Max Euwe

Machgielis (Max) Euwe (last name is pronounced /ø:wə/) (May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion (1935–1937).

Quotes

• "Does the general public, do even our friends the critics realize that Euwe virtually never made an unsound combination? He may, of course, occasionally fail to take account of an opponent?s combination, but when he has the initiative in a tactical operation his calculation is impeccable." ? Alexander Alekhine
• "If Richard Reti was interested only in the exceptions to positional rules, then Max Euwe believed perhaps a little too much in their immutability." ? Alexander Alekhine
• "He is logic personified, a genius of law and order. One would hardly call him an attacking player, yet he strides confidently into some extraordinarily complex variations." ? Hans Kmoch
• "Euwe can only breathe freely when he is smothered in work." ? Hans Kmoch
• "Euwe resting would not be Euwe. His star is work, work, and more work. Work is his entertainment, his strength and his destiny." ? Hans Kmoch
• "There?s something wrong with that man. He?s too normal." ? Bobby Fischer