NIKITA VITIUGOV (born Feb-04-1987, 38 years old) Russia (federation/nationality United Kingdom) PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Born in St Petersburg, Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov became a Grandmaster in 2006. He came second in the World Youth Championships in 2006 in Herceg Novi and was a member of the gold-medal-winning Russian team at the World Team Championship (2010) in Bursa, winning individual gold for second reserve, scoring 5.5/6 for a TPR of 2940. He also won individual gold playing reserve for the Russian team in the World Team Championship (2011), scoring 4/6 (TPR 2729). He was U18 European Vice-Champion (2005), U18 Russian Champion (2005), U20 Russian Vice-Champion (2006, 2007), came in at 11th in the Russian Championship Superfinal (2006), was =4th in the Russian Championship Superfinal (2007), won the Russian Championship Higher League (2007) on tiebreak, was fourth in the Russian Championship Superfinal (2008), placed third in Russian Championship Superfinal (2009) behind Alexander Grischuk and Peter Svidler, was knocked out of the first round of the World Cup (2007) but made it to round 4 of the World Cup (2009), before losing to Sergey Karjakin. He also played board 3 for Russia 2 in the Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010) scoring 6/9 without losing a game, and scored 5.5/11 coming in 5th at the Russian Championship Superfinal (2010). He came second on count back to Le Quang Liem at the Aeroflot Open (2011), when he scored 6.5/9 (+5 -1 =3), and was =5th (10th on tiebreak) with 8/11, a half point from the lead, in the European Championship (2011), a result that qualified him for participation in the World Cup (2011) where he beat compatriot Alexei Bezgodov and Ukrainian GM Anton Korobov in rounds one and two before losing in a minor upset in the third round to Vladimir Potkin. A poor result (3/10) in the Reggio Emilia (2011) reduced his rating by 17 in the bimonthly rating period to 1 March 2012. Mediocre results in the 2011-12 Bundesliga and in the Russian Team Championship (2012) were only partially offset by his solid 7.5/11 in the European Championship (2012), which earned him a place in the World Cup (2013). However, he regained form to place =1st (3rd on tiebreak) in the Russian Championship Higher League (2012) to qualify for the Russian Championship Superfinal (2012), in which he scored 4/9 to finish a point off the lead in a low scoring event. His good form continued into 2013 when he placed =1st at Gibraltar Masters (2013) with 8/10, and then won the Gibraltar Masters (Tiebreaks) (2013) to win first prize. In October 2012, Vitiugov helped his team Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation to a silver medal in the European Club Cup (2012). In April 2013, playing board 2 he helped his St Petersburg team to a gold medal at the Russian Team Championship (2013). In August 2013, his first round result in the World Cup 2013 was a 2-0 win over young Canadian GM Conrad Holt, which enabled him to progress to the second round where he defeated Austrian #1, GM Markus Ragger. He lost to compatriot Alexander Morozevich in the third round. In October 2013, he won silver playing board 3 for St Petersburg in the European Club Cup (2013). Vitiugov qualified by rating to participate in the World Cup (2015) where he won his first round game against Armenian GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan but lost his second round game against Le Quang Liem to bow out of the Cup contest. Nikita Vitiugov won the Russian Championship Superfinal (2021) with 7/11 (+3 -0 =8) Vitiugov strongly opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine and decided not to return to Russia after the war began. He has since changed federations to England and rented a flat in that country. live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/; Photo: http://www.bidmonfa.com/vitiugov_ni...; and Wikipedia article: Nikita Vitiugov and https://www.chess.com/news/view/vit... Last updated: 2023-10-22 23:32:55

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page 1 of 64; games 1-25 of 1,594  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Lukin vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 23 2000 Chigorin Memorial Open B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 2. V Aanestad vs Vitiugov   0-1 28 2001 EU-ch U14 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Vitiugov vs S Stajner 1-0 21 2001 EU-ch U14 D85 Grunfeld 4. J Zorko vs Vitiugov   0-1 31 2001 EU-ch U14 B83 Sicilian 5. Vitiugov vs Wojtaszek   0-1 34 2001 EU-ch U14 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 6. V Papin vs Vitiugov   1-0 41 2001 EU-ch U14 B83 Sicilian 7. Vitiugov vs E Lo Curto   1-0 40 2001 EU-ch U14 E97 King's Indian 8. M Luch vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 27 2001 EU-ch U14 B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 9. S Zavgorodniy vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 49 2001 EU-ch U14 A07 King's Indian Attack 10. A Korotylev vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 27 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 11. Vitiugov vs A Rychagov   0-1 48 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open A80 Dutch 12. P Kostenko vs Vitiugov   1-0 42 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 13. B Dribinsky vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 64 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. Vitiugov vs Y Karpova   1-0 41 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. E Vorobiov vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 24 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open B83 Sicilian 16. Vitiugov vs Balashov   ½-½ 22 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open C77 Ruy Lopez 17. N Pushkov vs Vitiugov   0-1 41 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. Vitiugov vs Potkin   1-0 45 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. Vitiugov vs P Ponkratov   ½-½ 38 2002 RUS-chT U18 C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 20. A Obukhov vs Vitiugov   1-0 40 2002 St Petersburg White Nights op1 A06 Reti Opening 21. Vitiugov vs B Savchenko   ½-½ 33 2003 RUS Spartakiad U18 A40 Queen's Pawn Game 22. E Mukhametov vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 62 2003 St. Petersburg-Moscow B22 Sicilian, Alapin 23. Vitiugov vs E Mukhametov   1-0 22 2003 St. Petersburg-Moscow D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. Vitiugov vs K Roppel   1-0 44 2003 Russian Team Championship qual-1 E97 King's Indian 25. M Kobalia vs Vitiugov   1-0 43 2003 Russian Team Championship qual-1 B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack  page 1 of 64; games 1-25 of 1,594

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-20-15    sonia91: Exactly one year ago it was played a human chess game on St Petersburg's Palace Square (90 years after another famous human chess game, with soldiers: http://imgur.com/gallery/E2n730a) to celebrate the international chess day. Nikita Vitiugov took the white pieces against Valerij Popov: http://chess-news.ru/node/16170 http://topspb.tv/news/news48825/ (brief TV report) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N (brief video) Jul-20-15    sonia91: Correct link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N27_... Jul-21-15    sonia91: On July 21st 2006 (exactly 9 years ago) he won the "Blue Sevan" tournament, which is none other than the second edition of the now called "Lake Sevan", with 6,5/9: http://chessacademy.am/index.php?Pa... Final standing: http://www.armchess.am/news06-7.htm http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_... <1. IM Vitiugov /Russia / 6,5 2. IM Pashikian /Armenia/ 6 3. Melkumyan /Armenia/ 5,5 4. IM Babujian /Armenia/ 5 5. IM Andriasian /Armenia/ 4,5 6. GM Janjgava /Georgia/ 4,5 7. GM Kotanjian /Armenia/ 4,5 8. Harutjunyan /Armenia/ 4 9. IM Mallahi /Iran/ 3 10. GM Kekelidze /Georgia/ 1,5> Photo: http://chessacademy.am/index.php?Pa... I think this victory should be added to his bio, because in this tournament he earned his 3rd GM norm: http://ratings.fide.com/title_appli... Feb-04-16    TheFocus: Happy birthday, GM Nikita Vitiugov. Apr-10-18    Imran Iskandar: Impressive showing at Grenke, which was slightly dampened by his last round loss. Hopefully he gets more tournament invites. Jul-26-18    PJs Studio: This puzzle took me a bit too long to figure out. Chess is hard. Mar-23-19    sonia91: <Vitiugov hopes the best is yet to come> Interview by Macauley Peterson on Vitiugov's victory of the Prague Chess Festival (Masters) (2019) : http://en.chessbase.com/post/nikita... Sep-17-19    virginmind: He got to 4th round in the World Cup 2019, after winning the mini-match against Karjakin. Sep-17-19    alfamikewhiskey: <Jan-02-12 Whitehat1963: Perhaps he's not quite ready for primetime. Perhaps he never will be.> Perhaps he is now. Up to him - and So Sep-18-19    wordfunph: Round 4 World Cup: BeatSoGood vs So Sep-19-19    torrefan: My name? Neekeeta Vityukoff...-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5p... Sep-20-19    torrefan: Hey Nikita is it cold In your little corner of the world You could roll around the globe And never find a warmer soul to know Oh I saw you by the wall Ten of your tin soldiers in a row With eyes that looked like ice on fire The human heart a captive in the snow Oh Nikita you will never know, anything about my home I'll never know how good it feels to hold you Nikita I need you so Oh Nikita is the other side of any given line in time Counting ten tin soldiers in a row Oh no, Nikita you'll never know Do you ever dream of me Do you ever see the letters that I write When you look up through the wire Nikita do you count the stars at night And if there comes a time Guns and gates no longer hold you in And if you're free to make a choice Just look… Sep-20-19    wordfunph: Round 4 World Cup Game 1: BeatSoGood vs So 1-0 Sep-21-19    wordfunph: <World Cup Knockout Stage 4: Vitiugov vs So : Vitiugov [info] 200 LIVE BET 2:1 2.97 594 Sep-22-19 Total wagered on live bets: 200 chessbucks> go Nikita! :-) Sep-21-19    torrefan: <kamotekayo: Di na naman makatulog ang mga outcast nito.> Angas pa more. Sino kaya ang di makatulog, heheh. Sep-21-19    torrefan: Nikita is in it, to win it. Sep-21-19    wordfunph: Nikita, you made my day.. Sep-21-19    Viktorerro: Good Riddance. Yahoo. Yeheyy. Go home Kid Mama Mura. Now you'll have the time to go with Mummy to the State Fair - go cycling, some swimming, you know, those kind of stuff . Rest time in Minnetonka is waiting... Sep-21-19    cro777: Showing his absolute best chess! "Vitiugov has played his career somewhat in the shadow of the absolute elite grandmasters, with the exception of three tournament victories: the 2013 Gibraltar Masters, the 2017 Grenke Open and this year's Prague Masters. In this World Cup he is showing his absolute best chess as he eliminated Sergey Karjakin and now also defeated Wesley So." (Peter Doggers) Sep-21-19    Check It Out: Time Vitiugiv gets a forum photo . Sep-23-19    puliskarakter: <torrefan: Nikita is in it, to win it.> Howie Mandel??? Feb-25-22    Messiah: https://twitter.com/N_Vitiugov/stat... Sep-05-23    Sally Simpson: The lad has become England's new No 1 after transferring federations. This is great news! Full story here; https://www.chess.com/news/view/vit... It includes a plea from a worried Karjakin. "A lot of guys have left. We need to pay attention to this problem, because at some point we will not have members of the national team left and we will have to compete as a second team. This reduces our overall chess potential in the country. The loss of Nikita Vitiugov is very serious." It appears Andrey Esipenko will not be leaving...Karjakin continues; "We can say that this is the only chess player [Esipenko] who will not change his citizenship in the near future. According to my information, his contract with the Russian Chess Federation even states that Esipenko does not have the right to change it. As for the rest of the guys, I won’t be surprised if others also change their citizenship. I’d rather be surprised if this doesn’t happen,” --- Bids for Nepo, Grischuk and Svidler should be addressed to the Kremlin. Haggle, ask if they will do three for the price of two. Sep-05-23    Cassandro: <Sally S.: This is great news!> Said no Scot ever. Ehh..until now. :) Sep-05-23    Sally Simpson: Hi Cass, Ignore what it says on my bio. My federation is Scotland but born in Bethnal Green, London (I was a member of the ECF for one year! ) now live in Edinburgh, been here for 45 years. (much longer than that, I've lived in the same house for 45 years.) Edinburgh without doubt is the most beautiful city in the world. Support Leyton Orient and Hibernian. Married (to a Dagenham & Redbridge fan), Two kids, 3 grand children. Work: As little as possible. Loves: Chess and The Beatles. Hates: Dagenham & Redbridge fans (not all of them, just one.) This lad will encourage others to come to the UK. Some will come north (there are few Ukrainian players up here already but none in this lads class.) and it can only be great for UK chess. Most Scots I know do not hate the English, just the politicians and English sports commentators. Regarding the latter I can see why. Scottish winners are British, any Scot who fails at sport is Scottish. e.g. When Andy Murray won Wimbledon he was British. When he got knocked out of Wimbledon the commentators were back to calling him Scottish. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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