chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

274 RADULOV
RADULOV. IVAN (193+ ). Bulgarian player,
Inrcrnational Grandnastei (1972). narional cham
pion 1971. 1975. l977.and l980.civilcngin.er He
so. liist pize in rhree nroDg international
t.urnan'cnN: Fo(sa Helsinki 1972 (+8=6 1)i
Montiua 1974, catcgory l2 (+2=7);add Monlilla
1975 (+:l=6), a tie with R urAy.vs(v From 1968
he played lor his country in several Olympiads.
Bymc Rrdulo! Montna 1975
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maeazine jrdirndry y S.S.tR lor manl tea^. and
an ercellenr book on lhe Botlinnik-rAr aond
.hampio.ship toarch ot 1960. He died whilc
compiling lzbtdh !. Pn t Rdgo.nr!. a collection
ol7.1oI his games:.ompleted bv lricnds, cdncd b!
M. tseilin, lhe book lvas published in 1964
Tin'iovia Ragozin Moscos LelT Duth Delence
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RAGOZIN. VIACHESLAV VASII-YEVICH
( 190Hj2), So!iet player, lnteroational G r andma$
rer (1950). Inrernarional Arbiter (l95ll. lnternarional
Correspo.dence Chess Grandnaster
(1959), buildingengineei One oithe rist genera
tion lo learn chcs under the Solict rcginic,
Ragonn came to the fore in rhelate 1930s, oorabltr
achi.line three Cood tournanent results: Lenin
Srad Championship 1936, fir.st: TJSSR Chanpion
ship 1937. second equal snh
aliei LEENESS: .dd Ledingrad Moscow 1939.
thndequalwirhl-evenlish-LrLrENrEAl.indMAKo
coNo! alte. FLoHR and REsH.vsoahcad oIunES.
Aiter finnin8 first pdze (+8:2) at Sverdlovsk
19,12 and rhe Leningrad Ch.npionship ol 19.15
Ragozinachicvcd his bcst resull in oler the board
play at Moscos 19,17, a category 12lournamcntl
second (+8=5 2) hall a point alter Borv,Nr'(
aheadoinor rsrAvs(-sMyslov, and Keres Anee
*ave oI Soviet player nos overtook hn ecncration,
only Botvinnik suniling rhis chauenge.
'lurning 10 postal chess Ragozin qon the second
World Corespondcn.c Championship, 195G8
(+9=1 1).
ln 1936 Ragozin becane Bolrindit s spardng
parlner. and for many ycarc tncy practised and
dd.lysed rogetheri tbus Ragozin conrributedsignilicandy1oBotvinnik\
successes. Ragozin s litera.t
whneisa!lan'cadyroodvarcch6pitr to!4.butrlicr
RAGOZIN VARIAIION, E,l in lhe outEN s a^MBI
Declined and l58inlhe \rMzo rNDraN DIFENCE.ln
both variations RA.ozrN dcvclopcd continnatio.s
thai would enable Black to advaDce his e.paND
RAJKOvre, DUS^N (1942- ). Yugona'
plarer. Inlernalional Crandma$er (197?). Hc
cane lirn D tso tournamenls at Snederclska
Palanka, shiring the prize wnh fie Yueosl v
playerSlobodan Marlinovia (1945- ) h l9r7a.d
Ninning outight nr 1979 At vriac 1979 he camc
second (+6=8) after srEAN.
RAKIN(i BISHOPS, a playcrs light and dark
bishops placed so ihal lhey command adtacent
di.gonals.long which Ihey arlack lbe opponent s
posilion lron a disrance. Possesiod oi such
bishops h often advartaecous. (For cxamplcs sc.
BAUER UKM^N. A'd XNMK,)
RANDOMIZED CHESS! an unorthodox game
designed lo discount knowledee oI the opennrgs.
The pawns .re placed as ir rhe aRRAy..d behind
rhem the picccs lre aligned in unorrhodox tashi.n
but alwars so lhateachplayershalt have aligbt and
a dark bnbop. The players must agree about
castling rules co66o.l! a slddelricil atrange
mcnt is nadc as folloss: whitc places anypiece be
chooses on al. Black places a similar piccc o. a8