World Chess Championship 1935

World Chess Championship 1935

	Defending champion	Challenger
	Alexander Alekhine	Max Euwe
	Alexander Alekhine	Max Euwe
	14½ Scores 15½
	Born 31 October 1892 42 years old	Born 20 May 1901 34 years old

A World Chess Championship was played between challenger Max Euwe and title-holder Alexander Alekhine in various cities and towns in the Netherlands from 3 October to 16 December 1935. Euwe was the winner by overcoming a three-point deficit as late as the ninth game.

Earlier in 1935, Dutch radio sports journalist Han Hollander asked former world champion José Raúl Capablanca for his views on the forthcoming match. In the rare archival film footage where Capablanca and Euwe both speak, Capablanca replies: "Dr. Alekhine's game is 20% bluff. Dr. Euwe's game is clear and straightforward. Dr. Euwe's game—not so strong as Alekhine's in some respects—is more evenly balanced." Then Euwe gives his assessment in Dutch, explaining that his feelings alternated from optimism to pessimism, but in the previous ten years, their score had been evenly matched at 7–7.