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Petar Popovic
  
Number of games in database: 674
Years covered: 1974 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2431 (2504 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2560

Overall record: +194 -143 =335 (53.8%)*
   * 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 (161) 
    B91 B32 B58 B70 B42
 Ruy Lopez (59) 
    C92 C78 C96 C82 C99
 French Defense (34) 
    C07 C05 C03 C09 C02
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (33) 
    C92 C96 C89 C99 C95
 French Tarrasch (31) 
    C07 C05 C03 C09 C04
 Sicilian Najdorf (25) 
    B91 B90 B92
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (126) 
    B89 B60 B63 B57 B67
 Grunfeld (54) 
    D85 D91 D86 D76 D97
 English (52) 
    A15 A16 A17 A10 A12
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (42) 
    B60 B63 B67 B68 B64
 Queen's Indian (21) 
    E12 E15 E18
 King's Indian (21) 
    E97 E81 E91 E92 E99
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Popovic vs Marjanovic, 1979 1-0
   P Popovic vs Rajkovic, 1980 1-0
   P Popovic vs M Lazic, 1993 1-0
   P Popovic vs P Schlosser, 1992 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
   P Popovic vs Piskov, 1989 1/2-1/2
   P Popovic vs Bagirov, 1989 1-0
   P Popovic vs I Rogers, 1987 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Yugoslav Championship (1995)
   Novi Sad (1981)
   Novi Sad (1984)
   Novi Sad (1982)
   Stara Pazova (1988)
   Subotica Interzonal (1987)
   Kostic Memorial (1981)
   Bundesliga 2009/10 (2009)
   GMA World Cup Open (1989)
   Yugoslav Championship (1980)
   Vienna Open (1994)
   Yugoslav Championship (1979)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)
   Manila Interzonal (1990)

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

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 TCh-SRB Premier
   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
   P Popovic vs C Scholz (Apr-14-12) 1-0

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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 36; games 1-25 of 894  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. P Popovic vs Boras  1-0371974YugoslaviaB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
2. P Popovic vs M Vukic  0-1371976Liberation TournamentA07 King's Indian Attack
3. F Olafsson vs P Popovic  1-0461976Liberation TournamentE74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5
4. P Popovic vs A Deze  1-0611976Liberation TournamentA00 Uncommon Opening
5. G Sigurjonsson vs P Popovic  1-0361976Liberation TournamentB56 Sicilian
6. P Popovic vs Hort  0-1461976Liberation TournamentA00 Uncommon Opening
7. Velimirovic vs P Popovic 1-0361976Liberation TournamentB89 Sicilian
8. P Popovic vs Ivkov  ½-½211976Liberation TournamentC48 Four Knights
9. K Notaros vs P Popovic  1-0391976Liberation TournamentA05 Reti Opening
10. P Popovic vs Gligoric  ½-½611976Liberation TournamentB06 Robatsch
11. Matulovic vs P Popovic  1-0491976Liberation TournamentB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
12. P Popovic vs Sax  ½-½481976Liberation TournamentB50 Sicilian
13. Smejkal vs P Popovic  ½-½181976Liberation TournamentA51 Budapest Gambit
14. P Popovic vs I Buljovcic  1-0441976Liberation TournamentB50 Sicilian
15. P Popovic vs G Garcia Gonzalez  0-1401976Liberation TournamentB10 Caro-Kann
16. P Popovic vs Mikka Nakano  1-0191976W/EU-ch U20 7677C49 Four Knights
17. P Popovic vs Yusupov  0-1471977Wch U20A00 Uncommon Opening
18. P Popovic vs K Pytel  ½-½351979TrstenikC26 Vienna
19. D Gliksman vs P Popovic 0-1111979WroclawB06 Robatsch
20. P Popovic vs Taimanov  ½-½311979WroclawA07 King's Indian Attack
21. P Popovic vs Gligoric  0-1331979YUG-chT 31stA07 King's Indian Attack
22. M Cebalo vs P Popovic  0-1661979ZagrebA48 King's Indian
23. D Ciric vs P Popovic  1-0231979TrstenikB53 Sicilian
24. P Popovic vs Marjanovic 1-0261979YUG-chT 31stB50 Sicilian
25. P Popovic vs M Mrdja  1-0331979ZagrebB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
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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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