Волков, Сергей
In 2006, he won the Spring North American FIDE Invitational tournament (GM-B section) in Schaumburg, Illinois, US, and shared third place at the Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International tournament (behind Alexander Areshchenko and Sergey Volkov). The next year Golod tied for 1st-6th with Mateusz Bartel, Zahar Efimenko, Yuri Yakovich, Michael Roiz and Mikhail Kobalia at Isle of Man, finishing second on tiebreak score.