# Alexander Rueb

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

He was born in [The Hague](/source/The_Hague). One of the founders of international chess governing body, [FIDE](/source/FIDE), Rueb was elected its first president in 1924. He was succeeded by [Folke Rogard](/source/Folke_Rogard) in 1949.  From 1923 through 1928, he was president of the [Royal Dutch Chess Federation](/source/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](/source/World_War_II).
The collection was placed in the [Amsterdam University](/source/Amsterdam_University) Library after his death.

Rueb was also an important figure in the field of [endgame studies](/source/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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