Max euwe vs alexander alekhine biography

Dutch chess player & mathematician

Machgielis "Max" Euwe (Dutch:[ˈøːʋə];^[1] 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.

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Early years, education and professional career

Euwe was born in the Watergraafsmeer, in Amsterdam. He studied mathematics at the University of Amsterdam under the founder of intuitionistic logic, L.E.J. Brouwer (who later became his friend and for whom he held a funeral oration), and earned his doctorate in 1926 under Roland Weitzenböck.^[2] He taught mathematics, first in Rotterdam, and later at a girls' Lyceum in Amsterdam.

After World War II, Euwe became interested in computer programming and was appointed professor in this subject at the universities of Rotterdam and Ti Alekhine vs. Euwe | World Chess Championship 1935 BELO