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ROBAISCE, KARL (1928 ), Aulrian Dlavcr.<br />
Inremadonal Grandmastcr (1961), national cham'<br />
pion 1960, oichidologht.Ileplayed lor his counfy<br />
in scveral Olynpiads lron 195,1 and at Leipzig in<br />
lqjo nade the besl lirsaboard score (+11:5).In<br />
bisyoungerdays his highlycombinative slyleled <strong>to</strong><br />
sone lne and widcly appreciated eames.including<br />
d.featsolthe greaiesrmaste$. Laterhe developcd<br />
a more positional approach enlilencd onoccasion<br />
<strong>by</strong> surprising moves in rhc opcning phase.<br />
RoBATSCH DEFENCE. 677. Knowd since the<br />
161h ccntury ihis delence was rarely pla],ed until<br />
afte.the Second World War. Plarusuauy leads<strong>to</strong><br />
the PrRc RoBArscH sYsrFM alihough olher oPdons<br />
are also open <strong>to</strong> Black, as, Ioi elanPle. thc<br />
GURG'NIDZE VARIII'ON. 6?8,<br />
{6DL, LUDwrc (1907 ?o), Geman player,<br />
InternationalMasi (1953), lawyer. ln 1930 Rddl<br />
{on a march asainst ENGELS (+5=1 2).a.dinthe<br />
follosinS year he shared first place Nith BoGoL<br />
rulos in rhe Ccrman Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionshiP a1<br />
S$inemiinde. (<strong>The</strong> litleRent <strong>to</strong> BoAoliuboq aiter<br />
a play'ofl.) For nany yeas Rddlrenained one ot<br />
Gernany s besl playcrs. and in 1947 he ron fie<br />
Soulh Gcrman Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship. ln 1916 he publishcd<br />
a small book on the endganc<br />
ROCARD, BROR AXEL FOLKE PER (1899<br />
1973). bom Rosensren, swedish <strong>chess</strong> orglnizc,,<br />
Internaiioml Arbiter (1951), laNyct. In 1939 he<br />
succeeded Ludvis corr.uN as presidenl of lhe<br />
swedish Che$ Fcdcralion. and in 1949 be suc<br />
ccedcd nuEu aspresidenl oi.rDE, holdingthc l)ost<br />
Dnril 19?0 *hen he was iollowcd <strong>by</strong> E!wr.<br />
ROCOFF, KENNEIH SAUL (195! ). Aner<br />
ican play$, International Grandm6tei (1978) By<br />
comine second (<strong>to</strong> BRowNE) in the US Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship<br />
1975 (aboul cateeory 9) Rogotl qualified<br />
lo.lhe inlezonal <strong>to</strong>urnaments ol19?6i he played<br />
ar thc onc hcld in Biel and shared tbirteentb place<br />
In rhe same year he tied lor li6l prizc wnh<br />
srcuu6NssoN and lhe Cuban player Guillermo<br />
Garcia (r95! ) in a caiesory 8 <strong>to</strong>urnanenr ar<br />
ROMANISITIN, OLEC MIKTIAILO\ICH<br />
(1952- ), Sovict player, Internadonal Grandmas<br />
icr (19?6) with an assressile stlle ( Draqsnakc<br />
me anery) Rom.nishin sldc scvcral .otable<br />
lournanenl vicrories lrom the nrid'1970s: Ode$a<br />
1974 (hc <strong>First</strong> League <strong>to</strong>urnanenl, a qualiiying<br />
eveDt lor rhe national ch<strong>amp</strong>ioiship) (+9=6-2)i<br />
Novisad 1975 (+9:6)iYcrcvan 1976(+8=5 2)i<br />
Hasli.gs lg7G7 (+10:3 1)i Leningrld 1977,<br />
catccory 13 (+8=7 2) <strong>to</strong> rie wnh rAL ahead or<br />
sMtslovand GRrc!: Pola.ica zdr6i 1980 (+7=6)i<br />
Lvov1981 (+6=6- l) equal{ithTalr Jurnala 1983<br />
(+9=4). He came second in the UssR Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship<br />
1975. (+7=5 3) equll with c!L(o.<br />
vacANyAN, and Tal aftcr pErRosyA"". at TilburS<br />
l9?9. catesory 15 (+4=6-l) after Karpov ahcad<br />
oI rcRrscs, rARsENj and sPASso- and al Dort<br />
mund 1982 (+?=2 2) afier oRr.<br />
Rom.nishii Pe<strong>to</strong>syan USSR ahaDp,onship 1975<br />
:l Nf] b6 4e,1Bb7 5Bd3d6 6Bc<br />
d 7d4crd4 3Nxd4tse? 90.00.0 l0blNc6 l1Bbz<br />
a6 l2 Khl Oc7 1314 Rad3 14 Rcr O 1j RII 96<br />
ț il<br />
,&<br />
?&@<br />
,.%t<br />
r&.t,xt<br />
%<br />
ffii<br />
ru tr<br />
16Nd5erd5 lTexdsNxd4 13Oxd4Rd.3 1915Bd3 20<br />
Qh4 Re5 2l Qh6 Qc7 22 Rgl 8.3 23 Bxe5 drc5 24<br />
trg6 tx!5 25 Bxg6 Ngl 26 tsh5 Rl6 27 Qd2 Rf4 23 d6<br />
Qg7 29 d7 Bb7 l0 OxI4 Black rcsiens<br />
ROMANISIIIN VARTATION, 160, variation in the<br />
NrMzo rlDrAN D.r.NcEkno{n sincethe 1930s (e.9.<br />
Grau-Finc, Wa6aw Olynpiad, 1935) and<br />
favoured <strong>by</strong> RoMiNrsEr"- in the 1970s<br />
ROMANOVSKY, PETER ARSENYEVICH<br />
(1892-l964). International Masrer ( 1950), Intcrna.<br />
tional Arbirer (1951). He lcarncd his <strong>chess</strong> in Sl<br />
Petesburg- von lhe Polltechnic Ins uie chan<br />
pionship in 1913, and wenr lo Mannhei6ln 191.1<strong>to</strong><br />
scck hh master litle in the sAUmiNiER. When<br />
the Fnst World War began hc and oiher Russian<br />
llayers were inrcrncd. Subseqne.tly he becane<br />
one oI thc lcadi.g Soviet players. A frequenl<br />
comFti<strong>to</strong>r in the Leninerad chadpionship hc<br />
came 6$t otrly once, Nhen he snarcd ihc lillewith<br />
I,'VENFISH. ANd I, L, hBINOV]CE<br />
in 1925. Curiously, Romanovsky sas more suc.<br />
cessful in USSR ch<strong>amp</strong>ionships: sccond <strong>to</strong><br />
in 1920j cn<strong>amp</strong>ion in 1923i second <strong>to</strong><br />
^LEruNE<br />
Bo@Lruuow in 1924i a.d joint chanpion with<br />
BoIATTRCHU( in 1927. Hn besr inlemational<br />
achievement Nas at Leningrld 1934 shen he<br />
shared second prize with RrlnrN aiter BonNNI(<br />
ahead of .uwr. Aboui this time Ron..olsky<br />
bcean 1o give more dne ro telching and <strong>to</strong><br />
publishing books and articlcs about lbe game Ir<br />
1934be becane the fist Soviel <strong>chess</strong> player <strong>to</strong> bc<br />
asardcd rhe ritle of Honoured Master oI Sport.<br />
Both his bro1he6. Alexaider (1880-1943) and<br />
Ye!-!eny (..188a-r 1945). aho played <strong>chess</strong>.<br />
ROMAN IHEME, . problen rheme: a black pic.e<br />
prelents a particular maling co.linualioni this<br />
piece is decoled <strong>to</strong> anolhcr sqnare irom Nhich it<br />
perlbms thc same luociioni Wbile then has a
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