Sergei Iskusnyh

{{Short description|Russian chess grandmaster (born 1974)}}

{{Infobox chess player

| country = Russia

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|9|5}}

| birth_place =

| title = Grandmaster (2001)

| peakrating = 2520 (October 2006)

| FideID = 4120027

}}

Sergei Vladimirovich Iskusnyh is a Russian chess grandmaster.

==Chess career==

He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2001.

In December 2010, he tied for 1st–4th with Semen Dvoirys, Pavel Smirnov and Sergei Yudin at the Pavlodar Open.{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=54892|title=Pavlodar-open 2010|publisher=FIDE|accessdate=4 May 2011}}

In July 2011, he finished in 26th place in the Lev Polugaevsky Memorial, scoring 5.5/9.{{cite web|url=https://chessdailynews.com/dvoirys-wins-lev-polugaevsky-memorial/|title=DVOIRYS WINS LEV POLUGAEVSKY MEMORIAL}}

In October 2013, he finished in 16th place in the Kustov Memorial, scoring 7.5/11.{{cite web|url=https://chessdailynews.com/15-year-old-artemiev-wins-kustov-memorial/|title=15 YEAR OLD ARTEMIEV WINS KUSTOV MEMORIAL}}

In June 2014, he finished in 15th place in the Russian Individual Chess Championship, scoring 5/9.{{cite web|url=https://chessdailynews.com/igor-lysyj-and-olga-girya-took-the-trophies-in-vladivostok/|title=IGOR LYSYJ AND OLGA GIRYA TOOK THE TROPHIES IN VLADIVOSTOK}}