Igor Novikov

Igor Novikov is a Ukrainian-American chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster 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. 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. Novikov won the Ukrainian championship in 1989, jointly with Gennady Kuzmin. Novikov played for the Ukranian team in 1992 European Champoionship, and 1996 World Chess Olympiad. He played for US team in the 2004 World Chess Olympiad and Team World Chess Championship 2005. His notable tournament wins are international tournaments in Lvov, Korinthos, Calcutta, Debrecen, Marshall Chess Club Championship 2002, Smart Chess International, 2003 Sands Regency Open, tied for the first place in World Open 1999, Chicago Open 1998 and 2005, Foxwoods Open 1999 and 2001