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 5 of 5
- 1927 vs Frederick Yates White London olm C71 1-0
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Amsterdam m2 D30 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine White Amsterdam m2 A90 0-1
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine White Amsterdam m2 C11 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Amsterdam m2 C86 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Amsterdam m2 B83 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine White Amsterdam m2 E21 0-1
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Amsterdam m2 D34 0-1
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Amsterdam m2 E88 1-0
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine White Amsterdam m2 A09 1-0
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine White Amsterdam m2 E34 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Joseph Henry Blake Black Weston B85 0-1
- 1926 vs CF. Bolland Black Weston A16 0-1
- 1926 vs Edgar Colle White Amsterdam E38 0-1
- 1926 vs Edgar Colle Black Weston D06 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Melody Davidson White Amsterdam m1 A20 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Melody Davidson Black Amsterdam m1 A37 0-1
- 1926 vs Melody Davidson Black Amsterdam m1 D00 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Melody Davidson White Amsterdam m1 D05 1-0
- 1926 vs Melody Davidson White Amsterdam m1 D05 1-0
- 1926 vs Melody Davidson Black Amsterdam m1 D79 1-0
- 1926 vs John Arthur Drewitt White Weston A28 1-0
- 1926 vs Willem Fick Black NLD-ch C80 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Marc Goldstein White Weston A12 1-0
- 1926 vs Kersten White NLD-ch D05 1-0
- 1926 vs Kloosterboer White NLD-ch A20 1-0
- 1926 vs G. Kroone White NLD-ch C55 1-0
- 1926 vs Ruud Loman Black NLD-ch B83 0-1
- 1926 vs H. Meyer Black NLD-ch C29 0-1
- 1926 vs Adolf Georg Olland White NLD-ch A43 1-0
- 1926 vs J. Pannekoek Black Amsterdam E91 0-1
- 1926 vs H. Price Black Weston B29 0-1
- 1926 vs Willem Schelfhout Black NLD-ch A49 0-1
- 1926 vs A. Spencer White Weston C56 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs George Alan Thomas Black Weston D75 0-1
- 1926 vs Theodore Tylor White Weston D06 1-0
- 1926 vs Van Hoorn Black NLD-ch E67 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Arnold E Van Foreest White NLD-ch A13 1-0
- 1925 vs Bersma White NLD-ch C55 1-0
- 1925 vs Jacques Davidson Black Amsterdam D79 1-0
- 1925 vs George Salto Fontein Black NLD-ch E62 0-1
- 1925 vs George Salto Fontein Black NLD Cup E61 0-1
- 1925 vs George Salto Fontein White NLD Cup A12 1-0
- 1925 vs K. Geus White NLD Cup C55 1-0
- 1925 vs K. Geus Black NLD Cup B83 1-0
- 1925 vs Graafland White NLD Cup A12 1-0
- 1925 vs Graafland Black NLD Cup E92 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Kersten White NLD-ch A22 1-0
- 1925 vs Ruud Loman Black NLD Cup C83 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Moldauer Black NLD-ch C77 0-1
- 1925 vs Piccardt White NLD-ch C56 1-0
- 1925 vs Alexander Rueb Black NLD Cup B56 0-1
- 1925 vs Alexander Rueb White NLD Cup C24 1-0
- 1925 vs Fritz Saemisch White Wiesbaden C53 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Fritz Saemisch Black Wiesbaden A68 0-1
- 1925 vs Fritz Saemisch White Amsterdam A54 1-0
- 1925 vs Willem Schelfhout Black NLD-ch E85 0-1
- 1925 vs George Shories Black Wiesbaden B83 0-1
- 1925 vs George Shories White Wiesbaden A50 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Sonnenburg Black NLD-ch E61 0-1
- 1925 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Wiesbaden C28 0-1
- 1925 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Wiesbaden A09 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Evert Straat Black NLD-ch E92 0-1
- 1925 vs Jan Willem Te Kolste White NLD-ch A21 1-0
- 1925 vs Arnold E Van Foreest Black NLD-ch B83 0-1
- 1925 vs Von Hoorn Black NLD-ch E67 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Von Hartingsvelt White NLD-ch C13 1-0
- 1925 vs Henri Gerard Weenink White NLD-ch A38 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Henri Gerard Weenink Black Amsterdam E61 0-1
- 1924 vs Fricis Apsenieks Black Paris f-A C49 1-0
- 1924 vs Joseph Henry Blake White Weston A56 1-0
- 1924 vs P. Bolland Black Weston C49 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Edgar Colle White Zutphen m B25 1-0
- 1924 vs Edgar Colle Black Zutphen m D05 1-0
- 1924 vs Edgar Colle White Zutphen m A39 1-0
- 1924 vs Edgar Colle Black Zutphen m D79 1-0
- 1924 vs Edgar Colle Black Zutphen m D48 1-0
- 1924 vs Edgar Colle White Zutphen m B40 1-0
- 1924 vs Edgar Colle White Paris f-A B85 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Edgar Colle White Zutphen m D02 1-0
- 1924 vs Edgar Colle Black Zutphen m D30 0-1
- 1924 vs John Arthur Drewitt White Weston B72 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs C. Duffield White Weston C54 1-0
- 1924 vs Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente Black Paris f-A C83 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Roberto Grau Black Paris prel-3 D27 1-0
- 1924 vs Kornel Havasi Black Paris f-A D15 0-1
- 1924 vs Leon Loewenton White Paris prel-3 C55 1-0
- 1924 vs Arthur John Mackenzie Black Weston D48 0-1
- 1924 vs Valentin Marin y Llovet White Paris prel-3 D94 1-0
- 1924 vs Hermanis Matisons Black Paris f-A D13 0-1
- 1924 vs Luigi Miliani Black Paris prel-3 B85 0-1
- 1924 vs John O'Hanlon Black Paris prel-3 B83 0-1
- 1924 vs Luis Argentino Palau White Paris f-A D38 0-1
- 1924 vs Abraham Speijer White NLD-ch D30 *
- 1924 vs Edmund Spencer White Weston A53 1-0
- 1924 vs George Alan Thomas Black Weston B25 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Anatol Aleksievitis Tschepurnoff White Paris f-A A47 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs George Wainwright Black Weston C49 0-1
- 1924 vs Eugene Znosko Borovsky Black Weston B83 0-1
- 1923 vs Joseph Henry Blake Black Hastings2324 B83 0-1
- 1923 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Maehrisch Ostrau A23 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Edgar Colle Black Scheveningen A48 1-0
- 1923 vs Edgar Colle Black Hastings2324 D12 1-0
- 1923 vs Ernst Gruenfeld Black Maehrisch Ostrau E90 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Karel Hromadka Black Maehrisch Ostrau B83 0-1
- 1923 vs Paul F Johner White Scheveningen D55 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs G. Kroone Black Amsterdam m1 C68 0-1
- 1923 vs G. Kroone White Amsterdam m1 A09 1-0
- 1923 vs G. Kroone Black Amsterdam m1 B85 0-1
- 1923 vs G. Kroone White Amsterdam m1 C50 0-1
- 1923 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Maehrisch Ostrau A48 1-0
- 1923 vs S. Lohr White Amsterdam m6 A11 1-0
- 1923 vs S. Lohr Black Amsterdam m6 B83 0-1
- 1923 vs S. Lohr Black Amsterdam m6 C50 0-1
- 1923 vs Geza Maroczy Black Scheveningen B83 1-0
- 1923 vs Geza Maroczy White Hastings2324 C01 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Reginald Pryce Michell Black Hastings2324 D75 0-1
- 1923 vs Jacques Mieses White Hastings2324 A52 1-0
- 1923 vs Jacques Mieses White Scheveningen A43 0-1
- 1923 vs George Marshall Norman Black Hastings2324 D61 0-1
- 1923 vs Holger Norman Hansen Black Scheveningen B73 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Amos Pokorny Black Maehrisch Ostrau E61 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs H. Price Black Hastings2324 E76 0-1
- 1923 vs Richard Reti White Maehrisch Ostrau A54 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Richard Reti White Scheveningen C13 0-1
- 1923 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Maehrisch Ostrau D05 1-0
- 1923 vs Jakob Adolf Seitz White Hastings2324 D52 1-0
- 1923 vs Alexey Sergeevich Selezniev Black Maehrisch Ostrau E60 1-0
- 1923 vs J. Spaans Black Amsterdam m2 B83 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs J. Spaans White Amsterdam m2 C83 1-0
- 1923 vs J. Spaans White Amsterdam m2 E72 1-0
- 1923 vs J. Spaans Black Amsterdam m2 C84 0-1
- 1923 vs Abraham Speijer Black Amsterdam m3 A48 0-1
- 1923 vs Abraham Speijer Black Amsterdam m3 A48 0-1
- 1923 vs Abraham Speijer White Amsterdam m3 C44 1-0
- 1923 vs Abraham Speijer White Amsterdam m3 C91 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Scheveningen B88 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Maehrisch Ostrau D63 0-1
- 1923 vs Evert Straat Black Amsterdam m4 D27 0-1
- 1923 vs Evert Straat White Amsterdam m4 C90 1-0
- 1923 vs Evert Straat White Amsterdam m4 D53 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Hendrik Strick van Linschoten White Scheveningen D68 1-0
- 1923 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Maehrisch Ostrau A85 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Savielly Tartakower White Maehrisch Ostrau B15 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Von Hartingsvelt Black Amsterdam m5 E90 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Von Hartingsvelt Black Amsterdam m5 B83 0-1
- 1923 vs Von Hartingsvelt Black Amsterdam m5 C26 0-1
- 1923 vs Von Hartingsvelt White Amsterdam m5 D46 1-0
- 1923 vs Von Hartingsvelt White Amsterdam m5 B06 1-0
- 1923 vs Max Walter Black Maehrisch Ostrau A45 0-1
- 1923 vs Heinrich Wolf Black Maehrisch Ostrau B83 0-1
- 1923 vs Frederick Yates White Scheveningen E62 1-0
- 1923 vs Frederick Yates White Hastings2324 C84 1-0
- 1923 vs Eugene Znosko Borovsky Black Scheveningen D02 0-1
- 1922 vs Alexander Alekhine White Bad Pistyan B40 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Alexander Alekhine Black London A48 1-0
- 1922 vs Zoltan Balla White Bad Pistyan C11 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White London C66 0-1
- 1922 vs Paul F Johner Black Bad Pistyan D67 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Georg Marco Black Bad Pistyan C68 0-1
- 1922 vs Geza Maroczy Black London C48 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Karel Opocensky Black Bad Pistyan D01 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Ladislav Prokes Black Bad Pistyan C84 0-1
- 1922 vs Dawid Przepiorka Black Bad Pistyan D15 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Richard Reti White London A54 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Richard Reti White Bad Pistyan C29 1-0
- 1922 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black London A48 1-0
- 1922 vs Fritz Saemisch Black Bad Pistyan D00 1-0
- 1922 vs Alexey Sergeevich Selezniev White Bad Pistyan A46 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Bad Pistyan A52 0-1
- 1922 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black Bad Pistyan E61 0-1
- 1922 vs Savielly Tartakower White Bad Pistyan D15 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Savielly Tartakower White London B41 0-1
- 1922 vs Karel Treybal White Bad Pistyan D15 0-1
- 1922 vs Heinrich Wolf Black Bad Pistyan C83 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Alexander Alekhine White Budapest A50 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Alexander Alekhine Black The Hague D40 1-0
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy White Bad Aussee m C15 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy White Bad Aussee m D02 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy White Bad Aussee m D46 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy Black Bad Aussee m C65 1-0
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy Black Bad Aussee m C77 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy White Bad Aussee m C12 1-0
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy Black Bad Aussee m C49 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy Black Bad Aussee m C67 1-0
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy White Bad Aussee m C01 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy Black Bad Aussee m C50 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy Black The Hague C48 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy White Bad Aussee m C30 1-0
- 1921 vs Geza Maroczy Black Bad Aussee m C77 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Akiba Rubinstein White The Hague B29 0-1
- 1921 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Budapest D46 1-0
- 1921 vs Savielly Tartakower White The Hague A83 0-1
- 1921 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Vienna A45 1/2-1/2
- 1920 vs Savielly Tartakower White Amsterdam D53 1/2-1/2
- 1920 vs Richard Reti Black Amsterdam D34 1-0
- 1920 vs Geza Maroczy Black Amsterdam C83 1-0
- 1920 vs Richard Reti Black Amsterdam m A83 1-0
- 1920 vs Richard Reti White Amsterdam m B10 1-0
- 1920 vs Richard Reti White Amsterdam m C56 0-1
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