| Kopec
Chess Services |
| P.O. Box 762 |
| Long Beach,
New York 11561 |
| |
| Fax/Telephone: (516)
867-4031 |
| email: drk2501@aol.com
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| Present FIDE
rating: |
2390 |
| Date of Birth:
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2/28/54
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| Citizenship:
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U.S.A.
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| Education:
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B.A.
Psychology modified with Math,
Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, 1975
Ph.D. Machine Intelligence,
Edinburgh University, 1983 |
|
Occupation:
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Associate
Professor,Computer and Information Science
Brooklyn College, New York |
| Chess
semi-professional since 1976 |
| National
Titles: |
Tied
for Second in Canadian Championship Zonal (1984)
|
|
Life
Master (1983), Scottish Champion (1980-81) |
|
U.S.
Senior Master (1980) |
|
Scottish Master (1979) |
|
U.S. Master (1969) |
|
Expert
(1968) |
| International
Titles: |
International
Master (1985) |
|
FIDE
Master (1983) |
| Special
Activities |
| |
Simultaneous
Exhibitions (up to 100 boards!) |
|
Blindfold
Simultaneous Exhibitions-up to 10 boards |
|
Lectures
on chess/computer chess related topics
|
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to Top |
Instructional
Videotapes, 5 titles,
12.5 total hours |
| Highlights
of Tournament Experience |
|
Year
|
Event
|
Score
|
Place
|
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1994
|
Southern
N. E. Open (Feb.) |
3.5-1.5
|
1st=
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1994
|
Stratton
Mountain Open (Apr.) |
4-1
|
1st
|
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1993
|
2nd
Acadia Open, Bar Harbor, ME (June) |
4-0
|
1st
|
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1993
|
Quebec
Chess Festival (Feb.) |
4-1
|
1st=
|
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1993
|
Toronto
Open (April) |
4-2
|
2nd=
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1992
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Trois
Rivieres Open, Quebec (Mar.) |
4-1
|
1st=
|
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1990
|
Portland
Open, Maine (Jan.) |
3.5-.5
|
1st=
|
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1990
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Queen
City Open, Manchester, NH (Feb.) |
4-1
|
1st=
|
|
1989
|
Maine
State Championship (May) |
4.5-.5
|
1st
|
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1989
|
New
Hampshire Open, Manchester (July) |
4.5-.5
|
1st
|
|
1988
|
Robert
Thompson Memorial Inv. (January) |
3.5-.5
|
1st=
|
|
1988
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World
Chess Festival, St. John, N.B. (2525 opp.) |
|
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1988
|
Orono
Summer Action Chess (June) |
5-0
|
1st
|
|
1988
|
Downeast
Open, Portland, Maine (June) |
5-0
|
1st
|
|
1988
|
New
Hampshire Open, Manchester (July) |
4-1
|
2nd=
|
|
1988
|
U.S.
Open, Boston, MA. (Aug.) |
9-3
|
3rd=
|
|
1987
|
Portland
(Maine) Open (Jan.) |
5-0
|
1st |
|
1987
|
Eastern
Maine Open Championship (Orono,May)
|
5-0
|
1st
|
|
1987
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U.S.
Open, Portland, OR (+8,-1,=2) |
9-3
|
3rd= |
|
1986
|
Gray
Whale Open, San Diego, CA (April) |
4.5-.5
|
1st= |
|
1986
|
North
County Spring Open, Rancho Bernando, CA |
4-1
|
1st= |
|
1986
|
Calais
(Maine) Open (October) |
4-0
|
1st |
|
1985
|
First
Labate's Chess Centre International
12-player RR
Third I.M. Norm completed title requirements |
4.5-.5
|
2nd= |
|
1985
|
North
County Spring Open, Rancho Bernando (CA) |
4.5-.5
|
2nd= |
|
1985
|
Gray
Whale Open, San Diego (CA) |
4.5-.5
|
1st= |
|
1985
|
North
County Fall Open, Rancho Bernando (CA) |
5-0
|
1st |
|
1985
|
Santa
Barbara (CA) Fall Open |
4.5-.5
|
1st |
|
1985
|
Conejo
Valley Pro-Am |
5-2
|
2nd= |
|
1984
|
Quebec
Invitational Championship (Montreal) |
7.5-2.5
|
1st= |
|
1984
|
Canadian
Closed Championship (Ottawa) |
9-5
|
2nd= |
|
1983
|
Eastern
Canadian Open (March 18-20) |
4.5-.5
|
1st= |
|
1983
|
Eastern
Canadian Open (Feb. 11-13) |
4-1
|
1st |
|
1983
|
The
Lloy'd Bank Masters (London)
Second I.M. Norm |
6-3
|
11-18= |
|
1983
|
The
New York Summer International
First I.M. Norm |
7-4
|
7-10= |
|
1982
|
U.S.
Class Championship (Chicago) |
4-1
|
2nd= |
|
1982
|
Nassau
Chess Club Championship ( Long Island, NY) |
4-1
|
1st |
|
1981
|
Second
Edinburgh Chess Congress |
4.5-.5
|
1st |
|
1981
|
Twelfth
Manchester Congress |
5-1
|
1st= |
|
1981
|
Scottish
Championship (St. Andrews) |
5-2
|
1st= |
|
1981
|
Eighth
"Glasgow Herald" Congress |
4-1
|
1st= |
|
1980
|
Ciba-Geigy
Open Paisley (Glasgow) |
4.5-.5
|
1st= |
|
1980
|
Scottish
Championship (Troon)
Won Playoff Match vs. R. McKay |
5.5-.5
1.5-.5
|
1st= |
|
1980
|
Grangemouth
(Scotland) Open |
4.5-.5
|
1st |
|
1980
|
Glasgow
Open |
5-1
|
2nd |
|
1979
|
Greenwich
(Connecticut) Mid-Summer Dream Open |
3.5-.5
|
1st |
|
1979
|
North
American Class Championship (Chicago) |
3.5-.5
|
2nd= |
|
1978
|
Continental
Category Championship (NYC) |
5-1
|
2nd |
|
1978
|
"Glasgow
Herald" Open |
5-1
|
2nd |
|
1978
|
Scottish
Championship (Edinburth) |
5-2
|
2nd |
|
1978
|
Lloyd's
Bank Masters (London) |
6.5-3.5
|
3rd |
|
1977
|
Scottish
Championship (Glasgow) |
5-2
|
2nd |
|
1977
|
U.S.
Student Olympic Team (Mexico City) |
7-2
|
Top
Team Score |
|
1977
|
Glasgow
Open |
5.5-.5
|
1st |
|
1976
|
University
of Massachusetts Team Championship |
4.5-.5
|
1st |
|
1976
|
Continental
Open |
4.5-1.5
|
2nd= |
|
1976
|
World
Open |
7-2
|
2nd= |
|
1976
|
Cape
Cod Open |
4.5-.5
|
1st |
|
1976
|
Canadian
Open (Toronto) |
8-2
|
2nd= |
|
1976
|
U.S.
Open |
9-3
|
3rd= |
|
1975
|
Greater
N.Y. Open |
4-1
|
2nd |
|
1975
|
Continental
Open |
5-0
|
1st |
|
1975
|
Eastern
Collegiate Team Championship |
4.5-.5
|
1st
Bd. |
|
1975-76
|
Pan
American Intercollegiate |
8-0
|
Top
1st Bd. |
|
1974
|
University
of New Hampshire Open |
5-0
|
1st |
|
1973
|
Greater
N.Y. Open |
5-0
|
1st |
|
1973-74
|
Pan
American Intercollegiate |
6-2
|
1st
Bd. |
|
1972
|
U.S.
Junior Closed |
1.5-5.5
|
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1972
|
Atlantic
Open |
6-2
|
|
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1971
|
National
H.S. Championship |
7-1
|
2-3 |
|
1971
|
U.S.
Team Championship |
5-0
|
Top
3rd Bd. |
|
1971
|
N.Y.
State H.S. Team Championship |
5.5-.5
|
Top
1st Bd. |
|
1971
|
N.Y.
Interscholastic Championship |
6-0
|
1st
Bd. |
|
1971
|
Continental
Junior |
7-2
|
1-4 |
|
1971
|
Eastern
Intercollegiate |
5.5-1.5
|
2nd |
|
1970
|
N.Y.
State H.S. Championship |
5.5-.5
|
1st |
|
1970
|
Manhattan
Open |
4-1
|
2nd |
|
1970
|
Long
Island Tornado |
3.5-.5
|
1st |
|
1970-71
|
Greater
N.Y. High School Championship |
7-1
|
2nd |
|
1969
|
Metropolitan
Open |
4.5-.5
|
2nd |
|
1969-70
|
Greater
N.Y. High School Championship |
7-1
|
1st |
|
1968
|
Atlantic
Open |
5-3
|
Top
B |
|
1968-69
|
Greater
N.Y. High School Championship |
7-1
|
1st |
|
1967-68
|
Greater
N.Y. High School Championship |
6.5-1.5
|
2-4 |
|
1966
|
Greater
N.Y. Elementary Championship |
6-2
|
5-9 |
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to Top |
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| Blindfold
Exhibitions |
|
Boards
|
Place
|
Date
|
Score
|
|
10
|
San
Diego Chess Club
|
Jan.
9,1985
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+7,-2,=1
|
|
7
|
Billerica
Chess Club
|
Sept.25,1987
|
+4,-1,=2
|
|
7
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University
of Illinois
|
Dec.
1979
|
+6,=1
|
|
6
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East
Lyme Chess Club (training)
|
Dec.
22, 1994
|
+4,
2 unf.
|
|
5
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Orono,
Maine (training)
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Sept.18,1987
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+4,-1
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5
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Providence,
RI (at Pan Am. Intercol)
|
Dec.
27,1994
|
+5
-0
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to Top |
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Publications
and Instruction
| Videotapes |
| 1994
|
How
to Visualize Combinations. 2 hrs. Right Angle Video, Putnam,
CT |
| 1994
|
Pawn
structures and How to Play Them. 2 hrs. Right Angle Video,
Putnam, CT |
| 1995
|
How
to Analyze a Chess Position: From Moves to Decisions and Plans.
2 hrs. Right Angle Video, Putnam , CT |
| 1995
|
Opening
Pawn Structures: Advanced Concepts. 2 Vol. 4 hrs. |
| 1998 |
The
Kopec System. Foxy Openings, Grandmaster Video, Twickingham,
England |
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to Top |
|
| Books |
| 1997 |
Practical
Middlegame Techniques (with R. Blumenfeld). Cadogan |
| 1997 |
Test,Evaluate
and Improve Your Chess (with H. Terrie). Hypermodern Press,
San Francisco |
| 1992 |
Mastering
Chess (2nd Edition). First author with G. Chandler, GM N.Davies,
C.Morrison, and I.Mullen. Cadogan Publishers, London |
| 1985 |
Master
Chess: A Course in 21 Lessons (with Davies,et.al.). Oxford |
| 1980 |
Best
Games of the Young Grandmasters (co-authored with Craig
Pritchett). Bell & Hyman. London |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Primary
Articles, Articles in Books, and Serialized Works
|
| 1997
|
Kasparov
vs. Deeper Blue: the Rematch (June, Chess Life and Blitz
Chess) |
| 1997
|
A
New Way To Study and Learn Rook and Pawn Endings (with Hal Terrie,
April, Chess Life) |
| 1996
|
Kasparov
vs. Deep Blue: Man Still Reigns Supreme (May, Chess Life) |
| 1995
|
Developing
Your Calculational Power and Tactical Ability, with FM Rudy
Blumenfield, 3-part series beginning in the January issue of
Chess Life |
| 1994
|
A
New Way to Look at Rook and Pawn Endgames, in July-Aug 94 Blitz
Chess and in French in 1995 in Echec+ |
| 1993-94
|
The
Conditions and Methods for Attacking the King, with FM Rudy
Blumenfield, published as 5-part series in Sept.93-May 94
Chess Life and Echec+ |
| 1982-92 |
Reports
on The Annual North American Computer Chess Championships, with
M. Newborn, appearing each summer in Communications of the
ACM |
| 1991
|
Winning
with Passed Pawns in the Middlegame, with FM Rudy Blumenfield,
5-part series published in Chess Life and Echec+
in English, French, Spanish, and Dutch |
| 1991
|
A
Taxonomy of Concepts for Evaluating Chess Strength: examples
from two difficult categories, with Hans Berliner and Ed Northam,
pp 179-191 in Advances in Computer Chess VI, ed. Don
Beal, Ellis Horwood Publishers, Chichester , England |
| 1990
|
Advances
in Man-Machine Play in Computers, Chess, and Cognition,
eds. T. Marsland and J. Schaeffer, Springer Verlag, NY |
| 1986
|
Experiments
in Chess Cognition, with M. Newborn and W. Yu, pp 59-79 in Advances
in Computer Chess IV, ed. D. Beal, Pergamon Press, Oxford |
| 1984
|
Learning
Chess with your Computer, a series in Chess Life beginning
in January issue |
| 1984
|
Experiments
in chess cognition, with Winston Yu, pp.84-103 in The Computer
Chess Digest Annual, contributing editor with editor Dr.
E. Irazoqui, New York |
| 1983
|
King
and Rook vs. King and Knight by Computer in Chess, 47
(895-6), pp.88-95, Sutton Coldfield, England |
| 1983
|
The
Bratko-Kopec Experiment Updated, with with Dr. E. Irazoqui and
Dr. Bratko, in the first Computer Chess Annual, ed. Dr.
E. Irazoqui, New York |
| 1982
|
The
Bratko-Kopec Experiment: a test for comparison of human and
computer performance in chess, with Dr. I. Bratko, in Advances
in Computer Chess III, ed. Mr. R. B. Clarke, Pergamon Press,
Oxford |
| 1980
|
How
hard is the king-rook-king-knight ending? in Advances in
Computer Chess II, ed. M.R.B. Clarke, Edinburgh University
Press, Edinburgh |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Some
Additional Articles |
| 1992
|
The
Special Case of the Isolated Double Pawns, Inside Chess,
February |
| 1991
|
Focus
on Missed Opportunities in K-K V with GM Leonid Shamkovich,
Chess Life, June |
| 1990
|
La
revanche du cerveau d'acier, Echec+, Mars-Avril |
| 1990
|
Deep
Thought 4--David Levy 0, Inside Chess, February |
| 1989
|
Deep
Thought Champion du Monde, Echec+ September-October |
| 1989
|
Deep
Thought Outsearches Foes,Wins World Championship, Chess Life,
September |
| 1989
|
The
6th World Computer Chess Championship, Chess Life, August |
| 1989
|
Yusupov
Holds Spraggett at Bay in Canada, Chess Life, May |
| 1988
|
The
48th New England Open, Inside Chess, Vol.1, No.23 |
| 1987
|
The
Four K's or IM's Make Good Moves, GM's Make Good, Chess Life,
August |
| 1987
|
Our
Best At Chess (Latin Chess), Aboard (inflight publication),
January-February |
| 1985
|
I.M.
Preparation, Chess Life, October |
| 1983
|
Can
You Find The Winning Plan? Chess Life, October |
| 1983
|
Le
Systeme Kopec (in French), La Petit Roque, September-October |
| 1983
|
A
World Championship Campaign, Chess Horizons, February-March |
| 1980
|
The
Phillip & Drew "Knights" with M.Condie, Chess,
July |
| 1980
|
The
Kopec System, Chess Life, April |
| 1980
|
The
British Difference with C.Pritchett, Chess Life, March |
| 1980
|
The
Scottish Championship, Chess Life, March |
| 1978
|
Hastings
Challengers, Chess Life & Review, April |
| 1978
|
The
Kopec System, Chess, February-March |
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to Top |
|
| Columns
and Newspaper Articles |
1987-88
1992-97 |
Chess
Horizons, Kopec's Chess Corner |
| 1982
|
UI
Professor Nears World Correspondence Title with J. Block in
Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette and Illini Times, November
21 |
| 1981-82 |
Chess
column in The Sunday Standard (Scottish National Sunday
Paper), April 1981-September 1982 |
| 1977
|
Chess
column in The Student at Edinburgh University |
| 1976 |
The
Swiss Weekend in Chess Horizons |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Other
Research, Teaching, Organizing |
| 1987
|
Research
on the Endgames KRB vs KR |
| 1989
|
Research
on development of a Taxonomy of Chess Positions with Dr. Hans
Berliner |
| 1985-89
|
Research
on Entropy in Chess (1985-89) |
| 1984
|
Organizer
and director of Canadian Computer Chess Invitational Championship,
School of Computer Science,McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 1984
|
Experiments
in chess cognition and computer chess with Professor Monroe
Newborn, School of Computer Science, McGill University |
| 1983-84
|
Contributing
Editor for the Computer Chess Digest Annual |
| 1976-82
|
Ph.D.
student/researcher at the Machine Intelligence Research Unit,
Edinburgh University, Scotland |
| 1982
|
Founder
of the Edinburgh Chess Masters Association |
| 1980-81
|
Adult
education classes |
| 1977 |
Discovery
of new chess/computer chess theoretical positions in the KR
vs. KN ending |
| 1975–76
|
Chess
Elective Course at the University of Massachusetts. Numerous
private students from beginner to expert |
| 1972–73
|
Dartmouth
College Computer Chess heuristics writer |
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to Top |
|
| Coaching
and Consulting |
| 1998-2001
|
Kopec's
Chess Camp at The Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ) |
| 1996-97
|
Kopec's
Chess Camp at the Milton Academy (MA) |
| 1994-95
|
Kopec's
Chess Camp at the Pomfret School, Pomfret, CT |
| 1993 |
Castle
Chess Camp, July |
| 1992 |
Consultant
for SAITEK International |
| 1991 |
Consultant
for Mediagenic for development of Sargon V |
| 1990-91 |
Coached
University of Maine Team for 1990-91 Pan American Intercollegiate
Team Championship, Cambridge, MA.; placed 2nd B, tied 10-18th
of 30 overall |
| 1989-90 |
Coached
University of Maine Team for 1989-90 Pan American Intercollegiate
Team Championship, Salt Lake City, Utah; placed Top A, tied
7-11 overall |
| 1988 |
Consultant
for World Chess Festival, St. John., New Brunswick, Canada,
January 22 - Feb. 20 |
| 1986 |
Coached
University of Maine Team for Pan-American Intercollegiate Team
Championship, Providence, Rhode Island, placed 16-23rd of 53
teams |
| 1986 |
Consultant
for Fidelity International, June 1986-88 |
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