RussiaRUS
ID: 55768512

Sergey L. Nikolaev

FIDE ratings

1,414Classical
1,566Rapid
1,546Blitz

Performance

50 games
38% Win
36% Draw
26% Loss

Sergey L. Nikolaev's playing style

Strong overall score:56%19W 18D 13L over 50 games
Best with e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:41%in 17 games
Struggles in the Sicilian Defense as Black:40%in 15 games
In great form:65%11W 4D 5L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
33%
67%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation
50%
50%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
50%
50%
2g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
50%
50%
2g
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Wade Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Benoni Defense has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Benoni Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Smith-Morra Declined
100%
2g
Benko Gambit Accepted: Fully Accepted Variation
100%
1g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

21 games as white in scope
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
a1
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

21 games in this line · White to move

Results for Nikolaev, Sergey L. as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
43%
43%
14%
Move
12 · 57%
42%
50%
8%
4 · 19%
50%
50%
4 · 19%
50%
50%
1 · 5%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 4, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Herasymenko, Maksym(1984)
L—
Oct 3, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Khristovoy, Roman(2111)
L—
Oct 3, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Shkuta, Igor(1884)
D—
Oct 2, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Anatskiy, Alexey(1846)
D—
Oct 2, 2025
OTB - TWIC
CMZhukovskyi, Myhaylo(2156)
W—
Oct 1, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Vashchenko, Illia(1808)
W—
Oct 1, 2025
OTB - TWIC
CMZhukovskyi, Oleksandr(2145)
D—
Sep 30, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Khristovoy, Dmitriy(2163)
D—
Jul 25, 2024
OTB - TWIC
IMFrank, Adam(2381)
L—
Jul 24, 2024
OTB - TWIC
CMPrudhvi Kumar V(2100)
W—

Research Sergey L. Nikolaev’s games and opening repertoire

Sergey L. Nikolaev is rated 1414 in standard, 1566 in rapid, 1546 in blitz by FIDE. Sergey L. Nikolaev plays for Russia.

Sergey L. Nikolaev has FIDE ID 55768512.

Check the official FIDE record for ratings and identity. It is not a complete archive of game moves.

Use the openings as White and Black to identify recurring choices in the available games. Follow a branch into the repertoire explorer and inspect example games in the game history. Dates, time controls and sources affect which patterns are relevant to your next match.

Players from Russia with a similar rating

See the top players in Russia