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

,12 BOGOLTUBOW
than any other national championship. twice: in
193l altera play-offand in 1933 (+9=5 1).When
he playcd for Gemany in the Prague Olrmpiad
1931Bogoljubo*\ $ore a16st boad (+9=7 1)
was beuered only by Alekhine (+10=? 1),
another 'renegadc' who had also been Solie1
champion. In 1934 BosoljuboN came fourlh
(+9=5-L) in the zurich lournament and losi
a.othertiile tuarch against Alekhine (+3-15 8);
the optidism which had spurred his inaginalion
began !o diminish. Sub*quendy he played in more
rhan50toumaments,inishingn$tinalmosthallof
rhcn. His hest wins were at Bad Nauheim 1935
(+4:4-1), Bedin 193s Ghared [ith R,cHtR).
Bad Elster i938. Sluitgdl 1939: and at Bad
Pymonl in 1949 he won rhe German Champion
ship lor the lourrh and l6t time.
EtNe. witincin The Developnenl of chess sttle
(1968). dcs.ibes Bosoljubos\ chess, 'His plal
was rcund and his sryle Drimanly position.l. 1.
addition hehad lacticalralent which cane into its
own especially when lhe opponent had been
outplayed sl.ategi.ally. His wcak Point lay in his
optinismandlackof objedivily. ApoPular, jovial
6gure, who greatly i.fluenced Cerman playetr,
Bogoljubos died in harness. Returning lron a
simulta.eous dnphy hc sufiered a latal heart
A. Brinckbann, G.orsa.it r Bosotiubow (1953)
contaiN 64 gamesa J. Spence, The Chess Cnrte. ol
Bo.oljubow. 2 vots. (191t 5). cont.ins 100 gamcs
BosolruborAlekhinc 6th grme wodd Championship
matchlq29 NimzclndianDelen.c,SpiclmannVfuhtion
ld4Nr6 2c4e6 lNc3864 4Ob3Oe7 5i3Br.3+ 6
Qi3 bc 7t3d5 3dd5 Nid5 9Qc2Qh4+ 10g3Qxd4
11e4Nc? 12Bl4Bd? t3Rdl Qa4 11Qxc7Oc6 15Ne2
QicT 16 BxcT Na6 17 Bd6 Bb5 13Nc3BrIl 19 Rd1
Nc6 20 Bl4Ke7 21RDRhd3 22Rxd3Kxd3 23Rd2+
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26 Kdr Ng6 27 Bc7 ci 23 X€ Nr3 29 Bd6 Ne6 301,1
cxl4 3l8xr4Rc3+ 32Kb3Ralt 33h4Kfi 34l5Nd3:r5
Bfa Ke7 36 Rs2 s6 37 R.2 gxt5 33 exf5 Nfl 19 Re2+
Kd7 40 Rc6 Rg3 41 Rxf6 Ke7 42 Re6+ Kd? 43 Bd6
Nx'16 44 Rid6+ Ke3 45 NxrT Rs3+ ,16 K.4 Rg7 47
Ncri Nc7 ,13 16 Blact esi8ns.
BOGOLJUDOW DEFENCD, 162. Thh sound
alternative 10 the auE.Nis TNDTAN DE.tNcE is
sometimescalledthe Bogoljuboplndian, although
n does.ot nccessarily lead 10 an lndiao Camc.
BocouuBow played it in his malch against RUUIN-
$ErN, 1920. (see Brc(ER.)
BOGOLJUBOW VARIATION, 77 in the oUEEN's
cAMurr Declined, played in tnc 21sr match game
Alekhitre Bogoljubos, world chanPionship
1929t 91. also in the Queen\ Ganbit. known
belore uocolruDows tine; 399 in the sr NISE
opENrNc, I.omthe gane Capablanca BoSoljuboN.
London 1r2 (but known edlie, and now standard
pla! (\ee arlxo. !{sruKor I Als 57t. lhe
rr*rs.H !AN\rroN, which Bosoliubuw belie!ed
BOEATIRCHUK. FEDOR PARFENOVICH
(1892 )- Intemational Mastei (1954). A native
of Kiev, he worked there as a .adioloBist and
became dircror oI a rcsearch instittrle. His chess
carer began beforc the Firsr World Wa( Nhcn he
played in lournaments at Kiev and in lhe Russian
Chaipionship. 1912. From 1923 to 1934 he
enrcred the Soviet Championship sn times, tying
fo. 6st place in 1927 when he and RokNovsu
becane co-chanpions. In 1938 he took second
plalc rn one of fte lwo qualilrineiournametru for
rhe USSR Chamoi.n