Editing Alexander Rueb

{{Short description|Dutch lawyer, diplomat, and chess official}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Alexander Rueb
| nationality         = [[Netherlands|Dutch]]
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| imagesize           = 
| term_start          = 1924
| term_end            = 1949
| predecessor         = ''Office established''
| successor           = [[Folke Rogard]]
| birth_name          = Alexander Rueb
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1882|12|27}}
| birth_place         = [[The Hague]], Netherlands
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1959|2|2|1882|12|27}}
| death_place         = 
| office              = President of [[FIDE]]
}}
'''Alexander Rueb''' (27 December 1882 – 2 February 1959) was a Dutch lawyer, diplomat, and [[chess]] official.

He was born in [[The Hague]]. One of the founders of international chess governing body, [[FIDE]], Rueb was elected its first president in 1924. He was succeeded by [[Folke Rogard]] in 1949.  From 1923 through 1928, he was president of the [[Royal Dutch Chess Federation]].
His large and well-known chess library was destroyed by bombs in 1945, but he rebuilt it after [[World War II]].
The collection was placed in the [[Amsterdam University]] Library after his death.

Rueb was also an important figure in the field of [[endgame studies]], simultaneously publishing two standard works: ''De Schaakstudie'' (Gouda, 1949–55, 5 vols.) and the five volume companion ''Bronnen van Schaakstudie''.

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[[Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen]]
[[Category:Chess composers]]
[[Category:International Judges of Chess Compositions]]
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[[Category:Presidents of FIDE]]
[[Category:Lawyers from The Hague]]
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