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Full name
  
Daniel Kopec

Education
  
Dartmouth College

Role
  
Chess master


Name
  
Danny Kopec

Country
  
United States

Peak rating
  
2493

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Born
  
February 28, 1954 (
1954-02-28
)

Books
  
Winning the Won Game, Artificial Intelligence in the 21s, Mastering the Sicilian, Practical Middlegame Techniques, Chess World Title Contende

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Daniel "Danny" Kopec (February 28, 1954 – June 12, 2016) was an American chess International Master, author, and computer science professor at Brooklyn College.

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Education

He graduated from Dartmouth College in the class of 1975. Kopec later received a PhD in Machine Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh in 1982 studying under Donald Michie.

Chess

Kopec was Greater NY High School Champion at 14, and reached master at 17. Kopec won the Scottish Chess Championship in 1980 while pursuing his doctorate. He lived in Canada for two years during the 1980s, and competed there with success, including second-equal in the 1984 Canadian Chess Championship. Kopec achieved the FIDE International Master title in 1985 and had several top three finishes (including second place ties) in the US Open.

He wrote numerous books on the subject of chess, produced eight chess instructional DVDs, and ran chess camps starting in 1994. Kopec also worked to promote his chess opening, the Kopec System (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bd3!?). With Ivan Bratko, he was the creator of the Bratko-Kopec Test, which was one of the de facto standard testing systems for chess playing computer programs in the 1980s.

Computer science

Kopec published notable academic pieces in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine error reduction, intelligent tutoring systems, and computer education.

Death

Kopec died on June 12, 2016 from pancreatic cancer.

References

Danny Kopec Wikipedia