Nikita Vitiugov
Number of games in database: 223
Years covered: 2001 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2638
Overall record: +71 -38 =105 (57.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      9 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Slav (20)      D17 D15 D10 D11 D16  Queen's Indian (16)      E12 E13  Nimzo Indian (10)      E47 E20 E55 E54 E56  King's Indian (10)      E97 E94 E73 E74  Semi-Slav (8)      D43 D47 D48  Queen's Pawn Game (8)      D02 E00 A40 A41	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (41)      B48 B47 B42 B40 B22  Semi-Slav (18)      D45 D43 D48 D44 D49  Sicilian Taimanov (17)      B48 B47 B49 B46  Queen's Gambit Declined (14)      D38 D31 D30 D35  French Defense (10)      C11 C18 C00 C12 C19  Sicilian Kan (7)      B42 B43

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

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page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 223  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Vitiugov vs Lo Curto,E   1-0 40 2001 EYCC B14 E97 King's Indian 2. A Korotylev vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 27 2001 Chigorin mem open D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 3. Vegard Aanestad vs N Vitiugov   0-1 28 2001 EYCC B14 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. N Vitiugov vs J Razuvajeva   1-0 41 2001 Chigorin mem open D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. V Papin vs N Vitiugov   1-0 41 2001 EYCC B14 B83 Sicilian 6. N Vitiugov vs Potkin   1-0 45 2001 Chigorin mem open D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. B Dribinsky vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 64 2001 Chigorin mem open D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. N Vitiugov vs R Wojtaszek   0-1 34 2001 EYCC B14 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 9. N Pushkov vs N Vitiugov   0-1 41 2001 Chigorin mem open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. S Zavgorodniy vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 49 2001 EYCC B14 B40 Sicilian 11. P Kostenko vs N Vitiugov   1-0 42 2001 Chigorin mem open B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 12. J Zorko vs N Vitiugov   0-1 31 2001 EYCC B14 B83 Sicilian 13. N Vitiugov vs Balashov   ½-½ 22 2001 Chigorin mem open C77 Ruy Lopez 14. M Luch vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 27 2001 EYCC B14 B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 15. N Vitiugov vs A Rychagov   0-1 48 2001 Chigorin mem open A80 Dutch 16. N Vitiugov vs S Stajner 1-0 21 2001 EYCC B14 D85 Grunfeld 17. E Vorobiov vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 24 2001 Chigorin mem open B83 Sicilian 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 E Mukhametov   1-0 22 2003 St Petersburg vs. Moscow D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. N Vitiugov vs B Savchenko   ½-½ 33 2003 RUS Spartakiad U18 A40 Queen's Pawn Game 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 9; games 1-25 of 223

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

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