Chess by Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, August 17, 2009; 10:30 AM Cheats, Spies, Crooks and Commies Nikolai Krylenko, the Soviet Commissar of Justice and Prosecutor General, used to sentence innocent people to death in show trials in...
The former world champion excels
ChessBy Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, July 13, 2009; 10:09 AM Kramnik Excels Vladimir Kramnik has won one of the major events of the year — the Sparkassen six-grandmaster double round-robin tournament in Dortmund, Germany. The former world...
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CHESSBy Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, June 22, 2009 The German chess composer Richard Steinweg (1860-1943) was a member of the Berlin Schachgesellschaft, the oldest chess club in Berlin, for more than half a century. In 1893, he...
Bobby to St. Louis
Bobby Fischer to St. LouisBy Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, June 15, 2009; 12:00 Rex Sinquefield, the sponsor of the 2009 U.S. championship and the founder of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, purchased Bobby...
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By Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, June 1, 2009; 9:04 AM Josef Hasek (1897-1976) was a witty Czech master and chess composer who loved chess, wine and meteorology. He composed nearly 300 studies. In 1927, he came up...
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Chess ColumnBy Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, May 25, 2009; 9:00 AM Luis Ramirez Lucena was the Spanish author of the oldest surviving chess book, “Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez con ci Iuegos de Partido.” His...
Honoring Bobby Fischer
Honoring Bobby FischerBy Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, May 18, 2009; 11:00 AM The organizers of this year’s U.S. championship in St. Louis offered a bonus $64,000 prize to the player who wins all his games. It was...
GM Kavalek’s column
Chess ColumnBy Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, March 16, 2009; Page C08 Something sinister is lurking behind some magnificent chess victories these days. It is getting harder to tell what is actually created by humans and what is...
Very good at making his wins look simple
CHESS By Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, March 9, 2009; Page C09 Alexander Grischuk, a flamboyant Moscovite with an attractive, gambling style, won the prestigious super-grandmaster tournament in Linares, Spain, on Saturday. He shared first place with Vassily...
Chess by Kavalek
Chess by Lubomir Kavalek Special to The Washington PostMonday, March 2, 2009; Page C08Washington Post – United States Last week was not a good week for the Americans playing abroad. In Sofia, Bulgaria, Gata Kamsky collapsed and lost to...