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

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ROSSETTO, HECTOR DECIO (1922 ),
prolessional player from Argentina, lnlernaiional
Grandmaster (1960), national chanpion six times
nan 1942 to 1912. He won many elents in
Argentina and a 1ew tournamenisabroad,bis best
result being at BucnDs Ai.es 1960 (aboutcategory
10) whcn he canre iourrh equal with EvaNs,
CUIM^RD. ANd TNMANOV AttC
sRr, and szAB6 ahead olor-ArssoNj uNzrcrcR, and
clrcoEa. He played in two inlezonal toumamenh
(1158, i964) and in six olympiads lion 1950 to
1912. notably makins fie besl $orc (+8-2) ol
those playing nrsr reseFc at Helsinki 1952.
ROSSOLTMO, NICOLAS ( 1910 75) , Internarion
al Grandmaner (1953). Bo.n in Kiev. he serrled
snh his Russian m.thcr in Parn in 1929. hisGreck
father haviflg emigrated to lhe USA sone years
earlier. Rossolimo rook a job as a laxi dnler. His
hest touinanent achievcmcnts w-c ar Paris 1931t.
when he came second (+6:3-l) halr a poini aier
.^pABuNcA. and ar Pans 1939, liBt (+9 = 5) ahead
ol rARrA(oER. For a ils leais afler the Second
world war hc becanc morc active in tournament
play. nolablywinningthe FrenchChanpionshipin
1948 and achi€ving sone iair iesults ln snalt
lournaments at Hastingsi 1948-9. 6sti 1949-50.
sccond after s^B6 ahead ol Elwri and 1950 1,
second equalwnh o'ELLy afterurzrccR.In 1953
hejoined his lather in tbe USA. Tlele he drole a
taxi, ga,e chc$ lcssons. a.d ako earned monc,v.
perhaps, Irom lhe sales oi a record oi Russian
iolk-songs. In the Swiss slnen US Open Chan
pionship 1955 he cane lisr equalwith FEnEvsp
and,lavoured bythc ti€-break, iook the lirsl prize,
aBuickcar. }Ielived lorvaryingpenodsinFrance.
a lq ays relurning ro the USA,where he died three
days aier being lound with head injuries at the
boltomolaflightolstairs. Rossoiimoplayedin frve
Olympiads: ior France in 1950 and 1972, Ior the
USA ii 1958, 1960, and 1966.
ROSSOLIMO VARIATION. 240 in $€ srcrrhN
DEFENCEj line giv.n by cozro. playcd by ERD and
wlrlaMs at ihe London touriament 185r, b,
MNAER aSainst srErNrz at rhe Paris tournament
1867, favourcd by NrMzowrrscx. a.d reinroduced
by RossouMo aruund 1940. (See RrolMovi sAx.)
ROTUSCHTLD, ALBER'r (l8.l,l-1911), chess
par.on. financier. BaronRothscbild*as a nenber
of the Viennese branch oi the tasous banking
Iamily and played daily in the Vienna Ches Club
where he wasregarded as astrongplayer. As aboy
he had sENrrz as a turor and he loved the tacticll
bnliance which rhen charaaerized Sreinirz\ play.
Rothschild funded maDy BRTLLTANCY pRrzEs.
RoTLEWI, G. A. 0889 1920), Polishpl.yer. His
caree, a1 ,nastcr level began in the einlcr of
1907-8. In match€s he lost ro s^LtrL nr 1909
(+s=3 8) a.d dereared hin in 1911 (+3=6 1)i
in rhe All Russi. tournanent,St Pereisbutg 1909,
he.amc sccondto Ar-ExHrNE: and at Carlsbad l91l
he came fou.rh afie.rEr.sMA\!, RUlrNSrErN, a.d
s.dl!.slR ahead oI u*sEALr, NrMzowrscs,
vrDMAR, Alekhine, and DUus. 'rhe promise of
Rollcwi\ rapid progress and his 'refreshing a.d
energeric play was notiunled: sliuckby a senous
nervous illness, he ncvcr plaled again.
ROUND, (1) asetol games..ornallys.heduledto
begin on lhe sameday, that Iorms adiscrelestageoi
a tournaBent. For cxample, in an atl-rl^t'^tl
tournament of eight players there wiU be seven
rounds each consisting ol four games. Atter thc
lour ganes ot tbe lirsl round have heen complcted
(or perbaps adjoumed) ihc players will be paired
with ditferent opponents and lhe seond .ound witl
ROUND! (2) a .omplete sel oI rounds. using this
sord in tbe sense or round (1). A ioumanenl in
which eachplayei neets cveryothcr player once h
a singlc-round tournament. Io a double-round
tournanenr eacb playe. neers every other Player
twice, tu a t.eble round lournament three limes,
and so oo. louilaments above double{ouDd are
oftcD known as MAr.E rouRNeENrs. Ideall! !
different {ord should be used to dhti.guish the
two kinds ofround ard to climinale such rema.ks
as -i. the third round oI lhe second round . . .
ROUND CIIESS, an unorthodox same played on a
r;und bo a rd. Suc h games have a lenerable history
datin-Eat least iiom the 10th century as eviden.ed
by Islanic hanuscripts. A veBion known as
zatrikion or Byzanline chess, because i1 Nas
popular in the capitai ol lhe Easteijr Ronran
Empire. used a boardolfourcon.ent.icrings each
divided idlo 16spaces. Each ol the ranks,which de
aranged like spokes in a wheel, conrains lour
spaces. For thearay a Phyer\ mcn are placedon
adjoining ranks: on rhc li6t. lour pawnsr o! the
second, a rook on the perimeter then knight- lil,
and knrgi oD rbethird. asimilar arrangcmcrtanh
tsrRz^\ instead oi kingi and on the fourth, Iour
paBns. The opponenas men are similarly Placed
mirror fashion on lhe other sidc of tne circle.
Unlike sEArMN, pawrs are mt pronoted. a 6rzan
may caprure a lirzan, a frl may caplure d iil.
Another vereion, somelimes cllled circular chcss.
has a snnilarboard except thlt rhc vacant ceDtre is
divided into ioui quartcr cncles, known as citadels
Ar rhe starlrhekine andfi.zenareonlheperineter
and ifa player can nove his king into a ciradelhc
.inf.i lose Zrtnknr. hrd , bricl relilal in