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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Sotnikov, Igor
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
IM
Years
:
1991-1998
Number of games
:
161
Number of wins
:
60
Number of draws
:
66
Number of losses
:
35
White score
:
50/80 (62.5% - Average Elo: 2384.5)
Black score
:
43/81 (53.09% - Average Elo: 2401.75)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Sotnikov, Igor (2440) - Poluljahov, Aleksandr (2460), RUS-sf, Bryansk (A99) - 1995
Sotnikov, Igor (2440) - Filippov, Valerij (2455), RUS-ch U18, Moscow (E71) - 1995
Sotnikov, Igor (2320) - Zaitsev, Igor A (2445), Voronezh, Voronezh (E85) - 1992
Horvath, Csaba (2535) - Sotnikov, Igor (2340), Budapest Spring op 10th, Budapest (D03) - 1994
Malakhov, Vladimir (2535) - Sotnikov, Igor (2455), RUS-ch U20, Ekaterinburg (B55) - 1996
Kelecevic, Nedeljko (2475) - Sotnikov, Igor (2445), Arosa SKA op, Arosa (D60) - 1996
Sotnikov, Igor - ? (77)
Filippov, Valerij (1½/2)
Gelman, Alexander (2/2)
Lugovoi, Aleksei (1/2)
Akhmedzhanov, Kamil (1/1)
Alibaev, Akbar (½/1)
Babula, Vlastimil (½/1)
Barbosa Valdes, Manuel (½/1)
Bartek, Ladislav (1/1)
Berezjuk, Sergej (1/1)
Bukal, Vladimir Sr (½/1)
Bus, Mariusz (0/1)
Daniliuk, Sergey (½/1)
Danner, Georg (1/1)
Degenhardt, Horst (½/1)
Fedorchuk, Sergey A (0/1)
Gacso, Tibor (½/1)
Gallagher, Joseph G (0/1)
Geller, Efim P (½/1)
Gershon, Alik (1/1)
Glek, Igor Vladimirovich (0/1)
Gorelov, Sergey G (½/1)
Gurevich, Vladimir (½/1)
Hasangatin, Ramil (½/1)
Horvath, Imre (0/1)
Hudjakov, Alexander (1/1)
Illi, Hans Joerg (1/1)
Ivakhin, Maxim (1/1)
Kekov, Alexandr (1/1)
Kislov, Sergey Aleksandrovi (½/1)
Komolov, B (1/1)
Kostin, Alexey (1/1)
Kovac, Boris (1/1)
Krouzel, Jaroslav (½/1)
Kuzmin, Gennadi P (½/1)
Kuznecov, Viktor (0/1)
Lengyel, Levente (1/1)
Lutsko, Igor (½/1)
Malakhov, Vladimir (0/1)
Malikov, Sergey Konstantinov (1/1)
Melikhov, Evgeny V (0/1)
Michalek, Jan (1/1)
Mojzis, Jaroslav (0/1)
Moskalenko, Viktor (½/1)
Motylev, Alexander (½/1)
Movsesian, Sergei (½/1)
Nedochetov, Mikhail (1/1)
Okhotnik, Vladimir (1/1)
Poluljahov, Aleksandr (1/1)
Prokopchuk, Evgeny (½/1)
Prosvirin, M (1/1)
Provkin, Vladimir (1/1)
Pushkov, Nikolai (0/1)
Raetsky, Alexander (½/1)
Rodin, Dmitrij (½/1)
Saladin, Thomas (1/1)
Salo, Tapio (½/1)
Saulin, Dmitri (1/1)
Shariyazdanov, Andrey (½/1)
Shestakov, Sergei S (½/1)
Shinkevich, Vitaly (1/1)
Shovunov, Baatr (½/1)
Simacek, Pavel (1/1)
Skatchkov, Pavel (½/1)
Smejkal, Jan (0/1)
Smirnov, A (1/1)
Stephan, Matthias (½/1)
Sufiev, Rinat (½/1)
Sutorikhin, Jevgenij (0/1)
Tolnai, Tibor (½/1)
Totsky, Leonid (0/1)
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly (½/1)
Valenta, Vit (1/1)
Vilkov, Vladimir (1/1)
Yemelin, Vasily (½/1)
Yurkov, Vladimir (1/1)
Zaitsev, Igor A (1/1)
Zapletal, Jiri (1/1)
? - Sotnikov, Igor (76)
Dyachkov, Sergej (½/3)
Genba, Vladimir (1/2)
Kiriakov, Petr (0/2)
Yakovich, Yuri (1/2)
Abashev, Denis (½/1)
Akhmetov, Artiom (½/1)
Aksionov, D (1/1)
Belozerov, Andrei (½/1)
Buchnicek, Petr (1/1)
Buran, Robert (1/1)
Burmakin, Vladimir (½/1)
Buturin, Vladimir (1/1)
Cerny, Martin (1/1)
Chernyshov, Konstantin (0/1)
Chetverik, Maxim (½/1)
Chkourkine, N (1/1)
Dovzik, Juri (1/1)
Dvoirys, Semen I (0/1)
Feher, Gyula (½/1)
Foldi, Istvan (1/1)
Gagarinov, A (1/1)
Gal, Peter (1/1)
Galkin, Alexander (½/1)
Gasthofer, Viktor (½/1)
Gavrilov, Alexei V (1/1)
Gritsenko, Vladimir (½/1)
Gurieli, Nino (0/1)
Horvath, Csaba (1/1)
Iljushin, Alexei (½/1)
Kelecevic, Nedeljko (1/1)
Kobalia, Mihail (½/1)
Konstantinov, Sergey (1/1)
Kopjonkin, Gennady (1/1)
Korneev, Oleg (0/1)
Korotylev, Alexey (0/1)
Koskinen, Henri (½/1)
Kostin, Alexey (0/1)
Kraehenbuehl, Gerhard (1/1)
Krasilnikov, N (0/1)
Krupkova, Petra (½/1)
Kulikov, Aleksandr (½/1)
Lastin, Alexander (½/1)
Lerner, Konstantin Z (0/1)
Maiwald, Jens Uwe (0/1)
Malakhov, Vladimir (1/1)
Malisauskas, Vidmantas (½/1)
Motylev, Alexander (0/1)
Orsag, Miroslav (½/1)
Panchenko, Alexander N (½/1)
Pesztericz, Laszlo (1/1)
Rachels, Stuart (0/1)
Raetsky, Alexander (½/1)
Ramazan, Elshad (1/1)
Repkova, Eva (0/1)
Rodin, Dmitrij (1/1)
Ruban, Vadim (½/1)
Samarin, Igor Valerievich (½/1)
Schwarz, Urs (1/1)
Sergienko, Sergey (0/1)
Shariyazdanov, Andrey (½/1)
Sher, Miron Naumovich (0/1)
Shtepa, Sergey (½/1)
Smutny, Jan (1/1)
Sumaneev, Dmitry (½/1)
Svidler, Peter (0/1)
Turov, Maxim (½/1)
Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel (1/1)
Vershinin, Mikhail (½/1)
Vokac, Marek (0/1)
Volodin, Alexey (½/1)
Vorontsov, Nikolay (½/1)
Yakkimaienen, Vjaino (1/1)
Zagorskis, Darius (0/1)
Zangiev, Pavel (1/1)
Zemerov, Vladimir (1/1)
Zimmerman, Yuri (½/1)
Openings played as White (33)
E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3)
Average Elo:
2373.18
Result:
10/13 = 76.92%
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2510
Result:
4/6 = 66.67%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
2373.33
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6)
Average Elo:
2367.5
Result:
3½/5 = 70%
E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2353.33
Result:
2/4 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2361.25
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
A59 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2492.5
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2327.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2525
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2367.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A92 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2535
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A53 Old Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A50 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.b3)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2465
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2450
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (50)
B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2343.33
Result:
2/5 = 40%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2428
Result:
3½/5 = 70%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2344
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2431.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2467.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2387.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
2402.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2510
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2512.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8)
Average Elo:
2505
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2500
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1985
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2417.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2485
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E77 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2055
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E83 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2515
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
2560
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2535
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B98 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1)
Average Elo:
2480
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2560
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2535
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2475
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
1/1 = 100%