Nikita Vitiugov
Number of games in database: 249
Years covered: 2001 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2688
Overall record: +78 -40 =122 (57.9%)*
   * 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 (22)      D17 D10 D15 D11 D16  Queen's Indian (16)      E12 E13  Nimzo Indian (11)      E47 E20 E55 E34 E54  Queen's Pawn Game (10)      D02 E00 A40 A41 D05  King's Indian (10)      E97 E94 E73 E74  Queen's Gambit Declined (9)      D31 D35 D37 D39	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (43)      B48 B47 B42 B40 B22  Semi-Slav (18)      D45 D43 D48 D44 D49  Sicilian Taimanov (18)      B48 B47 B49 B46  Queen's Gambit Declined (14)      D38 D31 D30 D35  French Defense (11)      C11 C18 C00 C12 C19  Slav (9)      D10 D12 D13 D18 D11

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

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page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 249  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Zavgorodniy vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 49 2001 EYCC B14 B40 Sicilian 2. P Kostenko vs N Vitiugov   1-0 42 2001 Chigorin mem open B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 3. J Zorko vs N Vitiugov   0-1 31 2001 EYCC B14 B83 Sicilian 4. N Vitiugov vs Balashov   ½-½ 22 2001 Chigorin mem open C77 Ruy Lopez 5. M Luch vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 27 2001 EYCC B14 B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 6. N Vitiugov vs A Rychagov   0-1 48 2001 Chigorin mem open A80 Dutch 7. N Vitiugov vs S Stajner 1-0 21 2001 EYCC B14 D85 Grunfeld 8. E Vorobiov vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 24 2001 Chigorin mem open B83 Sicilian 9. N Vitiugov vs Lo Curto,E   1-0 40 2001 EYCC B14 E97 King's Indian 10. A Korotylev vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 27 2001 Chigorin mem open D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 11. Vegard Aanestad vs N Vitiugov   0-1 28 2001 EYCC B14 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. N Vitiugov vs J Razuvajeva   1-0 41 2001 Chigorin mem open D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. V Papin vs N Vitiugov   1-0 41 2001 EYCC B14 B83 Sicilian 14. N Vitiugov vs Potkin   1-0 45 2001 Chigorin mem open D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 15. B Dribinsky vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 64 2001 Chigorin mem open D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. N Vitiugov vs R Wojtaszek   0-1 34 2001 EYCC B14 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 17. N Pushkov vs N Vitiugov   0-1 41 2001 Chigorin mem open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. P Kotsur vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 51 2003 It (open) St. Petersburg 300 A13 English 19. N Vitiugov vs A Kornev   ½-½ 71 2003 It (open) St. Petersburg 300 D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 20. N Vitiugov vs P Sinkevich   1-0 48 2003 It (open) St. Petersburg 300 C77 Ruy Lopez 21. A Lyubimtsev vs N Vitiugov 0-1 42 2003 It (open) St. Petersburg 300 B40 Sicilian 22. Zontakh vs N Vitiugov   1-0 26 2003 It (open) St. Petersburg 300 B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 23. N Vitiugov vs E Mukhametov   1-0 22 2003 St Petersburg vs. Moscow D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. N Vitiugov vs B Savchenko   ½-½ 33 2003 RUS Spartakiad U18 A40 Queen's Pawn Game 25. K Aseev vs N Vitiugov   1-0 76 2003 It (open) St. Petersburg 300 B44 Sicilian  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 249

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?

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