Yuri V Nikolaevsky (Ukrainian: Юрій Васильович Ніколаєвський, romanized: Yurii Vasylovych Nikolaievskyi; 14 February 1937 – 2004)[1][2] was a Russian chess player.

Nikolaevsky made his first important chess result when he won the 1958 Kyiv Championship with 9.5/13 ahead of a strong field.

This qualified him for the Ukrainian Chess Championship at Kyiv later that same year, where he scored 8/16 to finish 10th; the winner was Efim Geller.

He played in the Soviet final that year at Kharkiv, which had a Swiss format and over 100 players; the winners were Mikhail Tal and Lev Polugaevsky.

Nikolaevsky got his sole chance at an individual international tournament at Varna 1968, where he tied 4th-5th places with 8/14, while Yuri Sakharov won.