Nikita Vitiugov

Nikita Vitiugov
Nikita Vitiugov, Grenke Chess Open 2016
Country Russia
TitleGrandmaster
FIDE rating2747
(#17 in the April 2014 FIDE rating list)
Peak rating2747 (April 2014)

Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov [1] born 4 February 1987, Saint Petersburg, is a Russian chess Grandmaster.

Vitiugov came second in the 2006 World Junior Chess Championship.[2][3][4] He was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship 2009 in Bursa.[5] In 2011, he tied for 1st-3rd with Evgeny Tomashevsky and Le Quang Liem in the Aeroflot Open.[6]

Books

  • Nikita Vitiugov (2010). The French Defence. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-95-4878-276-0.

References

  1. Russian: Никита Кириллович Витюгов
  2. ChessBase.com - Chess News - Shen Yang and Zaven Andriasian World Junior Champions
  3. Russian Chess Federation - Evgeny Alekseev becomes the champion of Russia
  4. "FIDE Archive - Tournament report January 2007". Archived from the original on 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  5. Crawley, Gavin (2010-01-13). "Bursa: Russia wins Gold, USA Silver, India Bronze". ChessBase. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  6. "Aeroflot open 2011 A". World Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

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