Talk:Lubomir Kavalek

Importance?
This article was rated as being of Low Importance. I think Mid Importance is more appropriate, and have changed it accordingly. Kavalek has been ranked as high as 25th in the world, and was in the top 100 for 27 years. He is also significant as a coach (he coached Nigel Short to a match win in the Candidates over Karpov, one of the greatest feats of chess overachievement since Euwe won the World Championship from Alekhine) and writer. Note that Ulf Andersson's article is designated as being of Mid Importance, and Kavalek thrashed Andersson 6.5-3.5 in a match. Rashid Nezhmetdinov's article is also designated as being of Mid Importance, and Nezhmetdinov, although a fascinating character who played some remarkable games, never even became a grandmaster, let alone a world-class GM like Kavalek. Krakatoa (talk) 18:06, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

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West German champion? 3 different national championships?
Was he really West German national champion? The results section says "The West German International Championship in Bochum in 1981 (Kavalek 12/15, Hort 10.5)" which makes it sound like an "Open", not a national championship; especially since Hort is not German either! [Actually Hort is German now, but wasn't in 1981]. This in turn casts doubt on the claim in the lead that he is "one of a few players to win the national championship of three different countries". Because I'm sure there are players who have won the "Open" of more than 3 countries. Adpete (talk) 07:41, 4 April 2018 (UTC)


 * OK, it can be seen at German Chess Championship that numerous international players won the West German championship at different times from 1971 to 1983. The international winners are all in odd years, so perhaps they alternated between "Open" and "Closed" championships each year (as Australia does, for instance). Regardless, he didn't become national champion in the traditional sense so I think it's better removed from the lead. Adpete (talk) 22:48, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

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see (additional source) https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess/status/1351474265242136576 46.114.7.193 (talk) 11:17, 19 January 2021 (UTC)