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Meeting Don Miguel
I was very pleased to recently read an article by Andre Schulz entitled Remembering Miguel Najdorf , which appeared about two years ago on ChessBase. Perhaps I can contribute something to complete the picture of Najdorf.
When did we meet for the first time? At the Chess Olympiad Leipzig 1960! I, still a nobody, was playing as reserve for the CSSR.
Chess Olympiad 1960, a young Vlastimil Hort plays against Raymond Weinstein from the US.
He was playing first board for Argentina. His second wife, Dona Maria, who was extremely attractive, accompanied him. Both were very elegant, dressed in the latest fashion.
by ChessBase 3/5/2021 – Grandmaster Vlastimil Hort, who loves to travel, is severely restricted in his activities by the coronavirus crisis. What can he do? He is writing his second book of chess stories, and he keeps his friends busy solving chess puzzles. He sent us two.
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By José Luis Barrio
Josik had gone out for a few minutes, on an errand. Miguel knocked on the door. Only Mr. Friederbaum, his friend’s father, apparently with a cold, a violinist for the Warsaw Philharmonic, was at home.
Miguel came in. To make conversation, the providential violinist asked him if he knew how to play chess and got upset when the visitor confessed that he did not. He showed him a chessboard. He told him about the pieces, the queen, the jumping knights, the sturdy rooks, the pawns which always serve as bait. And he also showed the young boy the flowing movement of the cunning bishop, and told him about the king’s solemnity and pride.
by Arne Kaehler 2/27/2021 – Hundreds of different Fritztrainers have been teaching us chess on ChessBase for more than a decade. Maybe you sometimes wonder what else the authors of these Fritztrainers do? Meet the Fritztrainer takes a look behind the scenes, telling us more about the private life of your favourite chess trainer. We already had the pleasure to talk to GM Chris Ward, and IM Merijn van Delft. One of our most active Fritztrainers is surely GM Nicholas Pert. The British Grandmaster tells us the stories of how he achieved his IM and GM titles, including a game analysis! | Photos: Nicholas Pert & Battersea chess club
Lubomir Kavalek, 1943-2021
The Czech-American grandmaster, former number-10 in the world, coach, organizer, trainer, commentator, author, columnist, and member of the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame Lubomir (Lubosh) Kavalek died at the age of 77 after a brief but severe illness. The news was confirmed by his wife Irina.
Kavalek was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), on August 9, 1943, exactly five months after GM Bobby Fischer. He won his first national championship in 1962 at the age of 19. In the same year, he played one of his most famous games, as Black against Eduard Gufeld, at the World Student Team Championships: