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

choicc of moves. These artistic requircments by
lheirnature cannot be delined prccisely. This style
was Iathered by Anton K6nig (1836 1911) in the
186G althoDgh its ancestry nay be traced to thc
so.k oiDoRqrE and theEnglish conpose.John
Brown (1827 63). KoniA, vho cane lron Bobe
mia, tras tollowed by naoy of his .ountrynen
inciudins Jan Dobruski (185!1907),lti Chocoloua
(1856-1930), Jo*I Pospliil (1661 1916),
zden€k Mach (1877 1954). and HAvtL.
A problcm by Dobruski. zl,r, P/,rd. 1893 Alter
the key. I B.4, two variations show model males.
one a chaneleon echo ot 1he other: I . . . exd6 2
Rg5+(f6 3Bd8j r.. 13 2Nl5+(xf5:lBd3
BOLESLAVSKY 43
BoI, PAO I-O (1528 98), Italian player nicknamcd
'tl Sna.usano alter bis birlhplacc. Hc tmlelled
abroad for 20 years, dcfcating Ruy L6PEZ qhen in
Spain. An ac@mplished blindlold plaler, he coutd
handle thrce games simulraneously, chatting Nith
tnc bystande.s meanwhile. Hc aas a falourite oI
theDukeolUrbino, and Popc PiLs V offered hio a
pnesrhood whi.n hc declined. He played bcfore
Philif II oI Spain who gave hin! a letler of
inroduction to DonJohn ofAnstria. King Sebas
rian ofPorruaal also honotrred hin. Tbe accounls
othis lile halc become tinged wilhromance, and it
is noi clca. how much is truc: whelher he *as
captured b] Pirates, earaed freedom by his chcss
sknl, and dicd of poison, are natrcrs of specula
1ion. (Much lhe sanevm said oI hh coueague rnd
rivalLEoN^bo.) l knew him in myyouth', srilcs
c^RREtu, lhen I sasatlalernoin theycar 1597.
His hairwas qDiie white, bn iorm robusl, and his
mind 6irn. He dressed very fashionably, like a
youne man.and was !e ry capricious i ne vertheless,
hc had many excelent qullitics, he*asexfenely
chaste and nodest-hc sould neverdarry . . he
arrc.ded mass everv dav.. ..ln slarurc he Nas
ralhcr tall, Nell p;opo;tioicd, handsone. .nd
livelyi eloquent in co.vc6ation, and gay and
affable wilheveryone' Carera, $ho regarded Boi
as lhe gre.tesi playcr ol his time, ends a lone
testimonial 'I have lboughl il proncr to give a lull
account ol such r nin, that hn name may be
+3
A problem by Havel that son n$t prize in lhe 1r4lu
5.a..n6,i.alourney, 1927.Thekeyis1 Ra4 Therc
are model naies ailer I . . . Bxa4 2 Oe4+ Kc5 l
Og7, or I . . . Br (or L . . Rh6) 2 Qxc4+ Kxc4 3
Rxb4. ln reply to mosl other black moves Whne
wonld play 2 Qd5+ Nxd5 3 Nc6, a kind ol malc
knownasapin nodel: allhough rhc rookatc4 hon
anighrsquareshich isahou.deraltacklhemaleis
rcgardcdaspDrci fortherookisneessanlypinned
(orheNise Black could play Rc4rNc6). Bohefrian
comPoses like ro use as Ic{ whitc pa{ns as
possihlei Havel oltcn uscd none.
In rnc Rtitith ChL$ Maqazin?, 193?. DANSoN
published the lollowing posnion, given in Fosyth
notalion: 8/3K4/6kl/4R3r3P4/3P4/3P2p1/,1R3
whirc is to matc in three moves. and lhere are 16
model mates alter the key, I R5e2. Thi nay be a
re@id, bul n is not a Bobenian problemr thc
nating net is crlde- thc play dult and .epetitive
BOLBOC ANT JULIO (1920- ). Argenline
player, I.ternational Crandmasier (197?), seler!l
tines natio.al champion. His Ie{ appearan.cs in
Europcan evenls brought hin littlc success. but he
., me 6 in $lerxl South ,\mcrican toumaments.
notably ^r
Mar del Plala-Buenos Aires 1951 (a lic
wnh E!s$s.s). Mar del Plal. 1952 (a tic aith
Rossrro ahead oI rRlruNoqa), and Md del Plata
1956 (a tie with NArDoRr ahcad ol Eliskases).
Bolbochan qualilied for an irterzonal loumrnenr
on tbree occasions bnl competed odly once, al
Srockholm in 1962. when be cane thntccnth. He
playcdin seven Olympiadst om 1950to 1970. and
shen Argentiia took the silvcr medal in 1950 he
s..red +9=5 the best sccond-board result.
Hn brolher lacobo (190G ) played in rhrec
Olympiads (1935, 1937, 1939) and bccamc an Inte.national
Masrer in 1965.
BOLESLAVSKY. ISAAC YEFREMOVICH
(1919 77). Soviet player ind theornl, lnrcr.aliondl
Grandnasler (1950). iour.alisr. He had several
cxccllcnt tounamenl results dunng the 1940s:
Moscow 1942. second (+9*4 2) alter sMysrovi
USSR Championship 19a5, second (+9=6-2)
aller BorlrNNr(; USSR Championship 1947.
second (+7=12) altc. xEn6: saltsj.baden inier
zoDal 1948, about category 14. thnd (+6=12 1)
after unrrNsrFrN ina c7^u6:,nd I,SSR Championship
1949, lilih (+6=ll 2) cqual Nith RJR-
MAN and (orov. Bolcdavsky scored +6=12 and