The Man With Too Much Chess TalentLubomir KavalekInternational Chess GrandmasterPosted: December 2, 2010 11:32 AM Dragoljub Velimirovic used to be one of the world’s most feared attackers, always looking for the impossible. His imaginative play was compared to the...
One of the best
Chess Great Bent Larsen DiesLubomir KavalekInternational Chess GrandmasterPosted: September 11, 2010 12:57 AM Just one day before the world’s top-rated grandmaster Magnus Carlsen of Norway shone in New York, winning the RAW World Chess Challenge, another great Scandinavian chess...
King among Chess Kings
Lubomir KavalekInternational Chess GrandmasterPosted: June 27, 2010 09:08 PM Magnus Carlsen: King Among Chess KingsImagine Usain Bolt, the fabulous Jamaican sprinter and world record-holder, running a 100 meter dash against some of the world’s best contenders and winning by...
Almost Human Chess Machines
Lubomir KavalekInternational Chess GrandmasterPosted: June 6, 2010 11:26 PM Almost Human Chess Machines Precision, mistake-free play and machine-like calculations were the highest accolades for the top chess players. Remember what the former world champion, Tigran Petrosian, said after he...
The art of Zugzwang
The Art of ZugzwangLubomir KavalekInternational Chess GrandmasterPosted: June 2, 2010 04:59 PM The action on the chessboard is in the moves and chess players are eager to make them. But sometimes they would rather stay put, skip a move,...
New hybrid format was confusing
Lubomir KavalekInternational Chess GrandmasterFormer U.S. Champion Posted: May 26, 2010 01:23 PM Chess Champ Kamsky Wins in Overtime Chess is different than most other sports. A draw, not a win, is the most common result of a chess game...
The end of a GREAT chess column
International grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek began to write for The Washington Post about chess in 1986 and continued for the next 23 years. I am sad to see the end of a great chess column. GMs Kavalek and Byrne (NY...
Dominated by U.S. players
SPICE Cup By Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, October 5, 2009; 8:19 AM The SPICE Cup in Lubbock, Tex., saw a three-way tie for first place in both groups. In the A group, Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine, Dmitry...
Napoleon and Tango
ChessBy Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, September 7, 2009; 9:20 AM Napoleon and Tango It was a clever hoax that has fooled the chess world for some time: a game Napoleon Bonaparte allegedly played in 1804 at Malmaison...
To Play or Not to Play
To Play or Not to PlayBy Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, August 31, 2009; 9:57 AM During the last few months, Hikaru Nakamura, 21, has traveled back and forth from North America to Europe, adding Japan for good...