemed figures in chess history. A teacher and a professed chess amateur, he did the unthinkable when he became world champion in 1935, defeating an all-time great in Alexander Alekhine.
May 20, 2021 · The fifth World Champion Max Euwe was born on May 20, 1901, precisely 120 years ago. A champion, whom many call accidental, a champion whose games are somewhat understudied, a champion who, in fact, has never even been a professional chess player. How did this happen?
Born in Amsterdam, Dr. Max Euwe was the only person to become both a world champion and president of FIDE. After earning a doctorate in mathematics in 1926, he focused his research on chess theory, publishing mathematical analyses of the game.
