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| May-07-09 |
| Fanacas: not 2 bad exept against lasker. |
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| May-11-09 |
| Fanacas: I do not now but, is there someone who wrote moor books about chess then euwe.? |
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May-11-09
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| ray keene: how many books on chess did dr euwe write? i have written 140 and they have been translated into 11 different languages-english of course-then french german danish turkish greek italian spanish dutch hungarian swedish russian--i always thought i held the world record but maybe euwe wrote more-i wd like to know! |
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| May-11-09 |
| Fanacas: I dont now but he wrote many but i dont believe it where 140. Wil look if i can find out. |
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| May-11-09 |
| Fanacas: Apprentily a little more then 70 chess books, so not more then u did:) He did however wrote the most chess books then any other world champion. |
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May-11-09
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| ray keene: thanks for the info-i played dr euwe twice in 1973 and i was also a member of his team volmac in the dutch league-it was a great honour to have known him i was also present in holland when he received the golden order of the oranje nassau award-apologies if i have misrendered the dutch words! |
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| May-11-09 |
| Fanacas: No its ok :) Yeah euwe was a great chess player and great mann. I pitfuly never had the chance to ever meet him sinds he died before i was born. |
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| May-12-09 |
| Fanacas: I readed that euwe had a grudge against bogeljuf can anyone confirm this ? And if so why he had one ? |
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May-20-09
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| wordfunph: Ex-World Champ Max Euwe Happy Birthday!! |
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| May-20-09 |
| Sicilian Dragon: Happy Birthday!!!!!! |
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May-21-09
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| malthrope: Happy Birthday Dr. Euwe! :)
Back in 1978 I had the distinct pleasure and honor to have met with Dr. Euwe several times during his visit here (San Francisco, Bay Area, California) when he was touring with the Ex WCC GM Boris Spassky. They attended many special Chess events including the annual Paul Mason Chess Tournament in Saratoga. At the Paul Mason tourney Dr. Euwe had set aside some quality time to sign Chess books. Here is this story of his signing my books as I recall it... :) When Dr. Euwe signed my chess books (one was the famous one by Tartakower on the Alekhine vs. Euwe 1935 WCC match), I thought it just rare enough (I saved it for last after he signed all the other ones) to say, <"I bet you haven't seen one of these in awhile?"> To which he answered (with a big grin of a smile on his face), <"The second one today!"> ~lol~ I'll never forget that... Then he asked: <"Where would you like me to sign it?"> I responded with, <"Anywhere you like."> He browsed through the book once again and fell upon the famous picture on page seven. Then he told me, <"That's a famous one."> [referring to the Rembrant picture in the background] <"Think I'll sign it there."> I just smiled... :-))) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... WCC 1935 Book Cover:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... Page -7- where Dr. Euwe signed.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... Page -7- detail of Dr. Euwe's autograph.
He was a true gentleman personified. :))
This Chess game I always loved from the great Zurich 1953 Candidates Tournament. Geller vs Euwe, 1953 //
Zurich 1953 · Nimzo-Indian, Samisch · [E26] · 0-1
What a wonderful Chess game and this grand counterattack was a joy to play over and study! :^) - Mal |
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May-21-09
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| Albertan: Wow Malthrope that must have been quite a thrill to meet Dr. Euwe!!! I have always admired him as a chess player, as a Chess administrator and as a human being! Malthrope wow you got his autograph as well? Good for you, I have a few autographs myself of players. I had GM Tukmakov autograph an article he did for 64 magazine, it sure gave me a thrill to talk with him about his victories over Bobby Fischer,Szabo,Stein,Gulko,Korchnoi,Geller,Tal,Gl-
igoric and others, so I know in my own way what it is like to talk to someone you have always idolized! |
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May-21-09
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| malthrope: <Albertan: Wow Malthrope that must have been quite a thrill to meet Dr. Euwe!!!> It sure was and he was the 6th World Chess Champion that I was honored to have met in person. You should read my 'Profile' sometime it's got lots of info of interest there. :) <I have always admired him as a chess player, as a Chess administrator and as a human being!> He was a true gentlemen, a modest man and very gracious. :-) Sometime in the future I'll write more of my brush with Chess history and my time spent with Dr. Euwe. :D Thought the signing part (where I still remember to this day his words verbatim) would be the most interesting for the members here on <CG.com> <I had GM Tukmakov autograph an article he did for 64 magazine, it sure gave me a thrill to talk with him about his victories over Bobby Fischer, Szabo, Stein, Gulko, Korchnoi, Geller, Tal, Gligoric and others, so I know in my own way what it is like to talk to someone you have always idolized!> Well, I never met GM Tukmakov but have met (on your list): Fischer, Gulko, Korchnoi, Tal and Gligoric! ;) Yes, it's always a "royal treat" to meet some of the greats! :) - Mal |
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| May-21-09 |
| Fanacas: Happy birthday (even thoug its a day to late) i wish i could get his autopgrahp |
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| Jun-19-09 |
| xSmashOrBeSmashedx: I am a chess and martial arts enthusiast doing some research for a bit of casual writing, and was hoping somebody can verify as fact that Euwe was the heavyweight amateur boxing champion of Europe..? The same sentence ("He was once the former amateur heavyweight boxing champion of Europe...") is repeated in numerous online bios, with no sources ever listed, or even a year that he was supposedly champion!
Many of the bios go on to repeat the story where Euwe wore "gloves" (i have never seen it specified as boxing gloves) to instill "fighting spirit" in himself during the 1948 championship... if the gloves he wore are indeed supposed to have been boxing gloves i find that *very* difficult to believe, but i would love if it were true!!! Any help much appreciated. |
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Jun-19-09
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| WannaBe: A very simple and easy search on google would have given you this link: http://members.tripod.com/HSK_Chess... |
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| Jun-19-09 |
| xSmashOrBeSmashedx: WannaBe: That is one of the many bios I have already found that provides no sources and gives no details whatsoever about his boxing achievements other than his winning the amateur heavyweight championship of Europe at some point. |
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| Jun-19-09 |
| sneaky pete: I couldn't find it on the net, but the latest issue of New In Chess has a picture of Valiant Smyslov in boxing gloves, preparing for his 1965 bout with Ukrainian heavyweight Gory Geller. Smyslov was k.o.'d in round 8 that time, but I remember he had won the title from Iron Mike a decade earlier. |
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| Jun-19-09 |
| myschkin: . . .
like e.g. http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquar... * European Amateur Boxing Championships (timeline):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe... According to what you already found it looks as if we're speaking about the years prior to 1926 - ergo the I. European Championships (1925, Stockholm)?! * http://www.maxeuwe.nl/loopbaan.html (in Dutch) lists <boxing ~ boksen> as a hobby. On page 14, Reinfeld "The Joys of Chess" (1961) states that Max Euwe was an excellent swimmer, boxer, and flier. IMHO "Amateur heavyweight boxing champion of Europe" ~ hoax |
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Jun-29-09
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| SirChrislov: How do you pronounce his last name? is it ee-u-wee? |
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Jun-29-09
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| SirChrislov: nevermind, there's a whole discussion about it one page 1. UR-veh. |
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| Jun-30-09 |
| xSmashOrBeSmashedx: For anyone else interested, a Dutch editor at BoxRec.com (international pro & amateur Boxing records) has confirmed to me that Max Euwe was NOT ever the amateur heavyweight boxing champion of Europe, although it is known by sports fans in the Netherlands that he was a keen amateur boxer as well as their only Chess world champion. |
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Jul-31-09
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| euripides: Euwe's performance in 1948 has always been a bit enigmatic. It seems the doctor was literally the victim of his own medicine: http://www.chesscafe.com/hans/hans.... |
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| Sep-02-09 |
| kooley782: Is Euwe still alive today? He seems like a wonderful person and chess player. "There's something wrong with that man. He's too normal."-Bobby Fischer -Ethan |
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| Oct-22-09 |
| CeeFoR: He died in 1981. |
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