Igor Novikov
Number of games in database: 362
Years covered: 1955 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2560
Highest rating achieved in database: 2614
Overall record: +121 -51 =184 (59.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      6 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (33)      E70 E76 E81 E94 E80  Queen's Indian (28)      E15 E17 E12 E16  Semi-Slav (13)      D44 D43  Modern Benoni (13)      A57 A61 A56 A65 A70  Queen's Gambit Declined (13)      D37 D38 D30 D35  Orthodox Defense (12)      D58 D52 D63 D62 D55	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (82)      B90 B84 B97 B93 B23  Semi-Slav (50)      D43 D47 D45 D44 D46  Sicilian Najdorf (40)      B90 B97 B93 B91 B92  Sicilian Scheveningen (16)      B84 B85 B80  English (13)      A13 A15 A17 A14 A12  Catalan (10)      E04 E02

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Matikozian vs I Novikov, 2005 0-1
   I Novikov vs V Tukmakov, 1984 1-0
   Kamsky vs I Novikov, 1987 0-1
   Eingorn vs I Novikov, 1984 1/2-1/2

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IGOR NOVIKOV (born May-23-1962) Ukraine (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?]

page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 362  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Novikov vs Boleslavsky ½-½ 28 1955 White Russia B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 2. Kashdan vs I Novikov   1-0 25 1964 Soviet Union A12 English with b3 3. Sosonko vs I Novikov 1-0 33 1967 Leningrad D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. V Vepkhvishvili vs I Novikov   1-0 66 1971 SU Chess Festival B23 Sicilian, Closed 5. A Sokolov vs I Novikov   1-0 32 1980 Sochi B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 6. Lutikov vs I Novikov   1-0 37 1981 URS-ch sf D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. Salov vs I Novikov   ½-½ 34 1982 Tournament E12 Queen's Indian 8. Dolmatov vs I Novikov   ½-½ 22 1983 Volgodonsk B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 9. Razuvaev vs I Novikov   ½-½ 19 1983 URS-ch sf E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 10. Vyzmanavin vs I Novikov   ½-½ 33 1983 Yurmala (Latvia) D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 11. V Vepkhvishvili vs I Novikov   1-0 26 1983 18 Ilmar Raud Memorial C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. I Novikov vs Azmaiparashvili   1-0 54 1983 Ch young masters URS B08 Pirc, Classical 13. Gavrikov vs I Novikov   ½-½ 37 1983 Yurmala B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 14. Azmaiparashvili vs I Novikov   ½-½ 28 1983 Ch URS select E41 Nimzo-Indian 15. Gulko vs I Novikov   0-1 31 1983 Volgodonsk E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 16. I Novikov vs Yurtaev   1-0 83 1983 select E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 17. Yermolinsky vs I Novikov   0-1 34 1983 Ch URS (young masters) D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. Salov vs I Novikov   ½-½ 24 1983 Ch URS (young masters) E15 Queen's Indian 19. A Chernin vs I Novikov   ½-½ 38 1984 URS-ch51 E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 20. I Novikov vs Balashov   ½-½ 26 1984 Lvov URS ch E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 21. Eingorn vs I Novikov   ½-½ 33 1984 URS-ch51 E15 Queen's Indian 22. I Novikov vs Lputian   ½-½ 19 1984 URS-ch51 D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 23. I Novikov vs Glek   1-0 75 1984 Vilnius URS ch ym E97 King's Indian 24. I Novikov vs Ehlvest   ½-½ 43 1984 URS-ch51 E81 King's Indian, Samisch 25. Kupreichik vs I Novikov   1-0 38 1984 Yerevan B97 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 362    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Novikov wins | Novikov loses

Dec-09-03    PinkPanther: Igor Novikov's highest ever rating was 2700? I find that hard to believe. I checked on chessbase.com and it said the highest he's ever been rated was 2614 (July '99). Dec-09-03    chessgames.com: Chessbase says 2614 as well. We must have got a PGN file with him listed as 2700. Thanks. May-27-05    WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Igor's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/novi.html Jan-04-06    chessmaster pro: nice puzzles honestly it took me about 1 hour to figure out 5 of them Dec-28-06    JustAFish: Chessgames, the first game in this database is likely in error, since it occured before Novikov was born. Apr-22-07    ostende.arg: ok; Novikov played with Boleslavsky but Yury not Igor......or not May-23-08    brankat: Well, Igor must have been way ahead of his time :-) Happy Birthday GM Novikov. Sep-15-08    BIDMONFA: Igor Novikov NOVIKOV, Igor A. http://www.bidmonfa.com/NOVIKOV%20I... _ Sep-15-08    Jason Frost: <chessgames.com: Chessbase says 2614 as well. We must have got a PGN file with him listed as 2700. Thanks. > The 2700 may have come from USCF ratings as he used to be one of the top 3 or 4 players in the U.S. Sep-15-08    Jason Frost: He has been at least 2733(2002) USCF according to members service area of uschess.com His highest Fide since 2000 was 2611, but it is quite likley that he was somewhat higher before then as the peak was in July 2000 and I recall seeing standings of tournoments with him in them dating from quite a bit before then.

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