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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.
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.
May 16, 2024 · 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).
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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 27, 2020 · Dr. Machgielis "Max" Euwe (Dutch: [ˈøːʋə I've heard it pronounced er-vor as rhyming with fervor; and er-vay as rhyming with survey] May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981). He was a Dutch chess grandmaster, mathematician, author, and chess administrator.
Max Euwe was a Dutch chess player, the 5th official World Chess Champion (1935-1937), and President of FIDE (1970-1978). He was born in Amsterdam on May 20th, 1901, in a teacher’s family. He learned to play at 4 years old from his parents, who were avid players.
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?
Inducted 2004. 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.
