The Max Euwe Memorial Tournament was an annual international invitation

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tournament played in honour of

Max Euwe Machgielis "Max" Euwe (; May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as ...

(1901–1981) from 1987 to 1996. It was played in

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(with the exception of 1990 when it was played in

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). In 1976, while Euwe was still alive, a jubilee tournament was held which can be seen as a prequel of the series. From 1987 to 1996, ten consecutive Euwe Memorial editions were held. The event was usually played as a mini-tournament in a double round-robin of four top players from the absolute world elite with the exception of the fifth edition in 1991 and the tenth edition in 1996 inviting ten players in a single round robin. If there was a tie on top, there was no play-off. The last edition of the principal Memorial series was organized in 1996, mainly because the main sponsor Verenigde Spaarbank (VSB) lost its interest. In addition, there was later a moderate strong and independent "Euwe Stimulans" tournament, played at Arnhem in 2007, Amon Simutowe from

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won, completing his final GM norm in the process to become a chess grandmaster. Also at that event, which had a line-up of ten players, Fridrik Olafsson played a famous game against Vincent Rothuis. The Ideal Max Euwe International Tournament in São Paulo 2008 was subclaimed as "2nd Euwe Stimulans" Tournament. This ten-player round robin featured three players from Brazil plus seven players from other countries.

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and Gilberto Milos were shared winners, ahead of clear third

John van der Wiel Van der Wiel in 1983, thumb John van der Wiel (born 9 August 1959) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Dutch Chess Champion. Chess career Born in 1959, Van der Wiel won the ''Daniël Noteboom tournament'' in Leiden in 1976 and 197 ...

. A next Max Euwe Memorial commemorating the former World Chess Champion and President of FIDE who died 26 November 1981 took place in Amsterdam on 13–20 November 2011. Aside from various events (i.e. simultaneous exhibitions), a men's and a women's four-player double round robin was held which was won by (then 13-time Dutch Women's Champion) Zhaoqin Peng in Group 1, while

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took the honours in Group 2.

Winners

Results

1996

References

Euwe Jubilee and Memorials
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