Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Blog Entries by Lubomir Kavalek


Blog Entries by Lubomir Kavalek

The Beauty of Chess Tricks

(0) Comments | Posted November 27, 2012 | 5:50 PM
If tricks were not allowed in chess, the game would be boring. For the last two centuries they were the jewels of chess played in European coffee houses and they were in big demand. Kibitzers were looking for razzle-dazzle on the chessboard and the players obliged. And we are still...
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What Is the Best Age for Chess?

(2) Comments | Posted November 9, 2012 | 10:04 AM
A football player survives in the NFL on the average only three years. The careers of top chess players last 25 years or even longer. They can challenge the world's best already as teenagers and can continue for six, seven decades until they turn into ageless warriors. At what point...
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Scholastic Chess at the Cosmos Club

(2) Comments | Posted October 28, 2012 | 1:14 PM
It was all about chess at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. on October 20. The Big Chair Chess Club, 20 children and seven adults, came from Anacostia to play against chess enthusiasts of the Cosmos Club. It was a beautiful day, but the chessplayers inside didn't notice. After they...
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