Oct-26-07
 | | whiteshark: Player of the day
Bio from 'The Potter Memorial' tournament book (by Ken Messere), [writen around 1978?]: "
Born 1919. Lecturer in a higher technical training institute. Has played correspondence chess from 1964. International master from 1968, gaining title on the basis of his 5.5 out of 8 score on 3rd board in the European Team Championship. Played for the U.S.S.R. team in the 6th and 7th Postal Olympiads with scores of 6 out of 8 and 5.5 out of 9. N.B. Chess Dictionary 1964 gives him as resident in Voronesh but he often played in Leningrad over the board championships." |
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| Oct-26-07 | | Resignation Trap: Our player of the day also has his name spelled Nikolai Georgievich Kopylov on our database. In the 1951 USSR championship, he had the distinction of defeating Botvinnik, Keres and Petrosian, but he only finished with an even score. See N Kopilov vs Keres, 1951 , Petrosian vs N Kopilov, 1951 and Botvinnik vs N Kopilov, 1951 . Unfortunately, his win over Botvinnik has the wrong result in our database (it should be "0-1"). I have submitted a correction. |
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| Jun-28-09 | | jrofrano: He never became a GM but he earned the nickname, "Champion of Champions." Why? In the 19th USSR Championship (1951) he beat 3 champions: Botvinnik – world champion, Keres – USSR champion, Petrosian – Moscow champion. In his long chess career he also beat such stars as Smyslov (1951), Bondarevsky (1951) and Taimanov (1952). He drew Bronstein (1947) and the young Karpov (1970). And those are only the most famous names. He successfully played many other strong GMs. His original style remained a puzzle for many. If I add now that Kopylov was not even a full-time chess professional, he had a doctorate degree and worked as a university professor, you will understand the caliber of this talented man. He died in 1995 playing in a chess tournament.
-FM Igor Nikolayev |
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Oct-26-11
 | | Phony Benoni: Featured in the Puzzle of the Day for Thursday, October 9, 2008: Tolush vs N Kopilov, 1954
click for larger view<21...?> |
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| Oct-26-11 | | Xeroxx: Hello my name is Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov and I am the player of the day. |
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| Oct-26-11 | | Eastfrisian: Sad, that you already do not live anymore. |
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| Apr-06-12 | | stanleys: Not entirely sure,but it seems that Nikolai Georgiyevich was a victim of the following nice combination (found it in the French magazine "Europe echecs") Kopilov - Karlson
USSR 1961
click for larger view1...Rd3!! 2.Nxd3 Be6 X |
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| Oct-26-13 | | Kikoman: <Player of the Day> Rest In Peace Sir Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov. |
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| Oct-26-13 | | Penguincw: R.I.P. <POTD> and Leningrad (now known as Saint Petersburg) champion: Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov. |
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