Jan-14-20 I Nikolayev vs R Burnett, 1998
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LjuboSubotic: I remember the game was in Chess Life. |
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Jan-14-20 F K Harris vs I Nikolayev, 2010
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LjuboSubotic: Super impressive! |
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Jan-14-20 I Nikolayev vs R Lohrman, 2012
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LjuboSubotic: Then 8.Bd2 leaves White with advantage. |
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Nov-17-19 Nakamura vs I Nikolayev, 2004 
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LjuboSubotic: Weirdly, viewer plays only 20 moves, but pgn shows 31 moves. The missing moves are: 20... Bd3 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Rc2 Nd6 23. Rc5 Ne4 24. Rc2 Nd6 25. Qa6 Rb6 26. Qa7 Nc4 27. Nc3 Qd6 28. Rac1 Rdb8 29. h3 c6 30. Na4 R8b7 31. Qa8 Rb8. I checked ChessBase Database, indeed the game was ... |
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Sep-03-19 I Nikolayev vs A Dunne, 2002 
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LjuboSubotic: On 20...Ke6, 21.Ng5+ finishes off at once. |
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Sep-02-19 I Nikolayev vs M Parry, 2008
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LjuboSubotic: Looks a tight master battle of high quality. And obviously it continued the dispute the two opponents had started a while before. |
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Sep-02-19 I Nikolayev vs R Ferguson, 2004 
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LjuboSubotic: Final queen sac (even twice) is very nice. |
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Sep-02-19 I Nikolayev vs D Weatherly, 2003
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LjuboSubotic: As I see, Nikolayev already played the 15.g4!! vs Gazakaev in 1989. So, it took him no effort this time. |
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Sep-02-19 I Nikolayev vs S Lourette, 2002
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LjuboSubotic: Absolutely fantastic finish! Such combinations in practical endgames, I believe, are pretty rare. |
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Aug-31-19 V Yasinsky vs I Nikolayev, 1989 
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LjuboSubotic: What a brilliant queen sacrifice with the following rook sacrifice! |
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