World Chess Championship 1937

World Chess Championship 1937

	Defending champion	Challenger
	Max Euwe	Alexander Alekhine
	9½ Scores 15½
	Born 20 May 1901 36 years old	Born 31 October 1892 44 years old
← 1935 1948 →

The 1937 World Chess Championship was played between Max Euwe and Alexander Alekhine in the Netherlands from October 5 to December 4, 1937. Alekhine regained his title in a rematch of the 1935 championship match.^[1][2]

This was the last World Championship where the world champion had control of the title and could set match conditions; Alekhine died in 1946 and FIDE stepped in to take control of the World Championship. This was also the last World Championship to take place before the outbreak of World War II two years later; the tournament would resume in 1948.