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Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books on chess training and strategy. In the 174th episode of his ChessBase show "Understanding before moving" Herman continues his series "Chess history in a nutshell" and continues to take a look at the chess legacy of Boris Spassky, World Champion from 1969 to 1972. | Photo: Pascal Simon
Today, legendary Grandmaster Vlastimil Hort celebrates his 80th birthday. A long stay of several weeks in the hospital when he was five years old and a caring doctor who played correspondence chess and explained the chess rules to him gave way to his great passion. Eduard Frey celebrates the legend’s anniversary!
"Chess has often been used as a metaphor for the conduct of war. ’Gambit‘, ’zugzwang‘, ’checkmate’, ’stalemate‘ are all chess terms which are often heard when describing events in the social sphere, especially in the realm of politics, diplomacy and warfare," writes Milan Dinic in the March 1st issue of the British Chess Magazine. The young Editor offers a lively commentary on how the war in Ukraine has affected chess all over the world. This issue also includes an interview with veteran Ukrainian grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky.
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 Guf...