Alexander Rueb

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Alexander Rueb (born December 27, 1882 in The Hague ; † February 2, 1959 ) was a Dutch chess official , chess player and lover of chess composition . He was the first President of the World Chess Federation FIDE .

Chess official

Rueb was there when FIDE was founded in 1924 in Paris . He was named the first president. He held this office until 1949. As far as is known, Rueb also used today's FIDE motto Gens una sumus for the first time in 1945 .

Chess composition

Rueb collected studies , mainly from the field of endgame studies. He developed his own system for the documentation of these studies. He published his work in the 10-volume work De Schaakstudie , which was published between 1945 and 1955.

The Dutch-Flemish Association for Friends of the Endgame Study ARVES ( A lexander R ueb V ereniging voor E indspel S tudie) has taken over his data collection on index cards .

Chess player

Rueb was also a strong chess player. He represented the Netherlands at the unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris in 1924 with a score of 4.5 points from 13 games.

Private

Rueb was a lawyer by profession. From 1908 he worked at the Dutch Supreme Court, Hoge Raad , later as a judge and diplomat.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edward Winter, Item 5184
  2. ↑ Alexander Rueb's results at unofficial Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Rueb, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch chess official, President of FIDE
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH 2nd February 1959
Place of death The hague