[Event "New York State-ch 135th"]
[Site "Albany"]
[Date "2013.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Treger, Effim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 h6 7. h3 b5 8. Bd3 e6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 a5 11. c3 Ba6 12. 0-0 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Qc8 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. cxb4 axb4 16. Qxb4 h5 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qa3 dxe5 19. dxe5 Bf8 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. Qc2 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bc5 23. Nd4 Qb6 24. Qf2 0-0 25. Qf4 Qxb2 26. Nxh5 Bxd4 27. exd4 Qe2 28. Nf6+ Nxf6 29. exf6 Qh5 30. Rae1 Rb2 31. Re5 Qh7 32. Rb5 Ra2 33. a5 Ra8 34. Rfb1 Rf8 35. Rb8 Ra1 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rxa1 Qh5 38. a6 g5 39. a7 Kg8 40. a8Q+ Kh7 41. Qfe4+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 135th"]
[Site "Albany"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carter, David"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 h5 10. h4 g4 11. c5 0-0 12. Rc1 d6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Be2 Be6 15. b3 Rc8 16. 0-0 Qa5 17. Qd2 Rc6 18. Ne4 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Rfc8 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nc4 Bf6 23. g3 d5 24. Na3 Be7 25. Nb5 Rc2 26. Bd1 Rxa2 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Bc2 Bf6 29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Rb2 31. Rd1 Rxb3 32. Rxd5 b5 33. Nd6 b4 34. Rf5 Be7 35. Nxf7 a5 36. Ne5 Rc3 37. Ng6 Bc5 38. Ne5 b3 39. Nd7 b2 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne8+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 135th"]
[Site "Albany"]
[Date "2013.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Adamec, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. Be2 Bd7 6. Nbd2 Qc8 7. 0-0 Be7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nd6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Bg4 f5 15. Bh5+ g6 16. Bf3 0-0 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qd4 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qxa7 Qb5 21. b3 c5 22. Bd5+ Kg7 23. a4 Qd3 24. Qxc5 Ne4 25. Qc7+ Kh6 26. c4 Nc3 27. Qf4+ g5 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Bxf3 g4 30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Bd5 Rxb3 32. a5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Rb5 34. Rfd1 Ra8 35. d6 Kg7 36. d7 Rbb8 37. Rd5 Kf6 38. Rad1 Rd8 39. Kf1 Ra6 40. Rd6+ Rxd6 41. Rxd6+ Ke7 42. Rd3 Rxd7 43. Rxd7+ Kxd7 44. Ke2 f4 45. Kd3 Kc6 46. Ke4 f3 47. g3 Kb5 48. Kf4 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 134th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Sun, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. h3 Bf5 8. c4 Qd6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nc3 a6 11. 0-0 e6 12. Re1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 e5 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Bg4 g6 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Bg7 19. Qe2 0-0-0 20. fxe5 Qg6 21. Qf2 Rhg8 22. Re2 Rde8 23. Rae1 Kb8 24. d6 Rd8 25. Qxc5 f4 26. Qf2 f6 27. e6 Rxd6 28. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 134th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Chen, Jasmine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 a6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 Be7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Ne2 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bg3 Rg8 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Reb1 f5 22. f3 Rc8 23. Nb3 Nc4 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Bf2 Nxa3 26. Rxa3 Bxb4 27. Raa1 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 f4 29. Nc5 Bc6 30. Kf1 Rc7 31. Bd4 Ra8 32. Kf2 a5 33. Rh1 Kg8 34. Nxe6 Rcc8 35. Nxg5 Kf8 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Bc5+ Kd7 38. Rh7+ Ke8 39. Bg6+ Kd8 40. Ne6# 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 133rd"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Prasca Sosa, Rafael Felipe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rfe1 Bh5 12. Bh4 Bg6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rfe8 16. Qf5 h6 17. Qf4 Qb6 18. b4 Qa6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Qd4 Qb6 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. f4 f6 24. e6 Nf8 25. f5 Qxg3 26. Re3 Qc7 27. a4 Nh7 28. a5 Ng5 29. Nc5 Rad8 30. Nd7 a6 31. c4 Rxd7 32. exd7 Rxe3 33. Qxe3 Qxd7 34. cxd5 cxd5 35. Rd1 Kh7 36. Qd4 Qe7 37. Kf1 Qd6 38. Kg1 Qg3 39. Rf1 Qb3 40. Kh2 Qa4 41. Rc1 Qd7 42. Qg4 Qd6+ 43. Kg1 Qe5 44. Rf1 Qe3+ 45. Kh2 d4 46. Qf4 Qe2 47. Rf2 Qc4 48. Rd2 Qxb4 49. Rxd4 Qe7 50. Rc4 Qd8 51. Rd4 Qe7 52. Rc4 Qf7 53. Rc7 Qh5+ 54. Kg3 Qe2 55. Rxb7 Ne4+ 56. Kh2 Qh5+ 57. Kg1 Qd1+ 58. Kh2 Qh5+ 59. Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch 133rd"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chi, Patrick"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 d6 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Nb5 0-0 12. Be2 f5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qb3 c5 16. Nc2 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Rae8 18. Be1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. b3 Bc6 21. fxg5 Nxe3+ 22. Nxe3 Rxe3 23. Bd2 Bxg2+ 24. Kf2 Ree8 25. Bh5 Bxh1 26. Bxe8 Be4 27. Bh5 Ra8 28. a4 d5 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Rb1 Be4 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Bf4 Bc2 33. Bc7 Rd2+ 34. Re2 Bd4+ 35. Kg3 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 Bxb3 37. Bxb6 Be5+ 38. Kg2 Bd5+ 39. Bf3 Bxf3+ 40. Kxf3 c4 41. h4 Kf7 42. h5 Ke6 43. Bc5 Kd5 44. Bf8 c3 45. Ke2 Bf4 46. g6 hxg6 47. hxg6 Ke6 48. Kd3 Be5 49. Bh6 Kf6 50. g7 Kf7 51. Kc4 Bxg7 52. Bc1 Ke6 53. Ba3 f4 54. Bc1 Kf5 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 133rd"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wisbauer, Robert K"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 Bd6 7. Bb2 0-0 8. Nbd2 a5 9. b5 Na7 10. a4 c6 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. 0-0 Qb6 13. Rb1 Nb4 14. Ne1 Qc6 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. c3 Nd5 19. Qe2 Nb6 20. Qb5 Nxa4 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Ba1 Rab8 23. Nc2 Nb6 24. Ne3 Nd5 25. c4 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rb8 28. Rxb8+ Bxb8 29. Bc3 Bc7 30. Kf2 h5 31. h3 f5 32. g4 fxg4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Be1 Ke7 36. Bc3 Kd7 37. Be1 Kc8 38. Bc3 Kb7 39. Be1 Ka6 40. Bc3 Bd6 41. c5 Bc7 42. d5 exd5 43. Bxg7 Kb5 44. Bd4 a4 0-1

[Event "Pittsburgh op 12th"]
[Site "Pittsburgh"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Nabil, Feliachi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Bd3 Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. h3 Ngf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bxg6+ Kd8 15. 0-0 Nf6 16. b3 Bd7 17. c4 Rc8 18. Rac1 Rf8 19. Rfe1 Qa6 20. c5 dxc5 21. dxc5 Be8 22. Bd3 Qc6 23. Nd4 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 132nd"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Esserman, Marc"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. Bf1 Nxd5 8. cxd4 Qxg5 9. Bxb5+ Kd8 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. 0-0 exd4 12. d3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxb5 14. Qg3 Qd5 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Rfe1 f6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rac1 Rg8 19. Bxc7+ Kd7 20. f3 Bc6 21. Bf4 Bb5 22. Rxc8 Kxc8 23. Rc1+ Bc6 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6+ Kd7 26. Ne4 Qe5 27. f4 Qd5 28. b3 f5 29. Rc5 fxe4 30. Rxd5+ Bxd5 31. dxe4 Bxe4 32. Qf2 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 132nd"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 Bf5 9. Bb5 0-0-0+ 10. Ke2 Nd5 11. Bd2 e4 12. Nd4 Nxc3+ 13. Bxc3 Nxd4+ 14. Bxd4 Rxd4 15. a3 Be7 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Nb3 Bg4+ 18. f3 exf3+ 19. gxf3 Re4+ 20. Kf2 Rf4 21. Kg3 Be5 22. Rhe1 Bb8 23. fxg4 Rxb4+ 24. Kg2 Rxb5 25. Re3 Rd8 26. h3 f6 27. Kf3 Be5 28. Rc1 Bb2 29. Rc4 Bxa3 30. c6 bxc6 31. Ra4 Bd6 32. Rxa7 Rb7 33. Ra6 Kd7 34. Na5 Rc7 35. Rc3 Rdc8 36. Nc4 Bc5 37. Ne5+ fxe5 38. Rxc5 Kd6 39. Raa5 Rf8+ 40. Ke2 Re7 41. Rc1 Rf4 42. Rac5 Rc7 43. Ra5 Re4+ 44. Kf3 Rd4 45. Ke3 Rb7 46. Rc3 Rdb4 47. Rac5 R7b6 48. Kf3 R4b5 49. R5c4 Kd5 50. Rc1 c5 51. R1c2 Rb3+ 52. Kg2 R6b5 53. g5 e4 54. h4 g6 55. Rc1 R3b4 56. R4c3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 132nd"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Getz, Alec S"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Nc3 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Ra6 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. exd4 Ng6 15. Bf3 Nh4 16. Re1 Rae6 17. Re3 f5 18. Nc5 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Qg5 20. Qe2 Rxe3 21. Bd5+ Kf8 22. Qf2 c6 23. Ne4 Qg4 24. Ng3 Qxd4 25. Rc1 Rd3 26. Bf3 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 d6 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc2 f4 30. Ne2 Rd3 31. Kf2 Bf5 32. Rb2 g5 33. h4 h6 34. b4 a4 35. b5 a3 36. Rb4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 132nd"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2010.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Chiang, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. 0-0 d6 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. d5 Nd4 11. Na4 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Re1 h6 14. Nxb6 hxg5 15. Nxa8 Nh5 16. Bf1 Nf4 17. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 18. Kg2 Nf4+ 19. Kh1 Qxa8 20. Qd2 f6 21. Rg1 Kf7 22. Rac1 Qc8 23. Rg4 Rh8 24. Qc2 Kg6 25. Qxc7 Qg8 26. Qxd6 Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qh8+ 28. Kg1 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Nxc1 30. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 131st"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Rabin, Evan Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng4 11. Ne4 Nxe5 12. Be2 f5 13. Ng5 Nbd7 14. c3 Be7 15. Kc2 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nf7 17. Be3 0-0 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Bc4 Kh7 20. Bc5 Ne5 21. Bxf8 Nxc4 22. Be7 Nd5 23. Rhe1 Re8 24. Bc5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 b6 26. b3 Na5 27. Bf8 Kg8 28. Bb4 Nb7 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Ra8 a5 31. Ra7 axb4 32. Rxb7+ Kf6 33. c4 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 131st"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Tuhrim, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 a6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Bg3 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxd5 Qd8 13. Bxe5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 f6 15. Bc3 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Kf7 17. Be4 Bb5 18. Qg4 Qd6 19. Bxb7 Qb6 20. Qh5+ Ke7 21. Rxe6+ Kxe6 22. Qd5+ Ke7 23. Bxa8 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Re8 25. Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 131st"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2009.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harris, David"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. b4 Bb6 7. 0-0 d6 8. a4 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Ba3 Ng6 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Rae1 Nh5 14. d4 f6 15. Bd5 Nhf4 16. Nc4 Bg4 17. Nfd2 Be2 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Nxb6 Bxf1 20. Nxf1 Rae8 21. Ne3 exd4 22. cxd4 f5 23. Nbc4 fxe4 24. Nxa5 Qg5 25. Kh1 Nd3 26. Rb1 Rxf2 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 131st"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2009.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Rozovsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Qe4 Nde7 7. Nf3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Bxd6 Bxe4 11. Bxc7 Nd5 12. Bg3 Bxc2 13. Bb5 Bb4+ 14. Nbd2 0-0 15. 0-0 Rac8 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Nb3 Bg4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nfd4 c5 20. h3 cxd4 21. hxg4 Nf6 22. Nxd4 Ne4 23. Bf4 Rfe8 24. Be3 Bc5 25. Nf5 g6 26. Bxc5 gxf5 27. Bxa7 Ra8 28. Rc7 fxg4 29. Rd1 Red8 30. Rdd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Nf6 32. Rb7 Kg7 33. Bd4 Rd8 34. Bc3 Rd6 35. Rb4 Rd5 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia National op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2008.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. Bg5 Qd7 8. 0-0 h6 9. Bf4 Nxf4 10. gxf4 g5 11. Nbd2 gxf4 12. Nb3 Rg8 13. Kh1 Bg7 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxe5 17. Rad1 Ke7 18. Rd2 a5 19. Rfd1 Ra6 20. Nb3 Rag6 21. Be4 Rg5 22. Nxa5 c6 23. Bf3 Kf6 24. Nb3 b6 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nb5 Bh3 27. Nd6 Rg2 28. Rd3 R2g7 29. Rb3 Rb8 30. Ne4+ Ke6 31. Nc3 f6 32. Na4 Bf5 33. Rxb6+ Rxb6 34. Nxb6 Bxb2 35. Nd5 Be5 36. e4 fxe3 37. Nxe3 Ra7 38. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 130th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2008.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Qe2 fxe4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qxe4 Nf6 7. Qe2 e4 8. d3 Qe7 9. dxe4 Qxe4 10. Qxe4+ Nxe4 11. 0-0 Bc5 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Re1+ Be6 14. Bxd2 Kd7 15. Ne5+ Kd6 16. Bf4 Rhf8 17. Nd3+ Rxf4 18. Nxf4 Bd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Re2 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 130th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2008.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. a3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. b4 Ng6 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 Ncxe5 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxc4 11. e3 Nd6 12. a4 Nf5 13. Bc3 Bc5 14. Nbd2 0-0 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Nfd2 Nd6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Re8 19. 0-0 Ne5 20. Bd5 Be6 21. Rfd1 f6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. Ke2 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Ke6 26. Rd2 Red8 27. Rc2 Rd5 28. Rac1 Rad8 29. Kf3 Rf8+ 30. Ke4 Rf6 31. f3 Kd6 32. Rc6+ bxc6 33. Rxc6+ Kd7 34. Kxd5 Bxe3 35. Nxa5 Bg1 36. Rc1 Bxh2 37. Rh1 Bf4 38. Rxh7 Bh6 39. Rh8 Rf4 40. Nc6 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 130th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2008.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Altschuler, Bruce E"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 exd4 10. cxd4 g5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nc3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qc4+ Kg7 16. Qxc6 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qe8 18. Qxe8 Raxe8 19. Rfe1 g4 20. Nh4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxd4 22. Re7+ Kh8 23. Rxc7 Bc2 24. Kh2 Rxf2 25. Nb5 Be5 26. Rxa7 Bd3 27. Rb7 Re2 28. Nxd6 Bxd6 29. Rd7 Re6 30. a4 Kg8 31. b4 Kf8 32. b5 Ke8 33. Rg7 h5 34. b6 Re3 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 130th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2008.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. cxd4 d6 8. 0-0 Nb6 9. Bb3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 a6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Bf4 h6 14. h4 Nc5 15. Bc2 b5 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Bb1 Bb7 18. a3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. b4 Na4 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Rc7 Be7 23. e6 f5 24. Be5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bxf5 Rg8 27. h5 Nb6 28. Bg6+ Kd8 29. Rh7 Nc4 30. Nd4 Ne5 31. Bf5 Ke8 32. f4 Nc4 33. Nc6 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Ne3+ 35. Kf3 Nxf5 36. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 130th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Katz, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 h6 12. c4 Qd8 13. Bb2 b6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. f4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Red8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rb8 22. d5 Re8 23. Bd3 Rbd8 24. Qf3 Bc8 25. Bb1 Qc5+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 b5 28. cxb5 Rxd5 29. Nf3 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Bf5 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. a4 Rf4 34. Rc7 Rb4 35. Rxa7 Nb3 36. a5 Rxb5 37. a6 Ra5 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. a7 Ra4 40. Rb8 Rxa7 41. Rxb3 Ra4 42. Rd3 Kg6 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Rd5+ Kg6 45. h3 Rb4 46. g4 Rb2+ 47. Kg3 Rb3 48. Kf4 Ra3 49. h4 Ra1 50. h5+ Kg7 51. Nh4 Ra4+ 52. Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Ke4 Ra7 54. Nf5+ Kh7 55. Rd6 Ra4+ 56. Kf3 Ra3+ 57. Kf4 Ra4+ 58. Kg3 Ra3+ 59. Kh4 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 130th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stenzel, Harold G"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Qxb4 Rf8 12. 0-0 Kg8 13. Nc3 Rxf3 14. gxf3 Qg5+ 15. Kh1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 129th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2007.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Johnson, Eric C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Re8 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bf8 12. Nfe5 Nb6 13. Qf3 Nbd5 14. Ne3 Be7 15. Bc4 c6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Re7 19. Rfe1 Rb8 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Qb3 Bd7 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Be6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Qxd4 25. Rae1 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 128th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2006.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Enkin, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e5 7. dxe5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxe5+ 9. Be2 Nd7 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. Re1 0-0-0 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qa4 a6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. b4 Nf6 16. Be3 Qb5 17. Qb3 Bd3 18. Nf4 Ned5 19. Nxd3 Qxd3 20. Bd4 Bd6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qd2 23. g3 Bc7 24. f4 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Qxf4 26. Qc2 f6 27. Qf2 Qh6 28. Be3 g5 29. Ba7 Rd6 30. Bf5+ Kd8 31. Rad1 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 128th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2006.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Clark, Mark J"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. Nc4 Ng6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 0-0 10. a3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Qc3 e4 13. Nd4 exd3 14. Nxf5 Rxf5 15. cxd3 Nf4 16. Rg1 b5 17. g3 Nd5 18. Nxd6 Nxc3 19. Nxf5 Qxd3 20. bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Ke2 Qc2+ 22. Kf3 Qxf5+ 23. Kg2 Qe4+ 24. Kh3 Rd8 25. Rae1 Rd5 26. g4 Rd3 27. Kh4 h6 28. Rg3 Qe7+ 29. Kh3 c5 30. f4 c4 31. g5 hxg5 32. fxg5 g6 33. Kg2 c3 34. Kf2 c2 35. Rc1 Rd1 36. Rxc2 Qf7+ 37. Rf3 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 128th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2006.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Getz, Alec S"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Nd2 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Kh1 c6 15. Be2 Nxg3+ 16. fxg3 Be6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Kg7 19. Rf5 Rad8 20. Raf1 f6 21. Qe2 Rd6 22. Bb3 a6 23. Qc4 Ba7 24. h4 b5 25. Qe2 Qd8 26. Qh5 Qe8 27. Qf3 Bb6 28. a4 Qe7 29. Qh5 Bd8 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Bb6 32. Rf3 Rd8 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 g4 35. Qf1 Qc5 36. Qd1 Kf8 37. a5 Bxa5 38. Qxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch 128th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2006.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Levine, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 0-0 6. dxe6 Ne4 7. Qd3 Re8 8. Be2 Rxe6 9. Nf3 b5 10. cxb5 a6 11. Be3 axb5 12. 0-0 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Qxb5 Ba6 16. Qb1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Nb6 18. Qd3 Nd5 19. c4 Ra3 20. Qf5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Raxe3 22. Rxe3 Rxe3 23. Ng5 Qf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh4 Qh6 26. Qxh6 gxh6 27. Nf3 Ba3 28. Rb1 Re2 29. Rb7 Rxa2 30. Rxc7 Bc1 31. d5 Be3+ 32. Kf1 Rf2+ 33. Ke1 Rxg2 34. d6 Bf4 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. d7 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 127th"]
[Site "Monticello"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Weeramantry, Sunil"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 0-0 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qd2 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Bf5 17. Qxa7 Rxb2 18. Qc5 Qd5 19. Qc3 Rxa2 20. Rxa2 Qxa2 21. Qxc6 h5 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Qc5 Kh7 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Qe7 Qe6 27. Qxe6 Bxe6 28. Rd4 Rb8 29. Ke2 Kg6 30. h3 Kf5 31. Rd2 Bc4+ 32. Kf2 h4 33. g3 hxg3+ 34. Kxg3 Rb1 35. Rd4 Be6 36. Bf2 Rb2 37. Rd2 Bb3 38. Be3 Rxc2 39. Rxc2 Bxc2 40. Bc5 Ke6 41. Bd4 g6 42. Kf2 Kd5 43. Ke3 c5 44. Bb2 Bd1 45. Kd2 Bf3 46. Ke3 Bg2 47. h4 Bh3 48. Bc1 Bf5 49. Bb2 Kc4 50. Ba3 Kb5 51. Kd2 c4 52. Be7 Ka4 53. Kc3 e3 54. Bc5 e2 55. Bf2 Kb5 56. Kd2 Bd3 57. Kc3 Kc6 58. Kd4 Kd7 59. Be1 Ke6 60. Ke3 Kd5 61. Bb4 Kc6 62. Kd4 Kb5 63. Be1 Ka4 64. Kc3 Ka3 65. Bf2 Ka2 66. Kd2 Kb3 67. Bd4 c3+ 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 127th"]
[Site "Monticello"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Feuerstein, Arthur William"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. h3 Nxf2 6. Kxf2 gxf4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. h4 Bc5+ 9. Ke1 Qe7 10. Qd5 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. a3 Be6 13. Qe4 0-0-0 14. b4 Qf6 15. Qc2 Qxa1 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 127th"]
[Site "Monticello"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Shapiro, Daniel E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Bd6 6. Be3 c4 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 Ne7 9. g3 0-0 10. Bg2 f6 11. 0-0 Be6 12. Na3 Nbc6 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Qe2 a6 15. c4 Qd7 16. Nc3 Ba7 17. c5 Rae8 18. Qb2 Bh3 19. b4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nf5 21. Rfe1 g5 22. Qb3 g4 23. Ng1 Rd8 24. Nge2 Bb8 25. b5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Rfe8 27. Nec3 Qf7 28. Qd1 Qh5 29. h4 gxh3+ 30. Kh2 Qxd1 31. Nxd1 Nfxd4 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33. Rh1 Ne6 34. Kxh3 d4 35. Bd2 Nxc5 36. Bb4 b6 37. Kg2 Nd3 38. Rb1 Rd5 39. Bd2 b5 40. Kf1 Ne5 41. Rh6 Nc4 42. Bb4 Kg7 43. Rh4 Bd6 44. Rg4+ Kf7 45. Rh4 h5 46. Bxd6 Nd2+ 47. Kg2 Nxb1 48. Bf4 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 127th"]
[Site "Monticello"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Stenzel, Harold G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nc6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bb5 Bb7 7. Qe2 a6 8. Bxc6+ Bxc6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. c3 Qd5 11. f3 f6 12. Nd3 0-0-0 13. 0-0 g5 14. Re1 e5 15. Ndf2 exd4 16. cxd4 Qxd4 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Nxg5 fxg5 19. Bxg5 Ne7 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21. Qxe7 Qxb2 22. Rac1 Rd7 23. Qe6 Rhd8 24. Rcd1 Qb5 25. Ne4 Bd5 26. Nd6+ cxd6 27. Rxd5 Qc6 28. Red1 Kc7 29. h3 Rg7 30. Kh2 Re8 31. Qh6 Reg8 32. g4 Rg6 33. Qxh7+ R8g7 34. Qh4 Qc4 35. R1d2 Rf7 36. R5d4 Qc6 37. Rf2 Qc1 38. Qg3 Re7 39. Qg2 Kb8 40. Rc2 Qe1 41. Qf2 Qa5 42. Qd2 Qe5+ 43. f4 Qf6 44. Rc6 Rh7 45. Rcxd6 Qh4 46. Rd8+ Kc7 47. R4d7+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 127th"]
[Site "Monticello"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Procyk, Marijan"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. Nxb5 e6 7. dxe6 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 fxe6 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. a4 Nc6 11. e3 Be7 12. Nf3 0-0 13. Be2 d5 14. 0-0 Kh8 15. b3 e5 16. Bb5 e4 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. f4 Ba6 20. Re1 Qb7 21. Rb1 d4 22. Ne2 Qd5 23. Qc1 Rab8 24. Nc4 Ng4 25. h3 Nh6 26. g3 Nf5 27. Kh2 Nd6 28. Nxd6 Bxd6 29. Qd1 Be7 30. Nc1 Bf6 31. Qc2 Rfe8 32. Kg2 Bd3 33. Qa2 Bxb1 34. Qxb1 c4 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 126th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. Nge2 Bb7 10. 0-0 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. c4 Rfd8 16. c5 Rab8 17. Rfc1 bxc5 18. Rxc5 g5 19. Ne2 Ba6 20. Qc2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne4 22. Rc2 Nd6 23. Rc5 Ne4 24. Rc2 Nd6 25. Qa6 Rb6 26. Qxa7 Nc4 27. Nc3 Qd6 28. Rac1 Rdb8 29. h3 c6 30. Na4 R8b7 31. Qa8+ Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch 126th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Goldberg, Mitchell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. dxe5 a6 9. Be2 Bc5 10. Qc4 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 126th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Shapiro, Daniel E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bc4 Qd7 8. dxc5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Qe4 Qe6 13. b4 f5 14. Qc2 a5 15. Qb3 Kf7 16. b5 Nd8 17. Na3 f4 18. Bc1 Bxc5 19. Nc4 Kf6 20. Nd2 Qxb3 21. axb3 Ne6 22. Ke2 Kf5 23. Ne4 b6 24. Bb2 Be7 25. Nd2 Nc7 26. Nc4 Bc5 27. Rhe1 Nxb5 28. Kf1 Rhe8 29. Rad1 Re6 30. Rd5 Rae8 31. b4 axb4 32. cxb4 Bxb4 33. Rexe5+ Rxe5 34. Bxe5 Bc5 35. Bxg7+ Ke6 36. Rh5 Ra8 37. Nxb6 Bxb6 38. Rxb5 Ra6 39. Be5 Ba7 40. Bxf4 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Bg3 Kf6 43. f4 Ra3 44. Bh4+ Kg6 45. f5+ Kh6 46. f6 Bd4 47. Rd5 Bb2 48. f7 Ra8 49. Be7 Bg7 50. Rg5 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 126th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Weeramantry, Sunil"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Bf4 d6 8. exd6 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Bxd6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. h3 Nge5 12. Na3 0-0 13. Rhd1 Re8 14. Bd5 Nb4 15. Rxd4 Nec6+ 16. Re4 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Nxd5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8+ 19. Kf1 Nf4 20. Rd1 d5 21. Nb5 h6 22. h4 f6 23. Nc3 Rd8 24. Ne2 Nxe2 25. Kxe2 Kf7 26. h5 d4 27. a3 Rd5 28. Rh1 Rb5 29. b3 Rc5 30. Kd2 Ra5 31. a4 Rf5 32. Ke2 Rf4 33. Rg1 Ne5 34. Nxe5+ fxe5 35. Rh1 Rg4 36. f3 Rg2+ 37. Kd3 Kf6 38. Rh3 Kf5 39. c4 0-1

[Event "New York-ch 125th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2003.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goodman, Chayim"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C38"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2003.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 g5 5. 0-0 h6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. g3 Bh3 9. Re1 fxg3 10. hxg3 Nge7 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Nh2 Qd7 13. a4 a6 14. Nd5 Be6 15. c3 Nce7 16. Qf3 Bxd5 17. exd5 0-0 18. Qh5 f5 19. Bd2 Rf6 20. Re2 Raf8 21. Bb3 Qe8 22. Kh1 Qf7 23. Rae1 Nxd5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Nf3 Nge7 26. Qxf7+ R8xf7 27. Nxg5 Bf8 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Re6 Kg7 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. R6e2 f4 32. Re4 c6 33. g4 Ne3+ 34. Kf3 d5 35. Re5 Ng6 36. Rh5 Bd6 37. Reh1 Nf8 38. Ba2 Rg6 39. g5 Re6 40. Bb1 Nc4 41. Kg4 Nxb2 42. Kf5 Nc4 43. Rh7+ Nxh7 44. Kxe6 Nxg5+ 45. Kf5 Nh7 46. Ke6 Nf8+ 47. Kf5 Ne3+ 48. Kg5 Ne6+ 49. Kh5 f3 50. Kh4 f2 51. Bd3 Nf4 52. Bb1 Nf1 53. Rxf1 Ne2 54. Kg4 Nxc3 55. Rxf2 Nxa4 56. Kf5 Kf7 57. Rf3 Ke7 58. Rh3 Kd7 59. Kf6 Be7+ 60. Kf7 b5 61. Re3 Bb4 62. Rh3 Bc3 63. Rh4 b4 64. Kf6 Kd6 65. Kf5 b3 66. Rh6+ Kc7 67. Rh2 Kb6 68. Rh8 Kb5 69. Kf4 b2 70. Rh1 Bd2+ 0-1

[Event "New York-ch 125th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2003.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Troyan, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Be2 Bg4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Bg5 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Be6 12. Qa4 Nd5 13. Ne4 f6 14. Bh4 Kh8 15. Nc5 Qc8 16. Rfe1 Bf7 17. Rac1 Bf4 18. Rcd1 Nd7 19. a3 N7b6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Bd3 Bg8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Nxb7 Rb8 24. Na5 Ne7 25. Re1 Nbd5 26. b4 Bc7 27. Bg3 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qd7 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Qc5 Nc7 31. Qxa7 Ra8 32. Qc5 Ne6 33. Qc3 Nd8 34. Be4 Nd5 35. Qc5 Rc8 36. b5 Ne6 37. bxc6 1-0

[Event "New York-ch 125th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2003.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almeida, Sergio Ribeiro"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 c6 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nc4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Kg7 18. Qe2 Nxg3+ 19. fxg3 f6 20. Rf5 Rad8 21. Raf1 Rd6 22. h4 Qd8 23. Qh5 Qe8 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. Kh2 Bd8 26. a4 Bb6 27. Qh5 a5 28. Kh3 Qd7 29. Kh2 Qe8 30. Qf3 Bd8 31. Qe2 Be7 32. Ba2 Qd8 33. Qc4 Rd2 34. Qb3 Qd7 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. Rxf8 Bxf8 37. Qg8+ Kf6 38. Qxf8+ Kg6 39. Bf7+ Qxf7 40. h5+ Kf6 41. Qxh6+ Ke7 42. Qxg5+ Ke8 43. Qxd2 Qxh5+ 44. Kg1 Qg4 45. Qd3 Ke7 46. Kf2 Qg8 47. c4 Qf7+ 48. Kg1 b6 49. b3 Qh5 50. Kf2 Qh1 51. Qc3 Kd6 52. b4 Qb1 53. c5+ bxc5 54. Qxc5+ Kd7 55. b5 cxb5 56. Qd5+ Ke7 57. Qxe5+ Kf7 58. Qd5+ Kg7 59. Qxb5 Qxe4 60. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "New York-ch 125th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2003.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Capp, Stephen P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Nf6 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. d3 0-0 8. Be2 Re8 9. Nd2 Bf4 10. 0-0 Bxd2 11. Bxd2 dxe4 12. d4 Qd6 13. Qa3 Qd5 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Bc1 Qf5 17. g3 Qh3 18. Rfe1 f5 19. Bf1 Qh5 20. c4 Nf6 21. Bg2 Be6 22. Qc3 Rab8 23. b3 Rbd8 24. Rd2 Bc8 25. Rde2 c5 26. d5 Ng4 27. h3 Ne5 28. Bb2 Qg6 29. Kh2 c6 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Qf5 32. f4 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 cxd5 34. cxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxe5 Rdxe5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. fxe5 Bb7 38. Kf2 Qg2+ 39. Ke1 Bf3 40. Qc4+ Kh8 41. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York-ch 125th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2003.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Matthew, Ervin"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. b3 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. 0-0 Ne6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bf5 Qa5 17. Ne5 Rc7 18. Ng6 Rd8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qg6+ Rg7 23. Qxf6 Re8 24. Ne2 d4 25. Ng3 dxe3 26. fxe3 Qb6 27. Rab1 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York-ch 125th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2003.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Stenzel, Harold G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. Ne5 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. Na4 Re8 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. b3 Be7 17. Bg3 Rc8 18. Ba6 Ra8 19. Bb7 Ba3 20. Rc2 Ne4 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Bf4 Bf5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Re2 Rd8 25. Nc5 Kf8 26. Qd2 a5 27. Bxh6 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Qa7 29. Rc1 d4 30. Qg5 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Ross, Laura R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d6 0-0 9. dxe7 Qxe7+ 10. Nge2 a6 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. 0-0 Bc6 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Be5 Nd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd2 Qh4 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Qf4 Qh5 19. Ng3 Qa5 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. dxe5 Ng4 22. Rde1 Rd2 23. f3 Rxb2 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Nf6 26. Re7+ Kf8 27. Rc7 Nd7 28. Rd1 Ke8 29. Nge4 Kd8 30. Rcxd7+ Bxd7 31. Nc5 Rc8 32. Rxd7+ Ke8 33. N3e4 Rc6 34. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levine, Viktor"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 d6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 e4 7. d5 a6 8. Nd4 axb5 9. Nxf5 Nce7 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Ng3 h6 12. Bxe7 Bxe7 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. 0-0 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nf6 17. Qg6 Nxd5 18. Nxe4 Nf4 19. Nc5 Nxg6 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Qe4 Qc7 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bh6 Rd8 13. Nbd2 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nb6 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bb5 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxc6 Qh5 19. Bxb7 Bxb7 20. Qxb7 Bd6 21. h3 Qxh6 22. Nc4 Bf4 23. Rcd1 Qh5 24. Rd7 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Qe2 26. Qd4 Bh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qxf1 28. Ne5 Qb5 29. Ng4 e5 30. Nxe5 Qb6 31. Qd5 Rf8 32. Nd7 Qc7+ 33. f4 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Battes, Lee T"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Ng5 d5 13. e5 Ng4 14. Nxh7 Rxh7 15. Qd3 Rh4 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bg5 Qxe5 19. g3 Bxg5 20. Rae1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Belcher, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Qd3 Qd6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Bc8 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Qe3 Re8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bg5 Qf5 20. g4 Qc2 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bb7 23. Rab1 Rac8 24. Bf4 Ba6 25. Nd7 Nb7 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nb8 Rxb8 28. Bxb8 g6 29. Bxa7 Na5 30. Bc5 Nc4 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. g5 h5 33. Be7 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 123rd"]
[Site "Rochester"]
[Date "2001.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lam, Daniel King Wai"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Qf6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8. Be3 0-0 9. 0-0-0 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. f4 Rfe8 12. g4 Bxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. e5 Qe6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Bg2 Nb4 17. Na3 Qe6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qd2 c5 20. c3 Rec8 21. Kb1 Qg6+ 22. f5 Nxf5 23. gxf5 Qxf5+ 24. Ka1 Qxe5 25. Rhe1 Qg3 26. cxb4 cxb4 27. Bxd5 bxa3 28. Bxb7 Qxb3 29. Bxa8 h6 30. Bd5 axb2+ 31. Qxb2 Qxh3 32. Rf1 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 123rd"]
[Site "Rochester"]
[Date "2001.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Bg5 Qe8+ 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. fxe3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. 0-0 Nd7 13. Qf2 Nb6 14. Bb3 c5 15. Ne5 Bg6 16. Qf3 c4 17. Bd1 Bd6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Qh3 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qe7 21. Kg1 Bb4 22. Bg4 Re8 23. Re1 h5 24. Bd1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nd5 26. e4 Qa3 27. Rf1 Nxc3 28. e5 Qb2 29. Qd7 Qb5 30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. Rf6 Qb1 32. Rf1 Qb5 33. Bxh5 gxh5 34. Qxh5+ Kg8 35. Qf7+ Kh7 36. Rf3 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Ne2+ 39. Kf2 Nxd4+ 40. Kf1 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Rf1 Qxe5 43. Qxc4 b5 44. Qd3+ Qe4 45. Qh3+ Kg8 46. Qd7 Ne2+ 47. Kh1 Nf4 48. Rg1 a6 49. h3 Qe6 50. Qc7 Nxh3 51. Rf1 Nf2+ 52. Kg1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 123rd"]
[Site "Rochester"]
[Date "2001.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Kleist, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Re1 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15. Rh5 g6 16. Rh3 0-0 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qh4 Qf7 21. Bb5 Re7 22. Bg5 Rec7 23. Rhe3 Rxc3 24. Rxe6 Bf8 25. h3 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 123rd"]
[Site "Rochester"]
[Date "2001.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taylor, Steven A"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Nh3 Nxa6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Bb1 d5 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nf4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Rxe6 Bd4 19. Re2 Qh4 20. g3 Qf6 21. Qd2 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 Qf3+ 24. Kh3 Rxe8 25. Bg6 Re6 26. Rf1 Rxg6 27. Rxf2 Qg4+ 28. Kg2 d4 29. Rf4 Qe6 30. Nd1 Qxa2 31. Nf2 Nd5 32. Re4 Ne3+ 33. Kh3 Qb1 34. Qe2 Qg1 35. Nd3 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 122nd"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Felber, Joseph J"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bb4 12. Re2 g5 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Nd4 0-0 17. Rd2 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 f5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. h4 Bf6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Qh5 Bg7 23. Re1 Bf7 24. Qf3 Qxc3 25. Re3 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Rd1 27. Be5 Rh1+ 28. Kg3 Qc4 29. Qxf5 Qxh4+ 30. Kf3 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 122nd"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 c6 8. h4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Qe2 g5 13. h5 Qd6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. 0-0-0 0-0-0 16. Rhf1 Rde8 17. Rde1 Kd8 18. Qd1 Nc8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Qf8 22. Bg6 Re7 23. g5 Qg8 24. Qd3 Nf8 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Qf5 Re6 27. Rg1 Ne7 28. Qg4 Nfxg6 29. hxg6 f5 30. Qd1 Rxg6 31. Rh1 Rg2 32. Qe1 Ng6 33. Bb8 Qe8 34. Bc7+ Kd7 35. Rh7+ Ne7 36. Bf4 Qg6 37. Rh1 Bd6 38. Bxd6 Qxd6 39. Rh7 Qe6 40. Qxe6+ Kxe6 41. Kd1 f4 42. Ne2 f3 43. Nf4+ Kf6 44. Rh1 Rg4 45. Nd3 Nf5 46. Rh3 Rg1+ 47. Kd2 Rg2+ 48. Kc3 Ng3 49. Kb3 Kg5 50. Rh7 Nf5 51. Rxb7 Nxd4+ 52. Kc3 c5 53. Nxc5 f2 54. Rg7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 122nd"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bb3 0-0 8. 0-0 Ba7 9. Nc4 h6 10. Ne3 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Nh2 d5 13. Qf3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bxb3 15. axb3 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Qd3 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Re6 19. b4 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch 122nd"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Almeida, Sergio Ribeiro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Bd2 c5 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Bc3 e5 15. 0-0-0 Nf6 16. Qc4 Ng4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxe5 Bxf2 20. Be4 Bb6 21. Rd3 f6 22. Bd6+ Kf7 23. Bd5+ Kg6 24. Rg3+ Kh7 25. Be4+ f5 26. Be5 Be3+ 27. Rxe3 fxe4 28. Rxe4 Re8 29. Rhe1 Bf5 30. R4e2 Rac8 31. c3 a6 32. h3 Re6 33. g4 Bd3 34. Re3 Bb5 35. b3 Rce8 36. Kb2 Bc6 37. h4 Kg6 38. c4 Rf8 39. Kc3 Rf7 40. Kd4 Rf2 41. h5+ Kf7 42. R1e2 Rxe2 43. Rxe2 g6 44. Rf2+ Ke7 45. c5 Be8 46. Bd6+ Kd7 47. hxg6 Rxg6 48. Rf4 Kc6 49. Ke3 h5 50. gxh5 Re6+ 51. Kd3 Bxh5 52. Rb4 Bf3 53. Rf4 Bg2 54. a4 Kd7 55. Rf7+ Ke8 56. Rg7 Bc6 57. Kc3 Re4 58. Rg3 Kd7 59. Kb2 Ke6 60. Ka3 Kd5 61. Rd3+ Rd4 62. Re3 Re4 63. Rg3 Rh4 64. Rg5+ Ke6 65. Bg3 Re4 66. Bf2 Rf4 67. Be1 Bd5 68. Bc3 Rf3 69. Re5+ Kf6 70. Rxd5+ Rxc3 71. Kb4 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 122nd"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stenzel, Harold G"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3 Nxd5 8. Ne4 Ne6 9. Bxb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. 0-0 f5 12. Ng3 g6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bg7 15. Re1 0-0 16. Nc3 Nxd4 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne2 c5 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Rf7 22. Bd2 Rb8 23. b4 Bf8 24. Ra4 Rfb7 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. g3 Rc2 27. b3 Rb2 28. Bf4 Rxb3 29. Rxd4 R3xb4 30. Raxb4 Bxb4 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rh8 Ke6 33. h4 a5 34. Ra8 Kd5 35. Bg5 Kc4 36. Bd8 Kb5 37. f3 a4 38. g4 fxg4 39. fxg4 a3 40. h5 Kc4 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Bf6 Bc5+ 43. Kg2 Ra7 44. Rg8 a2 45. Ba1 Ra6 46. Kf3 Rd6 47. Ra8 Kb3 48. Ke4 Bb4 49. Ke5 Rd1 50. Bd4 Rxd4 51. Kxd4 Ba3 52. Rb8+ Kc2 53. Rc8+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Castaneda, Nelson"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. d3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Na3 Re8 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Qa4 Nd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Ba7 17. Qxc6 f5 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. Qb7 Ba4 21. Rd2 Qd7 22. Qd5 Bc6 23. Qb3 fxe4 24. Ng5 Rf8 25. Nxe4 Rf4 26. Nd5 Rh4 27. Kh2 Qf7 28. Ne3 Qg6 29. g3 Rh6 30. h4 Rf8 31. Re2 Qh5 32. Ree1 g5 33. Ng2 gxh4 34. Nxh4 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Kg8 8. Qd5+ e6 9. Qxe4 d5 10. Qe3 d4 11. Qe4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Nf3 dxc3 14. Nxc3 d4 15. Na4 Bf5 16. 0-0 Be7 17. b3 h6 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Rd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Kf7 22. Re1 Rhd8 23. Re4 Rd5 24. a3 Rad8 25. Kg2 Ne7 26. b4 Ng6 27. Ba1 Rf5 28. Kg3 Rg5+ 29. Rg4 Be5+ 30. Kg2 Nh4+ 31. Kh3 Nxf3 32. Rxg5 hxg5 33. Rd3 Ne1 34. Rd1 Rh8+ 35. Kg4 Rh4+ 36. Kf5 Nf3 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Felber, Joseph J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 dxe4 6. fxe4 Nf6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 Bg4 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 b6 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Rd6 Rad8 18. Rd1 Rxd6 19. Qxd6 Qb7 20. c3 Re8 21. Bg5 Re6 22. Qd8+ Re8 23. Qd6 Re6 24. Qb4 Qc7 25. Qb5 Rd6 26. Rf1 h6 27. Be3 Rd8 28. Qb4 Bf8 29. Qb5 Nd7 30. Be2 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Qxc5 Nxc5 33. Bc4 Rd7 34. Bd5 Na4 35. Bc6 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. c3 0-0 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 Kh7 13. Qh5 Ng6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Kg7 16. g3 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. Kh1 c6 19. Bb3 Rcd8 20. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Mc Bride, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Nd5 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Re1+ Nce7 11. Bc4 0-0 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Ne4 Rfe8 15. Qb3 c6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Ng6 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bc1 Qe7 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qc3 Qc7 22. b4 f6 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Qb3 Re5 25. Nf3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bc6 27. b5 Be8 28. Qxd5+ Bf7 29. Qf5 Qa5 30. Qb1 Ne5 31. Be3 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Bd5 33. Bxh6 Bxf3 34. Re7 Qa3 35. Rxg7+ Kf8 36. Qh7 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stenzel, Harold G"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. Bf1 Nxd5 8. Ne4 Ne6 9. Bxb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. 0-0 f5 12. Ng3 g6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bg7 15. Re1 0-0 16. Nc3 Nxd4 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 f4 19. exf4 Rab8 20. f5 Rxb2 21. fxg6 Rff2 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Nf1 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Qh3 25. Ne2 Rbxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 120th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxa6 8. e4 Be7 9. Bc4 0-0 10. e5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Ra7 12. Nf3 Nb4 13. Bc4 d5 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. 0-0 Bb7 16. h3 Qf6 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Be3 Be4 20. Rd2 Nc6 21. Rad1 Bf8 22. Rd7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Ne5 25. Ra7 Nxf3+ 26. Kf1 Ne5 27. Bg5 Qc6 28. Kg1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 120th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Amori, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 d5 5. Nf3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. f5 Kg7 12. Bd2 Qc8 13. Rf1 Nd7 14. Qe1 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 g5 16. b4 Qc7 17. h4 Rae8 18. Qc1 h6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Rh5 21. Bf4 Reh8 22. Bf1 Rh4 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. c3 Qh2+ 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Qd2 Nb6 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Nd5 29. Kd1 b5 30. Kc2 Qd6 31. Qe1 Rh8 32. Qg3+ Qxg3 33. Rxg3+ Kf8 34. Kb3 Rh4 35. Bd3 Nf4 36. Be4 Nd5 37. Bxd5 cxd5 38. Rf3 Rh8 39. a4 a6 40. Re3 Rh2 41. Re2 Rh1 42. Ra2 Rb1+ 43. Kc2 Rg1 44. Kd3 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Rg1 46. axb5 axb5 47. Kf2 Rc1 48. Ra5 Rxc3 49. Rxb5 Rb3 50. Rxd5 Rxb4 51. Ke3 Ke7 52. Ra5 Rb7 53. Ke4 Kd7 54. Kd5 Rc7 55. Rb5 Ra7 56. Rb6 Ke7 57. Kc6 Ra8 58. Rb7+ Ke8 59. d5 Rc8+ 60. Rc7 Ra8 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 120th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Be3 b4 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nh6 12. f5 Nxe4 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Qd4 Nf6 15. Rae1 Nxd5 16. Qxh8+ Kd7 17. Qxh7 Qf8 18. fxg6 Qg7 19. Qxg7 Bxg7 20. gxf7 Bf6 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. f8Q Rxf8 24. Rxf8 Bf6 25. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 120th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Edelman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Bb3 Nd3 16. Rc2 Nf4 17. Rc3 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 19. Kh1 Qg4 20. Rg1 Qh5 21. Nh2 Bg4 22. f4 Bxd1 23. Bxd1 Qh4 24. Rg4 Qe7 25. f5 Rfe8 26. Bd2 Bb4 27. f6 Bxc3 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. fxe7 Kxg7 30. Bxc3 Rxe7 31. Bf3 Rb8 32. Ng4 h5 33. d5+ Kg6 34. Nf6 Re3 35. Be4+ Rxe4 36. Nxe4 Kf5 37. Nc5 a5 38. Kg2 b6 39. Nd7 Rd8 40. Nf6 h4 41. Kh3 b5 42. a3 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Be1 b3 45. Bc3 Rd6 46. Ng8 Kg5 47. Ne7 f5 48. Nc6 Rxd5 49. Nd4 f4 50. Nxb3 Rd3+ 51. Kg2 Kg4 52. Nd2 h3+ 53. Kh1 Rg3 54. Bd4 Rg2 55. Ne4 Re2 56. Nf6+ Kf5 57. Nh5 h2 58. Nf6 f3 59. Nd5 Ke4 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 120th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 d6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 Ne7 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Qe2 f5 11. c5 c6 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Bc4+ Be6 14. Bxe6+ Qxe6 15. h3 Nh6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qe5 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. e5 Nf7 21. e6 Nd6 22. Qh4 Rf6 23. Ng5 h6 24. e4 Kg8 25. e5 hxg5 26. exd6 Qxd6 27. Qxg5 Rxe6 28. Rad1 Qc7 29. Qd2 b5 30. Kh1 Rf8 31. Qc2 Re5 32. Qb3+ Kh7 33. Qb4 Ng6 34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. Rxd6 Rc8 36. Rd7 a5 37. g4 Rf8 38. gxf5 Nh4 39. f6 Nf5 40. Ne4 Rxe4 41. Rxf5 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Kh6 43. f7 Re2+ 44. Rf2 Re6 45. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch 120th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spraggett, Grant"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Kc7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. 0-0 Be6 12. Rfc1 Nd7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ned2 Nb6 15. a4 a5 16. e3 f5 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. Nexc4 Rad8 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Kf1 Rhd8 22. Ke2 f4 23. gxf4 Rh5 24. Rh1 Rg8 25. b3 Rg2 26. Kf3 Rhxh2 27. Rxh2 Rxh2 28. Nxa5 h5 29. Kg3 Rh1 30. Nac4 h4+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. e4 h3+ 33. Kh2 Bd4 34. f5 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

