Nikita Vitiugov
| Nikita Vitiugov | |
|---|---|
 Nikita Vitiugov at the Alekhine Memorial, 2013 | |
| Full name | Никита Витюгов |
| Country |
 Soviet Union  Russia |
| Born |
February 4, 1987 Saint-Petersburg, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating |
2736 (May 2015) (No. 18 in the June 2014 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2747 (March 2014) |
Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov (Russian: Никита Кириллович Витюгов; born 4 February 1987, Saint Petersburg) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2006).
Vitiugov is 2006 World Junior Chess Vice-Champion[1] and participant of the Russian Chess Championship (2006[2] and 2007[3]). He was a member of the gold-medal-winning Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship 2009 in Bursa.[4] In 2011, he tied for 1st-3rd with Evgeny Tomashevsky and Lê Quang Liêm in the Aeroflot Open.[5]
In January of 2013 Vitiugov won the Gibraltar Chess Festival defeating defending champion Nigel Short in a rapid playoff. He and three others finished the tournament 8/10.
In the 2013 Alekhine Memorial tournament, held from 20 April to 1 May, Vitiugov finished fifth, with +1−1=7.[6]
Books
- Nikita Vitiugov (2010). The French Defence. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-954-8782-76-0.
References
- ↑ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Shen Yang and Zaven Andriasian World Junior Champions
- ↑ Russian Chess Federation - Evgeny Alekseev becomes the champion of Russia
- ↑ FIDE Archive - Tournament report January 2007
- ↑ Crawley, Gavin (2010-01-13). "Bursa: Russia wins Gold, USA Silver, India Bronze". ChessBase. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ↑ "Aeroflot open 2011 A". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ↑ "Aronian and Gelfand win Alekhine Memorial 2013". ChessBase News. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
External links
- Nikita Vitiugov player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Article
- Interview
- Interview (2006) (in Russian)
- Interview (2007) (in Russian)