Caros colegas, Voces sabem quem e Julius Kozma? Julius Kozma was born on the 1st of June 1929. Awarded the IM title in 1957 he won the Czech Championship in 1967. [Event "Decin"][Site "Decin"][Date "1977.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"][Result "1-0"][White "Julius Kozma"] [Black "Vlastimil Jansa"][ECO "D78"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "67"]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Nc6 7.cxd5Nxd5 8.e4 Nb6 9.d5 Na5 10.Nc3 c6 11.Re1 cxd5 12.exd5 Nac4 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Qb3 h6 15.Bf4 g5 16.Be5 g4 17.Bf1 Nxe5 18.Nxe5a6 19.Rad1 Qd6 20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.Ne4 Qd8 22.d6 e6 23.Nc5 Bd724.Nxb7 Qg5 25.Qxb6 Rec8 26.Qb3 Rab8 27.Bg2 Qb5 28.Qxb5 axb529.Rc1 Bxb2 30.Rc7 Ke8 31.Nc5 Rxc7 32.dxc7 Rc8 33.Rd1 Rxc7 34.Nxd7 1-0 Oct-16-04 Gypsy: Nice tactics at the end. Uncommon trap of the bishop. Dec-29-07 bravado1: This game must have been played earlier because according to the official bio Julius Kozma died in 1975. Dec-29-07 Honza Cervenka: <bravado1: This game must have been played earlier because according to the official bio Julius Kozma died in 1975.> I would say (a bit paraphrasing Tal who was once in similar situation) that news about Julius Kozma's death in 1975 are a bit exaggerated. I think that he is still alive (at least I never heard that he has died yet) but he was undoubtedly alive in late 1980s when he was quite active as a chess writer. For example, he has writen a book published in 1989 related to history of chess world championships since Steinitz vs Zukertort to Kasparov vs Karpov matches. Dec-29-07 Benzol: There is also Edmund Kozma The strange thing here is that Jeremy Gaige has him born 14th of October 1901 and passing away on the 22nd of December 1981 yet there are games from 2006. Are there a number of Edmund Kozma's and is Kozma a common surname? Was there more than one Julius Kozma? [Event "Capablanca mem-A 13th"][Site "Cienfuegos"][Date "1976.05.17"][EventDate "?"][Round "8"][Result "1-0"][White "Julius Kozma"] [Black "Lothar Vogt"][ECO "E95"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "110"]1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-OO-O 8.Re1 c6 9.Rb1 a5 10.Bf1 Re8 11.d5 Nc5 12.b3 Bd7 13.a3 cxd5 14.cxd5 b5 15.b4 axb4 16.Rxb4 Rb8 17.Bd2 Qa5 18.Qa1 Qa719.Be3 Rec8 20.h3 Ra8 21.Nxb5 Bxb5 22.Bxb5 Qxa3 23.Qxa3 Rxa324.Nd2 Nd3 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Reb1 Bf8 27.Rb8 Rdc3 28.Rxc8 Rxc829.Kf1 Nd7 30.Ke2 f5 31.f3 Rc7 32.Kd3 h5 33.Nc4 Nf6 34.Rb4 Kf7 35.Bb6 Rd7 36.Ra4 Ke7 37.Ba5 fxe4+ 38.fxe4 Kf7 39.Bb4 Be740.Ba3 Ne8 41.Ra6 Rb7 42.Bxd6 Bxd6 43.Rxd6 Rb3+ 44.Kc2 Rg345.Nxe5+ Kg7 46.Rd7+ Kf6 47.Nc6 Rxg2+ 48.Kd3 Rg3+ 49.Kd4 Kg550.e5 Kh6 51.d6 Rg1 52.Kd5 Rd1+ 53.Nd4 Ra1 54.Re7 Ng7 55.Rxg7 Kxg7 1-0 [Event "SVK-ch"][Site "Hlohovec"][Date "1975.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "7"][Result "1-0"][White "Julius Kozma"][Black "Peter Demeter"] [ECO "E47"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "123"]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5Ne7 8.e4 d6 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.Nh4 Ne8 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qg5 f6 14.Qg3 g5 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Ng7 17.Bxg5 fxg5 18.Qxg5 Bd719.Rxf8+ Qxf8 20.Rf1 Qd8 21.Qf6 Bg4 22.e5 Bh5 23.Qh6 Bg624.Nxg6 Nxg6 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.e6 Qa5 27.Qxg6 Qxc3 28.Qf7+ Kh729.Qxb7 Qd4+ 30.Kh1 Qxc4 31.Re1 Re8 32.h3 Qxa2 33.Re4 Qa1+ 34.Kh2 Qf6 35.Qxa7 Re7 36.Qa4 Nf5 37.Qc2 Kh8