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Lubomir Kavalek
Czech-American chess player (1943–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lubomir (Lubosh) Kavalek (Czech: Lubomír Kaválek, August 9, 1943 – January 18, 2021)[1] was a Czech-American chess player. He was awarded both the International Master and International Grandmaster titles by FIDE in 1965.[2] He won two Czechoslovak and three U.S. championships,[3] and was ranked as the world's No. 10 player in 1974.[4][5] He was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2001.[3] Kavalek was also a chess coach, organizer, teacher, commentator, author and award-winning columnist.[6]
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Born | (1943-08-09)August 9, 1943 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Died | January 18, 2021(2021-01-18) (aged 77) Reston, Virginia, U.S. |
Title | Grandmaster (1965) |
Peak rating | 2625 (May 1974) |
Peak ranking | No. 10 (May 1974) |
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