The AVRO tournament was a chess tournament held in 1938. Eight of the world's top players took part: World Champion Alexander Alekhine, former champions José Raúl Capablanca and Max Euwe, and potential challengers Mikhail Botvinnik, Paul Keres, Reuben Fine, Samuel Reshevsky and Salo Flohr. Keres and Fine tied for first place, with Keres winner by virtue of his 1.5-0.5 score in their individual games. A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alexander Alekhine Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (sometimes spelled Aljechin) (in Russian, Александр Александрович Алéхин), (October 31 or November 1, 1892 – March 24, 1946) was a chess master and a former World Chess Champion. ... This article might not be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Max Euwe Machgielis (Max) Euwe (last name is pronounced /ø:wə/) (May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player. ... Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник) (August 17, 1911 - May 5, 1995) was a Russian International Grandmaster and long-time World Champion of chess. ... Paul Keres Paul Keres (January 7, 1916 – June 5, 1975) (approximate pronunciation CARE-ess) was an Estonian chess grandmaster (born in Narva), one of the strongest chess players of all time, apart from the World chess champions. ... Reuben Fine (October 11, 1914 - March 26, 1993) was one of the best chess players in the world during the 1930s. ... Samuel Herman (Sammy) Reshevsky (born November 26, 1911, Ozorkow, Poland - died April 4, 1992, New York, USA) was a leading American chess Grandmaster. ... This article needs to be wikified. ...

The tournament was apparently organised in the hope that it would provide a challenger to Alekhine, but it was not an official candidates tournament. However, when FIDE organised its 1948 match tournament for the world title after Alekhine's death in 1946, it invited the 6 surviving AVRO participants (Capablanca had also died), except that Flohr was replaced by Vasily Smyslov. The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Image:Smyslov. ...

See also: World chess championship The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (right) and Garry Kasparov (left). ...

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