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LIFE AT PLAY - LUBOMIR KAVALEK GEBUNDEN

American-Czech Grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek (1943-2021) was a three-time US Chess Champion and
one of the best chess writers of the last decades. He reached millions of chess fans with his
much-acclaimed columns in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post. Kavalek could speak from
experience as he had played with or met all the chess greats of the last century. He assisted
Bobby Fischer during the legendary Match of the Century in 1972  and in later years  he was the
second of Nigel Short and Jan Timman. He also was the tournament director of the prestigious
World Cup organized by the Grandmasters Association. But first and foremost  he was an elite
player  winning countless tournaments and brilliancy prizes. Kavalek rose spectacularly fast to
the rank of grandmaster. With attractive and sharp play  he twice won the national championship
in his native Czechoslovakia. In 1968  after the Soviet invasion had ended the Prague Spring 
he fled his home country and eventually settled in the United States with his wife Irena. At
the end of his life  Lubosh Kavalek started writing his memoirs. With humour  wit and passion 
he put on paper the compelling story of his adventurous life and rich chess career. When he
passed away in 2021  he had all but finished the book he had been working on with the
Czech-American writer Jan Novak. Kavalek's memoir makes for compelling reading and evokes his
fascinating journey in life and the chess world. His story is supplemented by more than fifty
of his best games  many with Kavalek's entertaining comments.

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