Career
He worked as a lecturer in a higher technical training institute. He had three sons (Vladimir Kopylov was one of them). He became a master of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in 1946.
He defeated Botvinnik, Keres, Petrosian, and Boleslavsky in the 19th Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Championship in 1951, where he finished in 11th place out of 17.
He played correspondence chess from 1964, and played for the Soviet team in the 6th and 7th Postal Olympiads with scores of 6 out of 8 and 5.5 out of 9. He became an International Master of correspondence chess in 1969, gaining the title from the International Correspondence Chess Federation on the basis of his 5.5 out of 8 score on 3rd board in the European Team Championship.
He died on 7 May 1995 while giving a simultaneous exhibition in Voronezh.
