Max Euwe
5th World Chess Champion · Classical era · Netherlands · 1901–1981
A mathematics teacher who beat Alekhine for the world title in 1935.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
430Wins
399Draws
169Losses
63%Score
1920–1980Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Alekhine | 79 | 18 | 34 | 26 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | view games |
| Geza Maroczy | 19 | 3 | 12 | 4 | view games |
| Jose Raul Capablanca | 18 | 1 | 13 | 4 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | view games |
| Rudolf Spielmann | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | view games |
| Richard Reti | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | view games |
| Reuben Fine | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | view games |
| Akiba Rubinstein | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | view games |
| Aron Nimzowitsch | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | view games |
| Emanuel Lasker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | view games |
| Mir Sultan Khan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | view games |
| Siegbert Tarrasch | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Frank Marshall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 3 of 5
- 1941 vs Haije Kramer Black NLD m C35 0-1
- 1941 vs Haije Kramer Black NLD m D27 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Haije Kramer Black NLD m D13 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Haije Kramer White NLD m B14 1-0
- 1941 vs Carel JR Sammelius White Beverwijk C83 1-0
- 1941 vs AJ. Wijnands White Beverwijk D38 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Zoltan Balla White Budapest E91 1-0
- 1940 vs Gedeon Barcza White Budapest D93 1-0
- 1940 vs Paul Keres Black NLD m 3940 A09 1-0
- 1940 vs Paul Keres Black NLD m 3940 D28 0-1
- 1940 vs Paul Keres Black NLD m 3940 D10 1-0
- 1940 vs Paul Keres White NLD m 3940 D13 1-0
- 1940 vs Paul Keres White NLD m 3940 E19 0-1
- 1940 vs Paul Keres White NLD m 3940 C91 1-0
- 1940 vs Paul Keres Black NLD m 3940 E33 1-0
- 1940 vs Paul Keres White NLD m 3940 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Paul Keres Black NLD m 3940 E33 1-0
- 1940 vs Hans Kmoch Black Delft D27 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Haije Kramer Black NLD m B73 1-0
- 1940 vs Haije Kramer Black NLD m B19 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Haije Kramer Black NLD m C36 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Haije Kramer White NLD m C05 1-0
- 1940 vs Haije Kramer White NLD m C08 1-0
- 1940 vs Haije Kramer White NLD m C85 1-0
- 1940 vs Haije Kramer White NLD m C05 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Haije Kramer Black NLD m C36 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Salo Landau White Delft B74 1-0
- 1940 vs Pal Rethy Black Budapest A06 0-1
- 1940 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Budapest C87 0-1
- 1940 vs Johannes Van den Bosch White Delft D69 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black Budapest D27 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Gerald Abrahams White Bournemouth A40 1-0
- 1939 vs James Aitken White Bournemouth D50 1-0
- 1939 vs AG. Conde White Bournemouth E18 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Nicolaas Cortlever White Amsterdam VARA D96 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Nicolaas Cortlever Black Amsterdam KNSB C38 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Salo Flohr Black Amsterdam VARA D19 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Salo Flohr White Amsterdam KNSB D93 1-0
- 1939 vs Salo Flohr White Bournemouth E11 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs George Salto Fontein Black Baarn II D02 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs J. Fontein White Amsterdam VARA D48 1-0
- 1939 vs J. Fontein Black Amsterdam KNSB D40 0-1
- 1939 vs Paul Keres White NLD m 3940 C91 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Paul Keres Black NLD m 3940 C84 0-1
- 1939 vs Paul Keres White NLD m 3940 E32 0-1
- 1939 vs Paul Keres Black NLD m 3940 C83 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Paul Keres White NLD m 3940 C87 1-0
- 1939 vs Fracis Kitto Black Bournemouth C83 0-1
- 1939 vs Ernst Ludwig Klein White Bournemouth E20 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Imre Koenig Black Bournemouth D94 0-1
- 1939 vs Salo Landau Black NLD-ch m D54 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Salo Landau White Baarn II E01 1-0
- 1939 vs Salo Landau White NLD-ch m D13 1-0
- 1939 vs Salo Landau White NLD-ch m C10 1-0
- 1939 vs Salo Landau Black Amsterdam VARA D15 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Salo Landau White Amsterdam KNSB D54 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Salo Landau White NLD-ch m B70 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Salo Landau White NLD-ch m D18 1-0
- 1939 vs Salo Landau Black NLD-ch m E58 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Salo Landau White NLD-ch m B70 1-0
- 1939 vs Salo Landau Black NLD-ch m E51 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Salo Landau Black NLD-ch m D15 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Salo Landau Black Bournemouth D55 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Salo Landau Black NLD-ch m A19 0-1
- 1939 vs Jacques Mieses Black Bournemouth B24 0-1
- 1939 vs Eduard Spanjaard White Baarn II D54 1-0
- 1939 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Amsterdam KNSB C83 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Laszlo Szabo White Amsterdam VARA D45 1-0
- 1939 vs Andrew Thomas Black Bournemouth B56 0-1
- 1939 vs Philip Norman Wallis Black Bournemouth E85 0-1
- 1938 vs Alexander Alekhine White AVRO E15 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Alexander Alekhine Black AVRO D13 1-0
- 1938 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Noordwijk E14 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White AVRO D96 1-0
- 1938 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black AVRO A06 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White AVRO E18 1-0
- 1938 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black AVRO E34 1-0
- 1938 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Noordwijk D57 0-1
- 1938 vs Reuben Fine White AVRO D43 0-1
- 1938 vs Reuben Fine Black AVRO D39 0-1
- 1938 vs Salo Flohr White AVRO E11 1-0
- 1938 vs Salo Flohr Black AVRO E02 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Harry Golombek White Hastings3839 E49 1-0
- 1938 vs Paul Keres White AVRO A84 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Paul Keres Black AVRO A12 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Paul Keres Black Noordwijk A09 1-0
- 1938 vs Ernst Ludwig Klein Black Hastings3839 E28 0-1
- 1938 vs Salo Landau White Hastings3839 D96 0-1
- 1938 vs Salo Landau White Noordwijk D61 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Philip Stuart Milner Barry White Hastings3839 D41 1-0
- 1938 vs Vasja Pirc Black Noordwijk D56 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Vasja Pirc White Hastings3839 E92 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black AVRO D54 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Samuel Reshevsky White AVRO D70 0-1
- 1938 vs Paul Felix Schmidt Black Noordwijk D19 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Edward G Sergeant Black Hastings3839 B19 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Noordwijk D61 1-0
- 1938 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Hastings3839 D44 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Savielly Tartakower White Noordwijk D62 1-0
- 1938 vs George Alan Thomas Black Noordwijk B85 0-1
- 1938 vs George Alan Thomas Black Hastings3839 B40 0-1
- 1938 vs Theodore Tylor Black Hastings3839 D41 0-1
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th D17 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th D18 0-1
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th D41 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th D18 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch D29 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th E34 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th E18 0-1
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th E17 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th E34 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch C83 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th D10 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th D41 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th D17 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th E46 0-1
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th D19 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th D28 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th D17 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th E02 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th E34 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th E21 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th D18 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th D17 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th D46 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 17th D19 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th E02 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th A09 1-0
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 17th E34 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch E36 0-1
- 1937 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch D12 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Vincenzo Castaldi Black Stockholm ol D19 0-1
- 1937 vs Jens Enevoldsen Black Stockholm ol D35 0-1
- 1937 vs Thorsten Gauffin Black Stockholm ol D13 1-0
- 1937 vs Eggert Gilfer White Stockholm ol A22 1-0
- 1937 vs Paul Keres Black Stockholm ol C83 0-1
- 1937 vs Andor Lilienthal White Stockholm ol E33 0-1
- 1937 vs Vladas Mikenas White Stockholm ol D93 1-0
- 1937 vs Vladimirs Petrovs White Stockholm ol E37 1-0
- 1937 vs Luis Roberto Piazzini Black Stockholm ol D27 0-1
- 1937 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Stockholm ol D22 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Fritz Saemisch White Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch E38 1-0
- 1937 vs Fritz Saemisch Black Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch D18 0-1
- 1937 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Stockholm ol D15 0-1
- 1936 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Amsterdam C49 0-1
- 1936 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Nottingham C02 1-0
- 1936 vs Conel Hughes Alexander Black Nottingham A29 0-1
- 1936 vs Albert Becker White Zandvoort D55 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Zandvoort A29 1-0
- 1936 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Nottingham D19 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Nottingham E34 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black Nottingham D18 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Reuben Fine White Nottingham D67 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Reuben Fine Black Zandvoort D10 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Reuben Fine White Amsterdam D60 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Salo Flohr White Nottingham D67 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Ernst Gruenfeld White Amsterdam E34 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Ernst Gruenfeld White Zandvoort D28 1-0
- 1936 vs Paul Keres Black Zandvoort C02 0-1
- 1936 vs Hans Kmoch White Amsterdam A47 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Salo Landau White Zandvoort D58 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Salo Landau Black Amsterdam D12 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Nottingham D12 1-0
- 1936 vs Geza Maroczy White Zandvoort D63 1-0
- 1936 vs Lodewijk Prins White Zandvoort B00 1-0
- 1936 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Nottingham E16 1-0
- 1936 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Zandvoort C01 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Savielly Tartakower White Zandvoort D31 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Savielly Tartakower White Nottingham D07 1-0
- 1936 vs George Alan Thomas Black Nottingham B05 0-1
- 1936 vs Theodore Tylor White Nottingham D55 1-0
- 1936 vs Johannes Van den Bosch Black Amsterdam B72 0-1
- 1936 vs G. Van Doesburgh Black Zandvoort B83 0-1
- 1936 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga White Amsterdam E24 1-0
- 1936 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black Nottingham D17 0-1
- 1936 vs William Winter White Nottingham D46 1-0
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th B05 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 16th D17 1-0
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 16th A90 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th D17 0-1
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th D17 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th D17 1-0
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 16th D66 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 16th D12 0-1
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 16th D12 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 16th D81 0-1
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th C15 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th C15 1-0
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th C15 1-0
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 16th A20 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 16th D97 1-0
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 16th D21 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th C83 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th D04 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th C15 1-0
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th D15 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th D12 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 16th D45 1-0
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 16th D45 1-0
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 16th D16 1-0
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