![]() The presenter is losing his match and gets advice from another huge chess player at the time, Cuban player José Raúl Capablanca. Here’s what Max Euwe had to say about this challenge: They were to play 30 partijen in the Netherlands over a period of 80 days. If Euwe won this match, he would take Alekhine’s crown and become the wereldkampioen. W ereldkampioen (world champion) at the time, Alexander Alekhine, challenged him in 1935. He was never at the sustained level of greatness as some other schaakmeesters (chess masters), but he held his own. He was so good that the Dutch schaakbond (chess federation) decided to not let him participate in the Nederlands Kampioenschap (Dutch championship) anymore, and that kandidatentoernooien (candidate tournaments) would be held, whose winner would have the right to challenge Max Euwe for a partij (match).Īlso on the international stage, Max Euwe did well. Between 19, he won every single Dutch championship that he participated in. Born in 1901 in Amsterdam, he would go on to set unprecedented chess records, which still aren’t beaten today. While probably hard to pronounce for non-natives, he was a wonderkind (prodigy) who won every single game at the first schaaktoernooi he joined at age 10. He’s like the grootvader (grandfather) of Dutch chess. THE name to know in the Dutch schaakwereld (chess world) is, without a doubt, Max Euwe. Max Euwe in 1935 (seated) (Image colorized and upscaled by author, public domain) Let’s begin! For other posts in this miniseries, click here. I’ll discuss three players in different time periods, from the early 20th century to today. In this three-parter, I will look at the following questions: Did the Dutch ever have a wereldkampioen (world champion)? How does chess vocabulary translate to Dutch? And what if you wanted to get started playing chess in the Netherlands yourself? Let’s begin with some famous Dutch players. ![]() So I decided that I would do my own little miniseries on schaak in the Netherlands. With the accurate depiction of schaak, based on real partijen (parties) played between legendary spelers (players), it is a wonderful homage to the game. I could really identify with the long and exhausting games that could last 4 hours or more. I was never that good, let alone at Beth Harmon’s level, but I had my fun and victories. When I was a kid, I played schaak (chess) competitively with a Dutch schaakvereniging (chess club). With the miniseries The Queen’s Gambit, schaken (to play chess) has received a lot of attention. ![]()
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