Jozef Boey

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Boey (left), 1966

Jozef Martin Boey (born May 16, 1934 in Antwerp , † February 28, 2016 in Vosselaar ) was a Belgian chess player . He is vice world champion in correspondence chess .

Close chess

Boey has been playing chess since he was eight. At first he concentrated on close-range chess. In 1953 he qualified for the final of the Youth World Cup in Copenhagen, where he took a middle place. Boey he won the Belgian championship in 1959 (together with Albéric O'Kelly de Galway ), 1964, 1965 and 1971 (together with Roeland Verstraeten ). Between 1956 in Moscow and 1988 in Thessaloniki he represented Belgium at eight Chess Olympiads . In 1963 and 1966 he took part in the zone tournament . FIDE awarded him the title of International Master in 1973 for his successes . His last Elo rating was 2280, but he was last listed as inactive because he has not played a rated game since the 18th Senior World Cup in Bad Zwischenahn in October 2008 . Boey achieved his highest rating of 2,435 in 1973 and 1974.

Correspondence chess

In 1965 Boey played correspondence chess for the first time. First he qualified for the 5th European Championship, where he came second behind the Swede Folke Ekström . Also at the 7th European Championship he finished second behind Werner Stern . For this he received the title of International Correspondence Chess Champion from the World Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF . In 1975 he was runner-up behind Estrin at the 7th World Cup . This was honored with the title of Grand Master . He also participated in the 8th World Cup and the 10th World Cup in 1978. In the 1980s and 1990s, he was invited to several strong jubilee and honor tournaments.

Private

Boey worked as a chemist. He was married and had two children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josef Boey's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 92

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personal data
SURNAME Boey, Jozef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boey, Jozef Martin (full name); Boey, Jef (Belgian Schaakbond); Boey, Josef (FIDE)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 2016
Place of death Vosselaar