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162 KAUFMANN VARIATION<br />

KAUFMANN VARIATION, ,131 , a strong line lor<br />

whire in rhe spANrsrr oprNrNo:551in rhe pEnom<br />

(AVAIDK, LUBOMIR (1t,13 ), lnreinational<br />

Grandmaster (1965), ! prorcssional player and<br />

chc$ journalist lrom Praeue who went <strong>to</strong> Gernrany<br />

in 1968, seitled in Washing<strong>to</strong>n DCtwo yea$later,<br />

and became a nrturalized US cnizen. A studenloi<br />

journdlisn, comnunicaiio.s, and Russian li1erarure-<br />

hc also lound timc<strong>to</strong> develop his<strong>chess</strong>and i.<br />

1962, ahen 19 years old, Non the Czecb Cban<br />

pionsbip. He won frrst prize (+8=5 2) ahe.d or<br />

uRoNsErN at Ansterdam 1968. and in thc same<br />

lear son thc Czcch chanpionship lor lhe seond<br />

1imc, ahead of doE, sMUhL. Frlrp, xnd L.<br />

pAcHM^N. Dunng the 1970sKilalek w.soneollhc<br />

nosl ctive andsuccesstul <strong>to</strong>Drnamcnlcompctnon<br />

tio6 rhe USA, raking 6rr prizes at Caracas 1970<br />

(+10:6-1), Bauans 1973 (+6=3), and solinsen<br />

1974(+7=6 l ro tie wnh polucAyEvsn). ln orbei<br />

srrong <strong>to</strong>urnamenls hc oftcn <strong>to</strong>ok a hich place:<br />

Manila 1973. thnd (+8=6 1) afte! hrsEN and<br />

u uBorElra i Wijk aan Zee 1975-caregory 12,lburlh<br />

(+3=12)i Manila intcrzonal 1976, scvcnrbi Montilla<br />

197?. second (+4:5) after cl'coRrai Tilburg<br />

19r7, calegory 14,lhnd (+1-10) equal with Hort.<br />

HaBNER, .nd rMuN alter xARPov and MrL6: and<br />

Bochum 1981. fisi (+9:6) ahead of Ho't.<br />

Kavalck xas co-ch<strong>amp</strong>ion ol tbe USA in 1973,<br />

ch<strong>amp</strong>ion in 19?8 (+7=6 1). In Olynpiads he<br />

played tNice Ioi Czechoslolakia (1964, 1966) and<br />

<strong>to</strong>r the USA lrom l9?2.<br />

Kav.lck Ili'hicr<br />

L e4 c5 2 NI3 Nc6 3 d.1 .xd,l 4 Ni4 Qb6 5 Nb3 N16 6<br />

N.3 c6 ?Bd3 Bc7 3 Bc3 Qc7 If,ld6 11)Qul a6 II g1<br />

b6 1295Nd7 ]]000Nc5 14(b]Bd7 15h4Ob7 16<br />

!e2Na7 1?6Nbs 13Bd48.6 l9rxc6Nx.3+ 20Bxc:l<br />

Nft6 2lRhflGo 22Bd3b5 23a:1N.5 2.lNxcsdx.J 25<br />

E<br />

iq&i.<br />

26BU7Bd7 27Qe5Bd3 2,iQd6rrg7 29Qh6+Kh8 30<br />

.5 15 31cxf6 Bc6 32Rdcl c4 :r:lBC6Rfl :r1Brfl<br />

Qrfl li e6 Qxg6 16fl Black resig.s.<br />

KEcsKEMiT VARTATIoN. 356 or 412 in thc<br />

spANrsI op.NrNc, thc samc posirion a.ising lron<br />

two difierent sequences. It sas 6.st played in the<br />

gane L. S(einer Alekhine, Kecsken€r 1927.<br />

I'E.EBLE, JOHN FREDERICK 0855 193'),<br />

problenisr and cbroniclcrwho lived in NoNich all<br />

his tifc. Hc ediiedthe <strong>chess</strong>column oftne N,/w,.I<br />

Mercury kom 1902 <strong>to</strong> 1112, conrribured nany<br />

signilcanl arlicles elscshoc, nrvcstigalcd a n!mber<br />

ol.ncss qucstions, and establkhcd thc burial<br />

pla.e ol sereral great playe$ and arranged tbe<br />

tending of their gr.ves. He liled ar only lvo<br />

addresses ,or 73 ycars, workcd for the railway<br />

conlany lor 5l yeaB, and vas a member of the<br />

Norfolk and NoNich <strong>chess</strong> club for 61 consecu tive<br />

years. Wimer oI tbe club chantionshi, in lli84, hc<br />

did nor coFpctc again until 1933 aDd iheD {on it<br />

tnrcc year in succession.<br />

XEENE, RAYMOND DENIS (1948 ), Englnh<br />

plarer and aurhor, Brifth ch.6pioo 1971. From<br />

1966 he played in scBal Olympiads and his<br />

perlornancc in tNo orthem. Nice 1974 (+7=6 2)<br />

and Haila 19?6 (+4=6), eained him the tnb oI<br />

IDte.natio.al Grandb.ster (1976). His besl<br />

<strong>to</strong>um.ment Mn was.t l)orrmund 1980 Gatcgory<br />

8). Hc studicd drc gamesandreac[ingof sr^uNr.N<br />

and NNzowlrscH and reve.led lirh udusual<br />

insigbt the smlegy ol thc for6.r and thc stratagems<br />

ol thc laltcr in tao books: Staunbn, the<br />

l:bqldh Wolld Chamtion 11915) and ,Vm2,,ra.r:<br />

a R.nppranal (1974). He also wtute Flank Open<br />

i,sr (3id edn, 1979); these openinss are the oncs<br />

whi.h hc prcfcB <strong>to</strong> play, which hc knoNs best, and<br />

which suil his solid positional style.<br />

I{DMER! VARIATION, 2ll in thc xrNc's TNDTAN<br />

DEFtN.E. somerimes called the Neo-G nleld.Tte<br />

nler is rhe *mc rc thrr.f the crilN FFr D DTEFN.F<br />

175. Alrhough thislinewasplaycd in rhe l920s,thc<br />

namc slcms lrom its successful usc <strong>by</strong>Bla.k iD rhe<br />

game Alekhine Mikenas. Kemeri 193?<br />

KEMPELEN, FAR(AS 0?34'1804). Hungarian<br />

invcn<strong>to</strong>r of thc nrt AUroMAroN and mo.e commonly<br />

known <strong>by</strong> tbe German veBion of his nane.<br />

wolliang lon Kenpelen. He w.s exfenelyproud<br />

.l thc mcchanism that .onhollcd thc arm of hh<br />

aulonalon and Nhichbecameolimponanceinthe<br />

delelopnent of artilici.l linbs: he pas le$ proud<br />

oi hrling invented the fiist great cabinet illusion<br />

althoush thalis rhc causcorhis lamc (Scer!R( )<br />

A councillor aithe Auslrojlungarian cou.l aod a<br />

man oi considerable ingenuity, Kempelen in<br />

lented a oelhod of pri.ting cmbosed books lbr<br />

thc blind whi.h was exrensively pracriscd. afld<br />

car.i ed oul re se arch inlo nech anical speech which<br />

was nudied b! the pioneesollele@o6unication.<br />

Hc desig ncd thc hyd rau lic sysrem thai ope ratcd the<br />

Iountains al Schannbrunn and canal systen <strong>to</strong><br />

linkBudapeslwnh theAdnalicar Rijeka (FNne).<br />

KERF^S, PAUL PETRO\1CE (1916 75), Inte.<br />

.ation.l Grandnaster (1950). Intemadonil Judge<br />

otChes Compositions (1957),lor abou125 ye!$<br />

from 1936 amongthcworld\ bcstcightplal,ers, o.<br />

occasion ranking second. Born in Nana. Es<strong>to</strong>nia,

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