Max Marchand

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Max Marchand (24 November 1888, Amsterdam - 1957, Baarn) was a Dutch chess master.

During the World War I, he played only in neutral The Netherlands and Denmark. In 1915, he took 2nd in Amsterdam, won in Scheveningen, and took 2nd in Rotterdam. In 1916, he tied for 2nd-4th, behind Paul Johner, in Copenhagen (the 9th Nordic Chess Championship), and won in Amsterdam. In 1917, he took 3rd in Scheveningen. In 1918, he won in Amsterdam, shared 1st in Arnheim, took 3rd in 's Hertogenbosch, and tied for 5-6th in Scheveningen (Rudolf Loman won).

After the war, he won the 4th Dutch Chess Championship at The Hague 1919. In that year, he also shared 1st with Richard Réti in Amsterdam, took 9th in Hastings (José Raúl Capablanca won), tied for 3rd-4th in Scheveningen, won in Amsterdam, and tied for 2nd-3rd in Amsterdam. In 1920, he won and tied for 2nd-3rd, behind George Alan Thomas, in Bromley, took 5th (Réti won) and 4th in Amsterdam (Quadrangular, Max Euwe won), took 4th in Göteborg (P. Johner won), and took 4th in Scheveningen.[1]

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  1. ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
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