January 18, 2021(2021-01-18) (aged 77) Reston, Virginia, U.S.
Title
Grandmaster (1965)
Peak rating
2625 (May 1974)
Peak ranking
No. 10 (May 1974)
Lubomir (Lubosh) Kavalek (Czech: Lubomír Kaválek, August 9, 1943 – January 18, 2021)[1] was a Czech-American chess player. He was awarded both the International Master and International Grandmaster titles by FIDE in 1965.[2] He won two Czechoslovak and three U.S. championships,[3] and was ranked as the world's No. 10 player in 1974.[4][5] He was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2001.[3] Kavalek was also a chess coach, organizer, teacher, commentator, author and award-winning columnist.[6]
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Lubomir (Lubosh) Kavalek (Czech: LubomírKaválek, August 9, 1943 – January 18, 2021) was a Czech-American chess player. He was awarded both the International...
at Netanya 1969 (Samuel Reshevsky won), took 16th at Netanya 1971 (LubomirKavalek and Bruno Parma won), and tied for 6–7th at Teheran 1972 (West Asian...
Smejkal, Ľubomír Ftáčnik, Vlastimil Jansa, Ján Plachetka, Jan Ambrož United States 35½ Walter Browne, Yasser Seirawan, Lev Alburt, LubomirKavalek, James...
(+4−1=9), thus sharing third with Bojan Kurajica, behind joint winners LubomirKavalek and Polugaevsky, who scored 10. During 1975, Spassky played two events...
Chess. p. 431. ISBN 978-1-85744-665-4. Kavalek, Lubomir (26 September 2005). "LubomirKavalek – CHESS LubomirKavalek". Retrieved 3 May 2018 – via www.washingtonpost...
Year". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved July 18, 2019. Kavalek, Lubomir. "CHESS LubomirKavalek". The Washington Post. "Mastering Chess Was The Easy Part...
1970, he shared 3rd–4th places with 5½/12, (Spassky won). He defeated LubomirKavalek in a 1970 exhibition match at Solingen by 6–2. He won at Vinkovci 1970...
notation to describe chess moves. Below is an excerpt from an article by LubomirKavalek in The Washington Post on August 3, 2009: In the following game, played...
September 20, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2022. LubomirKavalek (December 31, 2011). "CB News - Kavalek in Huffington: The World Chess Hall of Fame". chessbase...
the C group qualified him to play in the B group in 2005, and it led LubomirKavalek, writing for the Washington Post, to give him the title "the Mozart...
Spassky, Portisch, Vlastimil Hort, Robert Hübner, Ljubomir Ljubojević, LubomirKavalek, Jan Timman and Larsen. Tal played in 21 Soviet Championships, winning...
Spassky, Vlastimil Hort, Lajos Portisch, Robert Hübner, Bent Larsen and LubomirKavalek. He dominated Las Palmas in 1977 with 13½/15. He also won the prestigious...
referred to as an Irish Pawn Center. The diagram shows a position from LubomirKavalek–Bobby Fischer, Sousse Interzonal 1967. The pawns remained tripled at...
VM-finalen i sjakk Stavanger Aftenblad, 2 April 2013 (in Norwegian) LubomirKavalek (21 May 2013): Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2012, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura...
Russell Enterprises, 2006, p. 201. ISBN 1-888690-32-1. Kavalek, Lubomir (2006-08-07). "LubomirKavalek: The Vinohrady Variation". The Washington Post. Retrieved...
Preceded by John Grefe and LubomirKavalek United States Chess Champion 1974–1978 Succeeded by LubomirKavalek Preceded by LubomirKavalek United States Chess...
Netanya (Samuel Reshevsky won). In 1973, he tied for 14–15th in Netanya (LubomirKavalek won). List of Jewish chess players Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia...
Carlsen, temporarily in January 2011 and then permanently in July 2011. LubomirKavalek describes Anand as the most versatile world champion ever, pointing...
years; coached Washington Vigilants and Clemson Agricultural College LubomirKavalek (1975), Chess Grandmaster Tuffy Leemans (1936), football running back...
the considerable coaching and adjournment skills of his second, GM LubomirKavalek, who later helped Nigel Short beat Anatoly Karpov and reach a World...
Gipslis (Soviet Union) 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 10 93.75 14 LubomirKavalek (Czechoslovakia) ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 10 90...
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