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Manuel Bosboom

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Manuel Bosboom
Bosboom in 2012
CountryNetherlands
Born (1963-01-24) January 24, 1963 (age 61)
Zaandam, Netherlands
TitleInternational Master (1990)
Peak rating2490 (July 1998)

Manuel Bosboom is a Dutch chess player.

Chess career

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He has achieved wins against Garry Kasparov with the black pieces in a blitz game during the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1999 and against Peter Leko in a classical game in just 26 moves.[1]

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f1 white king
d3 white pawn
b3 white pawn
d4 black bishop
c4 white bishop
b4 black pawn
a4 white pawn
h5 black pawn
g5 black queen
e5 white pawn
c5 black pawn
a5 black pawn
h6 black king
f6 white pawn
e6 black pawn
f7 black pawn
a8 white queen
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Position after 50. Qa8. The game continued with 50… Qg1+ 51. Ke2 Qe3+ 52. Kd1 Qg1+ 53. Ke2 Qh2+ 54. Kd1 Bc3 0-1

He is renowned for his ability as a strong blitz player and for his creativity, including an early queen sacrifice in the Queen's Indian.[2]

In January 2001, he finished 9th in Group B of the Corus Chess Tournament 2001, where he won against higher-rated grandmasters Thomas Luther and Boris Gulko.[3]

In January 2007, he finished 8th in Group C of the Corus Chess Tournament 2007, where he scored wins against Parimarjan Negi, Edwin van Haastert, Peng Zhaoqin, Stellan Brynell, and Thomas Willemze.[4]

In January 2009, he finished 10th in Group C of the Corus Chess Tournament 2009, where he managed to win against the group's second seed David Howell.[5]

In December 2021, Merijn van Delft and Peter Boel wrote Chess Buccaneer, a book covering elements of Bosboom's life and his games.[6] In it, Bosboom names his favorite players as Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Tal, and Leonid Stein.

References

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  1. ^ van Delft, Merijn; Boel, Peter (December 19, 2022). "Chess Buccaneer - The Life and Games of Manuel Bosboom".
  2. ^ "A tribute to IM Manuel Bosboom : Manuel and the queen sacrifice". January 4, 2015.
  3. ^ Mark Crowther (29 January 2001). "The Week in Chess 325". The Week in Chess.
  4. ^ Staff writer(s) (29 January 2007). "Standings grandmaster group C 2007". Tata Steel Chess.
  5. ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  6. ^ James, Richard (January 6, 2022). "CHESS BUCCANEER: THE LIFE AND GAMES OF MANUEL BOSBOOM".
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