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Petar Popovic
  

Number of games in database: 923
Years covered: 1974 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2431 (2504 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2560
Overall record: +283 -177 =461 (55.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 2 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (233) 
    B91 B32 B58 B70 B80
 Ruy Lopez (77) 
    C92 C78 C82 C93 C96
 French Defense (54) 
    C05 C07 C03 C09 C02
 French Tarrasch (51) 
    C05 C07 C03 C09 C04
 Sicilian Najdorf (42) 
    B91 B90 B92
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (42) 
    C92 C93 C96 C95 C97
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (157) 
    B89 B60 B63 B57 B52
 Grunfeld (75) 
    D85 D91 D76 D97 D78
 English (62) 
    A15 A16 A17 A10 A11
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (48) 
    B60 B63 B67 B64 B68
 King's Indian (41) 
    E97 E92 E60 E81 E98
 Queen's Indian (28) 
    E12 E15 E17 E18
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Popovic vs Marjanovic, 1979 1-0
   P Popovic vs P Schlosser, 1992 1-0
   P Popovic vs D Rajkovic, 1980 1-0
   P Popovic vs M Lazic, 1993 1-0
   P Popovic vs D Kosic, 1992 1-0
   P Popovic vs Seirawan, 1987 1-0
   Timman vs P Popovic, 1989 1/2-1/2
   Damljanovic vs P Popovic, 1997 0-1
   P Popovic vs Y Piskov, 1989 1/2-1/2
   P Popovic vs I Rogers, 1987 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Novi Sad (1981)
   Yugoslav Championship 1992 (1991)
   Yugoslav Championship (1991)
   Yugoslav Championship (1995)
   Rubinstein Memorial (1982)
   Bor (1985)
   Yugoslav Championship (1986)
   Kostic Memorial (1987)
   Yugoslav Championship (1989)
   Stara Pazova (1988)
   Subotica Interzonal (1987)
   Yugoslav Championship (1985)
   Bundesliga 2009/10 (2009)
   Yugoslav Championship (1980)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Hastings (1980/81) by Chessical

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 TCh-SRB Premier
   M Lazic vs P Popovic (Sep-11-17) 1/2-1/2
   P Popovic vs V Ivic (Sep-03-17) 1-0
   P Lombaers vs P Popovic (Sep-29-13) 0-1
   P Popovic vs L Vanstreels (Dec-16-12) 1/2-1/2
   M Saltaev vs P Popovic (Apr-15-12) 1/2-1/2

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PETAR POPOVIC
(born Feb-14-1959, 64 years old) Yugoslavia (federation/nationality Serbia)

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Petar Popovic was born on the 14th of February 1959 in Orlovat, Yugoslavia. Awarded the IM title in 1977, he became a GM in 1981. In tournaments he was 1st= at Pecs 1980, 1st= at Novi Sad 1981, 2nd= at Novi Sad 1984, 1st= at Bor 1985, 2nd= at Cannes 1986, 1st= at Pucarevo 1987 and 4th= at Belgrade 1987. He played on the Yugoslav Olympiad teams of 1986 and 1988 and drew a match with Maia Chiburdanidze (+1, =6, -1) in 1986. Champion of Yugoslavia in 1995.

Wikipedia article: Petar Popović (chess player)

Last updated: 2021-09-27 04:36:13

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 page 1 of 38; games 1-25 of 929  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. P Popovic vs Boras  1-0371974YugoslaviaB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
2. P Popovic vs Z Devide  1-0531976Yugoslav First LeagueA00 Uncommon Opening
3. P Popovic vs M Vukic  0-1371976Liberation TournamentA07 King's Indian Attack
4. F Olafsson vs P Popovic  1-0461976Liberation TournamentE74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5
5. P Popovic vs A Deze  1-0611976Liberation TournamentA00 Uncommon Opening
6. G Sigurjonsson vs P Popovic  1-0361976Liberation TournamentB56 Sicilian
7. P Popovic vs Hort  0-1461976Liberation TournamentA00 Uncommon Opening
8. Velimirovic vs P Popovic 1-0361976Liberation TournamentB89 Sicilian
9. P Popovic vs Ivkov  ½-½211976Liberation TournamentC48 Four Knights
10. K Notaros vs P Popovic  1-0391976Liberation TournamentA05 Reti Opening
11. P Popovic vs Gligoric  ½-½611976Liberation TournamentB06 Robatsch
12. Matulovic vs P Popovic  1-0491976Liberation TournamentB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
13. P Popovic vs Sax  ½-½481976Liberation TournamentB50 Sicilian
14. Smejkal vs P Popovic  ½-½181976Liberation TournamentA51 Budapest Gambit
15. P Popovic vs I Buljovcic  1-0441976Liberation TournamentB50 Sicilian
16. P Popovic vs G Garcia Gonzalez  0-1401976Liberation TournamentB10 Caro-Kann
17. P Popovic vs Mikka Nakano  1-0191976W/EU-ch U20 7677C49 Four Knights
18. P Popovic vs Yusupov  0-1471977Wch U20A00 Uncommon Opening
19. P Popovic vs Taimanov  ½-½311979WroclawA07 King's Indian Attack
20. P Popovic vs M Mrdja  1-0331979ZagrebB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
21. D Ciric vs P Popovic  1-0231979TrstenikB53 Sicilian
22. P Popovic vs K Pytel  ½-½351979TrstenikC26 Vienna
23. D Gliksman vs P Popovic 0-1111979WroclawB06 Robatsch
24. M Cebalo vs P Popovic  0-1661979ZagrebA48 King's Indian
25. P Popovic vs S Djuric  ½-½351979Yugoslav ChampionshipC25 Vienna
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-14-06  BIDMONFA: Petar Popovic

POPOVIC, Petar
http://www.bidmonfa.com/popovic_pet...
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Feb-14-06  prinsallan: Happy bithday Petar!
Jul-30-09  WhiteRook48: player of the day
6/30/09
Feb-14-12  brankat: Happy Birthday Petar!
Jul-30-12  LoveThatJoker: Check out this awesome game from today's Player of the Day,

Quinteros vs P Popovic, 1982

LTJ

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