Guess the author #5

Here we go again. Who wrote the following?

[#1 Jon Speelman; #2 Hans Ree; #3 Tatyana Boleslavskaya; #4 Petrosian]

#1

#2

#3

#4

Just a wild guess: Edward Winter for #2?

Not Edward Winter.

Another try: Smyslov for #3.

WAG for #3: Taimanov

Neither Smyslov nor Taimanov for #3. However, you have the correct nationality. An additional clue is that it is a trick question, intended to make it harder to get 100% right. In fact, two of the others are sort of trick questions (in a different way).

#2 is Hans Ree.

#2  Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam?

#1 Larsen?

#1 Alexander?

#2 is indeed Hans Ree, writing in The Human Comedy of Chess.

#1 isn't either Larsen or Alexander.

My head is swole. I have three candidates for #4: Mednis, Chernev and Minev.

Actually, #4 is a world champion.

I'm thinking I made these too hard.

Please be relevant, helpful & nice!

#4 is Petrosian.

#3 is Bronstein.

These are far too tough for me.

I give up. But, if you want obscure () may I add #5?

Correct!

Are you sure?

Now that you mention it, I'm not. Tatiana Boleslavsky?