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GM Lubomir Kavalek

Lubomir Kavalek
Kavalek in 1975. Photo: Hans Peters/Dutch National Archives, CC.
Full name
Lubomir Kavalek
Life
Aug 9, 1943 - Jan 18, 2021 (age 77)‎
Place of birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Federation
United States
Profiles

Rating

Bio

Lubomir Kavalek was a Czech-American chess grandmaster and writer.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (15 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (14 games)
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (12 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Smyslov Defense (12 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (10 games)
Black Pieces
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (14 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Amsterdam Variation (14 games)
Closed Sicilian Defense: Fianchetto Variation (10 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (10 games)
English Opening: Great Snake Variation (10 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Lajos Portisch (2523)
Lubomir Kavalek (2527)
1-0 20 2011
Lubomir Kavalek (2520)
Zbynek Hracek (2615)
1-0 26 1998
Lubomir Kavalek (2520)
Jan Smejkal (2525)
½-½ 38 1998
Zbynek Hracek (2615)
Lubomir Kavalek (2520)
0-1 59 1998
Jan Smejkal (2525)
Lubomir Kavalek (2520)
0-1 29 1998
Lubomir Kavalek (2520)
Lubomir Ftacnik (2585)
1-0 43 1997
Lubomir Kavalek (2520)
Viktor Korchnoi (2610)
½-½ 49 1997
Lubomir Kavalek (2520)
Jan Smejkal (2525)
½-½ 35 1997
Viktor Korchnoi (2610)
Lubomir Kavalek (2520)
1-0 38 1997
Jan Smejkal (2525)
Lubomir Kavalek (2520)
0-1 17 1997
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