40 Years of Spectacular Chess Lubomir Kavalek International Chess GrandmasterPosted: 01/06/2015 3:49 pm EST Updated: 01/06/2015 3:59 pm EST In 1975, the organizers of the traditional chess tournament in the Dutch coastal town of Wijk aan Zee inaugurated a...
Powerful Queen Sacrifices in Chess Olympiads
Powerful Queen Sacrifices in Chess OlympiadsPosted: 07/30/2014 6:13 pm EDT Updated: 07/31/2014 3:59 pm EDTLubomir Kavalek International Chess Grandmaster On the eve of the Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway, scheduled for the first two weeks in August, a few...
The fine line between winning and losing
Chess Triumphs and BlundersPosted: 02/05/2014 5:26 pm EST Updated: 02/05/2014 5:59 pm ESTLubomir Kavalek International Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won the Zurich Chess Challenge, the first tournament he played as the world champion. It was an amazing event, a...
Carlsen Eyeing the World Chess Title
Magnus Carlsen Eyeing the World Chess Title Posted: 01/31/2013 5:44 pm After triumphing in two major tournaments, in London in December and in Wijk aan Zee in January, Magnus Carlsen is a clear favorite to win the eight-player Candidates event...
Anand: It could easily be one of my best games
Amazing Chess Brilliancy of Vishy Anand Posted: 01/18/2013 8:19 am Lubomir Kavalek International Chess Grandmaster “It could easily be one of my best games,” said the world champion Vishy Anand after he brilliantly defeated the Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian...
Best age for chess?
What Is the Best Age for Chess? Posted: 11/09/2012 10:04 am Lubomir Kavalek. International Chess Grandmaster A football player survives in the NFL on the average only three years. The careers of top chess players last 25 years or even longer. They...
Women in Chess: A Few Tales
Women in Chess: A Few Tales Lubomir KavalekInternational Chess Grandmaster Lurking in the background, hiding their identity, they seem mysterious, magical, beautiful. At first, they observed the game from a distance, but as centuries went by, women were drawn...
Grandmaster secret
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....