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Max Euwe

Max Euwe in 1963

Full name Machgielis Euwe

Country Netherlands

Born May 20, 1901

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Died November 26, 1981 (aged 80)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Title Grandmaster

World Champion 193537

Peak rating 2530 (May 1974)

Max EuweFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Machgielis "Max" Euwe, PhD (Dutch: [w];[1] May

20, 1901 November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chessGrandmaster, mathematician, and author. He was the fifthplayer to become World Chess Champion (193537). Euwealso served as President of FIDE, the World ChessFederation, from 1970 to 1978.

Contents

1 Early years

2 Early career

3 World Champion

4 Later career

5 FIDE President

6 Assessment of Euwe's chess

7 Chess books by Euwe

8 Other interesting accounts

9 Notable chess games

10 Notes

11 References

12 External links

Early years

Euwe was born in Watergraafsmeer, near Amsterdam. He studied mathematics at the University of Amsterdam,

earning his doctorate in 1926,[2] and taught mathematics, first in Rotterdam, and later at a girls' Lyceum inAmsterdam. He published a mathematical analysis of the game of chess from an intuitionistic point of view, in whichhe showed, using the ThueMorse sequence, that the then-official rules did not exclude the possibility of infinite

games.[3]

Early career

Euwe won every Dutch chess championship that he participated in from 1921 until 1952, and additionally won thetitle 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.[4] He became the world

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Euwe (seated), 1935

amateur chess champion in 1928, at The Hague, with a score of 12/15.[5]

Euwe had a young family and could only play competitive chess during school vacations, so his opportunities forinternational chess competition at the top level were limited. But he performed well in the few tournaments andmatches for which he could find time from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s. Fine comments, "Euwe's maininternational successes came in the form of narrow defeats" but these were in matches against the world's best:Alekhine (1926), Jos Ral Capablanca (1931), and Spielmann (1935); and Euwe drew a match with Flohr in1932. His playing strength gradually increased, so that by 1932 he and Flohr were regarded as Alekhine's most

credible challengers.[6]

At Zrich 1934, Euwe finished second, behind only World Champion Alexander Alekhine, and he defeatedAlekhine in their game. Alekhine was in an eight-year stretch, from 192735, where he lost only six games intournament play.

World Champion

In 1933, Alekhine challenged Max Euwe to a championshipmatch. Euwe, in the early 1930s, was regarded as one of threecredible challengers (the others were Jos Ral Capablanca and

Salo Flohr).[6] Euwe accepted the challenge for October 1935.Earlier that year, Dutch radio sports journalist Han Hollanderasked Capablanca for his views on the forthcoming match. In therare archival film footage where Capablanca and Euwe bothspeak, Capablanca replies: "Dr. Alekhine's game is 20% bluff. Dr.Euwe's game is clear and straightforward. Dr. Euwe's gamenotso strong as Alekhine's in some respectsis more evenlybalanced." Then Euwe gives his assessment in Dutch, explainingthat his feelings alternated from optimism to pessimism, but in the

previous ten years, their score had been evenly matched at 77.[7]

On December 15, 1935 after 30 games played in 13 different cities around The Netherlands over a period of 80days, Euwe defeated Alekhine by 1514, becoming the fifth World Chess Champion. Alekhine quickly went

two games ahead, but from game 13 onwards Euwe won twice as many games as Alekhine.[8] His title gave a hugeboost to chess in The Netherlands. This was also the first world championship match in which the players had

seconds to help them with analysis during adjournments.[9]

Euwe's win was regarded as a major upset he reportedly had believed that beating Alekhine was unlikely[10]

and is sometimes attributed to Alekhine's alcoholism.[11] But Salo Flohr, who was helping Euwe during the match,thought over-confidence was more of a problem than alcohol for Alekhine in this match, and Alekhine himself said

he would win easily.[10][12] Former World Champions Vasily Smyslov, Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, and GarryKasparov analyzed the match for their own benefit and concluded that Euwe deserved to win and that the standard

of play was worthy of a world championship.[10] Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik has said that Euwewon the 1935 match on merit and that the result was not affected by Alekhine's drinking before or during the

match.[13]

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Flohr (left) and Euwe, 1969

Euwe's performances in the great tournaments of Nottingham 1936 andthe 1938 AVRO tournament indicate he was a worthy champion, even ifhe was not as dominant as the earlier champions. Reuben Fine wrote, "Inthe two years before the return match, Euwe's strength increased.Although he never enjoyed the supremacy over his rivals that his

predecessors had, he had no superiors in this period."[6]

Euwe lost the title to Alekhine in a rematch in 1937, also played in TheNetherlands, by the lopsided margin of 159. Alekhine had given upalcohol to prepare for the rematch, although he would start drinking againlater. Alekhine got back to the sort of form he had shown from 192735,when he dominated chess. The match was a real contest initially, butEuwe's play collapsed near the end and he lost four of the last five

games.[13][14] Fine, who was Euwe's second in this match, attributed thecollapse to nervous tension, possibly aggravated by Euwe's attempts to

maintain a calm appearance.[6]

The two world title matches against Alekhine represent the heart ofEuwe's career. Altogether, the two played 86 competitive games, andAlekhine had a +28 20 =38 lead, according to chessgames.com. Many of Alekhine's wins came early in theirseries; he was nine years older, and had more experience during that time.

Later career

Euwe finished equal fourth with Alekhine and Reshevsky in the AVRO tournament of 1938 in The Netherlands,which featured the world's top eight players and was an attempt to decide who should challenge Alekhine for the

world championship. Euwe also had a major organizational role in the event.[12]

He played a match with Paul Keres in The Netherlands in 193940, losing 67.

After Alekhine's death in 1946, Euwe was considered by some to have a moral right to the position of worldchampion, based at least partially on his clear second place finish in the great tournament at Groningen in 1946,behind Mikhail Botvinnik. But Euwe consented to participate in a five-player tournament to select the new

champion, the World Chess Championship 1948.[12] However at 47, Euwe was significantly older than the other

players, and well past his best. He finished last.[15]

His final major tournament was the Candidates' Tournament in Zurich, 1953, in which he finished next to last.

He played for The Netherlands in a total of seven Chess Olympiads, from 1927 to 1962, a 35-year-span, alwayson first board. He scored 10/15 at London 1927, 9/13 at Stockholm 1937 for a bronze medal, 8/12 atDubrovnik 1950, 7/13 at Amsterdam 1954, 8/11 at Munich 1958 for a silver medal at age 57, 6/16 atLeipzig 1960, and finally 4/7 at Varna 1962. His aggregate was 54/87 for 62.6 percent.

In 1957 Euwe played a short match against 14-year-old future world champion Bobby Fischer, winning one gameand drawing the other. His lifetime score against Fischer was one win, one loss, and one draw.

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Euwe and wife are celebrating the 40th

anniversary of their marriage on 3 August

1966, surrounded by their grandchildren

Euwe and wife meet Karpov in 1976

Euwe won a total of 102 first prizes in tournaments during his career. While it is true that many of those were localand were not very strong, the total is very impressive, considering that Euwe was never a true professional

player.[16]

He became a computer science professor at Tilburg University in 1964.

FIDE President

From 1970 (at age 69) until 1978, he was president of the FIDE.As president, Euwe usually did what he considered morally rightrather than what was politically expedient. On several occasionsthis brought him into conflict with the USSR Chess Federation,which thought it had the right to dominate matters because itcontributed a very large share of FIDE's budget and Sovietplayers dominated the world rankings in effect they treated chess

as an extension of the Cold War. These conflicts included:[10]

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 health and reputation of the game that

Fischer should 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 1971 Candidates Tournament.

The defection of grandmaster Gennadi Sosonko in 1972.

The Soviets demanded that Sosonko should be treated as

an "unperson", excluded from competitive chess, television

or any other event that might be evidence of his defection.

Euwe refused, and no Soviet players took part in the 1974

Wijk aan Zee tournament in The Netherlands because

Sosonko competed.

In 1976, world championship contender Viktor Korchnoi

sought political asylum in The Netherlands. In a discussion a few days earlier Euwe told Korchnoi, "... of

course you will retain all your rights ..." and opposed Soviet efforts to prevent Korchnoi from challenging for

Anatoly Karpov's title in 1978.

Later in 1976, Euwe supported FIDE's decision to hold the 1976 Chess Olympiad in Israel, which the

Soviet Union did not recognize as a country. The Central Committee of Communist Party of the Soviet

Union then started plotting to depose Euwe as president of FIDE.

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Sculpture of Euwe in Amsterdam by artist

Jos Fijnaut

Euwe lost some of the battles with the Soviets; for example, in 1973 he accepted the Soviets' demand that BentLarsen and Robert Hbner, the two strongest non-Soviet contenders (Fischer was now champion), should play inthe Leningrad Interzonal tournament rather than the weaker one in Petrpolis. Larsen and Hbner were eliminatedfrom the competition for the World Championship because Korchnoi and Karpov took the first two places at

Leningrad.[10] Some commentators have also questioned whether Euwe did as much as he could have to prevent

Fischer from forfeiting his world title in 1975.[10]

Despite the turbulence of the period, most assessments of Euwe's performance as president of FIDE are

sympathetic:[10]

Spassky, who had nominated Euwe for the job: "He should

certainly not have disqualified Fischer, and he should have

been a little tougher with the Soviets ... you get a pile of

complicated problems. But Euwe, of course, was the man

for the job."

Karpov said Euwe was a very good FIDE President,

although he did commit one very serious error, rapidly

extending the membership of FIDE to many small third-

world countries. "But neither he nor I could have foreseen

what this would lead to. ... This led not only to the inflation

of the grandmaster title, but also to the leadership vacuum at

the head of the world of chess."

Garry Kasparov was blunter: "... unfortunately, he could not

foresee the dangers flowing from a FIDE practically under

Soviet dominance."

Korchnoi regarded Euwe as the last honorable president of

FIDE.

Yuri Averbakh, who was a Soviet chess official as well as a

grandmaster: "... he always sought to understand the

opposing point of view ... Such behavior was in sharp contrast to the behavior of the Soviet delegation

leaders ... Max Euwe was, without a doubt, the best President FIDE ever had."

He died in 1981, age 80, of a heart attack. Revered around the chess world for his many contributions, he hadtravelled extensively while FIDE President, bringing many new members into the organization.

Assessment of Euwe's chess

Euwe was noted for his logical approach and for his knowledge of the openings, in which he made major

contributions to chess theory.[6] Paradoxically his two title matches with Alexander Alekhine were displays oftactical ferocity from both sides. But the comments by Kmoch and Alekhine (below) may explain this: Euwe "strode

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confidently into some extraordinarily complex variations" if he thought logic was on his side; and he was extremelygood at calculating these variations. On the other hand he "often lacked the stamina to pull himself out of bad

positions".[6]

Alekhine was allegedly more frank in his Russian-language articles than in those he wrote in English, French orGerman. In his Russian articles he often described Euwe as lacking in originality and in the mental toughnessrequired of a world champion. Gennadi Sosonko thought Euwe's modesty was a handicap in top-class chess

(although Euwe was well aware of how much stronger he was than "ordinary" grandmasters).[10]

Vladimir Kramnik also says Euwe anticipated Botvinnik's emphasis on technical preparation,[13] and Euwe wasusually in good shape physically because he was a keen sportsman.

Chess books by Euwe

Euwe wrote over 70 chess books, far more than any other World Champion; some of the best-known are TheRoad to Chess Mastery, Judgement and Planning in Chess, The Logical Approach to Chess, and Strategy

and Tactics in Chess Play.[5][12] Former Soviet grandmaster Gennadi Sosonko used Euwe's Practical ChessLessons (Practische Schaaklessen) as a textbook when teaching in the Leningrad House of Pioneers, and

considers it "one of the best chess books ever".[10] Fischer World Champion, an account of the 1972 WorldChess Championship match, co-authored by Euwe with Jan Timman, was written in 1972 but not published in

English until 2002.[17] Euwe's book From My Games, 19201937 was originally published in 1939 by Harcourt,Brace and Company, and was republished by Dover in 1975 (ISBN 0-486-23111-9).

Other interesting accounts

In Amsterdam there is a Max Euwe Plein (square) (near the Leidseplein) with a large chess set and statue, wherethe 'Max Euwe Stichting' is located in a former jailhouse. It has a Max Euwe museum(http://www.maxeuwe.nl/en/museum.html) and a large collection of chess books(http://www.maxeuwe.nl/opauteur.html).

His granddaughter, Esmee Lammers, has written a children's book called Lang Leve de Koningin (Long Live theQueen), which is popular with young people. It is a fairytale about a young girl who learns to play chess and at thesame time finds her father. Lammers filmed the story in 1995. (IMDB entry(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113598/).)

Notable chess games

Max Euwe vs Efim Bogolyubov, Budapest 1921, French Defence, MacCutcheon Variation (C12), 10

(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1030665,) With wins like these, the 20-year-old Euwe

was building his strength and experience.

Max Euwe vs Geza Maroczy, Bad Aussee match 1921, game 4, King's Gambit Declined (C30), 10

(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1041975,) The great Maroczy was a bit past his peak by

this stage, spotting Euwe 31 years.

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Siegbert Tarrasch vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam 1923, King's Indian Defence (E90), 01

(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1042119,) In a battle of the two great amateurs, Euwe

foreshadows what is to come with the King's Indian Defence in the years ahead.

Sir George Thomas vs Max Euwe, Karlsbad 1923, English Opening, Symmetrical Variation (A31), 01

(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1042317,) In a very sharp tactical game, Euwe displays a

style which would become very popular in upcoming years.

Frank Marshall vs Max Euwe, Bad Kissingen 1928, Torre Attack, King's Fianchetto Defence (A48), 01

(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1004114,) Euwe again adopts a kingside fianchetto to

take off the legendary attacker Marshall.

Max Euwe vs Alexander Alekhine, Zurich 1934, Queen's Gambit (D31), 10

(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008003,) White unleashes a lovely tactic with his 31st

move.

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Max Euwe, Hastings 193435, CaroKann Defence, PanovBotvinnik Attack (B13),

01 (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1031836,) The young Soviet Botvinnik was playing

his first tournament in the West, and adopts his favourite line, to no avail.

Max Euwe vs Alexander Alekhine, World Championship Match 1935, game 5, Dutch Defense (A91), 10

(http://brooklyn64.com/?p=414) Euwe had been losing 31 in the match so far, but managed this impressive

win to turn the tide.

Max Euwe vs Alexander Alekhine, Zandvoort-Wch 1935 (26th game of the match), Dutch (A90), 10

(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013180) Game called "The Pearl of Zandvoort"; the

decisive victory of the match and at the same time a beautiful demonstration of the strength of passed pawns.

Alexander Alekhine vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam 1936, Four Knights' Game (C49), 01

(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013183,) Euwe comes out on top after a very hard-

fought endgame.

Paul Keres vs Max Euwe, Zandvoort 1936, French Defense: Advance Variation. Nimzowitsch System

(C02), 01 (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1004506) Struggle around White's advanced

e5-pawn transforms into an attack against the white king.

Max Euwe vs Alexander Alekhine, World Championship Match 1937, game 17, Slav Defence, Czech

Variation (D19),(10) (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013293,) Outstanding precision

by the champion.

Max Euwe vs Alexander Alekhine, World Championship Match 1937, game 29, Queen's Gambit (D40), 1

0 (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013234,) Alekhine called this game Euwe's best of

the entire series.

Efim Geller vs Max Euwe, Zurich (candidates tournament) 1953 NimzoIndian Defense, Saemisch

Variation, 01 (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1042835) Geller tries to smash Euwe off

the board, but Euwe sacrifices a rook for a deadly counterattack.

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Max Euwe vs Robert James Fischer, New York m 1957, Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation

(D35), 10 (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044436) The ex-champion teaches the

future champion how to attack in a very witty short game.

Notes

1. Video with Euwe's pronunciation (0:23)

(http://www.openbeelden.nl/media/23932/Verkiezingen_voor_de_Tweede_Kamer)

2. Machgielis Euwe (http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=61173) at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

3. Euwe, M. (1929). "Mengentheoretische Betrachtungen ber das Schachspiel". Proc. Konin. Akad. Wetenschappen

32 (5) (Amsterdam). pp. 633642..

4. "Schaakkampioenen van Nederland" (http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2005/kampioen.htm).

5. Mcfadden, Robert D. (November 28, 1981). "Max Euwe, ex-chess champion, led the game's World Federation"

(http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CEED61638F93BA15752C1A967948260). The New York

Times (New York Times). Retrieved May 12, 2010. Euwe's obituary

6. Fine, R. (1952). The World's Great Chess Games. Andr Deutsch (now as paperback from Dover). ISBN 0-679-

13046-2.

7. Han interviews Dutchman Max Euwe and Capablanca

(http://www.geschiedenis24.nl/speler.program.7099385.html), Dutch Public Broadcasting archives, 18 May 2012

8. "Alekhine vs Euwe 1935" (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=54135). chessgames.com.

9. Winter, E. "Chess Notes (5202)"

(http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter39.html#5214._Ernst_Klein_C.N._5202).

10. Gennadi Sosonko (2001). "Remembering Max Euwe Part 1" (http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles167.pdf)

(PDF). The Chess Cafe.

11. "Euwe defeated this giant but it was immediately clear that the chess world simply wasn't having it. General

opinion internationally held it that Alekhine had once again been having a drop too much." Donner, J. H. (2006).

The King: Chess Pieces. New in Chess. p. 91. ISBN 90-5691-171-6.

12. Mnninghoff, A. (2001). Max Euwe: The Biography. New in Chess. ISBN 978-1-58863-002-5. Review and

summary at McKim, D.K. (2006). "Max Euwe: The Biography"

(http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_gst_wrtrs/041004_max_euwe_the_biography.html). Jeremy Silman. and

"BCM Chess Book Reviews: July 2001" (http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/reviews/bcmrev0107.html). British Chess

Magazine. July 2001.

13. Kramnik, V. (2005). "Kramnik Interview: From Steinitz to Kasparov"

(http://www.kramnik.com/eng/interviews/getinterview.aspx?id=61). Vladimir Kramnik.

14. "Alekhine vs Euwe 1937" (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=54136). chessgames.com.

15. "The World Chess Championship 1948" (http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/chessbooks/blurbs/worldcc1948.html).

British Chess Magazine. Blurb for Golombek's book about the tournament.

16. Denker, A. and Parr, L. (1995). The Bobby Fischer I Knew and Other Stories. San Francisco: Hypermodern.

ISBN 0-923891-43-9.

17. http://www.chessville.com/reviews/FischerWorldChampion.htm Chessville Reviews Fischer, World

Champion! by Jan Timman & Max Euwe Reviewed by Professor Nagesh Havanur

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References

Kasparov, Garry (2003). "My Great Predecessors, part II". Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-342-X.

Winter, Edward (editor) (2006). "World Chess Champions". 0-08-024094-1. ISBN.

External links

Max Euwe (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?

pid=10706) player profile and games at Chessgames.com

Machgielis Euwe (http://www-history.mcs.st-

andrews.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Euwe.html) Euwe's biography

Max Euwe Centrum, Amsterdam (http://www.maxeuwe.nl/en/)

Remembering Max Euwe (http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles167.pdf) (PDF). Personal reminiscences of

GM Genna Sosonko on the 100th anniversary of Euwe's birth.

Machgielis (Max) Euwe (http://members.tripod.com/HSK_Chess/euwe.html) a short history of Euwe's

playing career

Visa with photo (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22436-32139-69?cc=1932363)

Awards and achievements

Preceded byAlexander Alekhine

World Chess Champion193537

Succeeded by

Alexander

Alekhine

Preceded byFolke Rogard

FIDE President197078

Succeeded byFririk lafsson

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