He has achieved wins against World Champion Garry Kasparov with the black pieces in a blitz game during the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1999 and against super-grandmaster Peter Leko in a classical game in just 26 moves.[1]
| h | g | f | e | d | c | b | a | |
| 1 | | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 |
| h | g | f | e | d | c | b | a | |
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 grandmaster Parimarjan Negi, Edwin van Haastert, grandmaster 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 grandmaster 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.
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