He graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology with a degree in psychology, a B.S. in 1952 and an M.S. in 1953.
In 1953, he was drafted into the Army and at Fort Benning, Georgia he made the rifle team which was the precursor to the elite Marksmanship Unit. Today this unit is made up of fewer than 100 soldiers who are at the top of the marksmanship game. They are the best of the best, not just in the military, but also in the competitive shooting world. These expert marksmen support readiness and recruiting, and train and compete year-round, including for the Olympics.
Also, while at Fort Benning Nedved did psychological testing of thousands of paratroopers training at the Airborne School's "Free Towers" which are 250 foot high towers from which students are dropped as part of their training.
After his service, Nedved worked in advertising for one of the world's largest ad agencies. His market research lead to employment with Johnson Wax where he helped develop Glade air freshener. Next, he worked for Campbell Soup and then Heinz Ketchup.
Eventually, he and a partner founded a company that provided market research for 30 years to most supermarket chains and large retailers in North America.
Besides chess, Nedved also loved history, especially studying the strategies used in the US Civil War and he greatly enjoyed visiting historical sites and national parks.
Nedved won the 1951 Illinois State Championship and the 1969 US Amateur Championship. His team won the 1986 US Amateur Team Championship.
In 1987, his rating was 2321 and in 1988, when Carnegie-Mellon University was developing Deep Thought, they tested it by having Nedved play against it.
When Nedved won the 1969 US Amateur Championship held in Philadelphia, he was rated a USCF Expert (2000-2199) and living in New Jersey. He topped an entry 1ist of over 250, including the championship and reserve sections, with a perfect 6-0 score. His win from George Miller, who tied at 5-1 with four others for third place, is the featured game today...and it's a beauty.
Kimball Nedved–George Miller1–0US Amateur, Philadelphia1969Stockfish 15
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 f5 The rarely seen
Schliemann Defense is sharp and the idea is to develop a quick counterattack
on the f-file, but at the same time it weakens the K-side, especially the
white squares. In this game black's general strategy backfires and it's white
who develops a quick K-side attack. 4.d3 Rather tame. 4.Nc3 is usual. fxe4 Black has enjoyed greater success using 4...Nf6 and not capturing on e4 5.dxe4 f6 6.c3 A poor move that allows the N to be pinned. Correct was 6.O-O b4 7.0-0 He could have ruled out doubled Ps with 7.Qd3 7.d3 d6 8.0-0 xc3 9.xc3 0-0 10.e1 g4 is completely equal. 7...xc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.g5 0-0 10.d3 10.d2 was played in Byambaa,Z (2279)-Lavrov,M (2397)
Moscow 2012 which continued e6 11.c4 e8 12.e2 h8 13.f3 with equality.
10...e8 11.d2 a6 12.a4 e6 13.f4 Launching what turns out to be a
dangerous K-side attack, but the move should have allowed black to gain the
initiative. 13.b3 h5 14.fb1 b8 15.e3 f4 While the position is
equal, white's position has little promise. 13...h5 With this move black
fails to take advantage of the opportunity white's last move offered him. In
subsequent play the Q turns out to be subject to great harassment which gains
white time to build up his attack. 13...exf4 14.xf4 d7 15.xf8+ xf8 16.f1 d7 17.xc6 bxc6 18.c4 e5 Black is slightly better. 14.xf6 xf6
Black may very well have been thinking of a K-side demonstration and in that
case this recapture makes sense. However, it's white who is now able to launch
a dangerous Kside attack and so the correct move was 14.gxf6 which would have
left white with only a minimal advantage. 15.f5 This P is destined to exert
a great influence on the coming play. f7 16.f3 h6 17.h3 g5 18.g3
Keeping black busy. f6 18...h5 would be very bad. 19.f3 b5 20.g5 snags the Q 19.b1 Hoping black will take the a-Pawn and then
white gets his R on the 7th. a5 19...xa2 20.xb7 with the c-Pawn and
the N both attacked black's game is lost. 20.f3 With black's b-Pawn
defended there is now no reason to allow black to capture the a-Pawn which
would leave the position about equal. Therefore, white should have played 21.
Bb3 h8 There was no reason to avoid 20...Bxa2 after which even Stockfish
and Komodo are left casting about for a viable plan. After the text black has
thing under control when it comes to defending his K-side so white must revert
to Q-side operations. 21.g5 21.b3 xb3 22.cxb3 h5 23.c4 Black has no
K-side attacking possibilities and white has a slight positional plus. 21...g8 This move is just awful...as will be seen. 21...xa2 22.a1 c4
and it's black who can lay claim to the better position. 22.d7 White
intends to exploit the e6 square. From here on Nedved plays with great
precision. h5 It's hard to find a really good move for black, but this
isn't it. 22...xa2 is no longer even a consideration. 23.e6 xe6 23...xb1 is fatal 24.f7+ g8 25.xh6+ f8 26.g4 24.xe6 g8 25.xc7
and black is lost. 22...e7 This seems about the best. 23.e6 h5 24.xg8 xg5 25.xg5 xg5 26.d5 Here white's advantage is not so great and
black would have good defensive chances. 23.e6 b5 23...xe6 24.fxe6 g5 25.f3 e7 25...g6 26.f1 h6 27.e7 wins 26.f7 is crushing. 24.xg7 g5 The saving move...or is it? 25.e8 Stunning! This is an unusual
situation. Often a R on the last rank is a killer; here it's a N! xg3 26.xg3 26.xf6 also works. xd3 27.cxd3 g7 28.xg8 xg8 29.e6 with a
won ending. 26...e7 After this comes the crusher by the
f-Pawn as previously noted. Applause to black for allowing white to finish
with a bang! 26...h6 was a stouter defense, but still losing. 27.xc7 xa2 28.a1 a7 29.e6 xe6 30.xe6 c4 White will win the ending. 27.f6 xd7 28.g7+ xg7 29.fxg7# Again, remember the note about this
P on move 15! 1–0
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