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Valerij Nikolaev

FIDE 24159484 ↗·Born 1942

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Classical

World #67,444

1830

Rapid

World #39,476

1839

Blitz

World #32,813

1831

Active-player world ranks · Official FIDE July 2026 lists

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All colors · ChessEver game database

A40

Queen's pawn

W 1D 0L 01 games

100%

score

B00

King's pawn opening

W 1D 0L 01 games

100%

score

A03

Bird's opening

W 0D 1L 01 games

50%

score

A22

English

W 0D 0L 11 games

0%

score

B01

Scandinavian (centre counter) defence

W 0D 1L 01 games

50%

score

B12

Caro-Kann defence

W 0D 0L 11 games

0%

score

B30

Sicilian defence

W 0D 0L 11 games

0%

score

C09

French

W 0D 0L 11 games

0%

score

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