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The Queenslander’s gambit: The day a Russian Grandmaster was defeated in Brisbane – Brisbane Times
Czech-Polish immigrant Josef Tarnawski left war-torn Romania for Brisbane, where he defeated Grandmaster Alexander Kotov in 1963.
Ninety-three-year-old Josef Tarnawski, from The Gap, was Queenslands “lightning chess” champion when he beat Russian Grandmaster Alexander Kotov as one of his 21 opponents in Brisbane that year.
Lightning chess, or “quick chess”, imposes a five-minute timeframe on the game, but the 1963 tournament was a high-pressure international “simultaneous” competition.
News clipping of Russian chess Grand Champion Alexander Kotov in Brisbane in 1963.
At the time, Kotov was one of the worlds top 10 chess players,…
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