Igor Nikolayev - Fighting Chess

Tournament History

1978 Novgorod Region FC Spartak Championship (Novgorod, Russia): 9/11, 1st
1979 Novgorod Region Youth Championship (Novgorod, Russia): 10.5/11, 1st
1979 Russia Youth Championship Semi-Final: 6/9, 4th – 5th
1982 Novgorod City Championship (Novgorod, Russia): 10/13, 1st – 2nd
1982 Spartakiada of Russia, North-West (Smolensk, Russia): 8/11, 1st Board 5
1984 The 1125th anniversary of Novgorod-the-Great Blitz Championship (Novgorod, Russia): 12.5/15, 1st
1985 Spartakiada of Russia Semi-Final (Smolensk, Russia): 6.5/11, 12th
1988 Khabarovsk City Championship (Khabarovsk, Russia): 10.5/13, 1st
1988 Khabarovsk Region Championship (Khabarovsk, Russia): 10/13, 2nd
1988 USSR Army Championship (Riga, Latvia): 8.5/15, 5th - 6th, Board 4
1989 (Jan) Russia Championship Quarter-Final (Cherepovets, Russia): 7.5/11, 1st
1989 (Nov) Russia Championship Quarter-Final (Belgorod, Russia): 7.5/11, 2nd – 3rd
1990 Russia Championship Quarter-Final (Kaluga, Russia): 7/11, 3rd – 8th
1989 Russia Championship Semi-Final (Voronezh, Russia): 6.5/13, 14th – 18th
1990 Russia Championship Semi-Final (Smolensk, Russia): 6/11, 9th – 13th
1991 Russia Championship Semi-Final (Voronezh, Russia): 7.5/13, 7th – 10th
1991 Retired from competitive chess

1999, 121ST NY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: 3rd – 5th
2000 MARCHAND OPEN: 1st – 2nd
2002 NY STATE CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP: 1st – 2nd
2003 MARCHAND OPEN: 3rd – 4th
2004, 126TH NYS CHAMPIONSHIP, KERHONKSON, NY: 2nd – 3rd
2005, NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, MONTICELLO, NY: 2nd – 4th
2006, 28TH ANNUAL MARCHAND OPEN: 2nd – 5th
2009, International Bad Ragaz Oster Open, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland: 1st – 4th
2009, World Open U2400: 6th – 10th
2009, 5th Empire State Open, Saratoga Springs: 2nd – 6th
2011, PITTSBURGH OPEN, PITTSBURGH, PA: 4th – 7th
2011, International Bad Ragaz Oster Open, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland: 1st – 2nd
2011, World Open U2400: 10th – 23rd
2012, 34TH ANNUAL MARCHAND OPEN: 1st – 7th
2013, NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Albany, NY: 1st – 2nd in NYS
2014, 36TH ANNUAL MARCHAND OPEN 2014: 3rd – 8th
2015, 37TH ANNUAL MARCHAND OPEN: 1st – 6th

NY State Championship
1999 (Saratoga Springs, NY): 4.5/6, 3rd – 5th
2004 (Kerhonkson, NY): 4.5/6, 2nd – 3rd
2005 (Monticello, NY): 4.5/6, 2nd – 4th
2013 (Albany, NY): 4.5/6, 1st – 2nd

NY State Class Championship
2002 (Rochester, NY): 4/5, 1st – 2nd

Marchand Open (Rochester, NY)
2000: 4.5/5, 1st – 2nd
2003: 4/5, 3rd – 4th
2006: 4/5, 2nd – 5th
2012: 4/5, 1st – 7th
2014: 4/5, 3rd – 8th
2015: 4/5, 1st – 6th

International Bad Ragaz Oster Open (Bad Ragaz, Switzerland)
2009: 5.5/7, 1st – 4th
2011: 6/7, 1st – 2nd

International Lugano Open (Lugano, Switzerland)
2008: 3.5/5, 3rd – 5th

World Open U2400
2009 (Philadelphia, PA): 6.5/9, 6th – 10th

Empire State Open
2009 (Saratoga Springs, NY): 4/6, 2nd – 6th

Pittsburgh Open (Pittsburgh, PA)
2011: 3.5/5, 4th – 7th

Arkport Open (Arkport, NY)
Winner or co-winner in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.

Winner of a number of Opens in Syracuse NY, Ithaca NY, Geneseo NY. Also winner of many hundreds of RCC tournaments including Sat Opens, Monday Night Leagues, Jennifer Woods Memorial Grand Prix, CCCR championships, etc.