Julio Bolbochán

Panno and Bolbochan.

Julio Bolbochán (10 March 1920 – 28 June 1996) was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948. Born in Buenos Aires, he represented Argentina in seven Chess Olympiads from 1950 to 1970. Bolbochán earned the International Master title in 1955 and the International Grandmaster title in 1977. He had several successes at Mar del Plata: shared first with Erich Eliskases in 1951, shared first with Hector Rossetto in 1952, and shared first with Miguel Najdorf in 1956. His older brother, Jacobo Bolbochán, won the Argentine championship in 1932 and 1933.

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25. Qf5 1-0

Here is his victory in Bolbachan-Larry Evans in the 1952 Olympiad in Helsinki:
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Bb3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Rd1 Nc3 14. bxc3 Qb6 15. Qe5 Bb7 16. Be3 Qc6 17. Bd5 Qc8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. a4 Rc8 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Qd4 e5 22. Qg4 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. Qf5 1-0.

External links

• Julio Bolbochan player profile at ChessGames.com
• OlimpBase
• Statistics at ChessWorld.net