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'''Machgielis (Max) Euwe''', (May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981)<br/>
was a Dutch [[Psychology:Category:Psychologist|psychologist]], mathematician, mathematics teacher, computer scientist and chess [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_%28chess%29 Grandmaster], who was the fifth [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship World Chess Champion] from 1935 until 1937. He served as third President of the [[FIDE]] from 1970 to 1978 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE FIDE from Wikipedia]</ref>.
As friend of [[Adriaan de Groot]], Euwe supported him in his [[Cognition|cognitive]] experiments, and actively took part. He also encouraged other [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVRO_1938_chess_tournament AVRO 1938 chess tournament] players, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Alekhine Alekhine], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Fine Fine], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo_Flohr Flohr], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Keres Keres] to participate as well <ref>[[Fernand Gobet]] ('''2006'''). ''Adriaan de Groot: Marriage of two Passions''. [[ICGA Journal]], [http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/contents/content29-4.htm Vol. 29, No. 4], [http://people.brunel.ac.uk/%7Ehsstffg/preprints/De%20Groot%27s%20obituary%20--%20ICGA.pdf pdf]</ref> . During the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Netherlands_%281939%E2%80%931945%29 German Occupation of the Netherlands] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II], Euwe was director of ''Van Amerongen'', a food trader, and could arrange food transports on behalf of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Resistance Dutch resistance] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam Amsterdam] <ref>[http://www.maxeuwe.nl/loopbaan.html Max Euwe Centrum - Max Euwe's loopbaan]</ref>.
