# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lubomir-kavalek
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:16:18.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lubomir-kavalek"
name: "Lubomír Kaválek"
slug: "lubomir-kavalek"
description: "Lubomir (Lubosh) Kavalek was a Czech-American chess player. He was awarded both the International Master and International Grandmaster titles by FIDE in 1965. He won two Czechoslovak and three U.S. championships, and was ranked as the world's No. 10 player in 1974. He was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2001. Kavalek was also a chess coach, organizer, teacher, commentator, author and award-winning columnist."
tagline: "Czech-American chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hoogovenschaaktoernooi_Kavalek%2C_Bestanddeelnr_927-6951.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1943-08-09"
deathDate: "2021-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.52
  momentum:             0.2554027504911591
  historical:           14.88545866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Lyubomir Kavalek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لوبومير كايڤاليك"
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    title: "Любомир Кавалек"
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    title: "Lubomir Kavalek"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubom%C3%ADr_Kav%C3%A1lek"
    title: "Lubomír Kaválek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubomir_Kavalek"
    title: "Lubomir Kavalek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubomir_Kavalek"
    title: "Lubomir Kavalek"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubomir_Kavalek"
    title: "Lubomir Kavalek"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubomir_Kavalek"
    title: "Lubomir Kavalek"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubomir_Kavalek"
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  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%BBubomirs_Kavaleks"
    title: "Ļubomirs Kavaleks"
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    title: "Lubomir Kavalek"
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    title: "Lubomir Kavalek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кавалек, Любомир"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump