GM Lubomir Kavalek in 1980.  Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Lubomir Kavalek
Number of games in database: 996
Years covered: 1959 to 1998
Last FIDE rating: 2527
Highest rating achieved in database: 2600
Overall record: +291 -181 =520 (55.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      4 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (102)      B42 B96 B47 B83 B44  Ruy Lopez (80)      C95 C93 C72 C67 C92  Ruy Lopez, Closed (50)      C95 C93 C92 C96 C84  Caro-Kann (35)      B17 B14 B15 B19 B18  King's Indian (33)      E90 E69 E76 E63 E60  French Defense (28)      C16 C19 C11 C02 C18	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (118)      B93 B83 B43 B90 B52  King's Indian (77)      E92 E62 E90 E98 E97  Sicilian Najdorf (43)      B93 B90 B98 B97 B92  Ruy Lopez (32)      C95 C87 C69 C67 C64  English (26)      A15 A10 A16  English, 1 c4 e5 (21)      A22 A21 A23 A29 A26

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962 0-1
   Kavalek vs E Formanek, 1970 1-0
   Kavalek vs Matulovic, 1966 1-0
   Gheorghiu vs Kavalek, 1969 0-1
   Portisch vs Kavalek, 1975 1/2-1/2
   Kavalek vs W Pietzsch, 1967 1-0
   Kavalek vs Khodos, 1965 1-0
   Kavalek vs Fischer, 1967 1/2-1/2
   Kavalek vs Karpov, 1970 1-0
   Sosonko vs Kavalek, 1979 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Sousse Interzonal (1967)
   US Championship (1972)
   US Championship (1973)
   Lone Pine (1973)
   Manila (1973)
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens (1975)
   Montreal (1979)
   Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1980)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Amsterdam IBM 1977 by suenteus po 147
   Manila 1973 by Tabanus
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1975 by suenteus po 147
   Amsterdam IBM 1969 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1970 by suenteus po 147
   US Championship 1972 by Phony Benoni
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1982 by suenteus po 147
   US Championship 1973 by Phony Benoni

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LUBOMIR KAVALEK (born Aug-09-1943) Czech Republic (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?] Lubomir Kavalek was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He was awarded both the IM and GM titles in 1965. He's been Czech Champion in 1962 and 1968, was US Champion in 1972 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... sharing the first place with Byrne and Reshevsky 1973 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... (jointly with John A Grefe) and 1978 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... and West German Champion in 1981. More recently he helped Nigel Short in his World title bid in 1993 against Garry Kasparov. Current Blog at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubom... Kavalek was the chess columnist for the Washington Post for 23 years, until that paper discontinued its chess column in January 2010. His columns are archived at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy... and http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy.... Wikipedia article: Lubomir Kavalek

page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 996  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kavalek vs J Rejfir ½-½ 40 1959 Cerveny Kostelec B41 Sicilian, Kan 2. Kavalek vs Jansa   0-1 29 1959 Cerveny Kostelec B02 Alekhine's Defense 3. J Marsalek vs Kavalek 1-0 57 1959 Cerveny Kostelec A45 Queen's Pawn Game 4. F Zita vs Kavalek   ½-½ 41 1959 Cerveny Kostelec A04 Reti Opening 5. F Blatny vs Kavalek 1-0 29 1959 Cerveny Kostelec B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 6. Kavalek vs J Fabian   1-0 48 1959 Cerveny Kostelec C02 French, Advance 7. Kavalek vs M Herink   ½-½ 52 1959 Cerveny Kostelec C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 8. A Olsson vs Kavalek   ½-½ 47 1960 WchT U26 07th B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 9. Kavalek vs R Weinstein   0-1 50 1960 WchT U26 07th B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. J Tabor vs Kavalek   0-1 33 1960 WchT U26 07th B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 11. I Szabo vs Kavalek   ½-½ 31 1960 WchT U26 07th B42 Sicilian, Kan 12. Kavalek vs Gurgenidze   0-1 37 1960 WchT U26 07th B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 13. Kavalek vs F Baumbach   1-0 33 1960 WchT U26 07th B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 14. Tan Hoan Liong vs Kavalek   1-0 38 1960 WchT U26 07th C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation 15. Kavalek vs S Momo   1-0 65 1960 WchT U26 07th C77 Ruy Lopez 16. N Radev vs Kavalek   0-1 38 1960 WchT U26 07th E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System 17. Kavalek vs G Kvist   ½-½ 24 1960 WchT U26 07th C02 French, Advance 18. Kavalek vs T Rakic   0-1 33 1960 WchT U26 07th E61 King's Indian 19. Van Hoorne vs Kavalek   0-1 36 1960 WchT U26 07th B20 Sicilian 20. Kavalek vs T Tshipev   1-0 55 1961 WchT U26 08th A34 English, Symmetrical 21. Kavalek vs Filip   ½-½ 25 1961 CSR-ch C67 Ruy Lopez 22. J Trapl vs Kavalek   1-0 33 1961 CSR-ch A53 Old Indian 23. Kavalek vs Ujtelky 0-1 23 1961 CSR-ch A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 24. B Brinck-Claussen vs Kavalek   0-1 40 1961 WchT U26 08th B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 25. M Krajcsovits vs Kavalek   0-1 33 1961 WchT U26 08th D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted  page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 996    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Kavalek wins | Kavalek loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-09-12    talisman: happy birthday! May-31-13    Cemoblanca: What a creative player! Just enjoyed the "NOTABLE GAMES" section! Crazy stuff! ;) All the best Lubosh! :) Aug-09-13    brankat: Happy Birthday GM Kavalek! Aug-09-13    Honza Cervenka: Všechno nejlepší k narozeninám, milý Luboši! Aug-09-13    waustad: Happy 70th! Aug-09-13    Nightsurfer: He is one of the finest players of the USA: Happy 70th birthday, GM Kavalek! Therefore, on the occasion of that very day, it is a very nice birthday greeting that Chessgames.com has nominated your great game H Kokkoris vs Kavalek, 1968 to be the <Game of the Day on August 9th, 2013>! Feb-13-14    Gambit86: His chess columns are awesome! Feb-20-14    offramp: As someone said a few posts ago, if Short had stuck with Kavalek then the sky would've been the limit. Kavalek had a streak of genius s bit like Bronstein's. Feb-20-14    Shams: <offramp> If I remember correctly from Lawson's book on the match, Kavalek basically stopped working about a third of the way through. If true, anybody would have sacked him. I think in hindsight he was a poor choice at 50 years old. You need a young man's energy to be a good second. Feb-20-14    Jim Bartle: Kavalek wrote a long two-part article in Inside Chess, claiming that it became impossible to work with Short as he refused to listen to him any more. Or something like that. An excellent article, very detailed, don't know how true it is. What was really interesting is that it went through how a player and his coach go about preparing openings for a match. Feb-20-14    perfidious: <Shams> My recollection is on similar lines to yours. If someone pulled a stunt like that with me, they would get the bum's rush. Feb-20-14    Shams: <JB><Kavalek wrote a long two-part article in Inside Chess, claiming that it became impossible to work with Short as he refused to listen to him any more.> If this is the best he can come up with in defending his conduct, I think it's pretty telling. It wasn't Short's job to listen to Kavalek; it was Kavalek's job to listen to Short. Feb-20-14    Jim Bartle: I don't remember the details. But Kavalek definitely thought he should have the biggest voice in what openings were chosen. Feb-20-14    Shams: <JB> Well, that's not entirely unreasonable but of course that should have been discussed prior to his being hired. Did he respond at all to the charge that he stopped working? Because if he just glossed over that, I'm ready to call the fight right now. Feb-20-14    Jim Bartle: No, he certainly said he kept working. Here's a nasty back-and-forth between the two from 2005: http://en.chessbase.com/post/kavale...- Feb-20-14    Shams: <JB> I'm keen to read that, but your link isn't happening for me. Feb-20-14    Jim Bartle: Try "short kavalek "inside chess"" in Google, it was the first one for me: "Short : I am not dead." Feb-20-14    Shams: Thanks. Adding a hyphen to the end of the URL you link to repairs it. Feb-20-14    RedShield: <Kavalek had a streak of genius s bit like Bronstein's.> Neither was bald, either. They both just had one hell of a parting. Feb-21-14    offramp: It was Short and Kavalek that had the parting. Feb-21-14    RookFile: <Kavalek: His recent claim that I did not contribute any original ideas sounds strange; he certainly did not tell me that at the time. Moreover, it now seems like the fewer ideas I had, the more money he wanted to pay me. > End of story, as far as I'm concerned. Anybody who has spent 5 minutes with Short knows that he wouldn't agree to pay money unless it was worthwhile to him. Feb-21-14    Shams: <RookFile> <Anybody who has spent 5 minutes with Short knows that he wouldn't agree to pay money unless it was worthwhile to him.> As opposed to other GMs who would happily flush money down the drain? Feb-21-14    RedShield: As far as opening preparation went, it's hard to see that Nigel had any cause for complaint; this was the one area in which he was more than a match for Garry. Feb-21-14    Benzol: I can remember playing through most of the games in the 1993 match and Nigel certainly obtained a number of excellent positions. I'm not sure why but somehow he just wasn't able to capitalize on many of them. Feb-21-14    RedShield: After the openings, the gods have placed the middle game. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 4) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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