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Author:
Kavalek, Lubomir
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Title: Kavalkova lavina. Nejlepsi sachove partie velmistra Lubomira Kavalka |
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(Kavalek's Avalanche. The best chess games of Grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek). The book contains 46 best games of Lubosh Kavalek from 1957-1998, as he selected them himself and almost all of them (44 in total) were annotated in detail during his lifetime. Career record, index of games. The title of the book refers to Kavalek's famous victory in Marianske Lazne 1962 against the Soviet GM Gufeld, where against an avalanche of Black Pawns supported by a single Bishop not even two Rooks helped White. Lubomir (Lubosh) Kavalek, 1943-2021, one of the best Czechoslovak players ever, 2x Czechoslovak champion (first in 1962 at age 19), 3x US champion. He emigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1968, was a world-class player for many years, and was a second to Bobby Fischer, Nigel Short and Jan Timman. He also became famous for his chess columns, which he wrote for about 30 years for the Washington Post and Huffington Post.
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Place of publication: | Praha |
Publisher: | Prazska sachova spolecnost |
Year of publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | 1st edition |
Pages: | ca 12 photos in text, 130 pages. 420 grams |
Binding: | Hardcover |
Language: | Czech + Figurine notation |
Diagrams: | many |
Book size: |
8vo (20-23 cm)
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Copies published: | |
Code: | #10672 |
Price: | USD 21.60
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