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(, theEnglish languagesynrbol lorthe king. Ihus<br />
K-side meaning krNc s srDL.<br />
KAGAN, BERNHARD (186G1932), Polish-$rn<br />
player and publishe.. As a youngman he moled10<br />
Berlin and becane an lmatcur publishc( shoftly<br />
belore thc <strong>First</strong> woild war {hcD his business in<br />
ciears dcclincd hc be.ame more dependenl on<br />
<strong>chess</strong> publishing. In 1921 he launcbed r<br />
n ?nc stha&no.hi.hten. a rich bul ^:4gd, chaotic<br />
periodicalwhich ran mtil hisdealh. Ithadnrultiple<br />
.umbcrc. suppleme.ls. special issues. and so on,<br />
so rhat ragan could pubhh wh.tever he litcd<br />
*hen itsuited hir Thcwholcofthc I924volumc.<br />
Ior c{<strong>amp</strong>le, {as published in 1923, so (agan<br />
published special issues I ro 9n0 in 192,1 ln a<br />
pcriod shcn inflalion prcscDted unusual diii l<br />
iies Kagan financed many <strong>to</strong>urnaments and sns<br />
tained Gernan cbess activities.<br />
K-AMILME PIECT, a piccc used loi rdRy<br />
pRoBrEMs (e.s a kamikaze knieht) that makcs<br />
non capturingnoves in thenomalsay, buiupon<br />
capiurnrgisreroved tred theboardalongNiththe<br />
captured man.'l hh lany piccc qas iDvenled <strong>by</strong> fie<br />
Enghh conposer Benjanin Glove. Laws (1861-<br />
l9ll) in 1928, bulvas nor naned until1965 <strong>The</strong><br />
Japanese word ta-rta2? (divine qiid), lhe nine<br />
oI a rypboon that destroyed an irvading Mongol<br />
fleetin 1281, wis used ro descdbe the sui.ide pilots<br />
ol the Sccond wond war.<br />
I(AMINFJR, SERGEY MIKHAILOVICH (1908<br />
38). Sovict study.omposcr. chcnical engineer A<br />
Perleclionin, he won rourney asa.ds for a hieh<br />
proporrion othn plblisbedsludies (SeestMMErRt<br />
fo. an elegantstudy h which a puBr MAE n given<br />
wilh slender mate.ial. ) In Ocl. or Nov. l9l7,alcN<br />
monlhs be<strong>to</strong>re he disappeared, raminerhanded a<br />
nolcboot containing lll his work on srudies lo<br />
BorvrNNr( lorsafc kccping bccause he had a ieeline<br />
lhat his compositioDswould othcNhc bc lost -Hh<br />
Piesentinent tumed out ro be coreca, wroie<br />
Botvinnik, Nho relealed the enstence of the<br />
nolebook in thc 1950s aftcr Stalin\ dcltn Some<br />
years later Kaminer Nas postbumousl, reinsrared,<br />
bul a grealcodposerbidbeencur oflinhis<br />
R. M. Kolman, /?rr,,,). tjrtutl! S. Kudinera i<br />
tu. a,b!/t,nd (1981) indudes 75 oI hn studics.<br />
KAN,ILYAABRAMOVICH(1909 78),Interna'<br />
tional Master (1950), Inrcrnarional Arbner (1956),<br />
lasycr. Kan. BELnvENLrs, uo'<br />
and R^cozd were the leaders oI ihe liBt gener.<br />
rion loleain lhen<strong>chess</strong>addrake rheirnark under<br />
rhe Sovier reginc. lhcy Ncre strong playeN. bnt<br />
allc{cept BorvinnikNere overraken<strong>by</strong> the tide oi<br />
youngerpliye( rhal was ro bring abou thc sovlet<br />
begemony after the Second World War. Kans<br />
achicvcments Nere noderate: third prne in the<br />
USSR Chanpionship 1929 (nine subsequent<br />
atrenpls qere le$ succesful)i co-ch<strong>amp</strong>ion ol<br />
Moscos 1936j third at L€ningrad 1936: second<br />
(+3=l- I) alter r'Nr, Mosco* 1937iand third at<br />
Sverd<strong>to</strong>vsk 1943. ln the 19i0s K.r becane interested<br />
in <strong>chess</strong> organiTation and sriting about<br />
IC{}LAN, JUL1O (1950 ), winner ol tbe World<br />
Junior Ch npionship 1967,. success which gained<br />
him rhc titlc oI Irtcnrational Mastcr Born ir<br />
Argenrina, he seriled in Puerlo Rico sitb hisfamily<br />
when he sas 13. nd he played <strong>to</strong>r his adopted<br />
country in ! llw Olrmpiads liom 1966. Ar l-os<br />
Angclcs l9?4, a <strong>to</strong>uiDament ol about caiegory 8,<br />
he shared secon.l prize wilh csEoRGEru airer<br />
KARLSSON, LARS CARL,GUSTAF (1'5! ),<br />
Swednb pkyer, InErnationil Grandmlsrcr<br />
_fl!82). $inner of L.urndmLnG ar MJ mo 'r74,<br />
Hrcdcr Kralnrc I'r7a-80 (+n:i equdluith,iE<br />
Esbterg l98l (+?=:l l). Nii 198i, Eksjd<br />
'rt,<br />
1982 (+5=6). and Helsinli 1983 (+7=3 1).<br />
KARPOV. ANATOLY YEVGENYEVICH<br />
(1951 ),Sovietprofessionalplayer,Internalional<br />
Grindnasrei (1970)- world chrnpion since<br />
l9?5. Hc Nas born al zla<strong>to</strong>usi. asmali<strong>to</strong>wnin the<br />
Urals. was raught tbe moves of <strong>chess</strong>when hc was<br />
,1, and becrne a conpetent pl yer <strong>by</strong> the age of 13<br />
sirhoul haling read any <strong>chess</strong> books. He was rben<br />
ac.epted as a siudeDt nr a coftcspordence chcss<br />
schoot organized <strong>by</strong> lhe Trades Unions Spo.ls<br />
So.iery On school holidays hc made visns <strong>to</strong><br />
Moscoa shere BorvrNNr(. head of the tuition<br />
.!urses, Save personal Iunion, and <strong>to</strong> Riga where<br />
he met EURMAN, Nhose adrice oi openings he<br />
souehtfor manyyear. Altheage oI 15 hebecamc<br />
one oI the youngen Soviet player ever lo gain the<br />
tnle oI Nirion.l Mis|er- and at 16 be won. junior<br />
inrehadonal roumaoent at Groninsen, Nether<br />
lands. Suc.cedine al school. hc obtaircd cntry 10
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