Gennadi Sosonko was born in and grew up in the Soviet Union, in a golden age of chess. He emigrated in 1972, became a successful player and then an even more successful chess journalist and author. On 18 May he celebrated his 80th birthday. | Photo source: livelib
Andrzej Filipowicz is one of the most interesting chess personalities in the world. He has been a chess player, arbiter, organizer, editor and writer, as well as a civil engineer specializing in steel structures. Endowed with a strong personality, clear intelligence, well-defined convictions and a curious sense of humour, he is turning 85 today, on 13 May 2023. Uvencio Blanco conducted a lengthy interview with the Polish chess polymath.
Wlodomiersz Schmidt was the first Polish grandmaster to acquire the title not on an honorary basis, but by fulfilling the norms. For a long time, the native of Poznan was the best Polish player, later a sought-after coach. He died on 1 April, shortly before his 80th birthday. An obituary by Paul Werner Wagner. | Photo: www.piit.org.pl/
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The well-known grandmaster and author Lubomir Kavalek <a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/lubomir-kavalek-1943-2021">passed away last year in January</a>. A prolific writer, he penned dozens of well-read chess columns, including one he shared on ChessBase over the years. Here we reproduce one from February 2017, in which Kavalek shows us a failed queen sacrifice by Jan Timman against him, and Caruana’s successful 19.Qxf6!! sac against Nakamura at the London Chess Classic.