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Nikita Vitiugov

1987 - Today

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Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov (Russian: Никита Кириллович Витюгов; born 4 February 1987) is a Russian chess grandmaster who internationally represents England since 2023. He changed federations in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was a member of the victorious Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship in 2009 and 2013. Vitiugov won the Gibraltar Masters tournament in 2013 and the Grenke Open in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikita Vitiugov is the 380th most popular chess player (down from 362nd in 2019), the 3,304th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,294th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Nikita Vitiugov ranks 380 out of 461. Before him are Péter Ács, Wang Hao, Eva Moser, Zahar Efimenko, Radosław Wojtaszek, and Dmitry Andreikin. After him are Ahmed Adly, Tigran L. Petrosian, Farid Abbasov, Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Tiger Hillarp Persson, and Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Nikita Vitiugov ranks 921. Before him are Shakib Al Hasan, Femke Heemskerk, Mika Boorem, Edward Holcroft, Marco Andretti, and Saidi Ntibazonkiza. After him are Tobias Arlt, Ahmed Adly, Felipe Aliste Lopes, Andrija Prlainović, Patrizia Kummer, and Alexandre Pliușchin.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikita Vitiugov ranks 3,304 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikita Kurbanov (1986), Sergey Ryzhikov (1980), Mikhail Kuznetsov (1985), Andrey Moiseyev (1979), Anna Kareyeva (1977), and Alina Jidkova (1977). After him are Oleg Shatov (1990), Evgeny Redkin (1970), Svetlana Lapina (1978), Semyon Varlamov (1988), Ekaterina Iourieva (1983), and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya (1986).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Nikita Vitiugov ranks 63. Before him are Aleksandra Goryachkina (1998), Anton Korobov (1985), Evgeniy Najer (1977), Yelena Dembo (1983), Anish Giri (1994), and Dmitry Andreikin (1990). After him are Ekaterina Atalik (1982), Valentina Gunina (1989), Alina Kashlinskaya (1993), Tatiana Kosintseva (1986), Vladimir Potkin (1982), and Nadezhda Kosintseva (1985).

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