FM Leonid Nikolaev Full name Leonid Nikolaev Born 1963 (age 62) Place of birth Federation Ukraine Profiles #4210 World Ranking 2172 Classical 2211 Rapid 2182 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (3 games) Queen's Gambit Declined (3 games) English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (3 games) King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense (2 games) English Opening: Anglo-Indian, King's Indian Defense (2 games) Black Pieces Alapin Sicilian Defense (6 games) King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (5 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (3 games) Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation (3 games) English Opening: Symmetrical, Anti-Benoni Variation (2 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Leonid Nikolaev (2206) Igor Shkuta (1884) ½-½ 46 2025 Leonid Nikolaev (2206) Alexey Anatskiy (1846) ½-½ 31 2025 Leonid Nikolaev (2206) Dmitriy Khristovoy (2163) ½-½ 36 2025 Leonid Nikolaev (2206) Illia Vashchenko (1808) 1-0 26 2025 Oleksandr Zhukovskyi (2145) Leonid Nikolaev (2206) ½-½ 19 2025 Maksym Herasymenko (1990) Leonid Nikolaev (2206) 1-0 40 2025 Roman Khristovoy (2111) Leonid Nikolaev (2206) 1-0 54 2025 Myhaylo Zhukovskyi (2156) Leonid Nikolaev (2206) 0-1 51 2025 Leonid Nikolaev (2247) Adam Frank (2381) 0-1 33 2024 Prudhvi Kumar V (2102) Leonid Nikolaev (2247) 0-1 61 2024 Show All Games