IMManuel Bosboom

Manuel Bosboom was born in Zaandam in 1963 and learned chess from his father, the painter Adriaan Bosboom, at about five or six. He became an IM in 1990. At the 1999 Wijk aan Zee blitz event, he defeated reigning world champion Garry Kasparov with the black pieces. His classical victories have included a twenty-six-move win against Peter Leko. He played in several Wijk aan Zee groups, beating Thomas Luther and Boris Gulko in Group B in 2001. Merijn van Delft and Peter Boel chronicled his life and games in Chess Buccaneer, published in 2021.