Nikita Vitiugov
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 |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2747 (#17 in the April 2014 FIDE rating list) |
| Peak rating | 2747 (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]
Books
- Nikita Vitiugov (2010). The French Defence. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-95-4878-276-0.
References
- ↑ Russian: Никита Кириллович Витюгов
- ↑ 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.
Other websites
- Article Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Interview Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Interview (2006) (in Russian)
- Interview (2007) (in Russian)