Max Euwe,
Dutch chess king, world champion, doctor of mathematics, commentator, author!!- In the name of God
Short biography
Max euwe was a Dutch chess grandmaster, mathematician and author. He was the fifth official World Chess Champion from 1935 to 1937 and the fourth President of FIDE from 1970 to 1978. In 1935, he defeated Alexander Alekhine with a score of 9 wins, 8 losses and 13 draws to become the World Chess Champion, but lost the title to Alexander Alekhine two years later in 1937 with a score of 4 wins, 10 losses and 11 draws. euwe won all the Dutch Chess Championships he participated in from 1921 to 1952, and also won the title in 1955, and holds the record for the most championships in the Netherlands with a total of 12 championships.
- Early career
Euwe played his first tournament at age 10, winning every game. He won every Dutch chess championship that he entered from 1921 until 1952, and won the title again in 1955; his 12 titles are still a record. The only other winners during this period were Salo Landau in 1936, when Euwe, then world champion, did not compete; and Jan Hein Donner in 1954. He became the world amateur chess champion in 1928, at The Hague, with a score of 12/15.
- World Championship
n 1933, Max Euwe challenged Alekhine to a championship match. Alekhine accepted the challenge for October 1935. Earlier that year, Dutch radio sports journalist Han Hollander asked Capablanca for his views on the forthcoming match. In the rare archival film footage where Capablanca and Euwe both speak, Capablanca replies: "Dr. Alekhine's game is 20% bluff. Dr. Euwe's game is clear and straightforward. Dr. Euwe's game—not so strong as Alekhine's in some respects—is more evenly balanced." Then Euwe gives his assessment in Dutch, explaining that his feelings alternated from optimism to pessimism, but in the previous ten years, their score had been evenly matched at 7–7
Max Euwe vs Alexander Alekhine Alekhine - Euwe
World Championship Match (1935), Amsterdam NED, rd 12, Oct-29
- FIDE Presidency
From 1970 (at age 69) until 1978, Euwe was president of FIDE. As president, he usually did what he considered morally right rather than what was politically expedient. On several occasions this brought him into conflict with the USSR Chess Federation, which thought it had the right to dominate matters because it contributed a very large share of FIDE's budget and Soviet players dominated the world rankings – in effect, they treated chess as an extension of the Cold War. One of his important decisions was to The events leading up to Bobby Fischer's participation in the World Chess Championship 1972 match against Boris Spassky, which led to Fischer's becoming the first non-Soviet champion since World War II. Euwe thought it important for the game's health and reputation that Fischer have the opportunity to challenge for the title as soon as possible, and interpreted the rules very flexibly to enable Fischer to play in the 1970 Interzonal Tournament, which he won by a commanding score.
