| ECO A06 in 1988 play it! nikolic p defeats white's damljanovic in 82 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 Nhf6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Nd2 Re8 13. O-O Ne4 14. Ndxe4 dxe4 15. d5 c5 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. a4 Qe5 18. h3 Bd7 19. Bb5 Red8 20. Rd2 h5 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. a5 Rad8 23. Ra4 b6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra6 Rd6 26. Qa4 g6 27. Ra8 Rxa8 28. Qxa8+ Kg7 29. Qa4 h4 30. Qd1 Qf5 31. Qb3 g5 32. Qc4 Qe5 33. b4 Rd7 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Rd1 Ra7 36. d6 Rd7 37. Nb5 Qf5 38. Nc7 g4 39. hxg4 Qxg4 40. Rd2 h3 41. f3 Qg3 |
| ECO A09 in 1991 play it! nikolic p defeats white's gulko b in 54 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 a5 7. a3 Ne7 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. e3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 dxe3 16. fxe3 cxb4 17. Qxb4 Nf5 18. Re1 Na6 19. Qc3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Rd8 21. Bf1 e4 22. dxe4 Nxg3 23. Bxg7 Nxf1 24. Ba1 Nxh2 25. Nxh2 Qg3+ 26. Kf1 Qxh2 27. Qc3 f6 |
| ECO A05 in 1987 play it! nikolic p defeats white's vaganian r in 98 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 c5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Ne5 Ra7 8. cxb5 axb5 9. a4 Bb7 10. O-O Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d6 12. Nf3 Rb7 13. Qc2 bxa4 14. bxa4 Be7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Nb5 Nbd7 17. d4 Rc8 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. Qd3 d5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rc4 23. Rfc1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 f6 25. Qc2 Rxb5 26. axb5 fxe5 27. Qc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Kf7 29. b6 Nc5 30. b7 Nxb7 31. Rxb7 e4 32. g4 g5 33. e3 Kf6 34. f3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 h6 36. e4 dxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Bc5 38. h3 Bf2 39. Rb3 Bc5 40. Rf3+ Ke7 41. Ke5 Bg1 42. Rf1 Be3 43. Ke4 Bc5 44. Kd3 Bb6 45. Kc4 Be3 46. Kb5 Bf4 47. Kc6 Kf6 48. Re1 Bg3 49. Kd7 Bxe1 |
| ECO A06 in 1988 play it! nikolic p defeats white's santacruz f in 56 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 d4 6. exd4 cxd4 7. d3 Nf6 8. Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf1 b5 12. Na3 Qb6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Nc2 b4 15. g3 e5 16. Bg2 h6 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Ne4 Nd8 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. c5 Ndxc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. a3 a5 24. axb4 axb4 25. Qd2 Ra2 26. Rb1 Nc5 27. Qxb4 Rb8 28. Qc4 Qb5 |
| ECO A05 in 1987 play it! nikolic p defeats white's nogueiras j in 92 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 Nb6 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. e3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 c6 15. Kh1 f6 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Nh4 Nd6 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bh3 Nd6 20. f5 Qe7 21. f3 Kh8 22. Re1 Rae8 23. Qd3 Qf7 24. Bg4 g6 25. fxg6 Qxg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Bh3 Rf7 28. Kg1 Rfe7 29. b3 f5 30. f4 Ne4 31. Rc2 Kg7 32. Bg2 Kf6 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Rce2 g5 35. fxg5+ Kxg5 36. Rg2+ Kf6 37. Rge2 a5 38. Kf2 f4 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. h3 fxe3 41. Rxe3 Rf4+ 42. Kg3 Rxe3+ 43. Rxe3 Rxd4 44. Re7 Rd3+ 45. Kh4 b5 46. Ra7 a4 |
| ECO A09 in 1992 play it! nikolic p defeats white's szmetan j in 69 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Ne7 7. b4 O-O 8. Nbd2 a5 9. b5 c5 10. bxc6 Nexc6 11. Ne1 Na6 12. Rb1 Re8 13. Nc2 Bf8 14. Na3 Ncb4 15. Ra1 Nc5 16. Nb5 Bg4 17. a3 Nba6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rb1 a4 20. Kh2 Bc6 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Ne6 23. Rf2 Nac5 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. Bb2 Qd7 26. Nd2 Re7 27. Qh1 Ra5 28. Rbf1 Be5 29. h4 Bxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rxb5 31. cxb5 Qd6+ 32. Kh3 Bd7 33. Rf5 Nf4+ 34. Rxf4 Qxf4 35. Be4 |
| ECO A09 in 1985 play it! nikolic p defeats white's barle j in 112 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Be3 Qd8 9. d4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. a3 Bd6 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Kf2 Rhe8 17. Be2 Rxe3 18. Kxe3 Bc5+ 19. Kf3 Nd4+ 20. Kf2 Nb3+ 21. Kf3 Re8 22. Kg3 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 a5 24. Rd1 c6 25. Bf3 Re3 26. Rd2 Re6 27. Bh5 Be3 28. Rd1 Bc2 29. Rf1 Re7 30. Bd1 Bd3 31. Be2 Bf5 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. Kxg4 Bd4 34. Rf3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Re2 36. Rg3 Rxb2 37. Kf5 g6+ 38. Kf6 Rf2 39. Rg4 h5 40. Rh4 Rxg2 41. Kxf7 Kc7 42. c5 b6 43. cxb6+ Kxb6 44. Kf6 c5 45. f5 gxf5 46. Kxf5 Rd2 47. Ke6 a4 48. Rxh5 Rd3 49. Rh8 Kb5 50. h4 Rxa3 51. h5 Rh3 52. Kd5 Kb4 53. h6 Rh5+ 54. Ke4 Kc3 55. Ke3 c4 56. h7 a3 |
| ECO A09 in 1992 play it! nikolic p defeats white's suba m in 90 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. a3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. b4 e5 6. g3 Ne7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. Bb2 c5 10. Nbd2 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 cxb4 13. Rb1 Na6 14. Ne1 Qc7 15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Bc1 Bxe2 17. h3 f5 18. Qa2 Bh5 19. f3 g5 20. Bxg5 Nc6 21. Qd2 f4 22. g4 Bf7 23. Nc2 Rb8 24. Ra1 Bf8 25. Ra4 Qc8 26. Nca1 b5 27. cxb5 Rxb5 28. Qb2 Ncb8 29. Bf1 Nd7 30. Bh4 Nb6 31. Ra2 Nd5 32. Be1 Nc3 33. Ra5 Rxa5 34. Nxa5 Nc5 35. Nc4 Nxd3 36. Bxd3 Bxc4 37. Bxc4+ Qxc4 38. Qb3 Qxb3 39. Nxb3 Ne2+ 40. Kf2 d3 41. h4 Kf7 42. g5 Kg6 43. Kg2 Kf5 44. Bd2 Nd4 45. Nc1 b3 |
| ECO A05 in 1987 play it! nikolic p defeats white's sokolov i in 68 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. d4 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nb1 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Qc2 Bd5 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Bg5 b3 13. Qc1 h6 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Na3 Na5 16. Ne5 Qb7 17. f3 Rc8 18. Bf2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. e4 Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Qb8 22. Qf4 O-O 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Qe4 c3 25. Nd7 cxb2 26. Rf1 Qd6 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Nb1 Rc1 29. Rdd1 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Nc6 31. Rde1 Ncb4 32. Nd2 Qc3 33. Qe2 Nd3 34. Rd1 Qc2 |
| ECO A07 in 1992 play it! nikolic p defeats white's rubinetti j in 78 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Na6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nac5 14. h4 a5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Re1 Qa6 17. Qe3 Nb6 18. Bf1 Nd5 19. Qd4 b5 20. Bg5 Qa7 21. Qg4 Rae8 22. h5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Qg6 e5 27. a4 e4 28. Ng5 e3 29. fxe3 Nce4 30. axb5 Qc5 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. bxc6 Rg4 33. Qd3 Rxg3+ 34. Bg2 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qg5+ 36. Kh3 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Kf7 38. Qb3+ Kg6 39. Qd3+ Ne4 |
| ECO A22 in 1993 play it! nikolic p defeats white's xu jun in 96 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. d3 e4 6. dxe4 Nxe4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Be2 d6 10. Nd4 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. f3 Nc5 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. e4 f4 16. Rd1 Ne5 17. Qb3 b6 18. a4 Rf6 19. a5 Raf8 20. Rd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 c4 22. Qd1 c5 23. Qa4 Rg6 24. Ra2 Qh4 25. Qd1 Rh6 26. h3 Rg6 27. Kh1 b5 28. Qf1 Ra6 29. Bd2 Qd8 30. Qa1 g5 31. Be1 Qe7 32. Bf2 h5 33. Qd1 Rg6 34. Kg1 Rf7 35. Kf1 Rh7 36. Qd2 Qd6 37. Rb2 a6 38. Rb1 Rf7 39. Qd1 Qf8 40. Rb2 Rfg7 41. Ra2 Qe7 42. Rd2 Qd6 43. Ra2 g4 44. fxg4 hxg4 45. Bxg4 Nxg4 46. hxg4 Rxg4 47. Qf3 Qh6 48. e5 Rxg2 |
| ECO A25 in 1984 play it! nikolic p defeats white's cebalo m in 116 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 f5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d4 d6 8. b4 O-O 9. b5 Ne7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ba3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Re8 13. O-O e4 14. f3 Be6 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxc4 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bf3 Nf5 20. Rc1 Bxb5 21. Bc5 Nxe3 22. Rf2 a6 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Nc6 Rb2 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Rxb2 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bf6 28. Rb7 Bxe7 29. Bxe3 Bd6 30. Bd4+ Kg8 31. Ra7 Bb5 32. Kf2 Bc4 33. a4 h5 34. h3 Rf8 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Bxa8 Kf7 37. h4 Bb4 38. Be4 c5 39. Bb2 Bb3 40. Bb7 a5 41. Bc6 Ke6 42. Be8 Bc2 43. Ke3 Be1 44. Bc1 Bxg3 45. Bd2 Bc7 46. Bc3 Bd8 47. Kd2 Bf5 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Bf7+ Kc6 50. Be1 Kb6 51. Kf4 Bc2 52. Be8 Bf6 53. Bf2 Bd4 54. Be3 Bxe3+ 55. Kxe3 Kc7 56. Kd2 Kd8 57. Bb5 Bb3 58. Kc3 Bf7 |
| ECO A25 in 1987 play it! nikolic p defeats white's lenz t in 88 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nd5 h6 14. Bd2 g5 15. Bc3 Qf7 16. Nd2 f4 17. e3 Nf6 18. b5 Nd8 19. d4 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. dxe5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 fxg3 25. fxg3 Re8 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 g4 28. exd6 Bxc3 29. dxc7 Nf7 30. Rc1 Nd6 31. Rxc3 gxf3 32. b6 Nc8 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Kxf3 Re6 35. Rd3 Rd6 36. Rxd6 Nxd6 37. Kf4 Nc8 38. g4 Nxb6 39. h4 Nd5+ 40. Kf5 Nxc7 41. Ke5 Ne6 42. Kd5 Nf8 43. Kd6 Ng6 44. h5 Nf8 |
| ECO A20 in 1985 play it! nikolic p defeats white's afifi a in 60 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. b3 c6 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. d4 e4 11. a4 Nc6 12. Ba3 Rf7 13. b4 Bf8 14. b5 Na5 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Qc2 g5 17. Qa2 Be6 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Rc2 h5 20. Rfc1 Rh7 21. Nb1 Nc4 22. Nd2 h4 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Nc3 hxg3 25. hxg3 Qh6 26. Re1 Bf7 27. Kf1 Kh8 28. Qa3 Bh5 29. Ne2 Bf3 30. Ng1 g4 |
| ECO A25 in 1988 play it! nikolic p defeats white's kortschnoj v in 122 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. a3 Bf8 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Be4 Qe7 12. b4 Nd8 13. Bb2 d6 14. d3 c6 15. Nd2 f5 16. Bf3 Nf7 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Be2 h5 19. Nb3 Rad8 20. Rfd1 h4 21. d4 Bd7 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Rd2 Be6 24. Rcd1 b6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Nd2 e4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qc3+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. f3 exf3 32. Nxf3 g5 33. Kf2 c5 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. g3 h3 36. Nd2 Ke5 37. Bf1 g4 38. Bd3 Ng5 39. Ke2 Bd7 40. Bc2 Bc6 41. Kf2 Be4 42. Ba4 Bd3 43. Be8 Kd6 44. Ke1 Ke7 45. Bg6 Kf6 46. Be8 Ke5 47. Kf2 Ne6 48. Bb5 Nd8 49. Nb3 Nb7 50. a4 Nd6 51. Nxc5 Bxc4 52. Bc6 Nf7 53. Bb7 Kd6 54. Na6 Ne5 55. Nb4 a5 56. Nc2 Nd3+ 57. Kg1 Nc5 58. Bc8 Be6 59. Bxe6 Nxe6 60. e4 fxe4 61. Kf2 Ke5 |
| ECO A00 in 1980 play it! nikolic p defeats white's mestel j in 79 moves | 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 c6 4. Nd2 e5 5. e4 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bc5 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. h4 Rfd8 13. h5 Qe6 14. Ne3 g6 15. h6 Bf8 16. Nd1 Qg4 17. Re1 a5 18. a4 Bb4 19. c3 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Be7 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ne3 Rd2 24. Rab1 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ng8 26. Ng4 f5 27. Ne3 Nxh6 28. Re2 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Re2 Rd3 32. Kg2 Nf7 33. e5 Ng5 34. Be4 Rh3 35. Kg1 Rd8 36. e6 Ke7 37. b4 f3 38. Ree1 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Rd5 40. Rg4 |
| ECO B20 in 1993 play it! nikolic p defeats white's strikovic m by checkmate in 62 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. Na3 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. f5 gxf5 12. Nh4 f4 13. gxf4 Ng6 14. Nf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qg5 19. Qf1 Bxf5 20. exf5 Ng4 21. Qf3 h5 22. f6 Bh6 23. Rf5 Qh4 24. h3 Be3+ 25. Kh1 Bxd4 26. Rf1 Rac8 27. Qd5 Be5 28. Qd2 Nxf6 29. Qh6 Ne4 30. Bxe4 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qh2# |
| ECO C34 in 1996 play it! nikolic p defeats white's jonkman h in 65 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. g3 h6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. gxf4 g4 8. Be3 gxf3 9. Qxf3 h5 10. h3 d5 11. Nxd5 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Rg1 Bh6 15. d5 Nf8 16. e5 Qh4 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. e6 fxe6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Qxb7 Rd8 21. Bc4 Qe7 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. Rg6 Nf8 24. Ra6 Bg7 25. Bb3 Bf5 26. Bxa7 Rxb3 27. Qxb3 Be6 28. Qb5+ Bd7 29. Qa5 Ne6 30. f5 Nf4 31. Re1 Ne2 32. Qd2 O-O 33. Rxe2 |
| ECO C55 in 1994 play it! nikolic p defeats white's barua d in 88 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 a6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qd3 Qe7 17. Bd2 Nb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Nh5 Qe7 20. Rac1 c5 21. g4 Qf7 22. Kg2 Rac8 23. Re3 cxd4 24. Rxc8 dxe3 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Qxe3 Nc5 27. b3 Qg6 28. h3 Qd3 29. Nd4 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Kf7 31. Kf3 g5 32. Ke2 Be7 33. Ng3 Bd8 34. e4 dxe4 35. Ke3 Bb6 36. a5 Ba7 37. b4 Nd3 38. b5 Nxe5 39. Nxe4 axb5 40. Nd6+ Kf6 41. Nxb5 Bxd4+ 42. Kxd4 Nc6+ 43. Kc5 Nxa5 44. Kb6 Nb3 |
| ECO C85 in 1996 play it! nikolic p defeats white's xie j in 66 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 c5 8. Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. d3 Nf6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Be5 f6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Kf7 17. Re3 Re8 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Be5 Rac8 20. Bg3 Bf8 21. Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. f3 Be6 24. a4 Ke7 25. Kf2 Kd7 26. Ke2 Bf7 27. Kd1 Ra8 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Kc1 c4 30. d4 b6 31. Kd2 Kc8 32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. Re6 Bxe6 |