Oleg Leonidovich Chernikov (, 15 October 1936, Gorky – 6 February 2015, Nizhny Novgorod) was a Russian chess grandmaster.
Biography On 23 September 2000, Chernikov won the World Senior Chess Championship and earned the Grandmaster title for his win.
In March 2006, he played for the winning Moscow team in the European Senior Team Chess Championship.
He died on 6 February, 2015. A memorial tournament was held in his memory in Nizhny Novgorod in October 2015.
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