Lubomir Kavalek - Brilliancy and Best Game Prizes

Brilliancy and Best Game Prizes

Kavalek’s three most important prizes:

  • At the 1962 Student Olympiad in Marianske Lazne, Czechoslovakia, the brilliancy prize was awarded to arguably the most famous game ever played at the Student Olympiads - Kavalek’s victory over the Soviet master Eduard Gufeld. It is ranked 7th in Andrew Soltis's "The 100 Best Chess Games of the 20th Century."
  • At the 1965 Student Olympiad in Sinaia, Rumania, Kavalek won the best game prize against another Soviet player, Herman Khodos.
  • In 1975 in Wijk aan Zee, Kavalek won the Leo van Kuijk Prize for the Most Spectacular Game against Lajos Portisch.

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