He was a member of the victorious USSR team at the World Student Team Olympiad in Uppsala, Sweden. He scored 4.5/5 as first alternate. His teammates were Viktor Korchnoi , Lev Polugaevsky , Mikhail Tal , Vladimir Antoshin and Evgeni Vasiukov .

His first major international tournament outside of the USSR was at Beverwijk 1967, where he finished second with a score of 10.5/15, only half a point behind Boris Spassky . This was a GM performance, but he was awarded the IM title as he came into the tournament as an untitled player.

He finally earned the GM title in 1974.

Notable successes were first at Dubna, 1971, equal first/second at Leipzig, 1973, and first at Albena, 1976.

Lutikov first qualified for the USSR Championship semifinal as early as 1951, but it was not until 1959 that he played in his first USSR Championship final (the first of six). His best result in these tournaments was third place in 1968/9.

The annoying thing is that searches that should bring folks here might instead turn up a link to his useless site, forcing them to waste time.

Picture when he was younger http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/15%2...

In 1967, the year he received the IM-title, he was placed 2nd behind Spassky but ahead of e.g. Larsen at Hoogovenstoernooi (Wijk aan Zee) ... Final standings: http://www.coruschess.com/tournamen...

The best players of course live a good life, but professionals like e.g. <Anatoly Lutikov <(Luka)>> has a very tough life and their difficulties increases with age. Take a look at this excerpt from the portrait of <Luka>:

"Colleagues, friends, drinking companions. Lengthy drinking sessions. Merriment, exchanges of views, and conversations, the content of which was impossible to remember on the following murky morning. He possessed a rare constitution, and in his younger days he could calmly down a litre of vodka in an evening, or perhaps even more. In such a state he would become heavy, and the evening could end anywhere and at any unearthly hour. An extract from the militia records of those years. 'Citizen A.S. Lutikov in a state of extreme alcoholic intoxication was found dragging on his bag another citizen, who later was found to be M.N. Tal.'.....

..... The last period of his life was a difficult one. Deficiencies, camouflaged in youth by optimism and energy, become more evident in old age. In his case this occurred on the background of a severe, debilitating illness: the sugar content in his blood exceeded all permissible levels. He could no longer drink: his head would begin to swim after the first glass. He could no longer concentrate at the board, and his hands, which previously used to choose the required squares for his pieces, would now dispatch them into premature, cavalier attacks, easily parried by his opponents. Lutikov's attacks on the chess board began more to resemble ventures, the victim of which he became himself."