Max Euwe was a Dutch chess player and mathematician, born in Amsterdam in 1901. He died in 1981.
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Max Euwe is widely regarded as one of the defining figures of chess in his era, and remains the benchmark against which later competitors are measured.
The public record credits Max Euwe with 1 recorded honour. Chess is sport as pure calculation, and its champions are studied like composers, move by move, decades after they played.
Achievements
- world chess champion
