The Road to Chess MasteryLubomir KavalekInternational Chess GrandmasterPosted: 03/25/2012 11:00 am How much do you have to know to become a strong chess player? According to Russian folklore you have to know 300 chess positions to become a grandmaster,...
Nakamura’s Chipmunk Chess
Chipmunk Chess Posted: 01/23/2012 10:52 amLubomir KavalekInternational Chess Grandmaster It was not surprising to see the world’s top two rated players, Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Levon Aronian of Armenia, sharing a lead at the 74th Tata Steel Chess...
Nakamura: I am quite convinced there are other players who were better than (Kasparov) was
The Great London Chess Debate Posted: 12/20/11 12:02 PM ETby GM L. Kavalek Four Tops Kramnik’s victory was inconspicuous, but very efficient. He finished undefeated, drawing with the superstars and smashing the four lowest rated players – all Englishmen....
Is there a perfect game of chess?
Pitching a Perfect Chess Game Posted: 8/21/11 08:54 PM ET Lubomir Kavalek International Chess Grandmaster Asked to name his best game, the legendary Bobby Fischer pointed to his encounter with Donald Byrne from the Rosenwald Trophy in New York...
Long Live the Chess King
Long Live the Chess KingPosted: 7/22/11 03:12 PM ET Chess sometimes becomes a beautiful game even in the eyes of those who don’t play it. Find a charming town, bring back its glorious past, turn people into chess pieces,...
CEZ Chess Trophy 2011
CEZ Chess Trophy 2011Anand’s simul, match Navara-Movsesian, lectures, exhibitions and moreChessdom report CEZ Chess Trophy 2011 was held from 12th to 19th June in Prague and featured a number of attractive events. The main guest of the festival was...
No chest-pounding, no cheerleaders, just win quietly
Texas Tech Wins Final Four of ChessPosted: 04/ 4/11 08:38 PM ETLubomir KavalekInternational Chess Grandmasterwww.huffingtonpost.com You don’t see spectacular hoops and dunks and scoring is not done in twos or threes. No chest-pounding, no cheerleaders. The four-corner offense or...
Legendary GM Kavalek visits Final Four
Legendary GM Lubosh Kavalek came to Final Four today to visit. In addition to being a former world class player, he is also top notch chess journalist. He had a long time chess column in the Washington Post and...
Gligoric: Chess Legend Turns to Music
Lubomir KavalekInternational Chess GrandmasterPosted: March 7, 2011 03:02 PM Chess Legend Turns to Music He was one of the world’s leading chess players in the 1950s and 1960s and the Yugoslav player of the 20th century. After nearly seven...
The new, the old, and following the footsteps of a legend
Lubomir KavalekInternational Chess GrandmasterPosted: January 12, 2011 03:50 PM New and Old Chess ChampionsAs we enter the new decade, the chess world is ruled by a middle-aged man and a teenage girl.A twenty-something phenom presides over the world’s ratings...