Oleg Chernikov

Oleg Leonidovich Chernikov was a Russian chess grandmaster.

Biography

In 2000, he 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 February 6, 2015. A memorial tournament was held in his memory in Nizhny Novgorod in October 2015.