Nikolai Antonovich Kopaev ( January 11, 1914 , Voronezh - October 11, 1978 , Chernivtsi ) - Soviet chess player and chess composer ; USSR Master of Sports ( 1940 ). Chess theorist.
 Nikolai Antonovich Kopaev | |
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| Country |  the USSR |
| Date of Birth | January 11, 1914 |
| Place of Birth | Voronezh |
| Date of death | October 11, 1978 ( 64) |
| Place of death | Chernivtsi |
| Rank | USSR Master of Sports ( 1940 ) |
Silver medalist of the 1st USSR Correspondence Championship.
Champion of the Ukrainian SSR in composition in the section of studies.
The best results in the championships of the Ukrainian SSR: 1944 - 3-6th; 1950 - 3rd place.
Author of theoretical studies in openings ( Spanish and Scottish parts ) and endgame. He composed a series of sketches of importance for the theory of endgame. Especially valuable are his analyzes in the area of rook endings [1] [2] . Grandmaster A. B. Mikhalchishin puts them on a par with analyzes by N. D. Grigoriev and A. Sharon . Kopaev is the author of the final edition of the famous analyzes of A. A. Troitsky (endgame “two knights versus pawns”).
Since 1967, he stopped working with chess publications. According to testimony of A. B. Mikhalchishin, Kopaev’s archive was kept by the trainer of the Gurvich Chernivtsi chess school. After the death of Gurvich, the archive disappeared.
Content
Athletic Results
| Year | A place | Competition | + | - | = | Result | A place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Voronezh | Championship of Voronezh | |||||
| Rostov-on-Don | All-Union Tournament I category (group II) | 7 | five | 2 | 8 from 14 | 4-5 | |
| 1938 | Leningrad | Championship of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions | ten | 6 | five | 12½ of 21 | 4-7 |
| Kiev | Semifinal of the 11th USSR Championship | four | eight | five | 6½ of 17 | 15-17 | |
| 1939 | Rostov-on-Don | All-Union Tournament of Masters of Sports Candidates (group No. 2) | 3 | five | five | 5½ out of 13 | 10-11 |
| 1941 | Rostov-on-Don | Semifinal of the 13th USSR Championship | 3 | 0 | one | 3½ of 4 [3] | [four] |
| 1944 | Baku | Semifinal of the 13th USSR Championship | |||||
| Kiev | Championship of the Ukrainian SSR | 3-6 | |||||
| 1945 | Kiev | Semifinal of the 14th championship of the USSR | |||||
| 1946 | Championship of the Ukrainian SSR | ||||||
| Leningrad | Semifinal of the 15th USSR Championship | 7 | five | 6 | 10 from 18 | 5-6 | |
| 1947 | Leningrad | VTsSPS Team Championship | |||||
| Kiev | Championship of the Ukrainian SSR | 7 | five | four | 9 from 16 | 7 [5] | |
| 1948 | Kiev | Championship of the Ukrainian SSR | 6 | four | eight | 10 from 18 | 9 [6] |
| 1949 | Vilnius | Semifinal of the 17th USSR Championship | four | 6 | 7 | 7½ of 17 | 12-13 |
| Odessa | Championship of the Ukrainian SSR | ten | 6 | 3 | 11½ of 19 | 6-9 [7] | |
| 1950 | Kiev | Semifinal of the 18th USSR Championship | |||||
| Kiev | Championship of the Ukrainian SSR | 9 | four | four | 11 from 17 | 3 | |
| 1951 | Lviv | Semifinal of the 19th USSR Championship | |||||
| 1952 | Minsk | Semifinal of the 20th championship of the USSR | |||||
| 1954 | Riga | USSR team championship | five | four | one | 5½ out of 10 | |
| 1955 | Kiev | Championship of the Ukrainian SSR | 6 | 3 | eight | 10 from 17 | 6-7 [8] |
| CORRESPONDENCE COMPETITIONS | |||||||
| 1948-1951 | 1st USSR Championship | 11 from 15 | 2-4 [9] | ||||
Notes
- ↑ Levenfish G.Ya., Smyslov V.V. Theory of rook endings. - 3rd ed., Revised. and additional .. - M .: FiS, 1986. - S. 93.
- ↑ Chess endings. Rook / Ed. Yu.L. Averbach. - 2nd ed., Additional .. - M .: FiS, 1984. - 352 p.
- ↑ Another game (with S.T. Abrahamyan ) is not finished
- ↑ Tournament interrupted due to the outbreak of war
- ↑ A.P. Sokolsky defeated.
- ↑ E.I. Polyak and A.P. Sokolsky defeated .
- ↑ The victory of I.O. Lipnitsky .
- ↑ Won by A.A. Bannik .
- ↑ Won by A.M. of Constantinople .
Literature
- Chess Dictionary / Ch. ed. L. Ya. Abramov ; comp. G. M. Geyler . - M .: Physical education and sport , 1964. - S. 256. - 120 000 copies.
- Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990. - S. 174. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .
- Mikhalchishin A.B. Behind the scenes of a chess empire. Eyewitness accounts. - M .: Astrel: AST, 2008. - S. 258 - 261. - ISBN 978-5-17-048123-1 (AST), ISBN 978-5-271-18652-3 (Astrel).
Links
- Nicholas Kopaev's games in the database
- Personal card of Nikolay Kopaev on 365chess.com (English)