Max Euwe
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Machgielis "Max" Euwe 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
Euwe in 1963
Euwe (seated), after one of the games from the 1935 Alekhine-Euwe match.
Flohr (left) and Euwe, 1969
Euwe and wife celebrating the 40th anniversary of their marriage on 3 August 1966, surrounded by their grandchildren
Alexander Alekhine
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Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.
Max Euwe
…But he performed well in the few tournaments and matches for which he could find time, from the early 1920s to mid-1930s. He lost a training match to Alexander Alekhine in the Netherlands in December 1926 / January 1927, with 4½/10 (+2−3=5). The match was played to help Euwe prepare for a future encounter with José…
Alekhine, c. 1924
Alekhine in 1909
Alekhine (left) vs. Efim Bogoljubov (right); Emanuel Lasker (sitting, center) and others looking on
Grave of Alexander Alekhine in Paris, France (reconstruction of the original which was destroyed in 1999)