Linder: Max Euwe - Fifth World Chess Champion OHNE BILD “A great historical resource”— Chess

“A great historical resource”— Chess Horizon

Chapter 11 5

the Steinitz Defense

He has worked as a chess coach for 30 years

A Grandmaster's repertoire in the French Defence

Linder: Max Euwe - Fifth World Chess Champion OHNE BILD “A great historical resource”— ChessWorld Chess Champion Series The Gentleman Champion The fifth book of the World Chess Champions series focuses on the life and career of the Dutchman Max Euwe. This soft spoken professor of mathematics rocked the chess world in 1935 when he defeated the seemingly irresistible force, Alexander Alekhine, to become world champion. Many chessplayers thought this was an upset of the first magnitude. Hardly. Euwe was at his prime and the best in the world at