CHESS PLAYER

Max Euwe

1901 - 1981

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Machgielis "Max" Euwe (Dutch: [ˈøːʋə]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Euwe is the 11th most popular chess player, the 50th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 48th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Chess Player.

Max Euwe is most famous for being the first person to win the world chess championship three times.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Max Euwe ranks 11 out of 461Before him are Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, and Tigran Petrosian. After him are Garry Kasparov, Vasily Smyslov, François-André Danican Philidor, Howard Staunton, Frank Marshall, and Paul Morphy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Max Euwe ranks 29Before him are André Malraux, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Joaquín Rodrigo, Jean Dubuffet, Mohamed Naguib, and J. D. Bernal. After him are Vincent du Vigneaud, Witold Pilecki, Ricardo Zamora, Simon Kuznets, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, and Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. Among people deceased in 1981, Max Euwe ranks 11Before him are Hans Adolf Krebs, Moshe Dayan, Bill Haley, Frederica of Hanover, Claude Auchinleck, and Soong Ching-ling. After him are Odd Hassel, Hideki Yukawa, William Wyler, Harold Urey, Béla Guttmann, and William Holden.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Max Euwe ranks 50 out of 1,646Before him are Rinus Michels (1928), Jan Tinbergen (1903), James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649), William II of the Netherlands (1792), Jan Steen (1626), and Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920). After him are Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Ruud Gullit (1962), Frits Zernike (1888), Paul J. Crutzen (1933), and Tobias Asser (1838).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among chess players born in Netherlands, Max Euwe ranks 1After him are Jan Timman (1951), Fenny Heemskerk (1919), and Jorden van Foreest (1999).