CHESS PLAYER

Lubomir Kavalek

1943 - 2021

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Lubomir (Lubosh) Kavalek (Czech: Lubomír Kaválek, August 9, 1943 – January 18, 2021) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lubomir Kavalek has received more than 72,506 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Lubomir Kavalek is the 156th most popular chess player (down from 135th in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 558th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Czech Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lubomir Kavaleks by language

Over the past year Lubomir Kavalek has had the most page views in the with 7,290 views, followed by Czech (2,426), and German (1,733). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (182.95%), Latvian (65.40%), and Simple English (63.98%)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Lubomir Kavalek ranks 156 out of 461. Before him are Andrija Fuderer, Kira Zvorykina, Boris Verlinsky, Vladimir Bagirov, Genrikh Kasparyan, and Lajos Asztalos. After him are Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Johann Berger, George Koltanowski, Hermann Pilnik, Zoltán Ribli, and Eduard Gufeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Lubomir Kavalek ranks 530. Before him are Carole Caldwell Graebner, Billy Cunningham, Lynn Burke, William Chittick, Pavel Lednyov, and Albin Vidović. After him are Kenny Barron, Nancy Greene Raine, Walter Murch, Jonny Nilsson, Jacques-Pierre Amette, and Jimmy Hart. Among people deceased in 2021, Lubomir Kavalek ranks 461. Before him are Michael K. Williams, Bronius Kutavičius, Willard Scott, Beryl Penrose, Kurt Biedenkopf, and Djibril Tamsir Niane. After him are Giuseppe Galante, Abubakar Shekau, Norm Macdonald, Jan Sokol, Casimir Oyé-Mba, and Peter Mark Richman.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Lubomir Kavalek ranks 673 out of 1,200. Before him are František Ondříček (1857), Břetislav Pojar (1923), Oldřich Lajsek (1925), Michal Bílek (1965), Wenzel Müller (1767), and Karolína Kurková (1984). After him are Karel Absolon (1877), František Křižík (1847), Edmund Reitter (1845), Josef Holeček (1921), Karel Koželuh (1895), and Alena Vrzáňová (1931).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Czechia

Among chess players born in Czechia, Lubomir Kavalek ranks 7. Before him are Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), Vlastimil Hort (1944), Rudolf Charousek (1873), Luděk Pachman (1924), Ernst Falkbeer (1819), and Miroslav Filip (1928). After him are Jana Bellin (1947), and David Navara (1985).

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