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ARTICLES
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| The Kopec System,
Chess Life, April 1980 |
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"For
several years I have been playing 3.B-Q3 against the Sicilian
Defense. At first, it was played as a sort of half-serious joke,
with the claim that it had to be a sound move, for it develops
a piece, controls the center, and prepares to castle. It was
also intended as a detour from all those book lines of the Najdorf
and Dragon variations which were most popular at the time." |
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Rook and Pawn Endings
Test
A New Way to Look at Rook and Pawn Endings
(co-authored with Hal Terrie), Chess
Life, May 1997 |
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"This
article introduces a new way to look at all multi-pawn rook
endings. We estimate that rook and pawn endings may occur as
frequently as in one out of six games. ... In this article we
are concerned with rook and multi-pawn endings where there is
a definite advantage for one side, but the advantage will not
be in terms of material." |
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| I.M. Preparation,
Chess Life, October 1985 |
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"For
Grandmasters tournament preparation usually means trying out
a new move in a well-known opening line ... Grandmasters or
seasoned International Masters ordinarily know their regular
tournament circuit opponents very well. They can be prepared
to enter a theoretical discussion, with a novelty based upon
some encounter played weeks, months or even years ago against
the same opponent. With the vast number of sources of chess
information available today ... it is relatively easy to look
up a well-known player's games and preferred variations." |
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Kopec-Bauer,
New England Open 1988
Chess Horizons, January-February 1989 |
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"This
was my most interesting game from the New England Open, where
I finished in a two-way tie for second place. Unfortunately,
it was also my only loss, but that was more a result of my opponent's
excellent, provocative play than bad play on my part. Had I
defended accurately, it would have been an amazing draw, but
the combination of time pressure and positional pressure finally
proved too much." |
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The Phillips
& Drew 'Knights'
London, 1982 |
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"This
event, backup to and concurrent with the main tournament, the
'Kings', was also held in the same playing room at the County
Hall, 15-30 April. The 'Knights' was designed to give young
British, particularly English players ... the opportunity for
International experience in the form of a 16-player round robin
and the chance for title norms." |
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