Boris De Greiff
Number of games in database: 102
Years covered: 1954 to 1973
Last FIDE rating: 2255
Overall record: +12 -48 =42 (32.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

B93		Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (4 games)
A15		English (3 games)
E63		King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation (3 games)
E41		Nimzo-Indian (3 games)
E95		King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 (3 games)
B92		Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (2 games)
E54		Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System (2 games)
A89		Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 (2 games)
B11		Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (2 games)
D35		Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)

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BORIS DE GREIFF (born Feb-13-1930, died Oct-31-2011) Colombia [what is this?] Boris De Greiff was a writer by profession. He was awarded the IM title in 1957 and played for Colombia in the Olympiads at Amsterdam 1954, Moscow 1956, Munich 1958, Havana 1966, Siegen 1970, Skopje 1972 and Nice 1974. Colombian National Champion in 1958. Wikipedia article: Boris de Greiff

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 102  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B De Greiff vs A Beni   0-1 40 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E41 Nimzo-Indian 2. O Katajisto vs B De Greiff   ½-½ 25 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A52 Budapest Gambit 3. B De Greiff vs G Philippe   1-0 39 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 4. G Porreca vs B De Greiff   ½-½ 106 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 5. B De Greiff vs B P Reilly 1-0 28 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 6. B De Greiff vs E Bhend   1-0 31 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky 7. G Philippe vs B De Greiff 0-1 40 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A06 Reti Opening 8. B De Greiff vs T Store   1-0 52 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 9. B De Greiff vs A Nielsen   1-0 42 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B50 Sicilian 10. A Dunkelblum vs B De Greiff   ½-½ 51 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 11. B De Greiff vs G Kluger   0-1 43 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 12. F R Anderson vs B De Greiff 1-0 43 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 13. B De Greiff vs G Lorson   1-0 42 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E41 Nimzo-Indian 14. B De Greiff vs Schmid   1-0 48 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) pre-IV B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 15. B De Greiff vs A Dunkelblum   ½-½ 29 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 16. E Nievergelt vs B De Greiff   1-0 50 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 17. J Penrose vs B De Greiff   1-0 41 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation 18. M Raizman vs B De Greiff   1-0 32 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 19. B De Greiff vs Ivkov   0-1 56 1955 Mar del Plata C77 Ruy Lopez 20. B De Greiff vs Najdorf   ½-½ 73 1955 Mar del Plata A15 English 21. B De Greiff vs Szabo   0-1 56 1955 Mar del Plata B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 22. R Toran Albero vs B De Greiff   1-0 34 1955 Mar del Plata A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 23. B De Greiff vs Gligoric 0-1 35 1955 Mar del Plata B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 24. B De Greiff vs Panno   0-1 56 1955 Mar del Plata B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 25. B De Greiff vs J Sefc   ½-½ 20 1956 Moscow ol (Men) qual-D A13 English  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 102

Jul-06-04    ray keene: will the real boris de greiff stand up please!! Jul-06-04    Ribeiro: Boris de Greiff, from Colombia, played the Portoroz Interzonal (1958). Later, he became an international arbiter. Jan-13-08    BIDMONFA: Boris De Greiff DE GREIFF, Boris http://www.bidmonfa.com/de_greiff_b... _ Jan-13-11    Oceanlake: Maybe #7 could be game of day: Good Greiff! Jan-13-11    Penguincw: Let me be the first to wish Boris De Grieff a happy 81st birthday. By the way congratz for being chessgames.com's Player of the Day for Thursday January 13th 2011. Aug-03-11    50movesaheadofyou: A monumental work of his: "Las mil y una partidas" The One-thousand and one Games" in one volume. Oct-31-11    Resignation Trap: According to what I've heard, deGreiff just died last wednesday in Bogota. Nov-01-11    Albertan: Resignation Trap you are right. Here is a link to his obituary: http://www.eluniversal.com.co/carta... Google translator translation of some of it: The master Boris De Greiff, considered one of the great chess exponents Colombians, died Monday in Bogotá at the age of 81. This Antioquia, son of the poet Leon de Greiff musician and nephew of Otto de Greiff, was featured for more than three decades of national chess with Carlos Cuartas, Miguel Cuellar and Luis Augusto Sánchez. Jan-13-12    Eastfrisian: According to Wikipedia he was born on 13. February 1930 (not January). The date of death is noticed with 31. October 2011. Feb-13-12    brankat: R.I.P. master De Greiff. Does anyone know whether his book "Las mil y una partidas" ((One thousand and one games) is available in English? Thank You.

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