GM, FIDE Senior Trainer Igor Lysyj

GM (since 2007), FIDE Senior Trainer (since 2020), Highest Elo rating 2700 (February 2015)

Practical results:

Winner Hengelo 2007
Winner Moscow open 2012
Winner Russian Higher League 2014
Russian Champion 2014
European blitz Champion 2019
Participant of World Cups 2011,2013,2015,2019


Author of the books:

  • The Open Games for Black (2012)
  • The Berlin Defence (2012)
  • The Hedgehog vs the English/Reti (2017)
  • Nimzovitch Defence for Black (2022)

Training Experience:

  • A.Grischuk (2013-2015)
  • V.Gunina (2016-2018)
  • Women national team Russia-2 (2019-2020)
  • N.Vitiugov (2021-2022)

Students results:

Grischuk Aleksander:
2015 - World blitz champion
Gunina Valentina:
2018 - European women champion
Vitiugov Nikita:
2021 – Russian champion