Josef Kupper
Number of games in database: 95
Years covered: 1953 to 1988
Last FIDE rating: 2374
Overall record: +26 -35 =34 (45.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (24)      B93 B43 B64 B69 B31  Ruy Lopez (14)      C73 C64 C85 C86 C78  Sicilian Najdorf (10)      B93 B96  French Defense (7)      C18 C05 C16 C10 C14  Ruy Lopez Exchange (4)      C85 C69  Ruy Lopez, Closed (4)      C85 C86	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (15)      B40 B39 B48 B41 B37  Queen's Indian (7)      E17 E19 E15 E12 E14  English, 1 c4 c5 (7)      A37 A35 A30 A34  Nimzo Indian (6)      E45 E43 E54 E29 E59  Reti System (6)      A04  French Defense (4)      C16 C17 C05

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   J Kupper vs F Olafsson, 1959 1-0

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JOSEF KUPPER (born Mar-10-1932) Switzerland [what is this?] (Dr) Josef Kupper was born on the 10th of March 1932 in Luzern, Switzerland. Awarded the IM title in 1955 he was Swiss Champion in 1954, 1957 and 1962.

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 95  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J H Donner vs J Kupper   1-0 35 1953 Opatija E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 2. J Kupper vs B Rabar   ½-½ 40 1953 Opatija B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 3. J Kupper vs M Bertok   ½-½ 36 1953 Opatija B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 4. Szabo vs J Kupper   ½-½ 48 1954 Amsterdam olm prel E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 5. J Kupper vs Schmid   0-1 40 1954 Zuerich C18 French, Winawer 6. J Kupper vs M Cuellar Gacharna   1-0 41 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation 7. Yanofsky vs J Kupper   0-1 62 1954 Amsterdam B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 8. J Kupper vs T Kelly   ½-½ 36 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 9. J Kupper vs C H Alexander   0-1 40 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B07 Pirc 10. J Kupper vs C Doerner   1-0 53 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 11. J Kupper vs A Vestol   1-0 35 1954 Amsterdam B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 12. A Dunkelblum vs J Kupper   ½-½ 34 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E17 Queen's Indian 13. Robatsch vs J Kupper   0-1 53 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A04 Reti Opening 14. J Kupper vs E Bhend   ½-½ 29 1954 Zuerich B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 15. O Benkner vs J Kupper   1-0 46 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A35 English, Symmetrical 16. J Kupper vs T Salo   1-0 80 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 17. J Kupper vs O Bernstein   1-0 33 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 18. J Kupper vs E Paoli   1-0 60 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-B C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 19. O'Kelly vs J Kupper   ½-½ 15 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A34 English, Symmetrical 20. J Kupper vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 23 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 C14 French, Classical 21. J Kupper vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 42 1958 13th olm final A C05 French, Tarrasch 22. K Lagha vs J Kupper   0-1 46 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 E12 Queen's Indian 23. J Kupper vs E Paoli   1-0 41 1958 Clare Benedict Cup 05th B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 24. J Kupper vs Panno   0-1 78 1958 13th olm final A B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6 25. J Kupper vs P Vaitonis   ½-½ 26 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 95

Aug-24-08    DoctorD: A talented composer as well: http://www.bstephen.me.uk/cgi-bin/m...

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