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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...
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    with ease against Efim Bogoljubov in 1929 and 1934. He was defeated by Max Euwe in 1935, but regained his crown in the 1937 rematch. His tournament record...
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    1929 and 1934. In 1935, Alekhine was unexpectedly defeated by the Dutch Max Euwe, an amateur player who worked as a mathematics teacher. Alekhine convincingly...
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  • recognized Bogoljubow as "Champion of FIDE" after he won a match against Max Euwe. Alekhine, the reigning world champion, attended part of the 1928 Congress...
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    Premier tournament was in 1931/32 when she defeated future world champion Max Euwe and Mir Sultan Khan. Late in her career, Menchik won a lone Women's World...
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    twice and one joint second. His competitors included rising stars such as Max Euwe and Isaac Kashdan, as well as players who had been established in the 1920s...
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     364–371. Verhoeven & Skinner 1998, p. 489-491. Euwe, Max; Alekhine, Alexander (1973) [1936]. Smith, Ken (ed.). Euwe vs. Alekhine Match 1935. Translated by DeVault...
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    Chess". Since 1938, there has been a long list of famous winners, including Max Euwe, Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres, Lajos Portisch, Boris Spassky...
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    The 1937 World Chess Championship was played between Max Euwe and Alexander Alekhine in the Netherlands from October 5 to December 4, 1937. Alekhine regained...
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  • The Max Euwe Memorial Tournament was an annual international invitation chess tournament played in honour of Max Euwe (1901–1981) from 1987 to 1996. It...
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    becoming used to the theories of Steinitz as codified by Siegbert Tarrasch. Max Euwe opined that the real reason behind Lasker's success was his "exceptional...
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    challenger Max Euwe and title-holder Alexander Alekhine in various cities and towns in the Netherlands from 3 October to 16 December 1935. Euwe was the winner...
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    In 1957, Fischer played a two-game match against former world champion Max Euwe at New York, losing ½–1½. When the US Chess Federation published its rating...
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    various cities in the Netherlands, ahead of chess legends Mikhail Botvinnik, Max Euwe, Reshevsky, Alekhine, Capablanca and Flohr. AVRO was one of the strongest...
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    captained the Indian team at Leipzig 1960 (+2 –10 =8) including a win over Max Euwe, and at Varna 1962 (+7 –6 =4), including another victory over Lajos Portisch...
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    co-author Max Euwe, 1948, Verlag Schweizer Schachbücherei, ASIN B000V2QCAE Groningen 1946 International Chess Tournament, co-author Max Euwe, 2020, Ishi...
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    place in Amsterdam KNSB with Max Euwe and László Szabó at 3½/5. He tied third/fourth place in Amsterdam VARA with 3/5, as Euwe and Salo Landau won. He won...
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    players between the two world wars." In 1937–39 former World Champion Max Euwe published a twelve-volume opening treatise, De theorie der schaakopeningen...
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    Botvinnik (USSR) David Bronstein (USSR) Oldřich Duras (Czechoslovakia) Max Euwe (Netherlands) Reuben Fine (USA) Salo Flohr (USSR) Ernst Grünfeld (Austria)...
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  • Gaprindashvili, 2529 (peak years 1969–1975) Xie Jun, 2522 (peak years 1991–1999) Max Euwe, 2500 (peak years 1935–1938) Wilhelm Steinitz, 2458 (peak years 1872–1886)...
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    play a quadruple round robin tournament. These players were: ex-champion Max Euwe (from the Netherlands); Mikhail Botvinnik, Paul Keres and Salo Flohr (from...
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    under the FIDE-approved rules. When Fischer did not agree, FIDE President Max Euwe declared on April 3, 1975, that Fischer had forfeited his title and Karpov...
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    needed] Many leading players were also accomplished analysts, including Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov and Jan Timman.[non-tertiary source...
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    Champion Max Euwe and two ahead of Smyslov. He and Euwe both struggled in the last few rounds, and Botvinnik had a narrow escape against Euwe, who he acknowledged...
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    Flohr. Fine captured Zandvoort 1936 with 8½/11, ahead of World Champion Max Euwe, Savielly Tartakower, and Paul Keres. Fine shared 3rd–5th at the elite...
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    of contradictions, as it had been throughout his career. FIDE President Max Euwe postponed the match by two days. Fischer finally flew to Iceland and agreed...
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    the Cold War. The only other eligible active player from a NATO country, Max Euwe of the Netherlands, also did not play. In 1991, however, Reshevsky said...
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  • Championship match against Max Euwe in 1935. He tied for 5-6th at Hastings 1938/39 (László Szabó won), shared 2nd with Salo Flohr, behind Euwe, at Bournemouth 1939...
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    succeeded Alexander Rueb as president, a post he held until succeeded by Max Euwe in 1970. He was also chairman of the Swedish Chess Federation from 1947...
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  • student (sports) associations. Sacha Prechal John A. List Eric van Damme Max Euwe Willem van Genugten Jolande Sap Dirk Bernard Joseph Schouten Stefan Stremersch...
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