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.
[Event "US Amateur, Philadelphia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kimball Nedved"]
[Black "George Miller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 15"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.21"]
{Ruy Lopez: Schliemann} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 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 Nf6 6. Nc3 {A poor move that allows the N to be pinned. Correct was 6.O-O}
Bb4 7. O-O {He could have ruled out doubled Ps with 7.Qd3} (7. Qd3 d6 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 {is completely equal.}) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9.
Bg5 O-O 10. Qd3 (10. Nd2 {was played in Byambaa,Z (2279)-Lavrov,M (2397)
Moscow 2012 which continued} Be6 11. Bc4 Qe8 12. Qe2 Kh8 13. f3 {with equality.
}) 10... Qe8 11. Nd2 a6 12. Ba4 Be6 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. Bb3 Nh5 14. Rfb1 Rb8 15. Be3 Nf4 {While the position is
equal, white's position has little promise.}) 13... Qh5 {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. Rxf4 Nd7 15. Rxf8+ Nxf8 16.
Rf1 Nd7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. c4 Ne5 {Black is slightly better.}) 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 {
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.} Bf7 16. Rf3 Rh6 17. Rh3 Qg5 18. Rg3 {
[%mdl 2048] Keeping black busy.} Qf6 (18... Qh5 {would be very bad.} 19. Nf3 b5
20. Rg5 {snags the Q}) 19. Rb1 {Hoping black will take the a-Pawn and then
white gets his R on the 7th.} Na5 (19... Bxa2 20. Rxb7 {with the c-Pawn and
the N both attacked black's game is lost.}) 20. Nf3 {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} Kh8 {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. Ng5 (21. Bb3 Nxb3 22. cxb3 Rh5 23. c4 {Black has no
K-side attacking possibilities and white has a slight positional plus.}) 21...
Bg8 {This move is just awful...as will be seen.} (21... Bxa2 22. Ra1 Bc4 {
and it's black who can lay claim to the better position.}) 22. Bd7 {White
intends to exploit the e6 square. From here on Nedved plays with great
precision.} Rh5 {It's hard to find a really good move for black, but this
isn't it.} (22... Bxa2 {is no longer even a consideration.} 23. Be6 Bxe6 (23...
Bxb1 {is fatal} 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nxh6+ Kf8 26. Ng4) 24. Nxe6 Rg8 25. Nxc7 {
and black is lost.}) (22... Qe7 {This seems about the best.} 23. Be6 Rh5 24.
Bxg8 Rxg5 25. Rxg5 Qxg5 26. Bd5 {Here white's advantage is not so great and
black would have good defensive chances.}) 23. Ne6 b5 (23... Bxe6 24. fxe6 Rg5
25. Rf3 Qe7 (25... Qg6 26. Qf1 h6 27. e7 {wins}) 26. Rf7 {is crushing.}) 24.
Nxg7 Rg5 {The saving move...or is it?} 25. Ne8 {Stunning! This is an unusual
situation. Often a R on the last rank is a killer; here it's a N!} Rxg3 26.
Qxg3 (26. Nxf6 {also works.} Rxd3 27. cxd3 Kg7 28. Nxg8 Rxg8 29. Be6 {with a
won ending.}) 26... Qe7 {[%mdl 8192] After this comes the crusher by the
f-Pawn as previously noted. Applause to black for allowing white to finish
with a bang!} (26... Qh6 {was a stouter defense, but still losing.} 27. Nxc7
Bxa2 28. Ra1 Ra7 29. Be6 Bxe6 30. Nxe6 Nc4 {White will win the ending.}) 27. f6
{[%mdl 32]} Qxd7 28. Qg7+ Qxg7 29. fxg7# {Again, remember the note about this
P on move 15!} 1-0
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