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

Kopec later received a PhD in Machine Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh in 1982 studying under Donald Michie.

[3] 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.

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