Max Euwe
Max Euwe
Machgielis "Max" Euwe, PhDwas a Dutch chess Grandmaster, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion. Euwe served as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth20 May 1901
Max Euwe quotes about
chess tactics-and-strategy observation
Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation
machines chess titles
The 'chess machine', by which admiring title he had been known, revealed the great drawback of a machine: it had not sufficient flexibility to adapt itself to altered circumstances.
player games chess-game
Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player
humble games study
I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.