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| Apr-17-06 | | Prugno: There are two noteworthy things about the new European champion which I want to mention:
1) Relatively low percentage of draws, most of them hard-fought anyway.
2) Narrow opening repertoire, in which he is however a great expert, constantly enriching the same lines with new ideas and refinements (just check the New in Chess Yearbooks to see what I mean).
Both these factors point to a non-routine player who really enjoys chess. His incostancy is probably due to insufficient practice in top events more than anything else, but on a good day he can beat more or less anyone, as he just showed in the Eurochamp. |
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| Apr-17-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: Check his round 7 game against Ivanchuk, Z Kozul vs Ivanchuk, 2006, really amazing how he turns the game into a draw when his Knight is out of play for half of the game. |
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| Apr-17-06 | | MeatGrinder: <Mameluk: Congratulations to famous war veteran for this completely unexpected victory. Can´t wait for Topalov-Kozul match next year.> They already played a mini match in Lybia - search "Topalov Kozul" |
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| Apr-17-06 | | Ivan23: Of course, it's going to be a Kramnik-Kozul match next year :) |
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| Apr-17-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: Or Topalov - Kozul :) |
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| Apr-18-06 | | EmperorAtahualpa: An article in Dutch about Zdenko Kozul by GM Hans Ree: "ZDENKO KOZUL ALS ZELFMOORDVARIANT
Door Hans Ree
,,Iedere opening is speelbaar als zijn reputatie maar slecht genoeg is,'' schreef de grote schaakgeleerde Savielly Tartakower (1887-1956). Tartakower formuleerde zijn inzichten graag als paradoxen en nam het daarmee voor lief dat ze minder ernstig werden genomen dan ze verdienden. Bent Larsen was een verwante geest en werd in de jaren zestig van de vorige eeuw 'de beste van het Westen' (tot Bobby Fischer hem verdrong) en 'de wereldkampioen van het toernooischaak' door openingen te spelen die zo'n slechte reputatie hadden dat niemand zich er serieus in had verdiept. Het kampioenschap van Europa in de Turkse badstad Kusadasi werd eind vorige week gewonnen door de Kroaat Zdenko Kozul. De favoriet Vasili Ivantsjoek werd tweede en daarna volgde een grote groep die de derde plaats deelde. Onder hen was de Bosnische Nederlander Predrag Nikolic. Kozul was in rating slechts de 17de van de deelnemers en zijn overwinning was dus een grote verrassing, die hij dankte aan een openingsvariant met een slechte reputatie. Kort geleden verscheen het zeer lezenswaardige boek The Classical Sicilian van de Amerikaanse grootmeester Alex Yermolinsky. Het gaat over de varianten na 1. e4 c5 2. Pf3 Pc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Pxd4 Pf6 5. Pc3 d6. Een van die varianten noemt Yermolinsky 'The Kozul Suicide Variation'. Kozul kreeg in Kusadasi die variant met zwart drie keer op het bord en hij won alle drie de partijen. Zonder zijn zelfmoordvariant was hij geen kampioen van Europa geworden. Nieuws verspreidt zich tegenwoordig snel in de schaakwereld. De komende maanden zullen veel schakers, geïnspireerd door het succes van Kozul, zijn zelfmoordvariant op hun repertoire nemen en misschien is er nu al iemand bezig met een boek dat straks Winning with Kozul's Suicide Variation zal heten. Als dat boek verschijnt is de aardigheid er af en zal Kozul een nieuwe zelfmoordvariant moeten bedenken." Source: http://www.nrc.nl/rubrieken/schaken... (registration required) (the link also contains Hans Ree's analysis of Kozul's game against Sergey Erenburg.) |
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| Apr-22-06 | | Ivan23: Chessbase interview with Kozul
http://www.fritzserver.biz/European... |
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| Apr-28-06 | | alexandrovm: Kozul is a strong chess player, I hope to see more games of him at the top level... |
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| May-25-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: <EA> This is a great article! |
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| May-25-06 | | Cro: Quite a bad start for a new European champ in the Olympiad going 0.5/2 against lower rated opposition. Kozul has Black against Navara today, could be an interesting game. |
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May-21-08
 | | brankat: Happy Birthday Zdenko! |
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May-21-09
 | | Stonehenge: Sretan ti rodjendan :) |
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| May-21-09 | | WhiteRook48: Happy birthday! |
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Dec-05-09
 | | Tabanus: He won today the Open 'Mediterranean 2017' Rijeka (Croatia) 2009: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr236..., congratulations! |
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Mar-04-10
| | Tabanus: The Zagreb Open (Croatia) ended today, with Kozul in 4th place: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr305... |
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May-21-10
 | | wordfunph: Sretan ti rodjendan :) |
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| Dec-29-10 | | nummerzwei: From Krajina-Kozul, Vinkovci 1989
click for larger viewHere, Kozul's opponent played 12.0-0-0!. At first glance, it now seems as if black, undeveloped as he is, could win an exchange with 12...Bg4, and perhaps Kozul had even intended this from afar. However, after 13.hxBg4 hxg4 White has an immediate win in 
click for larger view14.Qxd5!!
- 14...RxRh1 15.Qxc6+
- 14...cxQd5 15.Bb5+
- 14...QxQd5 15.NxQd5 cxNd5(15...RxRh1 16.Nc7 mate)16.RxRh8 - 14...Qc7/c8 15.Bb5!
In the game, Black therefore contented himself with (12. 0-0-0 )e6, but after 13.Ba6 Ba3 (!!, Jacob Aagaard) 
click for larger viewthe game still became spectacular!
The rest of the game was: 14.bxBa3 (14.Qe2 Qa5 15.Nb5! unclear, Aagaard)...Qa5 15.g4 hxg4 16.hxg4 RxRh1 17.RxRh1 Bxg4 18.QxBg4 QxNc3 19.Bg1 (19.Qh3!, Aagaard)...Qxa3+ 20.Kd1 Qxa6 21.Rh8 0-0-0 22.Rh7 d4 23.Rxf7 Qc4 24.Rxa7 Kb8 25.Ra3 Ne7 26.Qh3 Nd5 0-1 Aagaard's notes are quoted from the preface to 'Excelling at Chess Calculation'. |
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Mar-14-11
 | | Maatalkko: This guy is crazy experienced at the Classical Sicillian. |
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| Mar-19-12 | | Calar: Recently he won open tournament in Zagreb:
Zagreb op-A (2012) |
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May-21-12
| | brankat: Happy Birthday GM Kozul! |
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May-21-12
 | | lost in space: Happy birthday GM Kozul. Your games were my pathfinder through the Richter-Rauser system in the world-cc game vs. GM A. Nickel |
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May-21-12
| | lost in space: .. and what has this strange picture to do with GM Kozul? Looks like a bowling alley?! |
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| Jan-17-13 | | Yopo: [Event "Yugoslavia"]
[Site "??"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[White "Davor Krajina"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Round ""]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. f4 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 9. Qf3
d5 10. Be3 h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. O-O-O e6 13. Ba6
Ba3 14. bxa3 Qa5 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1 17. Rxh1
Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Qxc3 19. Bg1 Qxa3+ 20. Kd1 Qxa6 21. Rh8 O-O-O 22. Rh7 d4 23. Rxf7 Qc4 24. Rxa7 Kb8 25. Ra3
Ne7 26. Qh3 Nd5 27. Qb3+ Qxb3 28. Rxb3+ Kc7 29. Rg3
Nxf4 30. Rg4 Nh3 31. Rxg6 Nxg1 32. Rxg1 c5 33. Rg6
Re8 34. Kd2 Kc6 35. c3 Kd5 36. cxd4 cxd4 37. Rg4
Ra8 38. Rg7 Rxa2+ 39. Kd3 Ra3+ 40. Kd2 Kxe5 41. Rg5+
Kd6 42. Rg8 e5 0-1 |
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Mar-19-13
 | | waustad: Here is a decent pic from an article where he won (on tie breaks) a tournament in Skopje: http://de.chessbase.com/portals/3/f... |
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Apr-17-13
| | waustad: Coming in equal last in the Croatian Championship this year was not a good result for the highest rated player: http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... |
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