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Max Euwe was a Dutch chess player and mathematician who is notable for his achievements in both fields. He matters because he represented an exceptional combination of intellectual talent across two demanding disciplines during the 20th century.
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Official website
Max Euwe Centrum
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Max
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- Amsterdam
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Position held
- world chess champion
- Educated at
- University of Amsterdam
- Employer
- Tilburg University
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Award
- world chess champion
- Participant in
- 15th Chess Olympiad
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Hendrik de Vries
- Field of work
- chess
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Netherlands
- Official website
- www.maxeuwe.nl
- Image
- Max Euwe (1979).jpg
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- Max Euwe
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1901-05-20
- date of death
- 1981-11-26
- title of chess person
- Grandmaster
- birth name
- Machgielis Euwe
- name in native language
- Machgielis Euwe
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Machgielis "Max" Euwe ( Dutch: [ˈøːʋə]; May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) 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 as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978.
Early years, education, and professional career
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