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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1961), Latvian singer Edmar Mednis (1937-2002), Latvian-American chess grandmaster and writer All pages with titles containing Mednis This page lists people...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Of the twenty possible first moves in chess, author and grandmaster Edmar Mednis argues that 1.f3 is the worst. Grandmaster Benjamin Finegold teaches...

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...

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...

the Adsteam Lidums International Tournament in Adelaide, Australia. Edmar Mednis said he played his best game of the tournament in beating Judit: "I was...

Reuben Fine, Jorge Esteban Brodaric, Bobby Fischer, Stanley Kubrick, Edmar Mednis, Hikaru Nakamura, Fred Reinfeld, Anthony Santasiere, Herbert Seidman...

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...

Ashe Stadium. Frank McCourt (1930–2009), Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmar Mednis (1937–2002), International Grandmaster of chess[citation needed] Jack...

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...

Arlauskas. Leonids Dreibergs, Lucius Endzelins, Miervaldis Jurševskis, Edmar Mednis, Karlis Ozols, Ortvin Sarapu, Povilas Tautvaišas, Povilas Vaitonis, Elmārs...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Henrique Mecking (Brazil, born 1952) Antonio Medina (Spain, 1919–2003) Edmar Mednis (Latvia, US, 1937–2002) Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia, born 1987) Philipp...

President 1996–2010 Philippine Champion, 1956, 1960 Tied 2nd–3rd with Edmar Mednis, New York State Championship, 1954 International Arbiter, 1957 Philippine...

(Leonids Dreibergs, Lucius Endzelins, Miervaldis Jurševskis, Leho Laurine, Edmar Mednis, Karlis Ozols, Ortvin Sarapu, Povilas Tautvaišas, Povilas Vaitonis, Elmārs...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

wins against Arnold Denker, multiple wins against Frank James Marshall, Edmar Mednis, and Sammy Reshevsky, amongst others. "Dake's Complete Chess Career"...

journalist. Manfred Kuschmann, 51, East German long-distance runner. Edmar Mednis, 64, American chess grandmaster, complications from pneumonia. Thomas...