Written by CL The Grand Chess Tour is a wonderful idea to give top 10 players a chance to make even more money. It is a classic case of the rich gets richer and the people with money can...
Spectacular chess for 40 years

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...
Friends and teammates hit it big at Millionaire Chess

Wesley So Wins the Milionaire Chess Open in Las VegasPosted: 10/14/2014 3:56 pm EDT GM KavalekHuffington Post The Philippine grandmaster Wesley So, 21, won the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas and the first prize of $100,000, the largest in...
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...
Scholastic Chess at the Cosmos Club

Scholastic Chess at the Cosmos ClubPosted: 10/28/2012 12:14 pm Lubomir Kavalek International Chess Grandmaster It was all about chess at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. on October 20. The Big Chair Chess Club, 20 children and seven adults, came...
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...