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From 1969 until 1991 Kavalek was a leading player for the German team in Solingen. During his tenure the team won 10 national championships in 1969, 1971,1972,1973,1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1987 and 1988 and the 1976 and 1990 European Club Championships. In the 1977–79 European Club championship,
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In 1979, Kavalek played in the double-round Man and his World Chess Challenge in Montreal, which he also organized. It was the most bizarre result of his career. He finished last in the first half with 1.5/9, but won the second half with 6.5/9. He ended tying for seventh place overall.
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Kavalek was selected to Gallery of Distinguished Chess Journalists in 2006 and won Chess Journalists of America awards for the best newspaper column. Between 1960 and 2012 Kavalek's chess magazine articles have appeared in different print and online publications such as
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Because of these results, Kavalek moved in 1974 to number 10 in the world on the official FIDE rating list at 2625. Also in 1974 he shared first place in Solingen (Kavalek, Polugaevsky 10/14, Spassky, Kurajica 8.5).
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Kavalek finished third at the 1966 The Hague European Zonal (Gligorić 12.5/16, Bilek 12, Kavalek 11.5) and qualified for the 1967 Interzonal in Sousse, where he was one of the three players to draw with
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In 1978, Kavalek won a match against the world-class Swedish grandmaster Ulf Andersson by the impressive score of 6.5 to 3.5. The match was held in the showroom of a Volvo dealership in Washington, D.C.
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Kavalek lost two matches against two of the world's best players in Solingen, Germany. In 1970 he lost to Bent Larsen with a score 2-6 and in 1977 he was defeated by Boris Spassky 2–4.
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1970 – On the way to the United States in 1970, Kavalek won another strong tournament in Caracas (Kavalek 13/17, Leonid Stein and Panno 12, Benko, Ivkov and Karpov 11.5)
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Kavalek ranked among the top 100 players in the world continuously from the end of 1962 until September 1988, peaking at number 10 in 1974, when he achieved his peak
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He also finished third in Amsterdam (Petrosian and Planinc 10, Kavalek 9.5, Spassky 9) and in Manila (Larsen 12.5/15, Ljubojevic 11.5, Kavalek 11).
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He later entered Amsterdam on a student visa and in 1970 immigrated to the United States. On his way to America, Kavalek won a strong tournament in
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He also organized the Prague 90 tournament in August/September 1990 under the auspices of the Czechoslovak president Václav Havel.
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At the 1965 Student Olympiad in Sinaia, Rumania, Kavalek won the best game prize against another Soviet player, Herman Khodos.
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An extraordinary final position. Black, a rook down, still has all eight of his pawns, and White is helpless against them.
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Chess Results, 1978–1980 : A Comprehensive Record with 855 Tournament Crosstables and 90 Match Scores, with Sources
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Serving as the Executive Director of the Grandmasters Association, he organized the first World Cup series in 1988–1989.
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In 1969 - won a 10-game match against the Dutch champion Hans Ree in Eersel, the Netherlands, with the score of 7 to 3.
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Chess Results, 1964–1967: A Comprehensive Record with 1,204 Tournament Crosstables and 158 Match Scores, with Sources
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Chess Results, 1956–1960: A Comprehensive Record With 1,390 Tournament Crosstables and 142 Match Scores, With Sources
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Chess Results, 1975–1977: A Comprehensive Record with 872 Tournament Crosstables and 147 Match Scores, with Sources
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Chess Results, 1971–1974: A Comprehensive Record with 966 Tournament Crosstables and 148 Match Scores, with Sources
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Chess Results, 1968–1970: A Comprehensive Record with 854 Tournament Crosstables and 161 Match Scores, with Sources
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Chess Results, 1961–1963: A Comprehensive Record with 938 Tournament Crosstables and 108 Match Scores, with Sources
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In 1975 in Wijk aan Zee, Kavalek won the Leo van Kuijk Prize for the Most Spectacular Game against Lajos Portisch.
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In the Nordic team vs. United States in Reykjavik in 1986, Kavalek on second board defeated Bent Larsen 1.5-0.5.
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Kavalek also qualified for the 1979 and 1987 Interzonals, but never achieved a place in the Candidates Matches.
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Here is one of Kavalek's most remarkable games, in which he sacrificed a queen for a bishop against the strong
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in 2001. Kavalek was also a chess coach, organizer, teacher, commentator, author and award-winning columnist.
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from 1986 to 2010, his last column running on January 4, 2010. In May 2010 he became the chess columnist for
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Kavalek was the chief organizer of the prestigious Man and his World Chess Challenge in Montreal in 1979.
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In 1976, Kavalek was the top player on the Washington Plumbers team that won the National Chess League.
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1962 – aged 19, became the youngest player to win the Championship of Czechoslovakia. (Kavalek 12.5/17,
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ratings, he achieved his peak ranking of number 18 in early 1974 with a Chessmetrics rating of 2695.
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Mentor Hall of Fame Classic, Alexandria 1996 (Kavalek 2.5/4, Benko, Bisguier and Curdo 2, Denker 1.5)
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Amsterdam 1981 shared fourth (Timman 7.5/11, Karpov and Portisch 7, Kavalek, Hort and Smyslov 6.5)
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in 1962 and 1968. When Soviet tanks rolled into Prague in August 1968, Kavalek was playing in the
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at the U.S. Championship tournament in New York; Byrne won the playoff in Chicago in 1973.
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Waddinxveen, the Netherlands, in May 1979 (Karpov 4.5/6, Kavalek 3, Hort 2.5, Sosonko 2)
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The West German International Championship in Bochum in 1981 (Kavalek 12/15, Hort 10.5)
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Larsen, Bent (1970). "By Larsen: My Match with Kavalek (Larsen-Kavalek match 1970)".
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Tilburg 1977 shared third (Karpov 8/11, Miles 7, Kavalek, Hort, Hubner, and Timman 6)
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1968 – first major international victory in Amsterdam (Kavalek 10.5/15, Bronstein 10)
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In the match Moscow vs. Prague in April 1968, Kavalek beat Evgeny Vasyukov 1.5-0.5.
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Besides sharing first place at the U.S. championship, Kavalek won four tournaments:
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Kavalek played in four Czechoslovak championships. Three results were significant:
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Now White has two rooks for a bishop, but cannot stop the march of Black's pawns.
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Memorial in Poland, in which he finished second. Kavalek, who had always hated
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Amsterdam 1977 shared third (Miles 10.5/15, Hulak 9.5, Kavalek and Liberzon 9)
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Leipzig in 1965 (Pietzsch 10.5/15, Kavalek and Liberzon 10). The last GM norm.
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Washington Post: Lubomir Kavalek, international chess grandmaster, dies at 77
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Kavalek scored 5.5/6 on the top board, including two wins over V. Smyslov.
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1968 – won the all-time strongest Championship (Kavalek 15/19, Hort and
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Montilla-Moriles in 1976 (2nd through 4th) (Karpov 7/9, Kavalek 5.5)
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U.S. Chess Federation: Hall Of Famer GM Lubomir Kavalek Dies At 77
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Bucuresti 1966 third (Korchnoi 12.5/14, Gheorghiu 10 Kavalek 9.5)
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in New York from 1973 to 1986. He was the chess columnist for
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Kavalek died in his sleep peacefully at his residence in
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and in the U.S. by Trafalgar Square Publishing in 1990 –
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Bauang (Kavalek 7.5/9, Ivkov and Quinteros 6.5, Larsen 6)
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1978 – winner with a 10–4 record, a full point ahead of
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Here is a victory by the young Kavalek against Soviet
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Polanica Zdroj in 1968 (Smyslov 11.5/15, Kavalek 10.5)
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Dutch Open in Dieren in 1969 with a 10-0 perfect score
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Kavalek had a notable coaching career, working with
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Kavalek finished first in three U.S. championships.
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Netanya 1971 shared first (Kavalek and Parma 10/15)
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Archived from 2043:. Endgame.nl. Archived from 2009:. endgame.nl. Archived from 1880:(September 1981): 396. 1981. 1232:"FIDE May Rating List::1974" 424:Varna 1965 and again in 1967 290:1963 – shared second place ( 239:George Washington University 193: 7: 2487:. Edward Winter. 2014-05-29 2417:"FIDE Rating List May 1974" 1360:. chess.com. Archived from 565: 10: 4066: 3980:Chess Olympiad competitors 3939:List of chess grandmasters 3038:The Encyclopaedia of Chess 2583:"Chessplayer Vaclav Havel" 1607:. ChessBase. 9 August 2005 1435:. chess.cz. Archived from 828: 590:. Kavalek was also one of 526: 271:Czechoslovak Championships 4040:Chess players from Prague 4020:Charles University alumni 3933: 3852: 3716: 3565: 3449: 3348: 3297: 3271: 3220: 3209: 3148: 3139: 3131: 3121: 3108: 3100: 2982:Di Felice, Gino (2014c). 2963:Di Felice, Gino (2014b). 2944:Di Felice, Gino (2014a). 2925:Di Felice, Gino (2013c). 2906:Di Felice, Gino (2013b). 2887:Di Felice, Gino (2013a). 2609:. Chesscafe.com. 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ChessBase. 2010-06-01 1508:Di Felice 2014c, p. 59. 1481:Oxford University Press 678:Chess Life & Review 506:Kavalek played in nine 345:International victories 253:Chess career highlights 188:U.S. Chess Hall of Fame 4000:American chess writers 3995:American chess players 2273:. www.schachchronik.de 2252:. www.schachchronik.de 2231:. www.schachchronik.de 2210:. www.schachchronik.de 2189:. www.schachchronik.de 2168:. www.schachchronik.de 2041:"TILBURG CHESS EVENTS" 1878:British Chess Magazine 1156:Sunnucks 1970, p. 253. 682:British Chess Magazine 667: 614:, Israeli grandmaster 498: 395:Zonals and Interzonals 329:1973 – co-winner with 266:National championships 262: 155: 4030:Czechoslovak refugees 2403:Chess Life and Review 2390:. Eersel: 9–13. 1969. 2335:Chess Life and Review 1949:"Polanica Zdrój 1968" 1821:Chess Life and Review 1722:Chess Life and Review 1645:(October): 568. 1973. 1643:Chess Life and Review 1628:Chess Life and Review 1520:"Amsterdam and Chess" 661: 496: 466:Bizarre Montreal 1979 411:Other notable results 350:Significant successes 294:14.5/19, Kavalek and 260: 2208:"Bundesliga 1979/80" 2187:"Bundesliga 1974/75" 2066:"Amsterdam IBM 1977" 1858:. Netanya Chess Club 1724:(January): 15. 1974. 1702:. Netanya Chess Club 366:The best year - 1973 198:Kavalek was born in 178:in 1965. He won two 168:International Master 3990:Czech chess players 2632:The Washington Post 2464:The Huffington Post 1912:"Dutch Open 1968". 1579:The Huffington Post 1433:"Historie MČR mužů" 1316:The Huffington Post 697:The Huffington Post 691:The Washington Post 3975:Chess Grandmasters 3160:Larry Christiansen 2679:Gligorić, Svetozar 2138:The New York Times 2112:"Kavalek, Lubomir" 1983:"Waddinxveen 1979" 1823:(July): 210. 1967. 1630:(July): 371. 1973. 1358:"Kavalek, Lubomir" 1211:"Kavalek, Lubomir" 1127:Portisch–Kavalek, 833:algebraic notation 831:This section uses 668: 594:'s seconds in the 499: 416:Other first places 263: 184:U.S. championships 3952: 3951: 3166: 3165: 3149:Succeeded by 3122:Succeeded by 3047:978-0-7091-4697-1 2993:978-1-476-61893-7 2974:978-1-476-61892-0 2955:978-1-476-61891-3 2936:978-0-786-47574-2 2917:978-0-786-47573-5 2898:978-0-786-47572-8 2879:978-0-786-44803-6 2460:"Lubomir Kavalek" 1408:"Lubomir Kavalek" 1312:"A Chess Odyssey" 1186:"Lubomir Kavalek" 1078: 1077: 819:Ruslan Ponomariov 664:Viswanathan Anand 612:Jonathan Speelman 145: 144: 141:No. 10 (May 1974) 138:Peak ranking 16:(Redirected from 4057: 3320:Dzindzichashvili 3195: 3188: 3181: 3172: 3171: 3146:1978–1980 3132:Preceded by 3101:Preceded by 3098: 3097: 3051: 3029: 3014:(2nd ed.). 2997: 2978: 2959: 2940: 2921: 2902: 2883: 2855: 2850: 2844: 2839: 2833: 2828: 2822: 2817: 2808: 2803: 2797: 2792: 2786: 2780: 2771: 2770: 2768: 2767: 2756: 2750: 2749: 2747: 2746: 2741:. chessgames.com 2735: 2726: 2725: 2723: 2722: 2711: 2705: 2704: 2671: 2665: 2664: 2662: 2660: 2649: 2643: 2642: 2640: 2639: 2624: 2618: 2617: 2615: 2614: 2608: 2600: 2594: 2593: 2591: 2590: 2579: 2573: 2572: 2551: 2542: 2541: 2539: 2538: 2527: 2521: 2520: 2518: 2517: 2502: 2496: 2495: 2493: 2492: 2481: 2475: 2474: 2472: 2471: 2456: 2450: 2449: 2447: 2446: 2434: 2428: 2427: 2425: 2424: 2413: 2407: 2406: 2398: 2392: 2391: 2379: 2373: 2370: 2364: 2363: 2361: 2360: 2345: 2339: 2338: 2330: 2324: 2323: 2321: 2320: 2309: 2303: 2302: 2300: 2299: 2288: 2282: 2281: 2279: 2278: 2267: 2261: 2260: 2258: 2257: 2246: 2240: 2239: 2237: 2236: 2225: 2219: 2218: 2216: 2215: 2204: 2198: 2197: 2195: 2194: 2183: 2177: 2176: 2174: 2173: 2162: 2156: 2155: 2153: 2152: 2129: 2123: 2122: 2120: 2119: 2108: 2102: 2101: 2099: 2098: 2083: 2077: 2076: 2074: 2073: 2068:. 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