Edmar John Mednis (Latvian: Edmārs Džons Mednis; March 22, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was a Latvian-American chess player and writer of Latvian origin...
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Brazilian footballer Edmar Lacerda da Silva, Brazilian footballer Edmar Victoriano, former Angolan basketball player Edmar Mednis, late Latvian-American...
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1961), Latvian singer Edmar Mednis (1937-2002), Latvian-American chess grandmaster and writer All pages with titles containing Mednis This page lists people...
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ISBN 978-954-8782-56-2. Mednis 1997, pp. 56, 146. Mednis calls 6.Bc4 against the Najdorf Variation "Fischer's 6 B-QB4". Mednis 1997, pp. 56, 74, 80, 88...
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White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4. The move has been described by Edmar Mednis as a "perfect and flexible opening" and by others such as Aron Nimzowitsch...
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Publications Ltd. ISBN 1-901983-58-7. Chess Life, June 1991, Opening Forum, Edmar Mednis Kasparov–Kramnik Tilburg 1997 www.chessgames.com Gambit Guide to the...
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Boris Spassky gave up just two draws to score 8–1, the also-undefeated Edmar Mednis scored 7–2, and Miguel Farre of Spain scored 6.5–2.5. Future grandmasters...
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Of the twenty possible first moves in chess, author and grandmaster Edmar Mednis argues that 1.f3 is the worst. Grandmaster Benjamin Finegold teaches...
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includes many unnatural positions that are unlikely to occur in games. Edmar Mednis estimated that less than 4% of starting positions that occur in games...
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qualify for the final, then 8/9 in the final to win by a full point over Edmar Mednis. Spassky competed for the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. By sharing...
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checkmate, even if the defending king also has a knight or a bishop. Edmar Mednis stated that this inability to force checkmate is "one of the great injustices...
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The Everything Chess Basics Book, Adams Media, ISBN 978-1-58062-586-9 Mednis, Edmar (1990), Practical Bishop Endings, Chess Enterprises, ISBN 0-945470-04-5...
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Sarwer 's enthusiasm for the game caught the attention of Grandmaster Edmar Mednis and he invited him to analyze the 1986 World Championship Match between...
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the Adsteam Lidums International Tournament in Adelaide, Australia. Edmar Mednis said he played his best game of the tournament in beating Judit: "I was...
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term is used that way in Russian, and also by Edmar Mednis in his book How to Beat Bobby Fischer. Mednis 1997, p. 247 Kažić 1974, pp. 230–31 Kažić 1974...
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Ashe Stadium. Frank McCourt (1930–2009), Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmar Mednis (1937–2002), International Grandmaster of chess[citation needed] Jack...
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ISBN 3-283-00401-3 Mednis, Edmar (1987), Questions and Answers on Practical Endgame Play, Chess Enterprises, ISBN 0-931462-69-X Mednis, Edmar; Crouch, Colin...
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President 1996–2010 Philippine Champion, 1956, 1960 Tied 2nd–3rd with Edmar Mednis, New York State Championship, 1954 International Arbiter, 1957 Philippine...
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Henrique Mecking (Brazil, born 1952) Antonio Medina (Spain, 1919–2003) Edmar Mednis (Latvia, US, 1937–2002) Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia, born 1987) Philipp...
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endgame. In the middlegame the value would be closer to 1½ than to 2. Edmar Mednis gave the value as 1½ in the endgame. Max Euwe put the value at 1½ in...
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white king advances, e.g. 2.Kc5 Kc7! draws or 2.Kb5 Kb7! draws. From Mednis Edmar Mednis gave these guidelines: The rook pawn is the worst pawn to have. The...
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(2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 203–04, ISBN 0-19-280049-3 Mednis, Edmar (1993), Practical Knight Endings, Chess Enterprises, ISBN 0-945470-35-5...
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Bouaziz (Tunisia) 2420 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ - 0 1 1 5½ 40.75 16 Edmar Mednis (United States) 2510 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 - ½ 1 5½ 39.00 17...
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(Leonids Dreibergs, Lucius Endzelins, Miervaldis Jurševskis, Leho Laurine, Edmar Mednis, Karlis Ozols, Ortvin Sarapu, Povilas Tautvaišas, Povilas Vaitonis, Elmārs...
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the knight. Other cases: this is normally a draw in all other cases. Edmar Mednis considered the difficulty of defending these positions: Two bishops versus...
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Reuben Fine, Jorge Esteban Brodaric, Bobby Fischer, Stanley Kubrick, Edmar Mednis, Hikaru Nakamura, Fred Reinfeld, Anthony Santasiere, Herbert Seidman...
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Kenneth Harkness 1997 28 Milan Vukcevich 1998 29 Benjamin Franklin 1999 30 Edmar Mednis 2000 31 Lubomir Kavalek 2001 32 Lev Alburt 2003 33 Walter Browne 2003...
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winning this game, but he offered a draw after 40 moves. According to Edmar Mednis, it was "gentlemanly and the practical thing to do". Korchnoi went on...
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wins against Arnold Denker, multiple wins against Frank James Marshall, Edmar Mednis, and Sammy Reshevsky, amongst others. "Dake's Complete Chess Career"...
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in front of the pawn will not necessarily draw. In this position from Edmar Mednis, White wins if it is his move. 1. Kg8! Kg5 2. Kg7 and the pawn promotes...
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