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The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Nikolai Pushkov

Nikolai Pushkov
Full name
Nikolai Pushkov
Born
1946 (age 80)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Russia
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2081
Classical
1872
Rapid
2086
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (23 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (14 games)
King's Indian Defense: Gligorić System (9 games)
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System (9 games)
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (7 games)
Black Pieces
French Defense: Rubinstein, Blackburne Defense (23 games)
French Defense: Classical, Burn Variation (18 games)
French Defense: Exchange Variation (13 games)
French Defense: King's Indian Attack (12 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line, Reshevsky Variation (11 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Nikolai Pushkov (2239)
Bogdan Lalic (2402)
½-½ 12 2020
Nikolai Pushkov (2239)
Sergey Domogaev (2334)
½-½ 11 2020
Nikolai Pushkov (2239)
Liordis Quesada Vera (2386)
½-½ 45 2020
Oleg Budnikov
Nikolai Pushkov
½-½ 44 2020
Vitezslav Priehoda (2341)
Nikolai Pushkov (2239)
½-½ 77 2020
Jachym Nemec (1988)
Nikolai Pushkov (2239)
½-½ 35 2020
Oleg Budnikov (2432)
Nikolai Pushkov (2239)
½-½ 43 2020
Nikolai Pushkov (2309)
Marek Pniaczek (2146)
1-0 41 2019
Nikolai Pushkov (2295)
Hans-Joerg Illi (2002)
1-0 38 2019
Nikolai Pushkov (2261)
B Ewart (1882)
1-0 37 2019
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