Igor Oleksandrovych Novikov (; born May 23, 1962) is a Ukrainian-American chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. He has been listed seven times on the FIDE world top 100 players list.Top lists records - Novikov, Igor A . ratings.fide.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
In 1985, he won the team gold medal playing for the Soviet Union and also won an individual gold playing on board four at the World Youth U26 Team Championship.Igor Novikov team chess record at Olimpbase.org Novikov won the Ukrainian championship in 1989, jointly with Gennady Kuzmin.
While living in Brooklyn he won the Marshall Chess Club Championship in 2002.Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Web.archive.org (October 28, 2009). Retrieved on October 20, 2011. In the United States he has won first place in New York Smartchess International I and II,New York Smartchess.com - New York 2001, www.365chess.com the 2003 20th Sands Regency Western States Open, the 2003 National Chess Congress, and the 2004 UTD Grand Master Invitational Chess Tournament, while he tied for first at the 1999 World Open, the Chicago Open (2005 and 1998), and at the Foxwoods Open (1999 and 2001).
Also a trainer, Novikov trained grandmasters Irina Krush and Alex Lenderman, among others.Chess Camp | St. Olaf College | Northfield, Minnesota, USA . Stolaf.edu. Retrieved on October 20, 2011.Instructor Pool. Chesscamp.us. Retrieved on October 20, 2011.New York Masters. New York Masters (September 10, 2002). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.PGN Sample Code . FioreChess. Retrieved on October 20, 2011.Mechanics' Chess Club – Newsletter #394. Chessclub.org. Retrieved on October 20, 2011.Lindsborg chess tourney has international appeal . LJWorld.com (December 24, 2001). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.Virginia Chess 2002/2 (PDF) . Retrieved on October 20, 2011.Chess Program – The University of Texas at Dallas . Utdallas.edu (February 20, 2007). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.Chess Program – The University of Texas at Dallas . Utdallas.edu (February 20, 2007). Retrieved on October 20, 2011. In Ukraine, during 1988, together with International Master Igor Foygel, he taught the under 21 team.Chess lessons in the Boston area from a Russian master: My teaching credentials. Igorfoygel.com. Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
Novikov was a member of the victorious United States team at the World Senior Team Championship, in the 50+ section, in 2019 and in 2020.
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Igor A Novikov games at 365Chess.com GM Igor Novikov. United States Chess Federation. Retrieved on October 20, 2011. – 8k 1,306 Novikov game selection at pgnmentor.com