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Gil Popilski
G Popilski 
 

Number of games in database: 472
Years covered: 2003 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2445 (2535 rapid, 2537 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2572
Overall record: +174 -127 =171 (55.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (68) 
    B32 B42 B90 B93 B41
 Ruy Lopez (32) 
    C78 C67 C65 C91 C60
 Sicilian Najdorf (17) 
    B90 B92 B93 B96 B91
 French Defense (15) 
    C01 C11 C12 C17 C18
 Caro-Kann (13) 
    B12 B10 B13
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (10) 
    C91 C84 C96 C98 C97
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (70) 
    B90 B22 B96 B43 B84
 Grunfeld (48) 
    D85 D76 D80 D70 D78
 Sicilian Najdorf (21) 
    B90 B96 B91 B92 B94
 English, 1 c4 c5 (16) 
    A37 A34 A36 A30 A31
 English (13) 
    A15 A10 A14 A13 A11
 Queen's Pawn Game (10) 
    A41 A45 A46 E10 D01
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   S Savitskiy vs G Popilski, 2013 0-1
   G Popilski vs S Grigoriants, 2012 1-0
   G Popilski vs J Fuchs, 2014 1-0
   M Bartel vs G Popilski, 2010 1/2-1/2
   G Popilski vs A Zamyshlyaev, 2012 1-0
   G Welling vs G Popilski, 2014 1/2-1/2
   V Dragnev vs G Popilski, 2015 0-1
   F Ynojosa Aponte vs G Popilski, 2017 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Isle of Man Masters (2014)
   Millionaire Chess (2015)
   Karpos Open (2013)
   Czech Open A (2009)
   Groningen Chess Festival (2009)
   European Club Cup (2012)
   European Championship (2012)
   Gibraltar Masters (2015)
   Gibraltar Masters (2014)
   European Championship (2010)
   Chigorin Memorial (2012)
   Chigorin Memorial (2013)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2013)
   European Championship (2014)
   European Championship (2015)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 CCCSA Winter IMC
   G Popilski vs B Ngo (Jan-17-22) 1/2-1/2
   G Popilski vs A Arribas Lopez (Sep-02-19) 1/2-1/2
   Z Javakhadze vs G Popilski (Sep-02-19) 1/2-1/2
   G Popilski vs E Stefanov (Sep-01-19) 1-0
   B Li vs G Popilski (Sep-01-19) 0-1

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FIDE player card for Gil Popilski

GIL POPILSKI
(born Oct-06-1993, 31 years old) Israel

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Gil Popilski repeatedly represented Israel at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where he won two medals: gold (in 2009, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U16 age group) and bronze (in 2007, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U14 age group). In 2011, in Tel Aviv he won Israeli Junior Chess Championship in U20 age group.

In 2008, Gil Popilski won international chess tournament in Petah Tikva. In 2009, in Ashdod he shared 2nd place in international chess tournament behind winner Ilya Smirin. In 2010, in Enschede Gil Popilski shared 3rd place in international chess tournament with Robin van Kampen and Martyn Kravtsiv.

Gil Popilski played for Israel in the European Team Chess Championship:

In 2013, at second board in the 19th European Team Chess Championship in Warsaw (+2, =3, -3). In 2010, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title2 and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title three year later.3 His best rating was 2572 in December 2015.

Wikipedia article: Gil Popilski

Last updated: 2021-12-08 23:50:27

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 page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 476  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Popilski vs Yauheni Piatrushka  1-0552003Wch U10B40 Sicilian
2. P Zelbel vs G Popilski  1-0542003Wch U10B22 Sicilian, Alapin
3. C Wang vs G Popilski  1-0532003Wch U10B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
4. C Sochacki vs G Popilski  0-1572003Wch U10A02 Bird's Opening
5. G Popilski vs K Priyadharshan  0-1432003Wch U10C67 Ruy Lopez
6. H S Gretarsson vs G Popilski  ½-½422003Wch U10B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
7. Berkan Atman vs G Popilski  0-1562004EU-ch U12B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
8. G Popilski vs V Durarbayli  0-1642004EU-ch U12B41 Sicilian, Kan
9. M Yilmaz vs G Popilski  1-0412004EU-ch U12B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
10. G Popilski vs Filip Dimitrov  ½-½252004EU-ch U12B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
11. G Popilski vs Baris Binguller  1-0292004EU-ch U12C80 Ruy Lopez, Open
12. G Popilski vs A Petrisor  ½-½302004EU-ch U12B32 Sicilian
13. G Popilski vs S Chekhov  ½-½272004EU-ch U12B08 Pirc, Classical
14. Shimanov vs G Popilski 0-1122004EU-ch U12D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3
15. I Nyzhnyk vs G Popilski  0-1412005Wch U12B23 Sicilian, Closed
16. G Popilski vs T Jurevicius  ½-½772005Wch U12A50 Queen's Pawn Game
17. G Popilski vs Rosen Todorov  1-0282005Wch U12C43 Petrov, Modern Attack
18. G Popilski vs Rahmatjon Rahimov  1-0332005Wch U12C12 French, McCutcheon
19. S Ter-Sahakyan vs G Popilski  0-1802005Wch U12B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
20. Y Hou vs G Popilski  1-0292005Wch U12B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
21. G Popilski vs C Sochacki  1-0442005Wch U12B41 Sicilian, Kan
22. S P Sethuraman vs G Popilski  1-0392005Wch U12B42 Sicilian, Kan
23. G Popilski vs A Pavlidis  1-0412005Wch U12B40 Sicilian
24. G Popilski vs S Sjugirov  0-1452005EU-ch U12E73 King's Indian
25. G Popilski vs D Blazeka  1-0252006EU-ch U14C17 French, Winawer, Advance
 page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 476  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-09-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: CM Gil Popilski, Israel, born 1993. Now rated 2441, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

European U16 champion 2009:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr249.... congratulations!

Mar-31-12  wordfunph: IM Popilski humbled GM Edouard (2607) in IECC, so far his greatest victory.

G Popilski vs R Edouard, 2012

Mar-07-13  BIDMONFA: Gil Popilski

POPILSKI, Gil
http://www.bidmonfa.com/popilski_gi...
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Oct-11-15  thegoodanarchist: I bet this guy's nickname is Popsicle
Aug-01-16  dumbgai: Popilski beat Kamsky in Calgary, in a game where Kamsky must have gotten his move-order wrong in the opening: http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2016...

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