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Juara
Catur Dunia adalah pemain yang telah memenangkan pertandingan atau turnamen
Kejuaraan Dunia catur. Sebelum tahun 1886, tidak ada kejuaraan resmi yang
diadakan, namun beberapa pemain dianggap unggul. Sejak tahun 1948, Federasi
Catur Dunia FIDE mengadakan kejuaraan tersebut. Juara
Dunia pra-FIDE 1921–1927 José Raúl Capablanca (Kuba); 1927–1935
Alexander Alekhine (Rusia Perancis); 1935–1937 Max Euwe (Belanda).
Machgielis "Max" Euwe (20 May 1901 in Amsterdam – 26 November 1981 in Amsterdam) was the 5th World Chess Champion, from 1935 to 1937. He was a Dutch chess grandmaster, mathematician, and author. He was not a full-time professional player; he got his PhD in pure mathematics in 1926, and worked as a school and college teacher. He was made Professor of Mathematics in 1964. Against all expectations, Max won the world chess championship in a match with Alexander Alekhine in 1935. Max used his teaching skills in chess as well as mathematics. He wrote 20 chess books, most aimed at helping the club player improve. He invented a subscription correspondence course called The Chess Archives, but known everywhere as Euwe's Archives. This gave teaching on chess openings, which were then an area of great weakness for club players. The Archives were published in Dutch, German and English, and helped to give professional help to amateur players. Euwe served as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978. (Wikipedia)
Lantas bagaimana sejarah juara catur, juara klub, juara perserikatan, juara internasional dan juara dunia? Seperti disebut di atas juara catur adalah pemain catur yang berusaha memenangkan pertandingan dan menjadi juara (turnemen dan kompetisi) mulai dari tingkat klub hingga federasi; Bagaimana dengan master-master catur Eropa seperti Boris Kostich dan Max Euwe. Lalu bagaimana sejarah juara catur, juara klub, juara perserikatan, juara internasional dan juara dunia? Seperti kata ahli sejarah tempo doeloe, semuanya ada permulaan. Untuk menambah pengetahuan dan meningkatkan wawasan sejarah nasional, mari kita telusuri sumber-sumber tempo doeloe.