| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1929 | 1034 | 2082 | (64) | 11 |  
  | 1930 | 976 | 2106 | (63) | 0 |  
  | 1931 | 948 | 2130 | (58) | 10 |  
  | 1932 | 801 | 2167 | (62) | 0 |  
  | 1933 | 643 | 2204 | (62) | 0 |  
  | 1934 | 508 | 2241 | (59) | 0 |  
  | 1935 | 372 | 2278 | (50) | 11 |  
  | 1936 | 250 | 2322 | (45) | 14 |  
  | 1937 | 217 | 2336 | (50) | 0 |  
  | 1938 | 181 | 2350 | (46) | 17 |  
  | 1939 | 124 | 2375 | (49) | 0 |  
  | 1940 | 84 | 2401 | (44) | 17 |  
  | 1941 | 65 | 2422 | (51) | 5 |  
  | 1942 | 51 | 2432 | (57) | 0 |  
  | 1943 | 38 | 2443 | (58) | 0 |  
  | 1944 | 40 | 2453 | (54) | 0 |  
  | 1945 | 32 | 2463 | (44) | 15 |  
  | 1946 | 30 | 2470 | (41) | 16 |  
  | 1947 | 15 | 2519 | (39) | 39 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Novotelnov, Nikolay Alexandrovich |  
   | Born: 14 Dec. 1911 |  
   | Died: 30 Dec. 2006 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Gaige gives date of birth as 9-12-1911. The Russian Wikipedia page and chessgames.com give date of birth as 14-12-1911. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 244 |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 396 |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 366 |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 353 |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 471 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 307 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables IV, page 853 |  | Web |  
   | [Nikolay Novotelnov] |  
   | [Новотельнов, Николай Александрович] |  |  |