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FM Leonid Nikolaev

Leonid Nikolaev
Full name
Leonid Nikolaev
Born
1963 (age 62)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Ukraine
Profiles
#7659
World Ranking
2206
Classical
2244
Rapid
2219
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 (2247)
Adam Frank (2381)
0-1 33 2024
Prudhvi Kumar V (2102)
Leonid Nikolaev (2247)
0-1 61 2024
Leonid Nikolaev (2285)
Geoffrey Stern (1949)
½-½ 42 2023
Leonid Nikolaev (2285)
Ladislav Navratil (1737)
1-0 30 2023
Leonid Nikolaev (2285)
Jiri Navratil (1899)
1-0 24 2023
Jiri Molnar (1918)
Leonid Nikolaev (2285)
½-½ 27 2023
Jan Bartos (2095)
Leonid Nikolaev (2285)
1-0 24 2023
Jan Krejci (2041)
Leonid Nikolaev (2285)
0-1 68 2023
Polina Ni (1848)
Leonid Nikolaev (2285)
½-½ 25 2023
Karel Dusbaba (1963)
Leonid Nikolaev (2285)
½-½ 34 2023
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