Igor Ilyich Lysyj[2] (Игорь Ильич Лысый; born 1 January 1987) is a Russian chess player and writer.

[7] In 2007 he was awarded the grandmaster title and won the main event (Young Masters) of the Euro Chess Tournament in Hengelo, the Netherlands.

[10] In January 2010, Lysyj tied for first with Eduardas Rozentalis, Pavel Ponkratov, Radosław Wojtaszek and Luke McShane in the 39th Rilton Cup in Stockholm, placing fifth on tiebreak.

[15] At the 2015 FIDE World Cup Lysyj defeated Constantin Lupulescu in the first round and lost to Yu Yangyi in the second, thus exiting the competition.

Two months later, Lysyj won the European Blitz Championship in Tallinn with a score of 17/22, edging out Zaven Andriasian and Andrey Esipenko on tiebreak.