| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. I Nikolayev vs S Gabelko |
| 1-0 | 51 | 1988 | USSR Army-chT | C01 French, Exchange |
| 2. I Nikolayev vs V Lisik |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1989 | URS chT Quarter-Final | C01 French, Exchange |
| 3. I Nikolayev vs K Mannisto |
 | 1-0 | 13 | 1990 | Scheveningen team match Novgorod, Russia - Rama, Finland | C01 French, Exchange |
| 4. I Nikolayev vs V Danov |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1990 | URS chT Quarter-Final | C01 French, Exchange |
| 5. I Nikolayev vs D Edelman |
| 0-1 | 59 | 1998 | New York State-ch | C01 French, Exchange |
| 6. I Nikolayev vs J Rubenstein |
| 1-0 | 16 | 1999 | RCC Fall League | C01 French, Exchange |
| 7. I Nikolayev vs J Sarkar |
| 0-1 | 54 | 2000 | New York State-ch | C01 French, Exchange |
| 8. I Nikolayev vs P O'Keefe |
| 1-0 | 27 | 2006 | RCC Sat Open | C01 French, Exchange |
| 9. I Nikolayev vs E Johnson |
| 1-0 | 25 | 2007 | 129th New York State Championship | C01 French, Exchange |
| 10. I Nikolayev vs Derek Linton |
| 1-0 | 29 | 2008 | RCC Saturday Open | C01 French, Exchange |
| 11. I Nikolayev vs J Francis |
| 1-0 | 23 | 2009 | Jennifer Woods Memorial Grand Prix | C01 French, Exchange |
| 12. I Nikolayev vs E Luce |
| 1-0 | 43 | 2010 | 32nd Annual Marchand Open | C01 French, Exchange |
| 13. I Nikolayev vs P Zoller |
| 1-0 | 22 | 2010 | Intern. Bad Ragazer Oster-Open | C01 French, Exchange |
| 14. I Nikolayev vs R Prasca Sosa |
| ½-½ | 59 | 2011 | 133rd New York State Championship | C01 French, Exchange |
| 15. I Nikolayev vs Lidong Wang |
| 1-0 | 35 | 2012 | RCC Sat Open | C01 French, Exchange |
| 16. I Nikolayev vs D R Spencer |
| 1-0 | 25 | 2013 | RCC Sat Open | C01 French, Exchange |
| 17. I Nikolayev vs N Z Brayman |
| 1-0 | 28 | 2014 | RCC Sat Open | C01 French, Exchange |
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