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Machgielis "Max" Euwe (Dutch:; 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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Sep 3, 2015 · The fourth world champion, Alexander Alekhine, widely considered a genius, lost a match to the Dutch master, Max Euwe. Euwe was unique among world champions for several reasons. First, he was the only one who was actually an amateur -- Euwe was a mathematics teacher by profession.
Nov 28, 1981 · Dr. Max Euwe, the world chess champion from 1935 to 1937 and former president of the Netherlands-based International Chess Federation, died of a heart attack Thursday at a hospital in...
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?
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.
