Nikita Vitiugov
Number of games in database: 291
Years covered: 2001 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2681
Highest rating achieved in database: 2688
Overall record: +92 -46 =134 (58.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      19 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Slav (23)      D17 D10 D15 D11 D18  Nimzo Indian (17)      E55 E47 E20 E53 E32  Queen's Indian (16)      E12 E13  Queen's Pawn Game (12)      D02 A45 E00 D05 A40  King's Indian (11)      E97 E94 E73 E74 E83  Queen's Gambit Declined (10)      D35 D31 D37 D39 D30	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (46)      B48 B47 B42 B40 B22  Semi-Slav (19)      D45 D43 D48 D44 D49  Sicilian Taimanov (18)      B48 B47 B46 B49  Queen's Gambit Declined (16)      D38 D31 D30 D35  French Defense (13)      C11 C18 C00 C12 C19  Slav (10)      D10 D12 D13 D18 D11

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Morozevich vs N Vitiugov, 2007 0-1
   A Timofeev vs N Vitiugov, 2007 0-1
   N Vitiugov vs N Pert, 2007 1-0
   P Smirnov vs N Vitiugov, 2009 0-1

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page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 291  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Vitiugov vs S Stajner 1-0 21 2001 EYCC B14 D85 Grunfeld 2. E Vorobiov vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 24 2001 Chigorin mem open B83 Sicilian 3. N Vitiugov vs Lo Curto,E   1-0 40 2001 EYCC B14 E97 King's Indian 4. A Korotylev vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 27 2001 Chigorin mem open D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 5. Vegard Aanestad vs N Vitiugov   0-1 28 2001 EYCC B14 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. N Vitiugov vs J Razuvajeva   1-0 41 2001 Chigorin mem open D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. V Papin vs N Vitiugov   1-0 41 2001 EYCC B14 B83 Sicilian 8. N Vitiugov vs Potkin   1-0 45 2001 Chigorin mem open D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. B Dribinsky vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 64 2001 Chigorin mem open D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. N Vitiugov vs R Wojtaszek   0-1 34 2001 EYCC B14 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 11. N Pushkov vs N Vitiugov   0-1 41 2001 Chigorin mem open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. S Zavgorodniy vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 49 2001 EYCC B14 B40 Sicilian 13. P Kostenko vs N Vitiugov   1-0 42 2001 Chigorin mem open B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 14. J Zorko vs N Vitiugov   0-1 31 2001 EYCC B14 B83 Sicilian 15. N Vitiugov vs Balashov   ½-½ 22 2001 Chigorin mem open C77 Ruy Lopez 16. M Luch vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 27 2001 EYCC B14 B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 17. N Vitiugov vs A Rychagov   0-1 48 2001 Chigorin mem open A80 Dutch 18. A Lyubimtsev vs N Vitiugov 0-1 42 2003 It (open) St. Petersburg 300 B40 Sicilian 19. Zontakh vs N Vitiugov   1-0 26 2003 It (open) St. Petersburg 300 B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 20. N Vitiugov vs B Savchenko   ½-½ 33 2003 RUS Spartakiad U18 A40 Queen's Pawn Game 21. N Vitiugov vs E Mukhametov   1-0 22 2003 St Petersburg vs. Moscow D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. K Aseev vs N Vitiugov   1-0 76 2003 It (open) St. Petersburg 300 B44 Sicilian 23. N Vitiugov vs F Amonatov   0-1 57 2003 It (open) St. Petersburg 300 D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. E Mukhametov vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 62 2003 St Petersburg vs. Moscow B22 Sicilian, Alapin 25. N Vitiugov vs M Sorokin   ½-½ 43 2003 It (open) St. Petersburg 300 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 291

Jun-30-05    Joshka: This fellow is going to play in the Russia vs USA Internet Match July 10th 2005. Wonder when the pairings will be posted? Jul-11-05    Knight13: This guy totally crushed Stripunsky in the USA vs Russia Distance Match (2005)! Jan-21-06    cuendillar: Only untitled player among junior top-20. Becoming a GM should only be a matter of time for him. Sep-06-06    BIDMONFA: Nikita Vitiugov VITIUGOV, Nikita http://www.bidmonfa.com/vitiugov_ni... _ Dec-09-06    Karpova: <Pen of a wunderkind> http://www.e3e5.com/eng/petersburg/... He also wrote the <Potrait of a chessplayer> on Morozevich: http://www.e3e5.com/eng/petersburg/... http://www.e3e5.com/eng/petersburg/... Jan-14-07    WTHarvey: Here is a small collection of Nikita's winning combinations: http://www.wtharvey.com/viti.html Dec-19-07    clocked: trying to take down Moro http://russiachess.org/online/ Time may be an issue though, he quickly played the obvious 51...Bd7 where 51...a3 would have been nice Dec-31-08    Jason Frost: Quickly closing on 2700, 2687 on the new list, up 49 from the last one. Mar-07-09    wolfmaster: Wow, this guy is gonna be 2700 by this summer.. He should start getting invitations to top tournaments. Anybody have his birthdate? Sep-06-09    Caissanist: Bidmonfa's links almost always give an exact birthdate. For Vitiugov, that site gives April 4, 1987. Sep-15-09    returnoftheking: shared 2nd place in the 62nd Russian Championship Higher League Tournament

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