World Chess Champion Max Euwe who held the title from 1935-1937 is one of the greatest chess
players in history. Much has been written about him and he authored dozens of books himself.
But missing was an outstanding collection of games of this 'efficient man-eating tiger' as the
American chess master William Ewart Napier once called Euwe.Max Euwe's Best Games fills this
gap. And it couldn't have been written by anyone else than Euwe's successor in Dutch chess Jan
Timman World Champion finalist and arguably one of the leading chess analysts of our time.This
book offers eighty of Max Euwe's games annotated with great clarity starting in his early
twenties when he worked his way to the world top up until his late seventies when he was still
a force to be reckoned with. It is incredible how high Euwe's level of play was for over fifty
years and how attractive his attacking style was.Timman made many discoveries in Euwe's best
and most famous games but has also unearthed several lesser-known brilliancies. Some
interesting paradoxes are addressed along the line. For example although he was an amateur
almost his entire life Euwe was better versed in opening theory than most of his top-level
opponents. Although he was the underdog he beat the mighty Alexander Alekhine in an epic World
Championship Match in 1935. At 52 he could still beat top players like Geller and Najdorf with
fantastic attacking play in the Zürich Candidates Tournament. And when he was over seventy he
was still highly dangerous for the new upcoming Dutch generation.This game collection of an
often underrated World Champion analysed by top grandmaster Jan Timman is a must-have for
anyone interested in World Championship chess.
