Alexander Rueb
Number of games in database: 14
Years covered: 1912 to 1925
Overall record: +3 -9 =2 (28.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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ALEXANDER RUEB (born Dec-27-1882, died Feb-02-1959) Netherlands [what is this?] Alexander Rueb born 1882 was a lawyer, chess organiser and one of the founders of FIDE (The World Chess Federation) in 1924. He was also president of the Dutch Chess Federation (1923-1928) and the first president of FIDE (1924-1949). His large chess library was destroyed by bombing in 1945 and Rueb had to rebuilt it after the war. It is now part of the Amsterdam University Library. He also wrote a five volume work on endgame studies.

page 1 of 1; 14 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Wagner vs A Rueb   0-1 30 1912 corr A02 Bird's Opening 2. Euwe vs A Rueb   1-0 56 1920 Scheveningen C49 Four Knights 3. A Rueb vs Euwe ½-½ 33 1922 ? C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 4. Euwe vs A Rueb   1-0 30 1922 ? D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 5. Euwe vs A Rueb   0-1 50 1922 ? C13 French 6. T Hess vs A Rueb   1-0 35 1922 Match GER-NED D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. A Rueb vs T Hess   ½-½ 22 1922 Match GER-NED C10 French 8. Sifalda vs A Rueb   0-1 19 1923 Prague C29 Vienna Gambit 9. Euwe vs A Rueb   1-0 17 1923 ? A22 English 10. A Rueb vs A Chepurnov   0-1 54 1924 Paris prel-7 B33 Sicilian 11. A Rueb vs Duchamp   0-1 42 1924 Paris prel-7 B02 Alekhine's Defense 12. G Cenni vs A Rueb   1-0 37 1924 Olympiad C26 Vienna 13. A Rueb vs Euwe   0-1 32 1925 ? B56 Sicilian 14. Euwe vs A Rueb 1-0 19 1925 ? C24 Bishop's Opening

Jul-12-05    Benzol: Is this the man who was an organiser of chess events and one of the founders of FIDE in 1924? Jul-13-05    sneaky pete: <Benzol> It is. A lawyer by profession, he was also president of the Dutch chess federation 1923-1928 and an active player as far as his other occupations allowed. Jul-13-05    Benzol: <sneaky pete> Thanks mate. I was aware he was FIDE President but didn't realise he was active as a player. Dec-27-07    BIDMONFA: Alexander Rueb RUEB, Alexander http://www.bidmonfa.com/rueb_alexan... _ Sep-21-08    GrahamClayton: Rueb also played correspondence chess, and along with Max Euwe and Alexander Alekhine, promoted the idea of a world correspondence championship in the 1930's, which did not come to fruition until after World War 2. Rueb was also awarded the International Arbiter title by FIDE in 1951. Source: Tim Harding "50 Golden Chess Games - More Masterpieces of Correspondence Chess", Chess Mail, 2004

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