1901 - 1981
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Euwe has received more than 387,162 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Max Euwe is the 10th most popular chess player, the 45th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Chess Player.
Max Euwe is most famous for being the first person to win the world chess championship three times.
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Among chess players, Max Euwe ranks 10 out of 374. Before him are Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, and Nona Gaprindashvili. After him are Tigran Petrosian, Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, François-André Danican Philidor, Paul Morphy, and Samuel Reshevsky.
1892 - 1946
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 4
1936 - 1992
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 6
1868 - 1941
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 8
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 9
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 10
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 12
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 13
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 14
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 15
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 16
Among people born in 1901, Max Euwe ranks 28. Before him are Princess Märtha of Sweden, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Joaquín Rodrigo, Margaret Mead, Jean Dubuffet, and Simon Kuznets. After him are Andrey Vlasov, Milton H. Erickson, Witold Pilecki, Mohamed Naguib, Robert Bresson, and Nadezhda Alliluyeva. Among people deceased in 1981, Max Euwe ranks 9. Before him are Jacques Lacan, Albert Speer, Moshe Dayan, Eugenio Montale, Natalie Wood, and William Wyler. After him are Soong Ching-ling, Frederica of Hanover, Hans Adolf Krebs, William Holden, Hideki Yukawa, and René Clair.
1901 - 1954
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 22
1901 - 2004
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 23
1901 - 1999
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 24
1901 - 1978
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 25
1901 - 1985
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 26
1901 - 1985
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 27
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 28
1901 - 1946
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 29
1901 - 1980
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 30
1901 - 1948
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 31
1901 - 1984
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 32
1901 - 1999
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 33
1901 - 1932
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 34
1901 - 1981
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 3
1905 - 1981
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 4
1915 - 1981
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 5
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 6
1938 - 1981
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 7
1902 - 1981
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 8
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 9
1893 - 1981
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 10
1917 - 1981
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 11
1900 - 1981
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 12
1918 - 1981
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 13
1907 - 1981
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 14
1898 - 1981
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 15
Among people born in Netherlands, Max Euwe ranks 45 out of 1,427. Before him are Louis van Gaal (1951), Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870), Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Marco van Basten (1964), Thomas Bernhard (1931), and André Rieu (1949). After him are Willebrord Snellius (1580), Johan de Witt (1625), Theo van Doesburg (1883), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628), Frank Rijkaard (1962), and Christiaan Eijkman (1858).
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 39
1870 - 1950
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 40
1619 - 1677
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 41
1964 - Present
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 42
1931 - 1989
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 43
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 44
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 45
1580 - 1626
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 46
1625 - 1672
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 47
1883 - 1931
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 48
1628 - 1682
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 49
1962 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 50
1858 - 1930
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 51
Among chess players born in Netherlands, Max Euwe ranks 1. After him are Jan Timman (1951).