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Bryon Nickoloff
B Nickoloff 
Photograph courtesy of Mark Dutton.  

Number of games in database: 415
Years covered: 1974 to 2004
Highest rating achieved in database: 2470
Overall record: +153 -103 =156 (56.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 3 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (39) 
    E92 E91 E73 E75 E98
 Queen's Gambit Declined (17) 
    D30 D37 D38 D35 D39
 Nimzo Indian (15) 
    E21 E42 E20 E38 E47
 Grunfeld (15) 
    D87 D86 D85 D83
 Modern Benoni (14) 
    A57 A56 A70 A71 A61
 Queen's Pawn Game (12) 
    A40 A41 E10 A46
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (49) 
    B45 B81 B83 B96 B25
 Ruy Lopez (20) 
    C78 C92 C67 C91 C85
 Queen's Pawn Game (16) 
    D02 A45 E00 E10 D05
 Sicilian Scheveningen (15) 
    B81 B83 B80 B82 B84
 English (14) 
    A13 A11 A14 A10 A19
 Nimzo Indian (11) 
    E53 E20 E47 E44 E46
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Nickoloff vs D Ross, 1993 1-0
   E Raaste vs B Nickoloff, 1986 0-1
   L Day vs B Nickoloff, 1978 1/2-1/2
   A Friedman vs B Nickoloff, 1998 0-1
   B Nickoloff vs L Day, 1987 1-0
   B Nickoloff vs C Braga, 1978 1-0
   Y Molchanov vs B Nickoloff, 2004 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Toronto Closed (1997)
   Canadian Championship (1989)
   Canadian Championship (1994)
   Croatia Club (1989)
   Ontario Championship (1996)
   Canadian Championship (1996)
   Canadian Championship (1984)
   Kalev Pugi Memorial 1985/86 (1985)
   Toronto Winter Fest (1987)
   Canadian Championship (1978)
   Canadian Open (1995)
   Toronto Open (1998)
   Canadian Open (2004)
   Saint John Open I (1988)
   Saint John Open II (1988)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1978 Canadian championship by gauer
   1984 Canadian championship by gauer
   1974 Canadian (open) U-18 championship by gauer


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BRYON NICKOLOFF
(born Jun-23-1956, died Aug-03-2004, 48 years old) Canada

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Bryon Robert Nickoloff was born in 1956 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and shared first and second places in its city championship with Igor Zugic in 1997, winning it outright the year following, as well as in 1978. He was awarded the IM title in 1981. Nickoloff represented Canada on six Olympiad teams from 1978-98, including once as team captain and other times playing as high as second board, accumulating 29.5 points in 57 team games.

In 1995 at Ottawa, Bob Kiviaho awoke Nickoloff after he fell asleep during one of his games of the Canadian Championship. Since Ron Livshits was also leading in the latter rounds, a number of arguments and appeals were submitted in the final rounds before a winner of that tournament could be determined.

References: http://www.olimpbase.org/, http://www.chess.ca/, http://www.fide.com/, http://www.bryonnickoloff.com/, Wikipedia article: Bryon Nickoloff

Last updated: 2024-02-23 09:41:22

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 page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 415  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Day vs B Nickoloff  1-0301974Toronto LeagueD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
2. B Nickoloff vs J Berry  1-0371974Vancouver Congress AB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
3. B Nickoloff vs K Spraggett 1-0501974Ch. junior du CanadaE73 King's Indian
4. B Nickoloff vs G Morin  1-0201974CAN-ch U18D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
5. B Nickoloff vs R Stewart  1-0491974CAN-ch U18B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
6. B Nickoloff vs P Nurmi 0-1291974CAN-ch U18B89 Sicilian
7. B Nickoloff vs M Campbell  ½-½401974CAN-ch U18B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
8. R Wachtel vs B Nickoloff  0-1411975Toronto chC78 Ruy Lopez
9. L Day vs B Nickoloff  1-0141975Labour Day OpenC67 Ruy Lopez
10. P Nurmi vs B Nickoloff  0-1561976Toronto chC67 Ruy Lopez
11. L Day vs B Nickoloff  1-0271977Christmas OpenA71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5
12. L Day vs B Nickoloff  1-0521977Toronto OpenA30 English, Symmetrical
13. B Nickoloff vs Z Vranesic  1-0281977Toronto Closed ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
14. L Day vs B Nickoloff  1-0541977Labour Day OpenA56 Benoni Defense
15. L Day vs B Nickoloff  ½-½221977Winter OpenA14 English
16. L Day vs B Nickoloff 0-1291977Toronto Closed ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
17. J Peters vs B Nickoloff  1-0421977Lone PineB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
18. D J Strauss vs B Nickoloff 0-1381977Lone PineB25 Sicilian, Closed
19. B Nickoloff vs A Bisguier  0-1331977Lone PineD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
20. B Nickoloff vs Browne 0-1571977Lone PineE12 Queen's Indian
21. Fedorowicz vs B Nickoloff  ½-½731977Lone PineB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
22. B Nickoloff vs D Goodman  ½-½481977Lone PineB08 Pirc, Classical
23. A Dake vs B Nickoloff  ½-½581977Lone PineE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
24. B Nickoloff vs V McCambridge  ½-½321977Lone PineA56 Benoni Defense
25. J Tisdall vs B Nickoloff  1-0361977Lone PineA57 Benko Gambit
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-03-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chessical: Date of birth: 1956-06-23

Represented Canada at World Youth Team Championship 1978, and became an IM. Canadian Champion 1995
Canadian Open Champion (1992, 1995)
Represented Canada at six Olympiads (1978, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1998) Pan-Am Open Champion 1999

Aug-03-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  IMlday: Bryon died early this morning, peacefully, in his sleep. A heart attack followed successful treatment of Hodgkin's Disease. Sad..
Aug-04-04  Lawrence: <IMlday>, thank you for all that info on the Nickoloff vs Joel Benjamin, 1988 page. How sad and unfair that he died so young.
Aug-07-04  Lawrence: There's a tribute to <Bryon Nikoloff> today at

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Aug-07-04  ruylopez900: Yes, thanks to chessbase for putting the tribute to Byron up, with several favourite/good games of his including:

<Molchanov-Nickoloff>, 2004 Canadian Open (Last game played) <Nickoloff-Spraggett>, 1974 Canadian Junior <Wachtel-Nickoloff>, 1975 Toronto Closed <Watson-Nickoloff>, 1988 Saint John International Open <Nickoloff-Hulak>, 1989 New York Open <Nickoloff-LeSiege>, 1994 (twice) <Shirov-Nickoloff>, 1994 North Bay International Open

Thanks for the games.

Mar-09-06  EmperorAtahualpa: Nice haircut. :)
Mar-09-06  Fan of Leko: I played Nickoloff once, back in the 80's, and lucked into a draw (which upset him somewhat). I had no idea he was dead, or had even been ill. I know people who have recovered from Hodgkin's, but have long term effects from the chemo and radiation treatments.
Mar-09-06  EmperorAtahualpa: Oops, only now I notice that he has passed away already. I didn't mean any disrespect in my above kibitz.
Mar-09-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: <EmperorAtahualpa> You can read some biography, and some tributes at Nickoloff vs J Benjamin, 1988

Sounds like quite a character.

Oct-10-07  refutor: Finished IM Lawrence Day's labour of love "Nick's Best" and I highly recommend it. The games are interesting, the annotations enjoyable and the stories are fabulous! It's a nice biography
Aug-25-08  myschkin: . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryon_...

"Bryon Nickoloff Memorial Page"
(last updated 10 days after he passed away!)

http://www.torontochess.org/nickolo...

The tribite <Lawrence> mentioned is well done - have a look.

"In 1999 doctors told Bryon Nickoloff that he had cancer and less than six months to live. But the well-known Canadian IM survived for five years, playing strong chess tournaments to the very end. His last game was at the Canadian Open in July, where he defeated his opponent with the black pieces."

RIP

Aug-25-08  myschkin: . . .

Book:
"NICK'S BEST: Selected Games of Bryon Nickoloff"
(2007)

(Author Lawrence Day, review Jeremy Silman at http://tinyurl.com/5p9oxf)

Jun-23-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: A tribute site here: http://www.bryonnickoloff.com/

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