Max Lange (August 7, 1832, Magdeburg – December 8, 1899, Leipzig) was a German chess player and problem composer.

[1] Lange was an editor of the Deutsche Schachzeitung (German Chess Newsletter) from 1858 to 1864.

[2] Lange won four Western German championships: thrice in Düsseldorf (1862, 1863, 1864), and at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) 1868 (7th WDSB–Congress).

The statistical website Chessmetrics.com estimates that Lange was one of the top ten players in the world in the 1860s.

He took an extended sabbatical from tournament chess from 1868 until his final appearance in the third DSB-Congress at Nuremberg 1883.