Igor Naumkin (10 August 1965 – 13 July 2022) was a Russian chess Grandmaster.

[2] After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he left for Europe to find better chess opportunities, eventually settling in Italy and becoming fluent in the language.

[4] Naumkin was suspended for six months in 2017 for trying to manipulate a game by offering an opponent a victory in exchange for 200 euros.

On 3 July he had won a weekend tournament in Pegli, finishing on 4½/5 points.

He had remained in the area in order to go to the Russian consulate about his lost passport.