Nikita Vitiugov

Russian chess player

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

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)

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]

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

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