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GM Stanislav Novikov

Full name

Stanislav Novikov

Born

1/1/1985 (age 39)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Russia

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation (14 games)

Sicilian Defense: French Variation (13 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (7 games)

French Defense: Chigorin Variation (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (6 games)

Black Pieces

Modern Defense: Standard Line (27 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (17 games)

Modern Defense with 1.d4 (15 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (9 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Stanislav Novikov (2528) Nail Qoshqar Bashirli (2327)	0-1	44	2024
Stanislav Novikov Matthias Tonndorf	1-0	25	2020
Stanislav Novikov Nicolaj Zadruzny	1-0	39	2020
Stanislav Novikov Dayan Ninov	1-0	49	2020
Stanislav Novikov Konstantinos Megalios	1-0	53	2020
Stanislav Novikov Bela Molnar	½-½	68	2020
Stanislav Novikov (2527) Ramil Faizrakhmanov (2450)	½-½	61	2020
Stanislav Novikov (2531) Hrant Melkumyan (2668)	1-0	86	2019
Stanislav Novikov Renier Castellanos Rodriguez	1-0	54	2019
Stanislav Novikov (2531) Tsog-Ochir Tengis (2190)	1-0	46	2019

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