Igor Novikov (chess player)

Igor Oleksandrovych Novikov (born May 23, 1962) is a Ukrainian-American chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. He achieved a career highest rating of 2614 in July 1999. He has been listed seven times on the FIDE world top 100 players list.[1]

In 1985, he won the team gold medal playing for the Soviet Union and also won an individual gold playing on board four at the World Youth U26 Team Championship.[2] Novikov won the Ukrainian championship in 1989, jointly with Gennady Kuzmin.

While living in Brooklyn he won the Marshall Chess Club Championship in 2002.[3] In the United States he has won first place in New York Smartchess International I and II, the 2003 20th Sands Regency Western States Open, the 2003 National Chess Congress, and the 2004 UTD Grand Master Invitational Chess Tournament, while he tied for first at the 1999 World Open, the Chicago Open (2005 and 1998), and at the Foxwoods Open (1999 and 2001).

Also a trainer, Novikov trained grandmasters Irina Krush and Alex Lenderman, among others.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] In Ukraine, during 1988, he taught the under 21 team with International Master Igor Foygel.[16]

Novikov was a member of the victorious United States team at the World Senior Team Championship, in the 50+ section, in 2019[17][18] and in 2020.[19]

References
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  2. Igor Novikov team chess record at Olimpbase.org
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  13. Chess Program – The University of Texas at Dallas Archived May 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Utdallas.edu (February 20, 2007). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
  14. Chess Program – The University of Texas at Dallas Archived March 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Utdallas.edu (February 20, 2007). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 9, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. Chess lessons in the Boston area from a Russian master: My teaching credentials. Igorfoygel.com. Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
  17. Hartmann, John (April 24, 2019). "U.S. Wins 50+ World Senior Teams; Russia takes 65+". US Chess.org. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  18. Yermolinsky, Alex (April 29, 2019). "Yermo's Travels: The USA in Rhodes (part 3)". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  19. Yermolinsky, Alex (March 14, 2020). "Yermo's travels: USA triumphs in abbreviated World Senior Teams". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved July 24, 2020.


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