Alexander Rueb (December 27, 1882 – 1959) was a Dutch lawyer, diplomat, and chess official. December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it. ...
He was born in The Hague. One of the founders of international chess governing body, FIDE, he was elected its first president in 1929. He was succeeded by Folke Rogard in 1949. Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Bror Axel Folke Per Rogard (July 6, 1899 - 1973) was a Swedish lawyer and chess official. ...
Rueb was also an important figure in the field of endgame studies, publishing several works on the subject. An endgame study, or just study, is a composed chess position—that is, one that has been made up rather than one from an actual game—presented as a sort of puzzle, in which the aim of the solver is to find a way for White, moving first, to win...
This was largely because the Soviet Union refused to join, as it saw chess and politics as being inextricably bound up, and FIDE was a non-political organisation.
This changed, however, when incumbent world champion Alexander Alekhine died in 1946.
FIDE stepped up to organise a tournament to find a replacement, and the Soviet Union, aware that this was a process it had to be involved with, joined.
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