[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vegard Aanestad"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. e3 Nf6
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 Bb4
12. Kh1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. c4 f6 15. Ng4 Nb6 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. f5 Qd7 18. Rf4 Rac8 19. Bd2 Nc4 20. Bb4 Rfe8 21. Qb3 h5
22. Nf2 Nxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Rxe3 24. Qd1 Qf7 25. Rf3 Rce8 26. Qf1
R8e4 27. Rxe3 Nxe3 28. Qf3 Nc2 0-1

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.01"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Samo Stajner"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. c4 Qc7 15. f4 Bd4 16. Bb2 Ba4
17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rd3 Qxc4 19. Rxd4 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Bxc2 21. Kd2
1-0

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.02"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jure Zorko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 a6 11. Qe1 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 g6 15. Bf3 Bc6 16. Rae1 a5
17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Ne4 Qxc2 21. Nf6+
Bxf6 22. exf6 Kh8 23. Qg5 b4 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Rf3 g5 26. Qh5
Qd2 27. Re4 Qd1+ 28. Bg1 Nxf6 29. Qh6 Rg6 30. Rxf6 Rxh6
31. Rxh6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.03"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5
12. Bb2 Qe8 13. Ne1 c5 14. f3 Nef6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qh5
17. Rd1 e5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. f4 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 exf4 21. exf4
cxb4 22. axb4 Rfe8 23. Bd3 Be4 24. Ra1 Rc7 25. Rf2 Bxd3
26. Nxd3 Re3 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Ne4 29. Rxf5 Re2 30. Raf1
h6 31. Bd4 Rxc4 32. Rf8+ Kh7 33. e6 Rxd4 34. e7 Nd6 0-1

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.04"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Papin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 a6 11. Qe1 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Bc6 15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bd3 g6
17. f5 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Ne2 e5 20. Bc3 Qb7 21. Bd2 Bxe4
22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Nc3 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Kh8 25. Ne4 Nh5 26. Qf3 f6
27. Qh3 Qd7 28. g4 d5 29. gxh5 g5 30. Nf2 Rab8 31. Re2 Bc5
32. Ng4 Rb6 33. Qg2 Qf7 34. Qh3 e4 35. dxe4 dxe4 36. Qc3 Be7
37. Bxg5 Qg7 38. Be3 Bb4 39. Qc4 Rb5 40. Rg2 Rg8 41. Bd4 1-0

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.06"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Emanuele Lo Curto"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4
13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ne8 15. Ba3 Ng6 16. b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Nd6
18. a5 Rf6 19. Qb3 Bf8 20. Bf2 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Bd6 22. Be2 Bd7
23. Rfc1 h5 24. h3 Nh4 25. b6 cxb6 26. axb6 a6 27. Na4 Bxa4
28. Rxa4 Ng6 29. Rac4 Ne7 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. Qc3 Rf8 32. Bc5 Nc8
33. Qa3 Re8 34. Bxd6 Nxd6 35. Bd1 Rc8 36. Ba4 Re7 37. Rxc8
Nxc8 38. Rxc8 Qxc8 39. Qxe7 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 1-0

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michal Luch"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6
7. g5 Nd7 8. Ndb5 Nb6 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Qh5 Ng6 11. Be3 a6
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nf5 Nf4 16. Qf3 g6
17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4 gxf5 19. Qe5+ Be6 20. Qxh8 Qxg5 21. Rd1
Qh4+ 22. Ke2 Bc4+ 23. Ke3 Qg5+ 24. Kf2 Qf4+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+
26. Kf2 Qf4+ 27. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergiy Zavgorodniy"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Nbd2 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6
12. Bd6 Rf7 13. c4 b6 14. Rae1 Bb7 15. Qxe6 Qxe6 16. Rxe6 Bxb2
17. cxd5 Nb4 18. Ng5 Rf5 19. Nde4 Bxd5 20. Re7 Nf6 21. Rb1 Bd4
22. Nf3 Rxf3 23. Bxf3 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxa2
26. Rbe1 a5 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29. Re7+ Kf6 30. Rb7
Nb4 31. Rxb6 Kf7 32. Rb5 Nxd3 33. Rxa5 Bxf2+ 34. Kf1 Bd4
35. Ke2 c4 36. Bf4 Nxf4+ 37. gxf4 Ke6 38. Ra8 c3 39. Rc8 Bf6
40. Ke3 g5 41. Ke4 gxf4 42. h3 Kd7 43. Rc5 Kd6 44. Rc4 f3
45. Kxf3 Kd5 46. Rc7 h6 47. Ke3 Bg5+ 48. Kd3 Bd2 49. Rc8 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.01"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Nazirzhonovich Korotylev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Bb7 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2
Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. Qe2 e5 17. Nf3
Nd3 18. Ng5 Rd7 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Ne6 Qd7 22. Nxf8
Rxf8 23. Bc5 Rd8 24. Bb6 Re8 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Qe3 b4 27. Qc5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.02"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Andrey Rychagov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3
Qd7 7. Qf3 Nc6 8. a3 Ne7 9. Nge2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Kb8 11. h3 h5
12. h4 g6 13. Kb1 Nc8 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. Qg3 Qc6 16. Na2 Qb6
17. Ka1 Bd6 18. Qf3 Qa5 19. Qe2 Rhe8 20. g3 c5 21. Bb5 Re7
22. dxc5 Be5 23. c3 a6 24. Bd3 Qxc5 25. Nb4 Rd6 26. Bb1 Nb6
27. Nfd3 Qa5 28. f4 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Nc4 30. Ba2 Qxa3 31. Nb2
Nxe3 32. Rd4 a5 33. Nc2 Qxc3 34. Nxe3 Qxd4 35. Nxf5 Rxe2
36. Nxd4 Rd2 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Nxd1 Rd8 39. Kb2 Rg8 40. Nc3 g5
41. f5 gxh4 42. gxh4 Rg4 43. Ne6 d4 44. Nd5 Rg2+ 45. Kb1 d3
46. Bb3 Rg1+ 47. Kb2 d2 48. Nc3 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.03"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Petr Kostenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6
7. g5 Nd7 8. h4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Nb6 11. Qf3 d5 12. O-O-O
Bb4 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bf2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bf5 16. Bh3 Bxc3
17. Bxf5 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qe7 19. h5 Rfe8 20. Kb1 Nc4 21. a3 Qc5
22. Rxd5 Qc6 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Qd3 Ne3 25. c4 Nxd5 26. cxd5
Qa6 27. Qxa6 bxa6 28. Bc2 Rad8 29. Rd1 Rd6 30. Rd4 Kg8 31. b4
Rb8 32. Ka2 Kf8 33. Ba4 Rc8 34. Kb3 Rb8 35. Bc6 Rc8 36. Re4 f6
37. g6 f5 38. Re5 Rf6 39. Kc4 Rb8 40. Kc5 Rd8 41. a4 Kg8
42. Re7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Dribinsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 dxc4
7. e3 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1
Nbd7 13. Nxc4 c5 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15. exd4 O-O 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. a5
Nbd5 18. Bf3 Bc6 19. Re1 Bb5 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Ndc4 Re8 22. Qb3
Nxb6 23. Nxb6 Bd6 24. Be5 Rc7 25. Rac1 Qe7 26. h3 Rd8 27. Bxd6
Qxd6 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qxb4 Qf4 30. Qc3 Rxd4 31. Be2 Bxe2
32. Rxe2 Rd1+ 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Rf1 Rxb2 36. Qxa6
Ne4 37. Qd3 f5 38. g3 Nxf2 39. gxf4 Nxd3 40. Ra1 Nb4 41. a6
Nc6 42. Nc8 Rb8 43. a7 Rxc8 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Rxa8 Ne7 46. Kf2
Kg6 47. Rf8 Nd5 48. Kf3 Nf6 49. Ke3 Ne4 50. Kf3 Nd6 51. h4 Ne4
52. Re8 Kf7 53. Ra8 g5 54. Rh8 Kg7 55. Re8 Kf7 56. Rh8 g4+
57. Ke2 Nc3+ 58. Kf2 Nd5 59. Kg3 Nf6 60. Kf2 Kg6 61. Ra8 Ne4+
62. Kg2 Nc5 63. Rc8 Ne4 64. Rc6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.27"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Juli Razuvajeva"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. b3 Ndf6 11. Ne5 Bd7
12. a4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qd3 Bf6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Bh5 g6
17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Kg7 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Qc3 b5 21. axb5
cxb5 22. Bc5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Ra8 24. Ra6 bxc4 25. bxc4 Bc8
26. Rd6 Qh4 27. Rc6 a5 28. Rf1 Ba6 29. Rc7+ Kg8 30. Rf4 Qh5
31. Qe1 g5 32. g4 Qh3 33. Rff7 Rab8 34. Qf1 Qxg4+ 35. Kh1 Qh5
36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rgd7 Kg8 38. Qf7+ Qxf7 39. Rxf7 Rb1+ 40. Kg2
Rb2+ 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny E Vorobiov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7
7. f4 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Kh1 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. a5
Nxa5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Na4 Qa7 17. Bc7
Nc6 18. Nb6 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bd7 20. Rad1 Bc6 21. Nxa8 Qxd4
22. Rxd4 Rxa8 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yuri Balashov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bd6 6. c3 O-O
7. O-O Re8 8. Bc2 Bf8 9. d4 d6 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 Ng6 12. Nc3
Nh5 13. g3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Be7 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Bd1 Qc8 17. Bxg4
Qxg4 18. Qf3 Qh3 19. Qg2 Qd7 20. Qf3 Qh3 21. Qg2 Qd7 22. Qf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolai Vasilyevich Pushkov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. h3 c5 12. e4
b5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be2 Ncd7 15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Nd4 h6 17. Bh4
Ng6 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Bf3 Bb7 22. Nxe5
fxe5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Ne4 Rad8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. g3 Qf3
27. Ng4 h5 28. Nh2 Qf5 29. Qxf5 exf5 30. Rac1 Kg7 31. h4 e4
32. Kf1 Ne5 33. Ke2 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rc8 35. Rd2 Rc1 36. Nf1 Nd3
37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 39. Kd2 Kf6 40. Ne3 Ke5 41. b3 f4
0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.31"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Potkin"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 b4 9. Na4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bb7
12. Bd2 a5 13. e4 c5 14. e5 Be4 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd5
17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ng5 g6 20. Qh3 h5 21. Rad1 Kg7
22. Ne4 Be7 23. Qg3 Rc8 24. Rc1 h4 25. Qf3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qb8
27. Bf4 Rc8 28. Rd1 Rc4 29. b3 Rc2 30. Nf6 Nc3 31. Re1 Qd8
32. h3 Ne2+ 33. Rxe2 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qxe2 35. Qa8 Bxf6 36. exf6+
Kxf6 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Qf6 Qe4 40. Qxf7+ Kh8
41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Qf6+
1-0

[Event "RUS Spartakiad U18"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 a6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qe2 e6 6.O-O c5 7.c3 Be7
8.Bg5 Nc6 9.d5 exd5 10.Bxf6 dxe4 11.Bxe4 gxf6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.a4
bxa4 14.Rxa4 Nd8 15.Na3 Ne6 16.Nc2 d5 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Nf4
19.Rxf4 Qxf4 20.Ne3 Qe4 21.Nd2 Qe6 22.Qd3 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8
24.Ne4 Be7 25.Nf5 Rg8 26.g3 Rg4 27.f3 Rg6 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.Nxe7
Qxe7 30.Qxa6 f5 31.Qc8+ Kg7 32.Qxf5 Rb6 33.Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg - Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eldar Kamilyevich Mukhametov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 Nbd7
7. Be2 b6 8. Na3 a6 9. Nc4 b5 10. Nce5 Bb7 11. c4 bxc4
12. Bxc4 Qd6 13. O-O cxd4 14. Bxd4 Be7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Ng5+
Ke8 17. Nxe6 Rg8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Re1 Bxg2 20. Bxf6 Qxd1
21. Rexd1 gxf6 22. Nc7+ Rxc7 23. Bxg8 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Be4
25. Bc4 a5 26. Bb5 Kd8 27. Rd1 Bf5 28. Bd3 Bg4 29. Rc1 h5
30. Kg2 Ne5 31. Be4 Be6 32. b3 Bd6 33. h3 f5 34. Rd1 Ke7
35. Bd5 Bd7 36. Bb7 Ng6 37. Re1+ Kf6 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. Re1+ Kd8
40. Rd1 Kc7 41. Kg1 Nf4 42. Bg2 Ne2+ 43. Kh1 Bc5 44. Bf3 Nf4
45. Rd2 Nxh3 46. Kg2 Nxf2 47. Bxh5 Ne4 48. Rc2 Kd6 49. Bf3 Be6
50. Rc1 Ng5 51. Ba8 f4 52. Rd1+ Ke5 53. Rd8 Be3 54. Rh8 Kf5
55. Bb7 Kg4 56. Re8 Bd4 57. Bc6 Kh4 58. Rf8 Bh3+ 59. Kh2 Be5
60. Kg1 Bg4 61. Kg2 Be6 62. Re8 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg - Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.05"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Eldar Kamilyevich Mukhametov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. e4 Bb7 11. e5 Nd5
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 Nb8 14. h4 Nc6 15. h5 Bc8 16. Ng5 h6
17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bxg6 hxg5 19. Qh5 Rf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Bf7+
Kf8 22. e6 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.58"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Albert Lyubimtsev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Be2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. c3 Qc7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Qc2 Rd8 10. Rad1 b6 11. Bh4 Bb7 12. Bg3 Qc8 13. h3 b5 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Ne5 a4 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. a3 Rd7 20. c4 Nf6 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. Nc4 Rd8 24. Re2 Nd5 25. Be5 Qa6 26. Re4 Rb3 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Re3 Nd5 29. Qg4 f6 30. Rg3 Bf8 31. Nd2 fxe5 32. Nxb3 axb3 33. Rf3 Be7 34. Qe4 Bf6 35. g4 g6 36. Rxf6 Nxf6 37. Qxe5 Nd5 38. Re1 Re8 39. f4 Qc6 40. f5 Qc7 41. Qxd5 exd5 42. Rxe8+ Kf7  0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexei Kornev"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. b3 Bd6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf3 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Qf4 Ba7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qg5 23. h4 Qa5 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 Rd2 26. Bg3 Rxa2 27. Bxb7 a5 28. Bd5 h6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rc6 Ra3 31. Rxe6 Rxb3 32. Ra6 Bb6 33. Bf4 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Bxf2 35. Rxa5 Bxh4 36. Ra6 Bf6 37. g3 Kf7 38. Kg2 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Rb3+ 40. Ke4 Rb1 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Ra6+ Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Ra3 h5 45. Ra5 Rb3 46. Rd5 Ra3 47. Rb5 Ra8 48. Kf3 Rc8 49. Ra5 Rc3+ 50. Ke4 Rb3 51. Rd5 Rb1 52. Kf3 Rb3+ 53. Ke4 h4 54. gxh4 Bxh4 55. Rd3 Rb1 56. Kf3 Bf6 57. Rd5 Rb3+ 58. Kg4 Rb4 59. Kf3 Kf7 60. Ra5 Rb1 61. Be5 Rb3+ 62. Kg4 Be7 63. Ra7 Rb6 64. Kf3 g6 65. Bd4 Rc6 66. Rb7 Rc4 67. Be3 Ke6 68. Rb6+ Bd6 69. Bg1 Rf4+ 70. Ke2 Rc4 71. Kd3 Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.10.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Ne5 Nbd5 16. Bb1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 g6 18. Rd3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Rh3 Bg7 21. Re1 Ne7 22. Ng4 Nf5 23. Bf4 Qd5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qb3 26. e4 Qxa3 27. Qe3 b4 28. cxb4 Qxb4 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Rfd8 31. Qf2 Rd2 32. Qh4 h5 33. Rf1 Rad8 34. Qf6 Qf8 35. Rhf3 R2d7 36. Ba2 Qg7 37. Qg5 Re8 38. Rf6 Bxe4 39. h4 Bf5 40. Kh2 Rb7 41. Qf4 Rb2 42. Bc4 a5 43. Qc1 Rc2 44. Qf4 Rc8 45. Bd3 Ra2 46. Rf3 Rc3 47. Qd4 Raa3 48. Bxf5 Rxf3 49. Bxg6 Rad3 50. Qe4 Rxf6 51. Qa8+ Qf8 52. Bh7+ Kxh7 53. Qxf8 Rf5 54. Qc5 Rd5 55. Qc2 Rxe5 56. Qb3 Re4 57. Kh3 a4  0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.10.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrey Zontakh"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qf3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 a6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b5 14. Bh3 Rb8 15. h5 b4 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. f5 Rfc8 19. Rc1 e5 20. Rc4 d5 21. exd5 e4 22. Qg3 Bd6 23. Nf4 Qa5 24. g6 Bxd5 25. gxh7+ Kxh7 26. f6 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.41"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Petr Sinkevich"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 a6 5. Ba4 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. a4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. dxc6 Qb6 13. c7 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bd7 15. Ra2 Be6 16. Ra4 Bd7 17. Ra1 Bb5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nb3 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Ra4 d5 22. exd5 e4 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxc7 25. O-O Rfe8 26. Qc2 Rab8 27. Rd1 a5 28. Nbd2 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 h6 30. g3 Bd6 31. Nd4 Qc4 32. b3 Qc7 33. c4 Bxg3 34. hxg3 Rxe3 35. fxe3 Qxg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxe3 37. Qd3 Qf4+ 38. Rf2 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 a4 40. Qg3 Re8 41. Qf4 Qe1 42. Qxf7+ Kh8 43. Ne6 Qe4+ 44. Qf3 Qg6+ 45. Qg3 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 Rg8 47. Qf4 Qg6 48. Qf5 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Mikhailovich Kotsur"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nd5 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qc2 Nb8 14. Rac1 Nc6 15. e3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qb1 Bf6 18. Nc4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qe7 20. Rc2 h6 21. Rdc1 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Ne1 Nd5 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Nf3 f6 27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Rcc1 Rcd8 31. Nfd2 g4 32. f3 gxf3+ 33. Nxf3 Rdg8 34. Kf2 Ba8 35. g4 Kf8 36. Rxh8 Rxh8 37. g5 fxg5 38. Nxg5 Ke7 39. Ne4 Nf6 40. Bf3 Nxe4+ 41. Bxe4 Kf6 42. Rf1 Na5 43. Ke2+ Ke7 44. Nxa5 Bxe4 45. dxe4 bxa5 46. Kd3 Rh2 47. Rg1 Rb2 48. Kc4 Rc2+ 49. Kd3 Rb2 50. Kc3 Re2 51. Rg7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.23"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxim Ilyich Sorokin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bb4 12. Nc4 O-O 13. a3 Bc5 14. b4 Nxe4 15. Re1 Qd5 16. Rxe4 Qxe4 17. Ncd2 Qd5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd3 Qc3 20. Qxc3 dxc3 21. Ne4 Rfd8 22. Nxc3 Rb3 23. Bg5 Rxc3 24. Bxd8 Nxd8 25. h4 Kf8 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. a4 Rc4 28. a5 h6 29. Ne5 Rxh4 30. Rc1 Re4 31. f4 c6 32. Nxc6 Nxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxf4 34. Rxe6+ Kd8 35. Rg6 Rf5 36. Ra6 Rf7 37. Rg6 Kc7 38. Kh2 Kd8 39. Kh3 Rf5 40. a6 Rf6 41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. Kg4 Kc7 43. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Konstantin Nikolayevich Aseev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Nd2 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Bc4 Qg5 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Qe2 Bh6 18. a4 f4 19. Ra3 f5 20. Rb3 Rd7 21. Nd2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Rc7 23. Rb4 e4 24. Nc4 Rd8 25. f3 Bg7 26. Rd1 fxg3 27. hxg3 exf3+ 28. Kxf3 Ng6 29. Ne2 Ne5+ 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. c3 Rg8 32. Rh4 Rcg7 33. Rdh1 Bxg3 34. Rxh7 Rxh7 35. Rxh7 Be5 36. Rf7 Rg4 37. b4 Rc4 38. Ke3 Rh4 39. Rxf5 Rh3+ 40. Rf3 Rh4 41. Rf8+ Kc7 42. Rf7+ Kb8 43. a5 Rc4 44. Kd3 Rc7 45. Rxc7 Kxc7 46. Nd4 Bg3 47. Ne6+ Kd7 48. Kc2 Be1 49. Kb3 Bd2 50. c4 Be1 51. Ka4 Bc3 52. Nf4 Kc7 53. Nd3 Bd2 54. b5 Kb8 55. bxa6 bxa6 56. c5 Kc7 57. c6 Kb8 58. Nb2 Kc7 59. Nc4 Bc3 60. Kb3 Be1 61. Kc2 Bb4 62. Kd3 Be1 63. Ke4 Bc3 64. Kf5 Be1 65. Kf6 Bc3+ 66. Ke7 Be1 67. Nb6 Bb4 68. Ke6 Ba3 69. Nd7 Bb4 70. Nf6 Kd8 71. Ne8 Bxa5 72. Nxd6 Bb6 73. Nc4 Bc5 74. d6 Bf2 75. c7+ Kc8 76. Ke7  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 Nbd7
8.Be3 Ne8 9.Nf3 g6 10.g4 Ng7 11.Qd2 a6 12.a4 Nf6 13.a5 Kh8
14.b4 cxb4 15.Na4 Nd7 16.Qxb4 f5 17.gxf5 gxf5 18.exf5 Nxf5
19.Bxf5 Rxf5 20.Nd2 Nf8 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.O-O-O Rf7 23.f4 Ng6
24.fxe5 Nxe5 25.Bd4 Bf5 26.Nf3 Bg6 27.Rhf1 Kg8 28.Bxe5 dxe5
29.d6 Bf8 30.Qd2 e4 31.Nh2 Rxf1 32.Nxf1 Qf6 33.Qd5+ Kh8 34.Qd4
Bh6+ 35.Kb2 Qxd4+ 36.Rxd4 e3 37.Ng3 Bg7 38.Kc3 Bh5 39.Kd3 Bxd4
40.Nxh5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Vladimir op"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "2004.08.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Re1 Qe8 9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Nb4 11.Be2 a5 12.h3 Bd7 13.Rb1
Na6 14.Be3 Kh8 15.Nd2 Ng8 16.a3 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.f4 Nf6
19.Nf3 exf4 20.Bxf4 Nc5 21.Nd4 Nfe4 22.Bf3 Qd8 23.Nce2 Qf6
24.Qc2 Qh4 25.Red1 Rae8 26.Kh2 Rg8 27.g3 Nxg3 28.Bxg3 Be5
29.Bxe5+ dxe5 30.Qc3 Ne4 31.Bxe4 Qf2+ 32.Kh1 fxe4 33.Rg1 e3
34.Rbf1 Rxg1+ 35.Rxg1 Bxh3 36.Ne6 Qf3+ 37.Kh2 Qxe2+ 38.Kh1
Qf3+ 39.Kh2 Qf2+ 40.Kh1 Qf3+ 41.Kh2 Qf6 42.Ng5 Qf2+ 43.Kh1 Bf1
44.Qc2 Qh4+ 45.Qh2 Qxh2+ 46.Kxh2 Rf8 47.Rg4 Bd3 0-1

[Event "78th Saint-Petersburg Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.18"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Ionov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5
7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nxc5 bxc5
12. Bd6 Nd4 13. Qd3 Re8 14. b4 e5 15. Ra2 cxb4 16. axb4 Qb6
17. Bc5 Qc7 18. f3 a5 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nb5 Qf4 21. Qd2 Qh4+
22. g3 Qh5 23. Be2 axb4 24. Nd6 Rxa2 25. Qxa2 Ra8 26. Qb2 d3
27. Bd1 Bc6 28. Nf5 Qh3 29. c5 Ba4 30. Bxa4 Rxa4 31. Kf2 h6
32. Ke3 d2 33. Qxd2 Ra3+ 34. Kd4 Rxf3 35. Ra1 Qg4 36. Nd6 Nxe4
37. Nxe4 f5 38. Qa2+ Kh7 39. Qd5 Rf2 40. Kc4 fxe4 41. Kb5 Rf5
42. Qd4 b3 0-1

[Event "78th Saint-Petersburg Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Lugovoi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5
12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 b4 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. Bf4 h5
17. Bg3 Rg8 18. Nd2 h4 19. Bxh4 Bb7 20. Bg3 Ne5 21. Ne4 Be7
22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Ng3 Ra5 24. a4 Qd6 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. Qh5 Bg5
27. f3 Bf4 28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Rac1 Ra8 30. Nc5 Rd8 31. Nxb7 Qxb7
32. Rc6 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Qxc8 34. Qh7 b3 35. Qd3 Qd8 36. g3 Qh4
37. Qe4 Bxg3 38. Qxh4 Bxh4+ 39. Kf1 Ke7 40. Rc1 f5 41. a5 e4
42. a6 d3 43. a7 Bf6 44. Rc7+ Kd6 45. Rc6+ Kd5 46. Rxe6 Bd4
47. Rg6 Rf8 48. Bc6+ Ke5 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Bxa8 e3 51. f4+
Kxf4 52. Rg3 e2+ 53. Ke1 Bc3+ 54. bxc3 b2 55. Rf3+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. f3 Nbd7
13. fxg4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 hxg4 15. Bxg4 Rh6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Bh5
Rh7 18. O-O-O Qa5 19. Kb1 b4 20. Ne2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5
22. Nf4 Bd6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. e5 Rxh5 25. Qxh5 Bf8 26. Rhf1
Qg6+ 27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. g4 Bc8 29. Rd4 Be6 30. Rf6 Bd5 31. Rxg6
Bc5 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Rg8+ Bf8 34. e6 Rc8 35. h5 Rc7 36. h6
Rh7 37. g5 Ke7 38. Rg6 Kd6 39. b3 c3 40. Kc2 Be7 41. Kd3 Rh8
42. Kc2 Rf8 43. h7 Rf2+ 44. Kd3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vasily Yemelin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. Qc2 exd5
7. cxd5 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Rfe1 b5 14. h3 Nh5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 f5
17. Qc1 c4 18. e4 f4 19. g4 Nhf6 20. Bxf4 Nc5 21. e5 Nd3
22. Qd2 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Nd7 24. Qg3 Nxe5 25. Nd4 Qf7 26. Ne6 Nd3
27. Re2 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.23"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Denis Yevseev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4
12. Ne4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bb8 15. Rxd4 Nd5 16. Ng5 g6
17. Qf2 Ba7 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Qe7 21. Re5 Qd6
22. Ne4 Qd1+ 23. Qf1 Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 f5 25. Ng5 Rfe8 26. Nf3
Rac8 27. Bd2 Rc2 28. Ke1 Rxe5 29. Nxe5 Be6 30. b4 Bd5 31. g3
Bb6 32. Ra3 Be4 33. Nd7 Rc6 34. b5 Rd6 35. Ne5 axb5 36. axb5
Rd8 37. Ke2 Bc5 38. Ra4 Bd6 39. Rd4 Bc7 40. Nd7 Kf7 41. b6 Bb8
42. Bb4 Rc8 43. Nc5 Bh1 44. Nxb7 Rc2+ 45. Kd1 Rxh2 46. Rd7+
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valerij Sergeyevich Popov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 Be7
7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 Nb6 10. Nfg5 Bxe4 11. Nxe4 Nc6
12. Be3 Nxe5 13. Nxc5 d5 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. Bd4 Qd6 16. h4 Bf6
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. d4 Rg8 19. a4 b4 20. Rfe1 Ke7 21. h5 Nf8
22. a5 Nbd7 23. Nd3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Rc4 25. Nf4 Kd8 26. b3 Rc3
27. Nd3 Rg4 28. Nxb4 Qxb4 29. Ra4 Rcxg3 30. Rxb4 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1
Rg5 32. Qf4 R2g4 33. Qh2 e5 34. Re3 Rf4 35. Rg3 Rgf5 36. Kg1
Ne6 37. c3 Re4 38. dxe5 d4 39. Rg8+ Ke7 40. exf6+ Kxf6
41. Rxd4 Nxd4 42. cxd4 Rxd4 43. Qc7 Ne5 44. Qb6+ Ke7 45. Qc5+
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Klimov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4
Kh8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. f3 axb4 15. axb4 c6 16. Nb3 cxd5 17. cxd5
fxe4 18. fxe4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Qd3 Qxb4 21. Nd2 Qd4
22. Rxb7 Rac8 23. Bb2 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Ba3 Nc8 26. Qc2
Ng4 27. Nd1 Qa7 28. Bxg4 Bxg4 29. Nc4 Qa6 30. Nde3 Bd7 31. h4
Rb7 32. h5 gxh5 33. Qf2 Be8 34. Qh4 Qa4 35. Bxd6 Nxd6 36. Nxd6
Rb8 37. Qe7 Bg6 38. Nef5 Bf8 39. Qxe5+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kh8
41. Nf7+ Bxf7 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. Qxb8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Valery A Loginov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Be7 9. a3 a5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rb1 Be7 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rfe1 a4 16. Ne5 Ra5
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. b4 axb3 19. Nxb3 Rxa3 20. Nxd4 Ra6 21. Nf3
c5 22. Rb3 Bb7 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bf6 25. Qe4 Rd8 26. Rb7
Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rc6 29. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St-Peterburg vs Moscow Match"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.06.14"]
[EventDate "2005.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd2 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Qxd4
7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ngf6
12. a4 b4 13. a5 Qb8 14. Bd2 e5 15. Rac1 c5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. a6
O-O 18. Nd2 Qc6 19. Rc2 Rd8 20. Rfc1 Qe6 21. Nf3 Qd6 22. h3 h6
23. Bb5 Nxe4 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. Qd3 Nef6 26. Nxe5 Bxa6 27. Nxf7
Ne5 28. Nxh6+ gxh6 29. Qb3+ c4 0-1

[Event "St-Peterburg vs Moscow Match"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.06.15"]
[EventDate "2005.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Potkin"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7
12. g4 Bd7 13. dxc5 f6 14. Bd4 Be8 15. Qh3 Nc6 16. exf6 gxf6
17. Be3 e5 18. Bf5 Nce7 19. Qg3 Qa5 20. O-O Kh8 21. Bxg6 Nxg6
22. g5 Rg8 23. h4 Qxc3 24. Kh2 d4 25. Bd2 Qxc2 26. gxf6 Qf5
27. Rae1 Bc6 28. f7 Qxf3 29. fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 30. Qxf3 Bxf3
31. Rg1 Rf8 32. Bh6 Rf5 33. Rg5 Rxg5 34. Bxg5 Kg8 35. Kg3 e4
36. Rb1 Ne5 37. Rxb7 e3 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. fxe3 d3 40. e4 Bxe4
41. Kf2 Nc4 42. Ke1 Ke6 43. Re8+ Kd5 44. c6 Bf5 45. c7 Nd6
46. Rf8 Bg4 47. Kd2 Kc6 48. Bf4 Nc8 49. Kxd3 h5 50. Rg8 Be6
51. Rg5 1-0

[Event "White Nights Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.06.24"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Denis Yevseev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nge2 Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. h3
Ne6 13. Be5 Bb7 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rxd5 Nc7 21. Rf5 Qe6
22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Qb6 24. Rxc5 Ne6 25. Rc4 Nd4 26. Qd1
Rad8 27. Rb4 Qf6 28. Bd3 Rfe8 29. Qf1 a5 30. Rb7 Qxf4 31. Re1
Qd2 32. Rd1 Qf4 33. Re1 Qd2 34. Rd1 Qf4 35. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA vs Russia Distance Match"]
[Site "St. Petersberg / New York"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[EventDate "2001.2.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Yevgenyevich Stripunsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O b6 8. c3 Ba6 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Re1 h6 12. c4 d4
13. Na3 Bb7 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. h5 a6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 O-O
18. Bf4 Re8 19. g4 e5 20. Bg3 Qf6 21. Nh4 Qxd6 22. Nf5 Qc7
23. g5 hxg5 24. Qg4 f6 25. Bd5 Kh8 26. Qe4 Nf8 27. f4 gxf4
28. Nh4 Nd8 29. Bxf4 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Nf7 31. Bd2 Nd6 32. Qf3 Qf7
33. Re2 c4 34. Rf1 cxd3 35. Rg2 e4 36. Qf4 e3 37. Qxd6 exd2
38. Rxd2 Re4 39. Nf5 Rg4 40. Rg2 Qxh5 41. Ne7 Rxg2 42. Kxg2 d2
43. Qf4 Ng6 44. Nxg6 Qxg6 45. Kf3 Qd3 0-1

[Event "USA vs Russia Distance Match"]
[Site "St. Petersberg / New York"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[EventDate "2001.2.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Yevgenyevich Stripunsky"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Nxg4 b4 14. Na4 Nxe4 15. Bxc4 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Qe7
17. Nc5 O-O-O 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Ne5 Rg7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qd3
Bd6 22. Rf3 Kb8 23. Raf1 Bc7 24. Kh1 Bb6 25. Qe3 Bxd4 26. Qf4
Ka8 27. Qxf7 Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Qc8 29. Rf8 Bxb2 30. Rxc8 Bxc8
31. g4 a5 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Ka7 34. g6 Kb6 35. Rf7 a4
36. g7 Bxg7 37. Rxg7 Kc5 38. Rc7 Bd7 39. Rxd7 Kxc4 40. g4 b3
41. axb3 axb3 42. g5 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Guillaume Camus de Solliers"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bb2 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Re8 13. h3 Bc7 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. O-O-O Be6 16. g4 h6
17. Rhg1 Nd7 18. Kb1 Nc5 19. Ba3 Bd6 20. Bf5 Ne4 21. Bb2 Nxc3+
22. Bxc3 Rad8 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Rxg5 f6 26. Qg6
Bf8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qxf6 Qxf6 29. Bxf6 Rd2 30. Rg2 b5
31. Bc3 Re2 32. h4 Kh7 33. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrey Gorovets"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bd2 Rb8
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qa4 a6 10. c5 Ne4 11. b4 Bf6 12. b5
axb5 13. Bxb5 Nxc5 14. Qa3 Ne4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bb4 Rxb4
17. Qxb4 c5 18. Qb2 cxd4 19. exd4 c5 20. Na3 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Be5
22. Rad1 Qg5 23. Nab5 Qh6 24. g3 Bh3 25. Rfe1 Qf6 26. Rd3 Bf5
27. Rf3 Ng5 28. Rxf5 exf5 29. Kg2 f4 30. Qc3 Ne4 31. Qb2 f3+
32. Kf1 h5 33. Re3 Rb8 34. Rb3 Rb6 35. Rb4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jean Netzer"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Bb7 12. e5
Nfd7 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Nc4 O-O-O 16. Nd6+ Bxd6
17. exd6 Qa5 18. Be3 Kb8 19. Be4 e5 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Nb3 Qd8
22. Rc1 Na5 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Nxa5 Bxe4 25. Qb3 Qc2 26. Qxb4+
Ka8 27. Rc1 Qd3 28. Qe1 Qxd6 29. f3 Bf5 30. Rc6 Qd3 31. Rc7
Qd6 32. Ra7+ Kb8 33. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mark Bluvshtein"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qc2 Bg7
7. e4 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Rad1 Nh5
12. Ne1 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Bg4 Rff8 15. d5 e5 16. Nf3 Nf4
17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Be6+ Kh8 19. Nd2 Nc5 20. Bh3 Rh4 21. b4 Rxh3
22. bxc5 Rh4 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. g3 Rh5 26. Ne4 Qf7
27. c5 bxc5 28. Nxc5 Bc8 29. d6 Bf5 30. Qe2 cxd6 31. Nxd6 Qe7
32. Qc4 Bf8 33. Rfe1 Qf6 34. Nd7 Qe6 35. Qxe6 Bxe6 36. Nf6 Rh6
37. Rxe5 Bb3 38. Rd3 Ba2 39. h4 g5 40. hxg5 Rg6 41. Rd2 Bb3
42. Nde4 Bxa3 43. Rd3 Rb8 44. Ra5 Bf8 45. Rxa7 Rg7 46. Rxg7
Bxg7 47. Rd7 Ba4 48. Rc7 Rf8 49. Nc5 Bxf6 50. gxf6 Be8 51. Rc8
Rg8 52. Ne4 h6 53. Nd6 Bh5 54. Rxg8+ Kxg8 55. Kg2 Kh7 56. f3
Bg6 57. f4 Bc2 58. f5 Bd1 59. Kf2 Kg8 60. Ke3 Bb3 61. Kf4 Bc2
62. Ke5 Bb3 63. Ne4 Kf7 64. Nc5 Bc2 65. Ne6 Bd1 66. Nd8+ Kf8
67. f7 Ke7 68. f8=Q+ Kxf8 69. Kf6 Bh5 70. Ne6+ Kg8 71. Ke7 Bg4
72. Nd4 Be2 73. Nxe2 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gawain Jones"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Na4
Qc7 12. c4 d6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rae1 Bc6 16. Kh1
Rab8 17. Re3 b5 18. Rg3 g6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qg5 Qd8 21. b4
Nd7 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Qh6 Kh8 24. Rh3 Rg8 25. Re1 Rg7 26. Qg5
Rg8 27. Qh6 Rg7 28. Qg5 Rg8 29. Bf1 Nd7 30. Qd2 Ne5 31. Rd1
Qf6 32. Kg1 Rgd8 33. Qd4 g5 34. Ne2 Rbc8 35. Rc3 d5 36. Qe3
dxe4 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Rc1 Bd5 39. Qc3 Qg7 40. Qc7 Rg8
41. Nc3 Nd3 42. Bxd3 exd3 43. Nxd5 exd5 44. h3 Qf6 45. Qc3
Qxc3 46. Rxc3 Ra8 47. Rxd3 Rd8 48. Kf1 Kg7 49. Rc3 d4 50. Rc5
d3 51. Ke1 Ra8 52. Rxb5 Rxa2 53. Rxg5+ Kf6 54. Rg3 Re2+
55. Kd1 Rb2 56. Rxd3 Rxb4 57. Rd5 Rb2 58. Ke1 Kg6 59. g4 Rb1+
60. Ke2 Rh1 61. Rh5 h6 62. Kf3 Ra1 63. Kg3 Ra3+ 64. f3 Rb3
65. Ra5 Rc3 66. Ra6+ Kg7 67. Ra5 Rb3 68. Rf5 Ra3 69. Kh4 Kg6
70. Kg3 Rb3 71. h4 Ra3 72. Rb5 Rc3 73. Rb6+ Kg7 74. Rd6 Ra3
75. Kf4 Ra4+ 76. Kg3 Ra3 77. Rd5 Rb3 78. Kf4 Rb4+ 79. Kf5 Rb3
80. f4 Rh3 81. h5 Ra3 82. g5 Ra6 83. Kg4 Rb6 84. Rf5 Ra6
85. gxh6+ Rxh6 86. Kg5 Ra6 87. Rb5 Rc6 88. Rb7 Ra6 89. h6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jacek Stopa"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. d5 Bb7 11. Nd4 cxd5
12. Ndxb5 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nd4 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Ne4 17. Qc2 Ndc5 18. Rab1 Qd7 19. h3 Bc8 20. Bh2 Qa4 21. Qc1
Ne6 22. Nf5 Qa5 23. Bf3 Kh7 24. Ne3 f5 25. Qc2 Ba6 26. g4 N6c5
27. Nxf5 Qxc3 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Qa4 Bc8 30. Qc6 Bxf5 31. Rb7+
Kh8 32. Qc7 Qa1 33. Rxa1 Bc8 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 Nd7 11. Rd1 Qc8
12. Bd3 Ba6 13. O-O Bxd3 14. Rxd3 Qb7 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Nd2 c5
17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Ne4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qc7 21. Rde3
Kf8 22. d6 Qc6 23. Ng5 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Kg8 25. Nxf7 Nf6 26. Nh6+
Kh8 27. Qe6 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. d7 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 d4
7. exd4 cxd4 8. O-O Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Na3 e5 11. Nc2 a5 12. a3
h6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Ba1 Nc5 17. Bf1 Na6
18. Nd2 Bh7 19. Qf3 f5 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 e4 22. dxe4 Bxa3
23. Bc3 Bb4 24. exf5 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Bxf5 26. Ra1 Nb4 27. c5
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Nc6 29. Nc4 Qd4 30. Qxd4 Nxd4 31. Bg2 Nxb3
32. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wojciech Moranda"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Bd3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5
12. Bd3 Bb7 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Rg1 Bxf3
17. dxc5 fxg4 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. Qxg4 e5 21. O-O-O
Nxc5 22. Rd5 Qd8 23. Qd1 Nd7 24. Rh1 Qe7 25. Rg1 Nc5 26. Qg4
Rf7 27. Kb1 Nd7 28. Rxb5 Qd6 29. Qc4 Re8 30. Rd5 Qe6 31. Qd3
Qc6 32. Rd1 Nf6 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 Rd7 35. Qb3+ Kf8
36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Qb4+ Ke8 38. Bg3 Nb6 39. b3 Qg6+ 40. Kb2 Qe6
41. Qb5+ Nd7 42. Qd3 Qf6+ 43. Kb1 a6 44. Qxh7 Qd4 45. Qh5+ Kf8
46. Qf3+ Nf6 47. Qe3 Qd1+ 48. Qc1 Qd3+ 49. Qc2 Qd5 50. Qc8+
Ke7 51. Qc7+ Nd7 52. Qf4 Qd3+ 53. Kb2 Qe2+ 54. Ka3 Qd1
55. Qe3+ Kf7 56. Kb2 Nf6 57. Qc1 Qe2+ 58. Qc2 Qe1 59. Qc4+ Ke7
60. Ka3 a5 61. Bh4 Qd2 62. Qc5+ Kf7 63. Bg5 Qe1 64. Bxf6 Kxf6
65. Ka4 Qe4+ 66. Kxa5 Qa8+ 67. Kb6 Qxa2 68. b4 Kg6 69. b5 Kh7
70. Qf5+ g6 71. Qf6 g5 72. Qf5+ Kh6 73. Kb7 Qa1 74. b6 Qh1+
75. Ka7 Qa1+ 76. Kb8 Qh8+ 77. Qc8 Qd4 78. Qe6+ Kg7 79. b7 Qf4+
80. Kc8 Qc1+ 81. Kd8 Qb2 82. Qe7+ Kh8 83. Qf8+ Kh7 84. Qf7+
Kh6 85. Qe6+ Kh5 86. Qf7+ Kh6 87. Kc8 Qc3+ 88. Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O d6 11. b4 Nd7
12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Ndf6 14. d5 c5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Bb7
17. f3 Ng5 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Nb5 Rfd8 20. Rd2 a6 21. Nc3 e5
22. Na4 Rab8 23. Qc2 Bc6 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 Bd7 26. Rc1 Ne6
27. Bc3 Nc7 28. Nxb6 Rxb6 29. Ba5 Ncd5 30. Bxb6 Nxb6 31. a4
Nfd5 32. e4 Ne3 33. Qd3 Qg5 34. Bf1 d5 35. h4 Qf4 36. exd5
Nbxd5 37. Ra1 e4 38. Qd4 Qg3 39. fxe4 Ng4 40. Bc4 Nde3 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. f3 Nbd7
13. fxg4 hxg4 14. O-O Bg7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. e5 Kg8 17. Bxg4
Rh6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bf4 Ng8 20. Bg5 Qe8 21. Bf7 Qc8 22. Ne4
c5 23. Nf6 Ndxf6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Nxf6 26. Bxh6 Qd7
27. Bg6 Rg8 28. h5 Qd5 29. Qc2 Nxh5 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Re8 Rxe8
32. Bxe8 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Belov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5
7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd4
12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. Bg3 Be5 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1
Rc8 17. Qe2 d6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Be2 Ba6 21. Rc1
Qb7 22. b3 Qe7 23. Kb2 Bb7 24. g4 Rd8 25. Rcd1 Nh7 26. h4 Rxd1
27. Bxd1 Rd8 28. Bc2 Bc6 29. Ne2 Qf6 30. f3 g5 31. h5 Nf8
32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Nd7 34. b4 a5 35. Nc1 axb4 36. axb4 Qe7
37. Nd3 Qd6 38. Kc3 Kf8 39. Bb3 Ke7 40. Qf2 Kd8 41. c5 bxc5
42. bxc5 Qc7 43. Qa2 Ke7 44. Bc4 Kd8 45. Qa3 f5 46. Bxe6 fxe4
47. Bxd7 Kxd7 48. fxe4 Bxe4 49. Qa4+ Bc6 50. Qa2 Ke7 51. Nb4
Bf3 52. Qf2 Bb7 53. Kc4 Qc8 54. c6 Bxc6 55. Qc5+ Kd7 56. Qxe5
Bf3+ 57. Kd4 Qb7 58. Nd3 Qc6 59. Qf5+ Ke8 60. Qe5+ Kf7
61. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magaram Magomedov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Valerij Sergeyevich Popov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3
Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O-O
Nb6 12. h3 Bd7 13. g4 Ng7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nc5 fxg4
17. hxg4 O-O-O 18. Rhg1 Ne6 19. Be4 Rhf8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Qc3
Be6 22. Qa3 Bd5 23. Qxa7 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Na6 Qg5+
26. Kb1 bxa6 27. Qxa6+ Kc7 28. Qa7+ Kd6 29. Qxb6 Rb8 30. Qa6
Qe3 31. Ka1 Rf2 32. Rc1 Rxb2 33. Rxc6+ Kd5 34. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexey Nazirzhonovich Korotylev"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Ne4
12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 a6 14. Rfd1 b5 15. c5 e5 16. dxe5 Bxc5
17. b4 Bb6 18. Bf5 Qe7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Nd6 f6
22. Nf5 Qd7 23. N5d4 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Qe8 25. Nef3 c5 26. bxc5
Bxc5 27. Nh4 Rf6 28. Rd3 Rc8 29. Rad1 Bf8 30. Nhf3 Rc4 31. Ne1
Rf7 32. Qb2 Rfc7 33. Rb3 Bc8 34. Nd3 Bb7 35. Nf4 Bd6 36. Rbd3
Be5 37. Qb3 g5 38. Nfe2 Kh7 39. Nf3 Bf6 40. Ned4 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6
7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5
12. Bg3 a6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rc1 Nf6 15. a3 b6 16. Bc4 Bb7
17. Ba2 Rc8 18. Qd3 b5 19. Rfd1 Na5 20. Ne5 Nd5 21. b4 Nxc3
22. Rxc3 Nc6 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. d5 Na7 25. Qxh7 Bxd5 26. Qh5+
g6 27. Qh7+ Ke8 28. Qxg6+ Rf7 29. Rf3 Bxf3 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8
31. gxf3 Rf6 32. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Denis Khismatullin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5
7. a3 Ba5 8. Be3 Nf6 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. Be2 c5 15. O-O Bb7 16. Bf4 Rfd8
17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Qb2 Ng6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Ne1 Bc6 21. f3 e5
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 e4 25. Qf2 exf3 26. gxf3
Nf4 27. Qd2 Ne6 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Qb7 31. Kf2
h6 32. Bc2 Nf8 33. Qe2 Ne6 34. Bg3 Qa8 35. h4 Qd8 36. Qe3 Qf6
37. Qd3 g6 38. Qe3 Ng7 39. Ke2 Nh5 40. Be5 Qe6 41. Bd3 Nf6
42. Bf4 Qh3 43. Qf2 Nd7 44. Bg3 Nf8 45. Kd2 Ne6 46. Bc2 f5
47. Bd6 Qxf3 48. Bxc5 Nxc5 49. Qxc5 Qf4+ 50. Qe3 Qxe3+
51. Kxe3 Kf7 52. h5 g5 53. Bxf5 Kf6 54. Bg4 Ke5 55. Bd1 Bd7
56. Bc2 Be6 57. Bd3 Bg4 58. Bg6 Be6 59. Bd3 a5 60. Be2 Bf7
61. c5 Kd5 62. c6 Kxc6 63. Kd4 Kd6 64. c4 Be6 65. Bf3 Bd7
66. c5+ Kc7 67. Ke5 Bh3 68. Be4 Bg4 69. Bg6 Bf3 70. Be8 Bc6
71. Bg6 Bb7 72. Bf5 Bc8 73. Be4 Bg4 74. Bg6 Kc6 75. Kd4 Bd1
76. Be8+ Kc7 77. Bg6 g4 78. Be4 g3 79. Ke3 Bxh5 80. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Andrei Vasilyevich Kharlov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. Qb3 O-O
12. d5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. c4 Qb6 15. Be2 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nd7
17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bd4 20. h4 Nf6 21. e5 Ne4
22. Rh3 f6 23. e6 a5 24. Rd3 Bf2+ 25. Kf1 Nxd2+ 26. Kxf2 Ne4+
27. Kg2 Nd6 28. h5 Kg7 29. Re3 f5 30. Bd3 Rae8 31. Rh1 Re7
32. Rg3 Kf6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rh6 Rg7 35. Be2 b6 36. Rgh3 Re8
37. Rh8 Rge7 38. Kg3 Rxh8 39. Rxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Ponfilenok"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 g5 6. Bg3 Nf6
7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 10. Ne2 b6 11. O-O h5 12. e4
h4 13. Bf2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. exd5
O-O-O 18. c4 g4 19. Nf5 g3 20. hxg3 hxg3 21. Nxg3 Ng4 22. Nde4
Nxg3 23. Nxg3 Nxf2 24. Qxf2 Bxb2 25. Rab1 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qc2 Bxf3
7. exf3 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 d5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nc6
12. g4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Na5 14. Ba2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. f4 c5
17. dxc5 d4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. g5
Qc7 22. g6 Qxc5+ 23. Kd2 Be3+ 24. fxe3 Nc4+ 25. Bxc4 Rfd8+
26. Kc2 Qxc4+ 27. Kb1 Qe4+ 28. Ka1 fxg6 29. Rdg1 Kf7 30. h5
1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Riho Liiva"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Re1 d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rb8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5
12. Rxe5 Bd6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7
17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bb2 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 Rfd8 21. Rg4
g6 22. Bc3 Rd5 23. Kf1 f5 24. Ra4 Rb6 25. Ke1 Rbd6 26. f4 Kf7
27. Be5 Rd8 28. Bc3 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. Rxa6 Rd2 31. Ra8
R8d6 32. Ra6 Rd8 33. Kf1 Rxc2 34. Re1 Rdd2 35. Raxe6+ Kg7
36. R6e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Rustam Mashrukovich Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6
7. Bg5 Qd7 8. e6 fxe6 9. O-O e5 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 Qf7 12. a3
Bf5 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. c5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Ngxe7 17. Na5
O-O 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Nd2 Kh8 20. b4 a6 21. Qb3 Be6 22. Qd3
Bf5 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rad8 25. Rab1 Qe6 26. Rb3 Ne7
27. Rf3 Nd5 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Nf3 Nc3 30. Qxe5 Nxe2+ 31. Kg2
Nf4+ 32. Kg1 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kosyrev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qe2 Bg7
12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Rac1 a6 14. Bb3 b6 15. e4 Bb7 16. e5 Rfd8
17. Qe4 Rab8 18. Qf4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 b5
22. Rcd1 c4 23. Bc2 Nf8 24. h4 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.f4
{incomplete} 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vasily Yemelin"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd4 Qe7 16. Qb2
Nc6 17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rab8 20. Rad1 b6 21. h3
Rbc8 22. e4 Be6 23. f4 Rc5 24. R1d2 g6 25. Rd6 Rfc8 26. Kh2 h5
27. a3 Kh7 28. Qd4 Kg8 29. Qf2 Kg7 30. Qd4+ Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6
32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rc2 34. f5 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Bb3 36. Rd3 Bc4
37. Rd7 Be2 38. Rxa7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. b4 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 c5
12. bxc5 bxc5 13. O-O Re8 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bb4
Ba4 17. Qd4 Ne6 18. Qd2 Bf6 19. Bc3 d4 20. Ba1 Qd7 21. Qa5
Rac8 22. Rbc1 Bb5 23. Qd2 d3 24. exd3 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxd3
26. Rfe1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 f6 29. Rd1 Bb5 30. Bf1
Bc6 31. Bg2 Re7 32. h4 Kf8 33. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Emanuel Berg"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5
7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O
12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Bg3 d6 15. e5 Nd7 16. exd6 Bf6
17. Ne4 Nce5 18. Rd4 b5 19. c5 Bd5 20. Bxb5 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Nxc5
22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Rhd1 Qb6 24. Ba4 Nc4 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. b4
Nxa3+ 27. Ka2 Rc4 28. Rxc4 Nxc4 29. d7 b5 30. d8=Q Rxd8
31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Bxb5 Nb6 33. Kb3 f6 34. Bd6 Kf7 35. Bc6 e5
36. b5 Be7 37. Bb4 Ke6 38. h4 g5 39. h5 Bxb4 40. Kxb4 Kd6
41. Be4 Nd7 42. g4 Nb6 43. f3 Nd7 44. Bg6 Nb6 45. Be4 Nd7
46. Bc6 Nb6 47. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgenij Romanovich Agrest"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 a4 8. Qc2 a3 9. b3 g5 10. Bg3 Bb4 11. O-O-O Bxc3
12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Kb1 Qa5 15. Rc1 e5 16. Nxe5 Bf5
17. Nd3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Nc3+ 20. Ka1 Bxc2 21. Nxc2
Qb6 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial Tournaments"]
[Site "Tallin EST"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[EventDate "2006.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kaido Kulaots"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 Rc8 11. Bc3 Be7
12. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial Tournaments"]
[Site "Tallin EST"]
[Date "2006.01.09"]
[EventDate "2006.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Zjukin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Qe2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. c3 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. cxb4 Bxb4 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. Nb3 Ke7 16. Qe3
Rhg8 17. Qh3 Qd6 18. a5 Qe5 19. Ra4 Bd6 20. Rd4 f5 21. Rd1
fxe4 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Rxd6 Bd3 24. Rb6 Qf4 25. Rb7 Rc2
26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Rxd3+ Ke8 28. Qe3 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial Tournaments"]
[Site "Tallin EST"]
[Date "2006.01.09"]
[EventDate "2006.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Hedinn Steingrimsson"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bd2 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Qe2 Rab8 16. Rc1 Bc6
17. Rfe1 h6 18. h3 a5 19. Bb1 Bd6 20. e5 Be7 21. Be4 a4
22. Rcd1 Nb6 23. Ba5 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qa7 26. Bxb6
Rxb6 27. Rd2 g6 28. h4 h5 29. g3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Qb7 31. Qxb7 Rxb7
32. Ng1 f6 33. Ne2 fxe5 34. Nc3 Ra7 35. Re2 e4 36. Rxe4 Bf6
37. Rxa4 Rb7 38. Ne4 Bd4 39. b4 c4 40. b5 Rxb5 41. Rxc4 e5
42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Rc6 Kg7 44. Ra6 Rb2 45. a4 Ra2 46. Ra8 Kf7
47. Ra6 Kg7 48. a5 Kf7 49. Kf1 Kg7 50. Ra8 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+
52. Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Kg2 Ra2 54. a6 Kh6 55. Kf1 Kg7 56. f3 Ra3
57. Ng5 Be3 58. Ne6+ Kf7 59. Nd8+ Ke7 60. a7 Rc3 61. Nc6+ Rxc6
62. Re8+ Kxe8 63. a8=Q+ Kd7 64. Qb7+ Kd6 65. Qf7 Kc5 66. Ke2
Bd4 67. Kd3 Bf2 68. Qc4+ Kd6 69. Qe4 Kd7 70. Qxe5 Rd6+ 71. Kc4
Rc6+ 72. Kd3 Rd6+ 73. Ke2 Bd4 74. Qg5 Ke8 75. f4 Re6+ 76. Kd3
Be3 77. Qb5+ Kf7 78. f5 Re7 79. Qd5+ Kg7 80. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial Tournaments"]
[Site "Tallin EST"]
[Date "2006.01.10"]
[EventDate "2006.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Meelis Kanep"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Qxd4 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Qxb4 Qxe5 10. Nc3 Qc5 11. Qa4 O-O
12. Be3 Qf5 13. Qxc4 Ng4 14. Qxc7 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qe5 16. Qxe5
Nxe5 17. b3 Rb8 18. h3 Bd7 19. Kf2 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Kf8 21. Ne4
Ke7 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Nd3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nd7 25. e4 a5 26. Kf3 b5
27. Ke3 e5 28. Rhd1 h5 29. Ne1 a4 30. Nd3 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 axb3
32. axb3 Ra8 33. Nb4 Ra3 34. Rc3 Ra1 35. Nd5+ Kd8 36. b4 Ra6
37. Kf3 g6 38. Rc7 Ra3+ 39. e3 Nb6 40. Rxf7 Nc4 41. Kf2 Ra2+
42. Kg1 Nd2 43. Rf6 g5 44. Rf2 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Nxe4 46. Rf5 g4
47. Rxh5 Ra2+ 48. Kg1 Ra1+ 49. Kg2 Ra2+ 50. Kg1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial Tournaments"]
[Site "Tallin EST"]
[Date "2006.01.10"]
[EventDate "2006.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vaidas Sakalauskas"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O b6
12. Rb1 Nd7 13. d5 Nf6 14. Qc2 e5 15. Rfe1 Ne8 16. c4 Nd6
17. Bc3 Re8 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. Qb2 f6 20. Bd3 Rab8 21. Qc2 Re7
22. h4 f5 23. h5 f4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Be2 Rbe8
27. a4 Rh7 28. Nd2 Kg7 29. Bd3 Bg4 30. f3 Bd7 31. Nf1 Bh4
32. Red1 Nf7 33. Be1 Qd8 34. a5 Bxe1 35. Rxe1 Qh4 36. axb6
axb6 37. Qc3 Rh5 38. Rec1 Rg5 39. Rxb6 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial Tournaments"]
[Site "Tallin EST"]
[Date "2006.01.11"]
[EventDate "2006.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Normunds Miezis"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qc3 d5 9. e3 O-O 10. b4 Re8 11. Bb2 Bd7
12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. h3 a6 15. c5 e5 16. g4 d4 17. Bc4
Nd8 18. Rg1 Bc6 19. Nd2 Qd7 20. Qd3 Ne6 21. Qf5 Rcd8 22. Bb3
dxe3 23. fxe3 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Nc4 Rb3
27. Bc1 Bf3 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Rf1 Bxd1 30. Kxd1 Nd5 31. Rxf8+
Kxf8 32. Kc2 Rc3+ 33. Kb2 a5 34. e4 axb4 35. axb4 Rxc1
36. Kxc1 Nxb4 37. Kd2 Ke7 38. Nxb7 Kd7 39. Kc3 Nc6 40. Nd6 Nd4
41. Nf7 Nf3 42. Kd3 Kc6 43. Nd8+ Kd7 44. Nf7 Kc6 45. Ke3 Nh4
46. Ng5 Ng2+ 47. Kf3 Nf4 48. Nxh7 Nxh3 49. g5 Kxc5 50. Kg4 Nf4
51. g6 Nxg6 52. Ng5 Kd6 53. Nf3 Ke7 54. Kg5 Kf7 55. Nd2 Nf8
56. Nc4 Nh7+ 57. Kg4 Kf6 58. Nd6 Ng5 59. Kh5 g6+ 60. Kg4 Nf7
61. Nc4 Nh6+ 62. Kh4 Nf7 63. Kg4 Ke7 64. Nd2 Kd6 65. Nf3 Kc5
66. Nh4 g5 67. Ng6 Kd4 68. Kf3 Nh6 69. Nf8 g4+ 70. Kg3 Kxe4
71. Nxe6 Ke3 72. Nc7 Kd3 73. Nd5 Nf5+ 74. Kf2 g3+ 75. Kf3 e4+
76. Kg4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial Tournaments"]
[Site "Tallin EST"]
[Date "2006.01.12"]
[EventDate "2006.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Rytshagov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd2 b5
12. Rfe1 d6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 a5 16. c3 bxc3
17. Nxc3 O-O 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Bb1 Ne8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Rc3 Rac8
22. Rb3 Rc4 23. Ra3 Nf6 24. Nc3 Rb4 25. Ra2 Ng4 26. Rd1 Ba6
27. Bc2 h6 28. h3 Ne5 29. b3 Qc5 30. Ne2 d5 31. Nf4 d4 32. Bd3
Bb7 33. Bc2 d3 34. Nxd3 Nxd3 35. Bxd3 Rbd4 36. Qe3 Qd6
37. Rad2 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Qxd2 40. Qb6 Qd1+ 41. Kh2
Qd6+ 42. Qxd6 Rxd6 43. Kg3 f5 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial Tournaments"]
[Site "Tallin EST"]
[Date "2006.01.12"]
[EventDate "2006.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sarunas Sulskis"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 Rc8
12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Qa4 Nbd7 14. e3 Bc6 15. Qf4 bxc5 16. Bd3 Rab8
17. Rd2 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. O-O Bxc3 20. bxc3 e5 21. Qf5 g6
22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qg3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Kg7 25. Bc4 Rd8 26. Rxd8
Qxd8 27. h3 Rb6 28. Rd1 Qb8 29. a4 Rb1 30. Bb5 Rb2 31. Qc6 Qb6
32. Qxb6 axb6 33. f3 e4 34. Rd6 h5 35. h4 Rb3 36. c4 Rxe3
37. Rxb6 exf3 38. gxf3 Rxf3 39. a5 Ra3 40. a6 Ra2 41. Rb7 Ng4
42. Rc7 Ne5 43. Rxc5 Nf3+ 44. Kf1 Nxh4 45. Rc8 Nf5 46. c5 h4
47. Rc7 Ne3+ 48. Ke1 h3 49. Re7 h2 50. Bc6 Ng2+ 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial Tournaments"]
[Site "Tallin EST"]
[Date "2006.01.13"]
[EventDate "2006.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ilmars Starostits"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3
Nf6 7. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "U20ch-RUS"]
[Site "Cheboksary RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qc5
Qb8 12. Qg5 d6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. O-O e5 15. Qh4 Qxc3 16. Rab1 b6
17. Kh1 Be6 18. f4 Bxa2 19. Rbd1 Nd7 20. Rf3 exf4 21. e5 g6
22. Bxf4 Nxe5 23. Qf6 Rac8 24. Bc4 Nxf3 25. Qxc3 Ne5 26. Rxd6
1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.21"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artem Iljin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bd6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. N2f3 Re8
12. h3 Ne4 13. Re1 a6 14. Qb3 Bc7 15. Rad1 Qd6 16. c4 Nxd4
17. Rxd4 Qg6 18. Nh4 Qd6 19. Nf3 Qg6 20. Nh4 Qd6 21. Nf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.22"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 c6 10. Rb1 b5 11. dxc6 b4 12. Nd5
Nxc6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. b3 Bb7 15. Re1 Qe7 16. Nf1 f5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. Ne3 Nd4 19. Bf1 e4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Be5 22. Be3
Qg7 23. Kh1 Rae8 24. Rc1 a5 25. Rc4 Nb5 26. f4 exf3 27. Qxf3
Nc3 28. Rh4 Bf6 29. Rh5 Qg4 30. Rxf5 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 Bg5 32. Bf2
Rxe1 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Bxe1 Nxd5 35. Bd3 h6 36. g3 Ke7
37. Kg2 Nc3 38. Bxc3 bxc3 39. Kf3 d5 40. h4 Bc1 41. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Petr Petrovich Kiriakov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nb6
7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8
12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Rfe1 a6 15. e4 Nh5 16. Bg3 b5
17. Qd3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 b4 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Qb1 c5 21. d5 exd5
22. Rxd5 Qc7 23. Nf4 Rfd8 24. e5 Bg5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nxg5
hxg5 27. Nh3 Bd3 28. Qc1 f6 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Nxg5 fxg5
31. Qxg5+ Kf7 32. Re3 Qd6 33. Rf3+ Ke8 34. Rf6 Qe7 35. Qh5+
Kd7 36. Rf7 Qxf7 37. Qxf7+ Kc6 38. g4 c4 39. g5 Rd6 40. Qe8+
Kc5 41. f4 Rc6 42. f5 Kb5 43. f6 c3 44. bxc3 bxc3 45. a4+ Kb6
46. Qe3+ Kb7 47. Qxd3 c2 48. Qb3+ Kc7 49. Qxc2 1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Artur Gabrielian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Ne5
12. a4 g5 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Nf1 Ng4 15. Nd1 Qf6 16. Ra3 Nf4
17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rg3 Bd7 19. b3 h6 20. Bb2 Qg6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Nc3 Re7 23. Rge3 Rae8 24. Nd2 a6 25. a5 Bb5 26. b4 c4
27. Nf1 Nd3 28. Rb1 f5 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Rbe1 Rxe3 31. Rxe3
Rxe3 32. Nxe3 Qe5 33. Qd2 h5 34. h3 Kf7 35. Nc2 Kf6 36. Ne3
Qf4 37. Qc2 Qe5 38. Qd2 Kg7 39. Nc2 Kf6 40. Ne3 Kf7 41. Nc2
Nf4 42. Nd4 Ke7 43. Nde2 Nxe2+ 44. Nxe2 Kf6 45. Nc3 Bd7 46. f3
Bf5 47. b5 axb5 48. Nxb5 Bd3 49. Nc3 h4 50. Kh1 Kf5 51. Qc1
Qd4 52. Qd2 Qe5 53. Qc1 Kf6 54. Qd2 Kf7 55. Qb2 Qe7 56. Kh2
Qe5+ 57. Kh1 Kf6 58. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.27"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Frolyanov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O
O-O-O 12. b4 Nf6 13. c5 Ne8 14. Bd3 Qf4 15. Bxe5 Qxb4 16. Rb1
Qa5 17. Qc2 Nxc5 18. Rb5 cxb5 19. Qxc5+ Nc7 20. Rc1 Rxd3
21. Bxc7 Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxc7 23. Qxa7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qc2 25. Qd4
Kb8 26. Qe5+ Ka7 27. Qe3+ Kb8 28. Qe5+ Ka7 29. Rd4 Rc8
30. Qxb5 Qc5 31. Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-StP"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.06.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vassily Aleksandrovich Orlov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5
7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd3 Qxa2 10. Nge2 Qa5 11. O-O O-O
12. Nb5 a6 13. Nbd4 Qd8 14. c6 Ne5 15. c7 Qd6 16. Nf5 Qb6
17. Bb1 Nc4 18. Nf4 Nd2 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxd5 Qxb2 21. Nfe7+
Bxe7 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bc2 Qe5 24. Qxd2 a5 25. f4 Qd6 26. Qd3
f5 27. Bb3 a4 28. Ba2 Be6 29. e4 Rfc8 30. e5 Qa3 31. Qe2 Bc5+
32. Kh1 Bd4 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "FINEC Rektor Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.02"]
[EventDate "2006.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Nikolayevich Zagrebelny"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. e4 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Nf8
17. g3 Bf6 18. Nf3 g6 19. h4 Bg7 20. a4 Qc6 21. Rfe1 f5 22. d5
exd5 23. exd5 Qf6 24. Bc4 h6 25. Rd3 Qf7 26. Re3 Qf6 27. Re7
Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qe6+ Qxe6 30. dxe6 Nf6 31. Ne5 Kh7
32. Nf7 Bc6 33. Bb5 Bxb5 34. axb5 Ng8 35. h5 Rc7 36. Nd6 Bf8
37. Nc4 g5 38. Ne3 Ne7 39. Rd1 Kg8 40. Rd7 Rc8 41. c4 Re8
42. g4 fxg4 43. Nxg4 Bg7 44. Bf6 Bf8 45. Bxg5 hxg5 46. Nf6+
Kg7 47. Nxe8+ Kh6 48. Rxa7 Kxh5 49. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "FINEC Rektor Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[EventDate "2006.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Matlakov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6
7. c4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC Rektor Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[EventDate "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Victor Trushelyov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 f5
12. d5 e5 13. Ne1 Qh4 14. f3 Ng5 15. f4 Ne4 16. Nf3 Qe7
17. Bd3 b5 18. cxb5 Bxd5 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. Rac1 c5 21. bxc6
Rxc6 22. Qe2 Rfc8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rd1 Bb3 25. Rc1 Rxc1+
26. Bxc1 Bd5 27. Bb2 exf4 28. exf4 Nb6 29. Qe3 Be6 30. Bxe4
Nc4 31. Qd4 fxe4 32. Qxe4 d5 33. Qe2 Qd7 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. Qxe5
Bf5 36. Bd4 a6 37. a4 Bd3 38. h3 h6 39. Kh2 Kh7 40. g4 Qf7
41. f5 h5 42. Kg3 hxg4 43. hxg4 Qd7 44. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Blue Sevan Tournament"]
[Site "Sevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[EventDate "2006.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Babujian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "252"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O d6 9. a4 a5 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. Ne1 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 e5 13. Nd3 Qe7 14. f3 e4 15. Nf4 Rfe8 16. Rb2 Nf8
17. h4 Qd7 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Rd2 Ng6 20. Nh3 Ne7 21. Rb2 Nf5
22. Nf4 h6 23. h5 exf3+ 24. exf3 Re3 25. Rg1 Nxd4 26. Qd1 Nf5
27. g4 Nh4+ 28. Kh3 Rxf3+ 29. Kxh4 Rxc3 30. Rb3 Rxc4 31. Rf3
Ne4 32. Ne2 Re8 33. Nd4 Qe7+ 34. Kh3 Qe5 35. Nf5 Rxc1 36. Qxc1
Ng5+ 37. Kg2 Nxf3 38. Kxf3 Qe2+ 39. Kg3 Re4 40. Kh3 Rxa4
41. Qc3 Qe5 42. Qxe5 dxe5 43. Rd1 g6 44. hxg6 fxg6 45. Nxh6+
Kg7 46. g5 Rd4 47. Rf1 Rd7 48. Ng4 a4 49. Nxe5 Re7 50. Nc6
Re3+ 51. Kg4 a3 52. Rc1 b5 53. Kf4 Rh3 54. Nd4 b4 55. Rxc7+
Kg8 56. Ra7 Rh2 57. Ke5 Rf2 58. Kd5 a2 59. Kc4 Rg2 60. Ne6 Rb2
61. Nc5 Rg2 62. Ne6 Rb2 63. Nc5 Rg2 64. Nd7 Kf7 65. Nc5+ Kg8
66. Kxb4 Rxg5 67. Rxa2 Rf5 68. Kc4 Kg7 69. Kd4 Rf1 70. Ne4 Rf5
71. Ke3 Rf7 72. Ra6 Rf5 73. Ng3 Rf6 74. Ra5 Rf7 75. Ne2 Rf5
76. Ra1 Rf7 77. Nd4 Rf6 78. Nf3 Rf7 79. Kf2 Rf5 80. Kg3 Kh6
81. Kg4 Rb5 82. Ra4 Rh5 83. Re4 Rf5 84. Re6 Rh5 85. Nh4 Rg5+
86. Kf4 Rg1 87. Nf5+ Kh7 88. Re7+ Kg8 89. Nd4 Kf8 90. Ra7 Rf1+
91. Kg5 Ke8 92. Kxg6 Rg1+ 93. Kf6 Rf1+ 94. Nf5 Kd8 95. Rh7 Rf2
96. Ke6 Re2+ 97. Kd5 Rd2+ 98. Nd4 Rd1 99. Ke5 Ke8 100. Ra7 Kd8
101. Nc6+ Kc8 102. Ke4 Rd7 103. Ra1 Kb7 104. Nb4 Rd2 105. Ke5
Rh2 106. Nd5 Rh5+ 107. Kd6 Rh6+ 108. Kc5 Rc6+ 109. Kb5 Rc2
110. Rh1 Kc8 111. Rh7 Kd8 112. Nf6 Rc1 113. Kb6 Rc2 114. Ne4
Ke8 115. Nc5 Kf8 116. Kc6 Rc1 117. Rc7 Ke8 118. Ra7 Kf8
119. Kd6 Rd1+ 120. Ke5 Re1+ 121. Ne4 Ke8 122. Kd5 Kd8 123. Nc3
Ke8 124. Kd6 Kf8 125. Nd5 Rd1 126. Rb7 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blue Sevan Tournament"]
[Site "Sevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.07.14"]
[EventDate "2006.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Gevorg Harutjunyan"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 a6
7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. e5 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Nc6
12. Nd5 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Nd5 Rb8 16. e6 fxe6
17. Nf4 Kf7 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Nxe5+ Bxe5 20. Nxg6 Bd4 21. f4 Rg8
22. Ne5+ Ke7 23. g3 Bd7 24. Rhe1 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Bc2 Ra8
27. a3 Ra6 28. Nf3 Bf6 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Re3 c4 31. Rde1 Rd6
32. Bf5 Kd8 33. Bh3 Bh5 34. a4 Kc7 35. axb5 Ra8 36. Ra3 Rxa3
37. bxa3 Rd4 38. Bxe6 Be8 39. a4 c3 40. Bb3 Bd7 41. Re3 1-0

[Event "Blue Sevan Tournament"]
[Site "Sevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[EventDate "2006.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikheil Kekelidze"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Qe2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Bc5 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. c3
bxc3 13. Bxc3 Kf8 14. b4 Bxb4 15. Bxb4+ Rxb4 16. Qd2 Rb8
17. Qf4 d6 18. Rc1 g5 19. Qxg5 Qe8 20. Ne3 h6 21. Qa5 Ne7
22. Qc7 Rb7 23. Qxd6 Rd7 24. Qa3 Qd8 25. Bb1 Qa5+ 26. Qc3
Qxc3+ 27. Rxc3 Kg7 28. O-O Rd4 29. Bc2 Bd7 30. Rd1 Rxd1+
31. Bxd1 Bc6 32. f3 Rb8 33. Bb3 Be8 34. Bc4 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+
36. Kg3 Bxa4 37. Bxa6 Ng6 38. Rc5 Rb3 39. Nc4 Rc3 40. Ra5 Bc6
41. Nd6 Kf8 42. Bb7 Ke7 43. Nc8+ Kf6 44. Bxc6 Rxc6 45. Na7 Rc2
46. Ra6 h5 47. h4 Ne5 48. Nb5 Nd3 49. Nd4 Rb2 50. f4 Ne1
51. e5+ Kg7 52. f5 Rxg2+ 53. Kh3 exf5 54. Nxf5+ Kh8 55. Rh6+
Kg8 56. Rxh5 Rg1 57. Ng3 Nd3 58. Rg5+ Kh8 59. Rf5 Re1 60. Rxf7
Nxe5 61. Ra7 Nc6 62. Rc7 Ne7 63. h5 Nd5 64. Ra7 Re5 65. Kh4
Ne3 66. Nh1 Re4+ 67. Kg5 Rg4+ 68. Kf6 Rg1 69. Nf2 Ng4+
70. Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blue Sevan Tournament"]
[Site "Sevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[EventDate "2006.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Tigran Kotanjian"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. O-O
h6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Bb7 15. Bc4 N5b6 16. axb6 Bxe4 17. Qxd4
Bb7 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Qg4 Bxe3 20. Qxg7 Ke7 21. Nh4 Qg8 22. Ng6+
Ke8 23. Qxh8 Qxh8 24. Nxh8 Bxb6 25. Rad1 Nxe5 26. Bxe6 fxe6
27. Rd6 Bc7 28. Rxe6+ Kd7 29. Rxh6 Rg8 30. Rh7+ Ke6 31. Rh6+
Kf5 32. f3 Bd8 33. Rh7 Bd5 34. Rd1 Bb6+ 35. Kh1 Rxg2 36. Kxg2
Bxf3+ 37. Kf1 Bxd1 38. Nf7 Nxf7 39. Rxf7+ Ke5 40. Ke1 Bb3
41. Rb7 Bd8 42. Kd2 a5 43. h4 Bd5 44. Rb5 Kd4 45. h5 Kc4
46. Rb8 Bg5+ 47. Ke1 a4 48. Rc8+ Kb3 49. Rc5 Bh4+ 50. Kd2 Be4
51. h6 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.03"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vadim Nikolayevich Karpov"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Bb3 exd4 15. exd4 Rd8 16. Re1 Qd6
17. Rce3 Nf8 18. Re8 Rxe8 19. Rxe8 Rb8 20. Ne5 Be6 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Qc1 Qe8 24. Qc5 Ng6 25. Qxa7 Nxe5
26. dxe5 Qg6 27. h4 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qxb2 29. f4 Qd2 30. Qa4 Qe1
31. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.04"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Gochelashvili"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. Nbd2 Nd7 5. e4 Ngf6 6. Be2
O-O 7. O-O Nh5 8. Be3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 Qe7
12. c3 a5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nce6 15. Qc2 b6 16. Rad1 Bb7
17. g3 Nh5 18. Bc4 Rad8 19. Bd5 Bc8 20. Qe2 Kh8 21. Qb5 h6
22. c4 Qf6 23. Nfd2 Ng5 24. c5 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 N5f4+ 26. Bxf4
exf4 27. Qc6 Qxb2 28. Rb1 Qc2 29. Qxc7 f3+ 30. Kxf3 Rxd5
31. exd5 Qf5+ 32. Kg2 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf5 34. Qd6 Qd3 35. Kg2 b5
36. Rbd1 Bg4 37. Nc1 Qc2 38. axb5 Bxd1 39. Kxh3 Qxd2 40. Rxd1
Qxd1 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.05"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11. fxg7
Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Qe3 Bd7 15. O-O Nc6 16. Nf3
Ne7 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bb3 Rc7 20. Rac1 Qe5 21. Ra1
Qg7 22. Rac1 Qe5 23. Ra1 Qg7 24. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.06"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Volkov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7
7. Nf4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. dxe6 Ba6 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. Qb3+ Ke8
12. Ne6 Qd7 13. Nxg7+ Kd8 14. Ne6+ Kc8 15. d5 Bb7 16. Nf4 Bd6
17. e4 Re8 18. f3 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxd5 20. Qc2 Bc4 21. b3 Ba6
22. Bg5 Re6 23. Rd1 Qg7 24. Be3 Nbd7 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Bd4 Kb7
27. Rhe1 Rg8 28. g3 Qf7 29. Kg2 Nh5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Nd5 Reg5
32. Qf2 Rxd5 33. exd5 Nf4+ 34. Kh1 Nd3 35. Rxd3 Bxd3 36. d6
cxd6 37. Qe3 Bg6 38. Rd1 Re8 39. Qc3 Qe6 40. b4 Qe3 41. Qf6
Re6 42. Qf8 Be8 43. Qf5 Bc6 44. Rd3 Qf2 45. Qf7+ Ka6 46. b5+
Bxb5 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1 g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Bf4
Qd8 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Na4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc3
Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Ng7 20. e3 Be6 21. Bg2 Qe7 22. b4
Rae8 23. Rd3 Bf7 24. Qd2 Nh5 25. Nc3 Nf6 26. Ne2 Nd7 27. f4 a5
28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Ra8 30. Qb2 b6 31. Nd4 bxc5 32. Nxc6 Qd6
33. Ne5 Nxe5 34. fxe5 Qb6 35. Bxd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 cxb4 37. Rd4
Ra3 38. Re1 Rb8 39. e6 Qc7 40. Kh2 Rc3 41. Re2 Qe7 42. Red2
Qxe6 43. Rxb4 Rbc8 44. Rb8 Rxe3 45. Rxc8+ Qxc8 46. Qa2+ Re6
47. Re2 Kf7 48. Qa7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.08"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qc7 9. Bd2 Qxc2 10. Rc1 Qe4+ 11. Qxe4 dxe4
12. Ne2 O-O 13. g4 Bd7 14. Bg2 Bc6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Nc3 f5
17. exf6 Nxf6 18. g5 Nfd5 19. Bxe4 Nxc3 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Rxc3
Rad8 22. Rc4 Rf5 23. Ke2 Rb5 24. Rhc1 Kf7 25. R1c3 Rd7 26. Rc5
Rd5 27. Kf3 Ke7 28. Ke4 Kd7 29. h4 Ra5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Bf4
Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6
7. Nf3 Qe8 8. O-O h6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nd4 c6 13. Be3 f5 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Nd7
17. Rae1 Nf6 18. Bd3 Ng4 19. Nc2 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Qg6 21. Kh1 h5
22. Rf3 Nc5 23. Bc2 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Ne4 25. Qd4 Re8 26. Rd1 Qg7
27. Bxe4 Qxd4 28. Bxf5+ Bxf5 29. Rxd4 Re4 30. Rxe4 Bxe4
31. Rh3 Kh6 32. Kg1 Rf8 33. Rh4 Kg6 34. Nf1 Bb1 35. a3 Rf5
36. Ng3 Ra5 37. f5+ Kf6 38. Rxh5 Ra4 39. Rh6+ Ke7 40. Rh7+ Kf6
41. Rh6+ Ke7 42. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.10"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. e4 e5
12. Be2 Nf8 13. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.11"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Denis Khismatullin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6
7. Qxc4 c5 8. Qc2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.03"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sayed Javad Alavi Moghaddam"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 Bb7 11. e5 Nd7 12. a4
Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bg4 Rae8 17. Qe2
b4 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Nd1 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Rxf4 21. Rxf4 Qxf4
22. Qc4 Qd6 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Nd3 c5 25. Qxc5 h6 26. Rf1 Qg4
27. Rf8+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Be4 30. Rf1 Rc8 31. Nxb4
a5 32. Re1 Ba8 33. Nd3 Rxc2 34. Nf4 Rf2 35. Nh5 Rxg2 36. Re8
Bf3 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.04"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wen Yang"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4
Bc6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bxe5 10. dxe5 g5 11. exf6 gxh4
12. Qxh4 Nd7 13. e4 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. f3 O-O-O 16. b4 b6
17. Rc1 Rd4 18. Ne2 Rxb4 19. Rxc6 Rb2 20. Nc1 Rd8 21. Rc3 Rdd2
22. Be2 Nd7 23. Kf2 Ne5 24. Ke3 c5 25. h4 f5 26. exf5 exf5
27. g3 Nc6 28. Rb3 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.05"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman Nechepurenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 Nc6 9. Re1 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7
12. Bf1 f5 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Ndf3 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 d6 18. Nd3 Rfe8 19. h3 Rad8 20. b4 e5 21. c5 e4
22. c6 Bc8 23. Nf4 d5 24. Qd2 g5 25. Ne2 f4 26. Nc3 a6 27. f3
e3 28. Qc2 Kg7 29. b5 a5 30. Na4 Be6 31. Bd3 Rb8 32. Bf5 Bf7
33. Nb2 Re7 34. Nd3 Rh8 35. Ne5 Be8 36. Qc3 Bf7 37. a4 Ne8
38. g3 Nd6 39. Bd7 Bg6 40. Qb3 Nf5 41. Qxd5 Nxg3 42. Nc4 Rf8
43. Qd6 Qxd6 44. Nxd6 Rd8 45. Nc8 Rexd7 46. cxd7 Rxd7 47. Nxb6
Rxd4 48. Nc4 Nf5 49. Red1 Nh4 50. Rxd4 Nxf3+ 51. Kf1 Nxd4
52. Rc3 Bf5 53. b6 Bxh3+ 54. Ke1 Bg2 55. Nxa5 g4 56. Nc4 g3
57. Rd3 Be4 58. b7 g2 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.06"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Qb6 11. Be2 c5
12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. O-O Be7 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. b4 Ncxe4 18. Qc8+ Qd8 19. Bxb5+ Kf8 20. Qxd8+ Bxd8
21. Ra1 Bd5 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Ne5 g5 24. Bg3 Bb6 25. Ra6 Bd4
26. Rd6 Bc3 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Nxf7+ Kg7 30. Be5
Bxb4 31. Nxh6 Kg6 32. Bd4 Be7 33. Bxf6 Bxf6 34. Ng4 Bd4
35. Kf1 Bf5 36. Ne3 Bxe3 37. fxe3 e5 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Bd3 Bd7
40. Be4 Be6 41. Kd3 Ke7 42. Kc3 Kd6 43. Kb4 Bd7 44. Kc3 Be6
45. Kd2 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kf6 47. Kf3 Bd7 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. h4 Kh6
50. Bf3 Be6 51. Bg4 Bd5 52. Bf3 Be6 53. Bc6 Kh5 54. Be8+ Kh6
55. Bc6 Kh5 56. Be8+ Kh6 57. h5 Bc4 58. Kf3 Bd5+ 59. e4 g4+
60. Ke3 Bg8 61. g3 Bc4 62. Kd2 Kg5 63. Kc3 Be2 64. Kb4 Bf3
65. Bg6 Kf6 66. Kc5 Bd1 67. Kd6 Be2 68. Bf5 Kg5 69. Kxe5 Kxh5
70. Kf6 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. c4 b6
12. O-O-O e5 13. Qd3 Ba6 14. Bg5 Rfc8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxd7
Bxc4 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Kb2 Be6 19. Bb5 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Nf3 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O O-O
12. Kh1 Re8 13. f5 Nf6 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Qd2 b4 16. Ne2 a5
17. Ng3 Qb6 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. h4 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. h5 Ng4
22. fxg6 fxg6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qg5 Nde5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rf4
Ra7 27. Raf1 Bg7 28. Rh4 Qd3 29. Rh3 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8
31. Nf5 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Ng4+ 33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Kxg4 Qxe4+ 35. Kg3
Qxf5 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Rd8 a4
40. Rxd6 a3 41. bxa3 Rxa3+ 42. Kf4 Rxa2 43. Rc6 Rc2 44. Ke5 c4
45. d6 c3 46. d7 Rd2 47. Ke6 f4 48. Rd6 Rxd6+ 49. Kxd6 c2
50. d8=Q c1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.09"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Nd7
7. Nbd2 g6 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 exd5
12. b4 Qd6 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3 Rd8 15. Rfc1 Nf8 16. Nb3 axb4
17. axb4 Bg4 18. Nfd2 Rdc8 19. Qc5 Qd8 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Qd6 Ne6
22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Bf8 24. Qg3 b6 25. cxb6 Rxa1 26. Rxa1
Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Frolyanov"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 Be7 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Ba3 Be7 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Rd8 15. Nd4 e5 16. Nb5 Qa5
17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 Bf5 19. Nd6 Rxd6 20. cxd6 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Nd8
22. Qf6 Qxa2 23. Rb5 Qe6 24. Qe7 Kg7 25. Bd5 Qf6 26. Qc7 a5
27. c4 a4 28. c5 e4 29. d7 a3 30. Ra5 Rxa5 31. Qxa5 Qe5
32. Bc4 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qf6 34. Qd2 Qb2 35. Qd5 Qf6 36. h4 h5
37. Qxe4 Qc6 38. Bd5 Qxd7 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. e4 Ne6 41. Qf6 Kg8
42. Kh2 Qd8 43. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arman Pashikian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O a5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. a3 Nbd7
12. e4 e5 13. d5 a4 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Rae1 h5 16. f4 h4 17. Qd1
hxg3 18. hxg3 g6 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nb5 Ncd7 22. d6
cxd6 23. Nxd6 Rf8 24. Nxb7 Qc7 25. Bh3 Qxb7 26. Bxd7 Nxd7
27. Qg4 Rae8 28. Rf2 Nc5 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Nf1 f5 31. exf5 Rxf5
32. Qe3 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Qf7+ 34. Kg1 Qxc4 35. Nd2 Qc2 36. Ne4
Nxe4 37. Qxe4 Qc5+ 38. Kg2 b5 39. g4 Qe7 40. Re2 Qg5 41. Re3
Re7 42. Kg3 Qf6 43. Kg2 Qd6 44. Kg3 Qd1 45. Kg2 Qc1 46. Re2
Kh6 47. Rf2 Kh7 48. Kg3 Qg1+ 49. Rg2 Qd4 50. Re2 Qd6 51. Rh2+
Kg7 52. Re2 Qc5 53. Kg2 Qc1 54. Rf2 Qc4 55. Re2 Qxe4+ 56. Rxe4
Kf6 57. Rb4 Kg5 58. Re4 Kh4 59. Kf3 g5 60. Ke3 Kg3 61. Rb4 Rb7
62. Re4 Re7 63. Rb4 Rf7 64. Rxb5 Rf3+ 65. Ke2 Kf4 66. Rxe5 Rb3
67. Ra5 Rxb2+ 68. Kf1 Kxg4 69. Rxa4+ Kh3 70. Ra8 g4 71. a4
Rb1+ 72. Ke2 g3 73. a5 Rb2+ 74. Kf3 Rb3+ 75. Ke2 g2 76. Rh8+
Kg3 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zhao Jun"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Rd8
12. Rc1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxa2 14. d5 Ne5 15. Bb4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3
Bf8 17. Bc3 Qa6 18. Qd4 f6 19. e5 fxe5 20. Qxe5 Qf6 21. Qe3
Qf7 22. Ba5 b6 23. d6 Rb8 24. Rc7 Rxd6 25. Bb4 Rd8 26. Bxe7
Re8 27. Qe5 Bg7 28. Qd6 Be6 29. Bc6 Rec8 30. Rxa7 b5 31. Re1
Rb6 32. Be8 Rxe8 33. Qxb6 Bc4 34. Bb4 Rxe1+ 35. Bxe1 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.15"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zaven Andriasian"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4
7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Re1
Re8 13. Bf1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nf8 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3
Be5 18. a3 Ng6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Qe3 Be5 22. g3
Qf6 23. Kg2 Bd4 24. Qf3 Qg5 25. Kh1 Qc5 26. Rc1 Bxf2 27. Nd5
Qd4 28. Rcd1 Qxb2 29. Re2 Qe5 30. Rxf2 cxd5 31. exd5 Re7
32. Bg2 Qd6 33. Rc1 Rde8 34. Qc3 Nf8 35. Rcf1 Nd7 36. Rf4 Nf6
37. Qb4 Rd8 38. Rd1 Re3 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Rf3 Rxd5 41. Rxe3
Rxd1+ 42. Kh2 b6 43. g4 Kf8 44. a4 Rd4 45. Bc6 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2006.10.16"]
[EventDate "2006.10.03"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Khairullin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Kh1
Bb7 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. f3 Rac8 15. Qf2 Qb8 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Bb1
Ng6 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Rcd1 Bh4 20. g3 Be7 21. Ne3 Nf6 22. Bd3
Qa8 23. Bf1 h5 24. Kg1 Qb8 25. Bh3 Bd8 26. Bg2 Bc7 27. a4 Ba8
28. Bc3 h4 29. Ne2 Bd8 30. Rd2 Be7 31. Nd4 Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 N5f6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Bd6
12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 a6 14. Bc2 h6 15. Nh4 Qc7 16. h3 Rfe8
17. Be3 Ne5 18. b3 Rad8 19. f4 Ned7 20. Qf3 b5 21. Nf5 Bf8
22. Rac1 g6 23. Ng3 Nb6 24. f5 g5 25. Nge4 Nfxd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5
27. Qf2 c4 28. bxc4 Nxe3 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Bb3
Qe5 32. cxb5 Bxa3 33. bxa6 Bxa6 34. Rc6 Bb7 35. Rxh6+ Kg7
36. Rb6 Ba8 37. f6+ Kg6 38. Bc2+ Kh6 39. Rxe3 Qxe3 40. Qxe3
Rxe3 41. Rb8 Be4 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Re8 Bxc2 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7
12. g3 O-O 13. Bg2 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. O-O d5 16. Rfe1 Bd7
17. Bh3 Rac8 18. Rab1 Ne7 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. Nd4 Bxd4+ 21. cxd4
Rc4 22. Bb4 Rf7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. f5 Qxa2 25. Rxb7 Qa5 26. Qf1
Rf7 27. Qe2 Rxc2 28. fxe6 Rf8 29. Qe3 Bc8 30. e7 Re8 31. Rf1
Qa6 32. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.05"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6
7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qb3 c5 11. d5 f5
12. O-O-O Ng6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qc7 15. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 Bg7 12. e5
O-O 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Bd3 b6 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Be4
Nf8 18. h4 Rd7 19. Rd2 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxb7 Rbxb7 22. Ne4
Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qe7 24. g4 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6
27. Kg2 Kh7 28. Ne5 Qxh4 29. Rh1 Qf6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qe3 Rh7
32. Rc1 Qh4 33. Kf3 Qd8 34. Ke2 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Qc3 Qb7
37. Ke3 Qe7 38. b4 g5 39. b5 Kh7 40. a4 Kg8 41. Nc6 Qf7
42. Qe5 Ng6 43. Qxg5 Kh7 44. Ne5 Nxe5 45. Qxe5 Qe7 46. Kf4
Qf8+ 47. Kg3 Qe7 48. Qe4+ Kg7 49. f4 Qd7 50. Kh4 Qd8+ 51. g5
Qd7 52. Qe5+ Kg8 53. g6 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7
12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rb8 15. Qg4 Rd8 16. Bh6 Bf8
17. h4 Qc7 18. Bg5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 c5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Qe4 h6
22. Bf4 Be7 23. h5 Rb8 24. b3 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Be3 Qd7
27. Kg2 a5 28. a4 Be7 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ Kg8 31. Qa8+ Kh7
32. Qf3 Kg8 33. Qe2 Bd8 34. f3 Bc7 35. Bf2 Qc6 36. g4 Bb8
37. Bg3 Bc7 38. Qd3 Qe8 39. Kf2 Qc6 40. Ke3 Kh8 41. Kf2 Kg8
42. f4 Qe8 43. Qe4 Qd7 44. Ke2 Bd8 45. Bf2 Be7 46. Be3 Qd8
47. Qc6 Kh7 48. Qg2 Qd7 49. Qe4+ g6 50. Qh1 Bf8 51. g5 hxg5
52. hxg6+ Kxg6 53. Qe4+ Kg7 54. fxg5 Qd8 55. Qh1 Kg8 56. Qe4
Kg7 57. Qh1 Kg8 58. Qg2 Kg7 59. Qh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Khairullin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3
Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Qc7 8. Re1 Bd6 9. g3 Ne7 10. Bf1 Be5 11. Ne2 O-O
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O
12. Rc1 e5 13. Bb3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15. a4 Qe7 16. a5 Nd7
17. b5 Ne5 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nd5 Qa3 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6
Rb8 22. Qc1 Bb2 23. Qc2 Bf5 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxb3 26. Rc7
Rfe8 27. Ne7+ Kg7 28. Qg4 Qd3 29. Nc6 Rb5 30. Rd7 Qf5 31. Qxf5
Rxf5 32. Rxa7 Re6 33. Rb7 Rxc6 34. Rxb2 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3
Bd7 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Be8
16. Rad1 Kb8 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Qh4 Be7 19. g3 h5 20. Qf4 Qxf4
21. gxf4 Rg8+ 22. Kf1 f5 23. Re3 Bc5 24. Ke2 Rg4 25. Kf3 Bb6
26. h3 Rg8 27. Ree1 h4 28. Rg1 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Bc6+ 30. Ke3 a5
31. Rg5 a4 32. Bc4 Be4 33. Bd3 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5
7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bc2 Re8
12. Qd3 g6 13. Qf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Rd1 Na5 16. Nf4 Bd6
17. Nh5 f5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Rc8 20. Qg3 Qc7 21. Rd3 Bb5
22. Rf3 Nc4 23. Bb3 Nd2 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3
Qxc3 27. Qd1 Ba4 28. Qe1 Qxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rc2 30. h4 Rd2 31. Re5
b6 32. h5 Bb3 33. h6 Bxe6 34. Rxe6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rxd4 36. Re7
Rh4+ 37. Kg3 Rxh6 38. Rxa7 g5 39. a4 Re6 40. a5 bxa5 41. Rxa5
Rf6 42. f4 h6 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Kf3 Kg7 45. g4 Kg6 46. gxf5+
Rxf5+ 47. Rxf5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.14"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 a6
12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Ba7 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Bf3 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Rcd1 Rd7 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Qc2 c5 23. Na4 Rd5 24. Ba3 Rg5 25. Bc1 Rh5 26. Be3
Qd6 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Qd3 Rd8 29. Rfe1 Rd5 30. Nb2 Nh5 31. Nc4
Qf6 32. Qe4 Nf4 33. Ne5 d3 34. Nf3 R5d6 35. Kh1 d2 36. Rf1 Rd5
37. h4 Ne6 38. Qe3 Qf4 39. Qxf4 Nxf4 40. Ng1 Rd3 41. g3 Nd5
42. Ne2 Re8 43. Nf4 Nxf4 44. gxf4 Re4 45. Kg2 Rxf4 46. Rh1 Kh7
47. Kf1 Re4 48. Rg1 Rd6 49. f3 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.15"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7
12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qe2 f5
17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Rhf1 O-O 19. g3 b4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 a5
22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Be3 Ne7 25. Nb5 Nf5 26. Bf2 Rc6
27. g4 Rfc8 28. Rd2 Rc4 29. b3 Qxb5 30. bxc4 Qa4 31. Qd3 Qxa2
32. Kd1 Ne7 33. Qb3 Qxb3 34. cxb3 d5 35. c5 Kf7 36. Ra2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.14"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. f4 b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Qf3
Qc7 13. Rae1 g6 14. Qh3 h5 15. Nd1 b5 16. Ba5 Qb8 17. Bc3 b4
18. Bxb4 Bxe4 19. Bc3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 h4 21. Nf2 Rh5 22. Nd4 Nc5
23. Qc2 Qb7 24. b4 h3 25. Nxh3 Nce4 26. Ng5 d5 27. c5 Kf8
28. a3 Kg8 29. Ndf3 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 Nh7 31. Nxh7 Rxh7 32. Qd4
Rh5 33. h3 Bf8 34. Qd3 Bg7 35. Nd4 Rh4 36. Kh1 Qc7 37. Qe3 Bf6
38. Nb3 Kg7 39. Qd2 Qd7 40. Nd4 Rah8 41. Nf3 R4h5 42. Ne5 Qa4
43. Rf3 Rb8 44. Ng4 Bd8 45. Qd4+ Kf8 46. Rc1 Rc8 47. Ne5 Qb5
48. c6 Rc7 49. Nd7+ Kg8 50. Qb6 d4 51. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.15"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anton Shomoev"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 Rfe8 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. a4 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 e5 18. Bf1 exd4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Qg3 Nc6 21. Rd6 Re6
22. Rxe6 Qxg3 23. hxg3 fxe6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. c5
bxc5 27. Ba3 Ne4 28. Bd3 Nc3 29. a5 Nc6 30. Bxc5 Na4 31. Be3
Nxa5 32. Bxa7 Nc6 33. Be3 Nc3 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kf1 Nd5 36. Bc5
Ne5 37. Ba6 h5 38. Bd4 Nc6 39. Bb2 Ne3+ 40. Kg1 Nb4 41. Be2
Nf5 42. Kh2 Nd5 43. Be5 Nf6 44. Bd3 Nd7 45. Bc7 Nf6 46. Kh3 g5
47. Ba5 g4+ 48. Kh2 Nd5 49. Be1 Nd4 50. Bf2 Nf5 51. Kg1 Kf6
52. Be1 Nde3 53. Kf2 Nd1+ 54. Ke2 Nde3 55. Bd2 Nd5 56. Kf2 Kg6
57. Bb5 Nf6 58. Bf4 Kf7 59. Bc4 h4 60. fxg4 Nxg4+ 61. Kf3 Nh2+
62. Ke4 Ng4 63. gxh4 Nf6+ 64. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.16"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Timur Gareyev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. Ne2 e5 8. O-O Qe8 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. e4 f5 12. exf5
gxf5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e4 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Ne3
Nd5 18. Bh5 Qd7 19. c4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 c5 21. dxc5 Bxb2 22. Rb1
Be5 23. cxd6 Bxc4 24. Be7 Qe6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. d7 Rd8 27. Be2
Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Rxd7 29. Qh5 Rf7 30. g4 f4 31. Rb5 Bg7 32. Rf5
Rxf5 33. gxf5 Qxa2 34. Qe8+ Bf8 35. Rxf4 Qe2 36. Qe6+ Kh8
37. Qxe4 Qd1+ 38. Rf1 Qd2 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. f6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. a4 d6 16. a5 Rc6
17. Bc3 O-O 18. Qd3 d5 19. Bf3 d4 20. e5 dxc3 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. bxc3 c4 23. Qe3 Rc5 24. Rfb1 Qc7 25. Rb6 Bg5 26. Qe4 Bf6
27. Rxa6 Bxc3 28. Rd1 Bxa5 29. g3 Bc3 30. Rad6 Bf6 31. Kg2 g6
32. h4 h5 33. Be2 Be5 34. Rd7 Qc6 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Rb1 Rfc8
37. Rbb7 R8c7 38. f4 Rxd7 39. Rxd7 Bf6 40. Kf3 Kf8 41. Rb7 Rc5
42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rb4 c3 44. Rb5 Rc7 45. Bd3 Bd4 46. Ke4 Rd7
47. Kf3 f5 48. Ra5 Re7 49. Ra4 e5 50. fxe5 Bxe5 51. Rc4 Re6
52. Ra4 Re7 53. Rc4 Bf6 54. Ra4 Kh7 55. Rc4 Bg7 56. Kf2 Ra7
57. Kg2 Ra1 58. Rc7 Rd1 59. Re7 Rd2+ 60. Kf3 Kg8 61. Bc4+ Kh8
62. Bd3 Bd4 63. Kf4 Bf6 64. Rf7 Bg7 65. Rd7 Rf2+ 66. Kg5 Kh7
67. Rd6 Rf3 68. Rxg6 Rxd3 69. cxd3 c2 70. Rc6 c1=R 71. Rxc1
Bh6+ 72. Kxf5 Bxc1 73. d4 Be3 74. d5 Bf2 75. g4 Bxh4 76. gxh5
Kh6 77. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Nikola Sedlak"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. Ng3 a6 12. e4
e5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bc2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. Ndf5
Be5 18. Qf3 h6 19. Be3 c5 20. Bxc5 Qc7 21. b4 Bxa1 22. Rxa1
Nd7 23. Qc3 Re5 24. Bd4 Qxc3 25. Bxc3 Ree8 26. Bxg7 a5
27. bxa5 Ne7 28. f3 Nc5 29. Bc3 Nxf5 30. Nxf5 Ne6 31. Bb3 Kh7
32. Nd6 Nf4 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. Bd2 Nd3 35. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Konstantin Maslak"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Bg5 c5
7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6
12. b3 Nd4 13. Rc1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Rab8 15. Qe2 a6 16. Kh1 Rfe8
17. f4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nb4 f5 21. Rfe1 Nf6
22. exf5 gxf5 23. Bc3 Ne4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Kg1 Kf6 26. Nd3
Rec8 27. Rc2 Rc7 28. Nf2 d5 29. Rec1 Rbc8 30. Nd3 dxc4
31. bxc4 Ke7 32. g3 Rd8 33. Ne5 Nc5 34. Re1 Nd3 35. Nxd3 Rxd3
36. Rb2 Kd7 37. Rb6 Rd6 38. Reb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.20"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny E Vorobiov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 cxd4
7. Nexd4 Nxe4 8. Nxe6 Bxe6 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Qxe4 Bc5 11. Bc4
O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. d3 h6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Qc4 Qb6 16. Bd2
Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bc3 Rd8 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Rae1 Qxd3
21. Qa4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qd2 23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Qe4+ g6 25. h4 Rd4
26. Qe5 Qd1+ 27. Qe1 Qa4 28. b3 Qxa2 29. g3 Qc2 30. Qe3 Rd1+
31. Kg2 Qc6+ 32. Qe4 Qxe4+ 33. Rxe4 Rd7 34. g4 Kg7 35. f3 Rd5
36. Kg3 Rb5 37. b4 Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke6 39. Re4+ Re5 40. Rc4 Rb5
41. Re4+ Kd6 42. Rd4+ Rd5 43. Rc4 g5 44. h5 f5 45. f4 gxf4+
46. Rxf4 Ke6 47. Kh4 fxg4 48. Rxg4 Ke5 49. Kg3 Rd6 50. Rg7 Rb6
51. Rg4 Kf5 52. Rd4 Rb5 53. Rg4 Rb6 54. Rd4 Ke5 55. Rg4 Ke6
56. Re4+ Kf5 57. Rg4 Rb5 58. Rg6 Rxb4 59. Rxh6 Kg5 60. Rh8 a5
61. Kf2 a4 62. Ke2 b5 63. Kd3 a3 64. h6 Kg6 65. h7 Rb3+
66. Kc2 Rb2+ 67. Kc1 b4 68. Rg8+ Kxh7 69. Rg3 Kh6 70. Rg8 Kh5
71. Rg7 Kh4 72. Rg6 Kh3 73. Rg7 Kh2 74. Ra7 Kg1 75. Ra6 Kf2
76. Ra7 Ke2 77. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Be4 Nbc6 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Bb7 16. Rc1
Rc8 17. a3 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qf6 19. Rc2 Rcd8 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. Be4
Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Rd8 23. Qc2 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxd4
26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. g3 Rd2 28. Rc1 g5 29. Rc7 a5 30. b4 Rd3
31. Rc6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. O-O Bd6
12. Bxd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.03"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Helgi Dam Ziska"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 b6 5. c3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Ne1 O-O-O 10. Nc2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nf6
12. Qe1 h5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 h4 15. a3 c4 16. Bxc4 h3 17. Be2
hxg2 18. Rf2 Bh4 19. c4 Nde7 20. Nd6+ Rxd6 21. exd6 Qxd6
22. Be3 Nf5 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. b4 Nce7 25. Qd2 Bg3 26. Rxg2 Bxg2
27. hxg3 Bb7 28. Ne1 Nxg3 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Qc6 31. Kg2
Nef5 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Tomas Polak"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nf3 dxe4
7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. dxe4 h6 9. h3 Na6 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5
12. Be3 Qe7 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. O-O-O Bc7 15. g3 Bd7 16. Nh4 g6
17. Bxh6 O-O-O 18. Be3 Nf4 19. gxf4 Qxh4 20. fxe5 Bg4 21. hxg4
Rxd2 22. Rxh4 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rxh4 24. Bb3 Rxg4 25. Bxf7 Kd8
26. f4 g5 27. fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a5
12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Na4 Qc7 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Be5 Qc6 16. Bb5 Ba6
17. c4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Qb7 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. b6 Ne8 21. Qb5 Bb4
22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Qxc5 Rc8 25. Bc7 Nxc7 26. Rc1
h5 27. h4 d4 28. bxc7 Qb4 29. Qc6 Qd2 30. g3 d3 31. Kg2 Qb2
32. Rc4 Qe5 33. Qd7 Qd5+ 34. Qxd5 exd5 35. Rd4 Rxc7 36. Rxd5
Rc2 37. a4 Rc3 38. Rxh5 Rxb3 39. Rxa5 d2 40. Rd5 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Nbxd4 e5
12. Nf5 Nb6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Rc1
Ne4 17. Bb4 Qf6 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Qc7 Nd5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5
Nxb4 22. axb4 Rd2 23. Bf3 Rd5 24. g4 Rxe5 25. gxf5 h6 26. Rfd1
Rae8 27. Rc4 b6 28. Rdd4 Nf6 29. Bc6 Rc8 30. e4 Re7 31. f4 b5
32. Rc3 Rec7 33. Ba8 Rxc3 34. bxc3 Rxc3 35. e5 Ng4 36. Rd8+
Kh7 37. Be4 Rc7 38. Kg2 g6 39. Kf3 h5 40. fxg6+ fxg6 41. Rd6
Rg7 42. h3 Nh6 43. Kg3 Nf7 44. Rd7 Nh6 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 46. Kh4
Ng8 47. Kg5 Ne7 48. e6 Nd5 49. Bxg6 Kf8 50. Be4 Nc7 51. f5 Ke7
52. Bc6 h4 53. Kg6 a6 54. Kg7 Kd6 55. Bd7 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vitaly Kunin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 Bf5
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 O-O 9. Nc3 c5 10. dxc5 Na6 11. cxd5 Nxc5
12. Qd1 Qb6 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Be5 Rac8 15. Rb1 Qa6 16. b4 Nce4
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Nf6 20. b5 Qxa2 21. Ra1
Qxd5 22. Qxa7 Ne4 23. Qa3 Qc5 24. Qb2+ Qc3 25. Qa2 Nd2
26. Nxd2 Rxd2 27. Qa7 Rcd8 28. h3 R8d7 29. Rac1 Qb2 30. Rb1
Qe5 31. b6 Rc2 32. Rbc1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Qb2 34. Rf1 Qf6 35. Qa5
Rd6 36. Rb1 Qf5 37. Qc3+ f6 38. Qb4 Qc2 39. Rf1 Kf7 40. Qh4 h5
41. Qb4 Rd1 42. g3 Rd6 43. h4 Rc6 44. Ra1 Qd3 45. Qa5 Qd6
46. Qa8 Rxb6 47. Qh8 Qd3 48. Ra8 Rb1+ 49. Kh2 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Nicholas Pert"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Qd3 Nf5 13. Qxc3 d4 14. Qd3 b6 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. g4 Nh4
17. Rg3 O-O-O 18. Bd2 Kb8 19. Bb4 Ng6 20. Qd2 Ncxe5 21. fxe5
Nxe5 22. Qf4 Ka8 23. Be7 Rd5 24. Bf6 Qxc2 25. Bxe5 d3 26. Rd1
dxe2 27. Bxe2 Rgd8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc3 Qh7 30. Bf3 Qh4+
31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Kf2 Qh4+ 33. Kg2 Qe1 34. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 35. Kh3
b5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.09"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Nbxd4 e5
12. Nf5 Nb6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be2 Rd8 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Rc1 h6
17. h3 Bh5 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Bb4 Qe6 20. Rfd1 Nbd5 21. Qa4 Nxb4
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxb4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 e4 25. Bd1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+
Qxc8 27. Bb3 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc7+ 29. g3 b6 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. Kg2
g5 32. Bc4 Kg7 33. b4 Kg6 34. Bb3 Qd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. g4 Ne5
37. Bd5 f5 38. Be6 fxg4 39. hxg4 Kf6 40. Bf5 h5 41. b5 h4
42. a4 Ke7 43. Bxe4 Nxg4 44. Bf5 Nh6 45. Bc8 g4 46. f3 gxf3+
47. Kxf3 Nf7 48. Kg4 Nd6 49. Ba6 Ke6 50. Kxh4 Nf5+ 51. Kg4
Nxe3+ 52. Kf3 Nd5 53. a5 bxa5 54. Ke4 Kd6 55. Kd4 Nf6 56. Bb7
Kc7 57. Bf3 Kb6 58. Kc4 Nd7 59. Be2 Nc5 60. Kc3 Ne4+ 61. Kb3
Kc5 62. Bd3 Nd2+ 63. Kc3 Nf3 64. Kb3 Nd4+ 65. Ka4 Kb6 66. Ka3
Ne6 67. Bc4 Nc5 68. Bf1 Kc7 69. Be2 Kd6 70. Bc4 Ke5 71. Be2
Kd4 72. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8
12. a3 c5 13. Nxb5 cxd4 14. Qd1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qe2 dxe3
17. Bxe3 Bc5 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Nc3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3
Qc7 22. Rfd1 h6 23. h3 Rc8 24. R1d2 Qb8 25. g3 Qc7 26. Rd4 a5
27. Qd3 Qb7 28. Rd6 Re5 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kh7 31. Qd3+
Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qd3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Marius Manolache"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h3 a6 6. e4 O-O
7. Be3 c6 8. Qc2 b5 9. Rd1 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6
12. Bd3 a5 13. Qe2 a4 14. Rfe1 Ne8 15. Bg5 Nc7 16. Qe3 Rb8
17. Bh6 Ba6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. h4 Nc7 21. Qc1 Qd7
22. h5 Qg4 23. h6+ Kg8 24. e5 d5 25. Nh2 Qh4 26. g3 Qh3
27. Nf3 Ne6 28. Re2 Qh5 29. Kg2 g5 30. Nh2 Rb7 31. b3 Ra8
32. Red2 axb3 33. axb3 Nd7 34. Ne2 Ra6 35. Qc3 Rab6 36. Ra1
Ndf8 37. Nc1 Qxh6 38. Ra8 Rb8 39. Ra7 R6b7 40. Rxb7 Rxb7
41. Nd3 Qg6 42. Nb4 Rb6 43. Nc2 g4 44. Qd3 h5 45. Nf1 Qe4+
46. Qxe4 dxe4 47. b4 Ra6 48. Nfe3 Nc7 49. Nf5 e6 50. Nd6 Ra2
51. Nxe4 Nd5 52. Kf1 Kg7 53. Ke2 Rb2 54. Kd3 Nd7 55. Rd1 N7b6
56. Ra1 Rb3+ 57. Ke2 Rb2 58. Kd3 Rb3+ 59. Ke2 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rene Stern"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e3 Bb7
7. Be2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd2 Qg5
12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bd2 f5 15. f3 Qg6 16. Rf2 Nf6
17. Bf1 h5 18. Bg2 h4 19. gxh4 Qh7 20. c5 Bd5 21. cxd6 cxd6
22. Rc7 Qxh4 23. Qa4 a5 24. Qa3 Ne8 25. Rc2 Rf6 26. Qd3 Rg6
27. b3 Nf6 28. Qe2 Nh7 29. Kh1 Rh6 30. Bf1 Ng5 31. e4 Nxe4
32. fxe4 Bxe4+ 33. Kg1 Rg6+ 34. Rg2 Bxg2 35. Bxg2 Rf8 36. Qf2
Qe4 37. Rc1 f4 38. Re1 Qc2 39. Bc1 Rc8 40. Qf1 f3 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Marat Anatolyevich Makarov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2007.09.04"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ivan Popov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4
7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 e6 10. Qf3 Qb6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7
12. Bd3 c5 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Rc8 15. O-O f5 16. Ng5 Be7
17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Bf8 19. Qh3 Bg7 20. Rad1 h6 21. Nf3 cxd4
22. exd4 Nf6 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd5 25. Be5 O-O 26. Qg3 g5
27. h4 g4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qe5+ Kf7 30. Ne1 Qb7 31. Nd3 Rc8
32. Re1 Qc6 33. Nc5 Re8 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. g3 Nf6 36. Qe3 Qd5
37. Re1 Re8 38. Qxh6 Qxd4 39. h5 Qxc5 40. Qg6+ Ke7 41. Qg7+
Kd6 42. Qxf6 Kd7 43. h6 Qe7 44. Qc3 Qd6 45. h7 Qf8 46. Qe3 e5
47. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny E Vorobiov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bb7
7. c3 Be7 8. a4 a6 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nb3 Rxa4
12. Rxa4 bxa4 13. Na5 Qa8 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15. Qxa4 O-O 16. c4
Nb6 17. Qb5 c6 18. Qb1 Qa6 19. c5 Nc4 20. Bf4 Ne4 21. h4 f6
22. Qc2 Ra8 23. Ne1 e5 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Bc1 e3
27. Bxe3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Qa2 29. Qe4 Qxe2 30. Qxc6 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2
Rf8 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Nd3 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 h5 36. c6
e4 37. Nf4 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ 39. Ng2 Bc5 40. Qxh5+ Kg8
41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qxe4+ g6 43. c7 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Qh1+ 45. Kg4
Qd1+ 46. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2007.09.06"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Qd2 Bb4 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Qe7
12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Ne5 Ba4 14. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. Qd2 Nb6 9. Ne3 Bg6 10. a5 Nbd5 11. g3 e6
12. Bg2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 a6 14. O-O Bb4 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5
17. Bd2 O-O-O 18. e4 Nc7 19. Be3 Rd3 20. Rfc1 h6 21. Bf1 Rd7
22. f3 Kb8 23. Kf2 Rhd8 24. Be2 h5 25. h4 f6 26. exf6 gxf6
27. Na4 e5 28. Nb6 Rh7 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Ne6 31. Nd7+ Kc8
32. Bc4 Re7 33. Nxf6 Bxa5 34. Rd7 Rf7 35. Rxf7 Bxf7 36. Nxh5
Kd7 37. Ng7 b5 38. Bxe6+ Bxe6 39. Bc5 Bb3 40. h5 Bd2 41. Be3
Bb4 42. h6 Bg8 43. f4 exf4 44. gxf4 Bf8 45. f5 Bxg7 46. hxg7
Ke7 47. b4 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2007.09.09"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 Bxc5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 a6
12. O-O b5 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Qb1 Bd6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Bc3 Nxc3
17. Rxc3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Rd1 Rac8 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Bf5 Rc7 23. g3 g6 24. Bh3 Kg7 25. Bg2 Qc5 26. Nf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2007.09.10"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6
12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. e4 Bg6
17. a4 Nh5 18. a5 Rab8 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Qb2 b6 21. axb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2007.09.11"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrey Rychagov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5
O-O 13. h3 Nb6 14. Bb3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rd2
cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bc6 20. Rad1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5
22. Rxd5 Qc6 23. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2007.09.12"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bb2 Be7
12. Bxg6 hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2007.09.13"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artyom Timofeev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8. a4 b6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Bf3 Bc5
12. Qd3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 d6 14. Rd1 O-O 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rd2 d5
17. e5 Nd7 18. Ne2 Nb8 19. Nd4 Nc6 20. c3 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 a5
22. Be2 Qe7 23. Bd3 g6 24. g4 Bc6 25. Rf3 Rce8 26. Rf2 Kh8
27. Qh3 f5 28. exf6 Qxf6 29. g5 Qg7 30. Qg3 e5 31. fxe5 Rxf2
32. Kxf2 Qxe5 33. Qxe5+ Rxe5 34. h4 Kg7 35. Be2 h6 36. gxh6+
Kxh6 37. Bf3 Be8 38. Kg3 g5 39. Bxd5 gxh4+ 40. Rxh4+ Kg5
41. Bf3 b5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. Re4 Bf7 44. b4 axb4 45. cxb4 Kf6
46. Kf4 Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Bd7
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Rad8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6
16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Bb5 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "191"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qa4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qb4 h6 11. Bh4 a5
12. Qd4 Re8 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. e3 g5 15. Bg3 Qxc5 16. Be2 Ne4
17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. O-O Bd7 20. Qb2 Bc6 21. c4 Re6
22. Be5 Ne4 23. Bd4 Qb4 24. Rfc1 Qxb2 25. Bxb2 dxc4 26. Bxc4
Ree8 27. Be2 Red8 28. Bd4 Nd6 29. Rc5 Ne4 30. Rc2 Nd6 31. Rac1
a4 32. Rc5 Ne4 33. Re5 Re8 34. Rf5 Rac8 35. Re5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5
Rd8 37. Bd4 f5 38. f3 Nd6 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. Rc5 Rc8 41. Bd3 Bd7
42. Rd5 Rc6 43. a3 b5 44. h3 Be6 45. Re5 Rc1 46. Bxb5 Rc2+
47. Kg1 Nxb5 48. Rxb5 h5 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. Bg7+ Kg8 51. Bh6 g4
52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. Rg5 Kh7 54. Bf8 gxf3 55. gxf3 h4 56. Bd6 Rd2
57. Bb4 Re2 58. Bc5 Kh6 59. f4 Rc2 60. Bf8+ Kh7 61. Rh5+ Kg8
62. Bd6 Re2 63. Bc5 Rc2 64. Bd4 Ra2 65. Rxh4 Rxa3 66. Rh8+ Kf7
67. h4 Rd3 68. h5 Rd1+ 69. Kh2 Bd5 70. Rh7+ Ke6 71. h6 Rh1+
72. Kg3 Kd6 73. Rh8 Bc6 74. h7 Bd7 75. Bf6 Rh5 76. Bb2 Kd5
77. Kf3 Rh3+ 78. Kg2 Rh5 79. Bg7 Ke6 80. Bb2 Kd5 81. Bd4 a3
82. Ra8 Rxh7 83. Rxa3 Bc6 84. Kg3 Kd6 85. Ra6 Rh6 86. Be5+ Kd5
87. Ra5+ Kc4 88. Ra6 Kb5 89. Ra7 Be4 90. Rd7 Kc6 91. Re7 Kd5
92. Bd4 Kd6 93. Re5 Kd7 94. Kf2 Rh2+ 95. Ke1 Kd6 96. Ra5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5
12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Qe4 Bb3
17. Rd2 O-O 18. h4 Bc5 19. hxg5 fxg5 20. Bh3 Rf7 21. Nf5 Kh8
22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Nc4 24. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Nd2 c6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6
12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Nb3 b6 14. Ba6 Rb8 15. Be2 Ng6 16. h4 h6
17. h5 Nf8 18. Bh4 Be7 19. Bg3 Bd6 20. Bh4 Be7 21. Ka1 a5
22. Nd2 N8d7 23. Rhg1 Bg4 24. f3 Bxh5 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. g4 Bg6
27. g5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Nh5 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. e4
Nf4 32. Nf1 N8e6 33. Ne3 Rbd8 34. Qh2 Kf7 35. Ng4 Rh8 36. Ne5+
Kg8 37. Qg3 Qe8 38. exd5 cxd5 39. Rde1 g5 40. Rh1 Rh6 41. a3
b5 42. Rxh6 gxh6 43. Qh2 Kg7 44. Ng4 h5 45. Ne3 b4 46. Ncxd5
Nxd5 47. Qe5+ Nf6 48. Nf5+ Kg6 49. Nd6 Rxd6 50. Qxd6 bxa3
51. Rxe6 axb2+ 52. Kb1 Qf7 53. d5 h4 54. f4 h3 55. fxg5 Kxg5
56. Qe5+ Kg6 57. Qg3+ Kh7 58. Qxh3+ Nh5 59. Re5 Qg6+ 60. Qf5
Nf4 61. Qxg6+ Nxg6 62. Re8 Kg7 63. d6 Nf8 64. d7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6
7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Rg1 O-O 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Nd2 g6 15. Ke2 Be7 16. Rgd1 Qa5
17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Bxc3 Nb6 19. Bd3 Nbd5 20. Bd4 Nb4 21. Nc4
Nxd3 22. Kxd3 Nd5 23. Rab1 Nb4+ 24. Ke2 Rac8 25. Nb6 Rc2+
26. Rd2 Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Rd8 28. Ke2 Nc6 29. Bc3 Rb8 30. a5 f5
31. Rc1 Kf7 32. Bd2 Na7 33. Rc7 Nb5 34. Rc6 Na7 35. Rc4 Nb5
36. Nd7 Rd8 37. Ne5+ Ke8 38. f4 Rd5 39. Rc8+ Rd8 40. Rc6 Rd6
41. Rc4 Rd5 42. Nc6 Bd6 43. Bb4 Kd7 44. Bxd6 Kxd6 45. Nb4 Rc5
46. Rxc5 Kxc5 47. Nxa6+ Kc4 48. Kd2 h6 49. h4 h5 50. f3 Kd5
51. Kd3 Kc6 52. Kc4 Na3+ 53. Kd4 Nc2+ 54. Kd3 Ne1+ 55. Ke2 Ng2
56. Kf2 Nxh4 57. Kg3 g5 58. fxg5 Ng6 59. Nb4+ Kb5 60. a6 Kb6
61. f4 e5 62. Nd3 exf4+ 63. Nxf4 Ne7 64. g6 Kxa6 65. g7 Kb5
66. Nxh5 Kc5 67. Nf6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 a6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. c4 e6
7. Qb3 Ra7 8. O-O Nf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O
12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. f3 Be6 14. Qc2 Ra8 15. e4 Rc8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7
17. Be3 b5 18. e5 c5 19. f4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 b4 21. f5 bxc3
22. bxc3 Bc5 23. Qe2 Qa5 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Bh3 Qb6 26. Qg4
Bxd4+ 27. cxd4 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Nf8 29. Qf4 h6 30. Kh1 Kh7
31. Bf5+ Kg8 32. Bd3 Qa7 33. h4 Qe7 34. Rf3 a5 35. a4 Nd7
36. Qd2 Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Kg2 Qd8 39. Bb5 Nf8 40. Qc3 Ng6
41. Bd3 Ne7 42. Qc5 Kf7 43. h5 g6 44. Qc1 Kg7 45. Qf4 Qf8
46. Qg4 Qf7 47. hxg6 Qg8 48. Kh3 Nc6 49. Bb5 Ne7 50. Bd3 Nc6
51. Kh4 Qe8 52. Qf4 Qe7+ 53. Kh3 Nb4 54. Be2 Nc6 55. Bg4 Kxg6
56. Qd2 Kg7 57. Qc3 Qe8 58. Qc5 h5 59. Be2 Ne7 60. Qxa5 Nf5
61. Qb5 Qg6 62. Qd3 Qg5 63. Qf3 Nxd4 64. Qxh5 Qe3 65. Bg4 Qc1
66. Kh2 Qd2+ 67. Kh3 Qc1 68. Bf3 Qe3 69. Bg4 Qc1 70. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nb5 Be7 10. O-O a6 11. Nc3 Bd6
12. Qc2 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Kh8
17. Bd3 e5 18. Bxh7 exd4 19. Be4 dxe3 20. fxe3 Qe8 21. Ng5 f5
22. Rf3 Rf6 23. Rh3+ Rh6 24. Bxf5 Rxh3 25. Bxh3 Qh5 26. Ne4
Qg6 27. Qb1 Ne5 28. Nxd6 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Qxd6 30. Bc3 Rf8 31. Ke2
Ng5 32. Qd1 Bf3+ 33. gxf3 Qxh2+ 34. Kd3 Rd8+ 35. Bd4 Qxh3
36. Qh1 Qxh1 37. Rxh1+ Kg8 38. Ke2 Ne6 39. Be5 c5 40. f4 Kf7
41. Rg1 Rg8 42. f5 Nf8 43. Rd1 g6 44. f6 Ke6 45. f7 Kxf7
46. Rd6 Ke7 47. Rxa6 Nd7 48. Bg3 g5 49. a3 g4 50. Ra5 b4
51. axb4 cxb4 52. Rb5 Ke6 53. Rxb4 Nf6 54. e4 Nh5 55. Rb6+ Kd7
56. Rd6+ Ke7 57. Rd3 Nxg3+ 58. Rxg3 Kf6 59. Kf2 Ke5 60. Re3
Kf4 61. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. a3 a6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7
12. Ba2 Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Bb1 g6 16. Qe2 Be8
17. Rc1 Bb8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd3 Bb8 21. Rfd1 Bc6
22. e4 Nd7 23. Qe3 Ne5 24. Be2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. f4 Rxd1+
27. Nxd1 Nd7 28. Nf2 e5 29. f5 Bc7 30. Kh2 Bb6 31. Qg3 Bxf2
32. Qxf2 Bxe4 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Bc4 Bc6 35. Qg3 Kg7 36. h4 Qf6
37. Be2 Kg8 38. Bc1 Qe7 39. h5 Qd6 40. Bc4 Bd5 41. Bxd5 Qxd5
42. hxg6 Qe4 43. gxf7+ Kxf7 44. Bg5 Ke6 45. Qh3+ Qf5 46. Qb3+
Kd6 47. Be3 Nf6 48. Bc5+ Kc6 49. Kg1 Ne4 50. Be3 Nd6 51. a4 b5
52. axb5+ axb5 53. Qa2 Qd3 54. Qa6+ Kd5 55. Qa8+ Kc4 56. Qa2+
Kxb4 57. Qb2+ Kc4 58. Qa2+ Qb3 59. Qe2+ Qd3 60. Qg4+ Qe4
61. Qe6+ Qd5 62. Qg4+ Qe4 63. Qg8+ Qd5 64. Qg4+ Qe4 65. Qe2+
Qd3 66. Qe1 b4 67. Qc1+ Qc3 68. Qf1+ Qd3 69. Qc1+ Qc3 70. Qf1+
Qd3 71. Qf3 e4 72. Qf4 b3 73. Bc1 Qd1+ 74. Kh2 Qh5+ 75. Kg1
Qd1+ 76. Kh2 Qh5+ 77. Kg1 Qd1+ 78. Kf2 Qc2+ 79. Kg1 Qd1+
80. Kf2 Qd4+ 81. Kf1 e3 82. Qf3 Qd3+ 83. Kg1 e2 84. Qc6+ Kb4
85. Qb6+ Kc3 86. Qc5+ Nc4 87. Qf2 Kc2 88. Bf4 b2 89. Kh2 b1=Q
90. Bh6 Qb8+ 91. Bf4 Qh8+ 92. Kg1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.18"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Qc2 e5
7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 e4
12. Ne1 h6 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Nc2 Ng6 15. Be3 d5 16. b3 Be6
17. h3 Qd7 18. Kh2 h5 19. Bg5 Nh7 20. Bd2 f5 21. Rac1 Rf8
22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bf4 Rac8 24. Qd2 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Qe7 26. e3 g5
27. Rg1 Kh8 28. Bf1 Rg8 29. Be2 h4 30. a4 Rg7 31. Nb4 Rcg8
32. a5 a6 33. Na2 Qd8 34. b4 Qd6 35. Kh1 gxf4 36. exf4 Nf8
37. Bh5 Bd7 38. Rxg7 Rxg7 39. Nc3 Ne6 40. Ne2 Bb5 41. Rc8+ Kh7
42. Nc3 Nxf4 43. Nxb5 axb5 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.19"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 Ne5 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Nc4
12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 Rb8 14. Ka1 O-O 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Ne8
17. N1e2 d6 18. a3 a5 19. Qc1 Be6 20. Na2 f5 21. Nec3 Qb7
22. Rhf1 Bc5 23. Rfe1 f4 24. Re2 Rf7 25. Bh4 Qa7 26. Rde1 Rfb7
27. Nd1 Nc7 28. Bf2 Bxf2 29. Rxf2 Rxb2 30. Qxb2 Rxb2 31. Kxb2
Nb5 32. c3 Qb6 33. Kc1 Nxa3 34. Rb2 Nb5 35. Kb1 Qc5 36. h3 Bd7
37. Ree2 Kf7 38. Red2 Bc6 39. Nc1 Ke7 40. Ra2 Qa7 41. Ne2 Nc7
42. Nb2 Bb5 43. Nc1 Ne6 44. Ra3 Qb6 45. Nd1 Nc5 46. Rb2 a4
47. Rb4 Nb3 48. Ne2 Qc5 49. Ra2 d5 50. exd5 Qxd5 51. Nf2 Bd7
52. Kb2 Nc5 53. Ka3 Na6 54. Rab2 Nxb4 55. cxb4 Bf5 56. Nc3 Qd4
57. Nfd1 Kd8 58. b5 Kc7 59. Kxa4 e4 60. fxe4 Bxe4 61. Kb4 g5
62. Ra2 h5 63. Ra6 Bxg2 64. Rh6 g4 65. hxg4 hxg4 66. Ka5 g3
67. Rh7+ Kc8 68. b6 Bf3 69. Rc7+ Kd8 70. Na4 Qxd1 71. Nc5 Qe1+
0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.20"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5
12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. a5 a6 16. O-O Rd8
17. Qa4 Nd7 18. Qc2 Bc5 19. Nf5 O-O 20. Be4 Kh8 21. e3 Rfe8
22. Rfd1 Bf8 23. Nd4 Bg8 24. Bg2 Re5 25. Qa4 Nc5 26. Qc2 Nd7
27. Qa4 Nc5 28. Qc2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.22"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artyom Timofeev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. g4
Rc8 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4 g6 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Bh3 Nf4
18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nge2 f3 20. Nd4 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Qxg5+ 22. Kh1
Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qh4 24. Kh2 Ne5 25. Rg1 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qh4
27. Kh2 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Qh4 29. Kh2 h5 30. Nxf3 Qf4+ 31. Rg3 Bxe4
32. Ng5 h4 33. Nxe4 hxg3+ 34. Nxg3 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Nh4+ 36. Kh1
Qxg3 37. Qg4 Qxc3 38. Rf1 Qc6+ 39. Kg1 Qc5+ 40. Rf2 Nf5
41. Qf4 Re8 42. Bxf5 Qxf5 43. Qxf5 gxf5 44. Rd2 Re6 45. c4 Re4
46. Rxd6 Rxc4 47. Rxb6 Rxa4 48. Kf2 Kg7 49. Kf3 a5 50. Ke3 f6
51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Rb8 Ra1 53. Rg8+ Kf7 54. Rg2 a4 55. Kf4 Rf1+
56. Kg3 Rb1 57. Rc2 a3 58. Kf4 Rb4+ 59. Kxf5 Rb5+ 60. Kf4 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.23"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Na5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Ne5 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. f3 Nd6 15. a4 f6 16. Ba3 Rd8
17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. fxg4 Nb3 19. Ra2 Qe7 20. Qf3 Qe6 21. Qf4 Rd7
22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Bxb3 cxb3 25. Rb2 Rc8 26. Rxb3
b6 27. Kf2 Rdc6 28. Rc1 Rc4 29. Ra3 Rb4 30. cxb4 Rxc1 31. b5
h6 32. Ra2 Kf7 33. Kf3 Ke6 34. h4 g6 35. a5 Rf1+ 36. Kg3 Rb1
37. axb6 axb6 38. Rc2 Rxb5 39. Rc6+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rd7
g5 42. Rh7 gxh4+ 43. Kf3 Rb1 44. Rxh6 Ke7 45. Rxh4 b5 46. Rh7+
Kd6 47. Rf7 Ke6 48. Rb7 b4 49. Rb6+ Ke7 50. Kg3 b3 51. g5 fxg5
52. Kg4 b2 53. Kxg5 Kd7 54. g4 Kc7 55. Rb3 Kd6 56. Kg6 Rg1
57. Rxb2 Rxg4+ 58. Kf5 Re4 59. Rb6+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.24"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6
7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd3 f5
12. exf5 Qg5 13. Nd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Qxg2 15. Rf1 Bg7 16. f6 Bf8
17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Re8+ 20. Kd1 b6 21. Rxb6
Re4 22. Rb7+ Ke6 23. f3 Rd4 24. Qxd4 Qxf1+ 25. Kd2 Qg2+
26. Kc1 Bh6+ 27. Nf4+ Bxf4+ 28. Qxf4 Qg1+ 29. Kb2 Kd5 30. c4+
1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.26"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 O-O 8. Qc2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3
Be6 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Rac1 Be4 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Bg4 a6 21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 g6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qc7 Rd7
26. Qc8+ Kg7 27. Rd4 Qc6 28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. Ra4 c5 30. Rxa6 Rb7
31. b3 c4 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. g4 Rc7 34. Rd6 c3 35. Rd1 Ra7
36. Rc1 Rxa2 37. Rxc3 Ra5 38. f4 Ra2 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. Kg1 Ra2
41. Rc5 Re2 42. Re5 f6 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. Re4 Kf7 45. h4 f5
46. gxf5 gxf5 47. Re5 Kg6 48. h5+ Kxh5 49. Kf1 Ra2 50. Rxf5+
Kg4 51. Re5 h5 52. Rg5+ Kf3 53. Kg1 Kxe3 54. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.27"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Kb1 Qc5
12. a4 b4 13. Na2 Nf6 14. Rhe1 a5 15. Nc1 Qc6 16. Nb3 Qxa4
17. Qe5 d6 18. Bb5+ Bc6 19. Bxa4 dxe5 20. Bxc6+ Rxc6 21. fxe5
Nd7 22. Nxa5 Rc8 23. Bf4 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Rc5 25. Bxg7 Bxg7
26. Nb3 Rg5 27. Re2 h5 28. Rd6 Be5 29. Ra6 Rhg8 30. Ra8+ Ke7
31. Ra7+ Ke8 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Ra7+ Ke8 34. g3 h4 35. Ra8+ Ke7
36. Ra7+ Ke8 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Rxg8 Rxg8 39. gxh4 Rg4 40. Nc5
Rxh4 41. Nd3 Kd6 42. Nxb4 f5 43. Nd3 fxe4 44. Nxe5 Kxe5
45. Kc1 Kf4 46. Kd2 Rh3 47. Rf2+ Ke5 48. Rg2 Kf4 49. Rf2+ Ke5
50. Rg2 Kf4 51. b4 e3+ 52. Ke2 Rh8 53. b5 Rc8 54. Ke1 Kf3
55. Rg3+ Kf4 56. Rg2 Kf3 57. Rg3+ Kf4 58. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.28"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6
7. Be3 e5 8. d5 c5 9. g4 b5 10. cxb5 a6 11. bxa6 Qa5 12. f3
Nxa6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. h4 h5 15. g5 Nd7 16. Nh3 Rb4 17. Nf2 f6
18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Rg1 Kh7 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. hxg5
Nc7 23. a3 Rd4 24. Qe3 Nb6 25. b4 cxb4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Na2
Rb2 28. Nc3 Ba6 29. Nfd1 Rb3 30. Kf2 Qa8 31. Ra1 Qb7 32. Kg3
Nd7 33. Rg2 Nc5 34. Bxa6 N7xa6 35. Rga2 Rf7 36. Ra3 Rxa3
37. Rxa3 Nb4 38. Na4 Nc2 39. Nxc5 Qe7 40. Qc1 Nxa3 41. Ne6 Nb5
42. Nf2 Nc7 43. Nxc7 Qxc7 44. Qxc7 Rxc7 45. Nd1 Kg7 46. Ne3
h4+ 47. Kg4 Rf7 48. Nc4 Rf4+ 49. Kh3 Rxf3+ 50. Kh2 Kf8
51. Nxd6 Re3 52. Kg2 Ke7 53. Nb7 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4
7. Qg4 g6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 h5 11. Qf4 g5 12. Qf3
Nxc3 13. dxc5 d4 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Qf6 Qxf6 16. exf6 g4 17. Bxc3
dxc3 18. Ne2 Ne5 19. Be4 Rb8 20. h3 Kd8 21. Nxc3 Bd7 22. a4
Rc8 23. Bxb7 Rxc5 24. Ne4 Rxc2 25. hxg4 Kc7 26. Rxh5 Rxh5
27. gxh5 Kxb7 28. h6 Bc6 29. Nd6+ Kc7 30. h7 Nd3+ 31. Kd1 Rxf2
32. Ra3 Rxg2 33. Rxd3 Rh2 34. Nxf7 Bxa4+ 35. Ke1 Rxh7 36. Ng5
Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Be8 38. Nxe6+ Kc6 39. Rd8 Rh6 40. Nd4+ Kc5
41. Rxe8 Kxd4 42. Re6 Kd5 43. Ra6 Ke5 44. Rxa7 Rxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Andrey Rychagov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Nf3 c6 8. h3 Qb6 9. Qc1 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nbd7
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg2 Ne8 14. g5 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Qc2 Qa5
17. h4 Rfe8 18. O-O-O b5 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. h5 b4 21. Ne2 gxh5
22. g6 Nbc4 23. Rxh5 f5 24. Ng3 b3 25. axb3 Rab8 26. Rdh1 Kf8
27. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "XXIV Open"]
[Site "Cappelle La Grande FRA"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennady Tunik"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nfd7 10. Qd1 Na6 11. O-O e6
12. Be2 Nf6 13. Rb1 Re8 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Bf3 Nb4 16. e5 dxe5
17. Bxb7 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. g3 b4 10. Ne2 a5 11. f5 cxd4 12. Nexd4
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qf6
17. Bg2 Be7 18. Rhe1 g5 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. b3 gxf4 21. bxc4 Bc5
22. cxd5 Bxd4 23. dxe6 Be3+ 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. gxf4 Rc3 26. Qb5+
1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergej Dyachkov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Qg4 f6 8. Bb5+ Kf8 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Rb1 a6 11. Be2 Qxc3+
12. Bd2 Qxc2 13. Rc1 Qe4 14. Qg3 Nd7 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qd6+
Ne7 17. O-O Rg8 18. Rfe1 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qf7 20. Bh6+ Ke8 21. Bh5
Qxh5 22. Rxe6 Qf7 23. Nf5 Kd8 24. Rxe7 Qg6 25. Rxd7+ Bxd7
26. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Bd3 Rfd8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rac8 16. d5 Na5
17. f3 Nc4 18. Bf2 Bh6 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rxb7 Ba4 21. Qe1 Bb5
22. Ng3 Qa4 23. Qd1 Qa6 24. Rxa7 Bxf1 25. Nxf1 Qb5 26. a4 Qb2
27. d6 Qa2 28. Bb6 Rc2 29. g3 Bf8 30. d7 Qb3 31. Bxd8 Bc5+
32. Kh1 Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Qxd1 34. Bf6 Qe2+ 35. Kh3 Qxf1+ 36. Kg4
h5+ 37. Kh4 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Nxg4 Nbd7
12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qd2 Rg8 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Qe3 b4 16. e5 Qf5
17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Be2 c5 19. dxc5 Qxe4 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Qxe4
Bxe4 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24. Rd4 Bxg2 25. Rxc4+ Bc5
26. Rf4 b3 27. a3 Bd5 28. Rxf7 Be3+ 29. fxe3 Rxg3 30. Kd2 Rg2
31. Ke1 Rg3 32. Kf2 Rg2+ 33. Kf1 Rh2 34. Rf4 Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Rb1
36. Rb4 Rxb2 37. e4 Bc6 38. Ke3 Kc7 39. Bc4 Bd7 40. Kf4 Rh2
41. Kg3 Rh1 42. Rxb3 Rc1 43. Be2 Bc6 44. Bg4 Rc4 45. Re3 Kd7
46. Rd3+ Ke7 47. Rd6 Bd7 48. Kf4 Rc6 49. Rd3 Rc4 50. Rg3 Be8
51. Bh3 Kf7 52. h5 Ke7 53. Rg7+ Bf7 54. Rh7 Rc3 55. Bg4 Rxa3
56. Rxh6 Ra8 57. Rh7 Rg8 58. h6 Kf8 59. Be2 Rg1 60. Rh8+ Rg8
61. Rxg8+ Bxg8 62. Kg5 Bh7 63. Kf6 Bxe4 64. Bc4 Kg8 65. Bxe6+
Kh8 66. Bb3 Bc6 67. e6 b5 68. e7 b4 69. Bc2 Bd7 70. Ke5 Bb5
71. Kd6 Be8 72. Kc5 b3 73. Bd3 Bh5 74. Kb4 b2 75. Kc3 Be8
76. Kxb2 Bf7 77. Kc3 Bh5 78. Kd4 Be8 79. Ke5 Bf7 80. Kd6 Be8
81. Kc7 Bf7 82. Kd8 Bh5 83. Bb5 Bg6 84. Be8 Be4 85. Bf7 Bc6
86. Be6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Michael Roiz"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Rc1 h6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. a3 Nh5 10. Be5 Nhf6 11. Bg3 Nh5
12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 c5 15. O-O a6 16. Ba2 b5
17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Ne4 a5
22. Rfd1 axb4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxd8 Bxe4 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8
26. Qe2 bxa3 27. Qxb5 Bd5 28. Rc2 g6 29. f3 Bxa2 30. Rxa2 Nd5
31. Qb3 Bc5 32. Kh1 Nxe3 33. Qc3 Rc8 34. Rxa3 Nf5 35. f4 Nxg3+
36. Qxg3 Bxa3 37. Qxa3 h5 38. Qd6 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rb1 40. Qd8+
Kg7 41. Qd3 Rb7 42. Kh3 Kh6 43. g3 Kh7 44. Kh4 Ra7 45. Qc3 Rd7
46. Kg5 Rd5+ 47. Kf6 Rf5+ 48. Ke7 Kg8 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Kf8 e5
51. Qc3 g5 52. fxe5 g4 53. Qd3 Kg6 54. Kg8 Kg5 55. Qe3+ Kg6
56. Qb6+ Kg5 57. Kg7 Rf3 58. Qh6+ Kf5 59. Qxh5+ Ke6 60. Qxg4+
Rf5 61. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6
7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Didier Collas"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 O-O 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 g5
12. Bg3 Nxc5 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. b4 Nce4 15. Qb2 Rc8 16. Bd3 Nc3
17. Rc1 Na4 18. Qa1 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Qb6 20. O-O Ne4 21. Be5 Rc8
22. Qa1 f6 23. Bd4 Qe6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Nb6 26. Bxb6
Qxb6 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Nd4 Qd6 29. h3 h5 30. Qc2 Qe5 31. b5 h4
32. Qa4 Qc5 33. Qa5 Kf7 34. a4 Ke7 35. Qd2 Be6 36. Qb2 Bd7
37. Qb1 Qd5 38. Qb4+ Qd6 39. Qc4 Be6 40. Qc2 Qe5 41. a5 Bd7
42. Qc4 f5 43. a6 b6 44. Nc6+ Bxc6 45. Qxc6 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniil Lintchevski"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne2 e5
12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Ned4 Nexc5 14. Nxc6 Qb6 15. Ncd4 Nxe5
16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bc2 Qf6 18. Rf1 Bb7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Bb2 Qe7
21. a3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vlado Jakovljevic"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Bb7 11. O-O Qc7 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Bc2 c4 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3 e5 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Ng5 O-O
18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne6 Qb6 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Qe2 Qe6 22. Nd5
Nxd5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Qg4 Bd4 25. Rae1 Rf4 26. Qh3 g6 27. b3
c3 28. Qg3 Qf7 29. Re2 Qf6 30. Kh1 h5 31. f3 e4 32. Rfe1 Be5
33. Kg1 exf3 34. gxf3 Bd4+ 35. Re3 h4 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dragisa Blagojevic"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 exf3 6. dxc6 fxg2
7. cxd7+ Qxd7 8. Qxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 c6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bf4 Be7
12. Rfd1 Be6 13. b3 Kf7 14. e3 Rad8 15. Ne2 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8
17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nf3 Bc8 20. Ne5+ Ke6 21. Nd3 Ne4
22. Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Valerij Sergeyevich Popov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qb8
12. a3 Rc8 13. h3 c5 14. Bxb5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. Bxd7 Nxd7
17. Rxd4 Ne5 18. Kg2 Ng6 19. Qa4 Be5 20. Rd3 Rd8 21. Qc4 Nh4+
22. Kf1 Nxf3 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qe4 Bxc3 25. Qxf3 Bf6 26. e4
Rc8 27. Kg2 Be5 28. Be3 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Bxa3 30. Rb7 Qe8 31. Bxa7
Bf8 32. Qf4 f6 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Qxb8 Qc6 35. f3 Kf7 36. Qb6
Qc2+ 37. Qf2 Qa4 38. Be3 Bd6 39. Qd2 Qc6 40. Qf2 Bb8 41. Qh4
Qc2+ 42. Qf2 Qc7 43. Kh1 h5 44. Kg1 g5 45. Kf1 Qc6 46. Kg2 Qd6
47. Kf1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Qf1 Qd6 51. Qh1 Qg3+
52. Kf1 gxf3 53. Bf2 Qf4 54. Qh7+ Ke8 55. Qg8+ Ke7 56. Qg7+
Ke8 57. Qg8+ Ke7 58. Qg7+ Kd8 59. Qg8+ Kd7 60. Qf7+ Kd8
61. Qf8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.26"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kaido Kulaots"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne3 Bg6 9. a5 Nbd5 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Nexd5 Nxd5
12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e6 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. O-O O-O 16. f4 Kh8
17. Be3 Qe8 18. c4 Qd7 19. Kh1 f6 20. Bf2 Rfd8 21. Bc2 Bf8
22. h3 c5 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 Bd6 26. Rab1 Re8
27. Rb5 Rbc8 28. Rbb1 Re7 29. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 a6 31. Qb1
Bxf4 32. Re6 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Rxc3 O-O 10. e3 Qe8 11. Bf4 Ne4
12. Rc2 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Bd3 Ne8 15. h3 f6 16. Nf3 N8d6
17. O-O Bd7 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. b4 Nxd2 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxd2
Re7 22. a4 a6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Ra8 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb1
Be8 27. Rc5 Rea7 28. Qc2 g6 29. Qd1 Bd7 30. h4 Kg7 31. Rbc1
Ra2 32. h5 Rb2 33. Rb1 Rxb1 34. Qxb1 Qb8 35. Qc1 Qb4 36. hxg6
hxg6 37. Rc2 Ra3 38. Rb2 Rb3 39. Rxb3 Qxb3 40. Bc2 Qb4 41. Qa1
Kh6 42. Bd3 Be8 43. Qa8 Qe7 44. Qb8 Kg7 45. Ba6 Bf7 46. Qb6
Be8 47. Bc8 Kf7 48. Bg4 Qd6 49. Qb7+ Qe7 50. Qc8 Qd6 51. f4
Qe7 52. Kf2 Qd6 53. f5 Qe7 54. fxg6+ Kxg6 55. Bf5+ Kf7 56. Bd3
Qd7 57. Qb8 Ke7 58. Qf4 Qd6 59. Qh6 Qe6 60. Kf3 Bd7 61. Qg7+
Qf7 62. Qh6 Qe6 63. Qh4 Qg8 64. g4 Qg5 65. Qh5 Kd6 66. Qh2+
Ke7 67. Qg3 Kf7 68. Qf4 Ke7 69. Kg3 Kf7 70. Be2 Ke7 71. Bf3
Ke6 72. Kf2 Qxf4 73. exf4 Kd6 74. g5 fxg5 75. fxg5 c5
76. dxc5+ Kxc5 77. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladislav Nevednichy"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6
7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Nf3 e5 10. d5 c5 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. a3
a5 13. h3 Ne8 14. g4 a4 15. h4 Bd7 16. Nf1 Nc7 17. Ng3 Nc8
18. O-O-O b5 19. cxb5 Qe8 20. Nxa4 Nxb5 21. Bxb5 Bxb5 22. Nc3
Bd7 23. Qe2 Ne7 24. h5 g5 25. Kd2 Qb8 26. Rb1 Qb3 27. Rhc1
Rfb8 28. Ke1 Nc8 29. Nf1 Qb7 30. Nd2 Na7 31. a4 Nc8 32. b3 Bf6
33. Nc4 Bd8 34. Bd2 Ba5 35. Nd1 Bxd2+ 36. Nxd2 Qc7 37. Ne3 Rb4
38. Rc4 Rb7 39. Rbc1 Qd8 40. Qf3 Rab8 41. R4c3 Rb4 42. Ra1 Kg7
43. Rc4 R4b7 44. Qd1 Ne7 45. Qc2 Qc8 46. f3 Qd8 47. Nd1 Nc8
48. Nf2 Ra7 49. Rb1 Nb6 50. Rc3 Rba8 51. Nd3 Qf6 52. Ke2 Bc8
53. Ra1 Bd7 54. Nf1 Kh7 55. Ne3 Kg7 56. Kf2 Qd8 57. Nb2 Qf6
58. Kg2 Qd8 59. Rd3 Qf6 60. Qc3 Ra6 61. Rdd1 R6a7 62. Ra3 Ra6
63. Rda1 Qf4 64. b4 cxb4 65. Qxb4 Rc8 66. Qe1 Ra7 67. a5 Rac7
68. Nd3 Rc2+ 69. Nf2 Bxg4 70. Nxc2 Rxc2 71. axb6 Bxh5 72. Qe3
1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4
c5 7. O-O b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. d4 Rc8 10. Bg5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5
12. Qh4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. e4 h6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nh7
17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Qxg5+ Kh7 19. e5 Bxg2 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Kxg2
Qe7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24. b4 Bxb4 25. Qg4+ Kh8
26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Qg5+ Kh7 29. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 c6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O e5 8. Re1 Na6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8
12. Bf1 Nc5 13. Qc2 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Rad1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qb6
17. Kh1 a5 18. f4 a4 19. a3 Ra5 20. Nf3 gxf4 21. gxf4 Bxc3
22. bxc3 Qb3 23. Bd3 Bg4 24. f5 Kg7 25. Qc1 Nd7 26. Qf4 Nf6
27. Rc1 Qxa3 28. Nh2 Bxf5 29. exf5 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxc3
31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Re7 Qc1+ 33. Nf1 Qg5 34. Qxg5 hxg5 35. Rxf7+
Kg8 36. Rxf6 a3 37. Bb1 a2 38. Bxa2 Rxa2 39. Rxd6 Rc2 40. Ne3
Rc3 41. Re6 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7
12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bc5 Bb7 16. h3 Nh6
17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bd3 Nd5 19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Rhe1 f6 21. Nec5
fxe5 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxe5 Nd6 24. f5 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4
26. Nc5 Qc7 27. Qd4 Ne7 28. Nxd7 Rxf5 29. Rxe6 Ng6 30. Nb6
Raf8 31. Qxc4 Rc5 32. Qb3 Rb5 33. Nd5 Qb7 34. Qc4 Kh8 35. b3
Rc8 36. Rde1 Rf8 37. Rxg6 hxg6 38. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitriy Skorchenko"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 h6 10. g4 Bh7 11. Bg2 e6 12. O-O
Bb4 13. Qe2 O-O 14. f4 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Qe7 16. Ne4 f6 17. b3 e5
18. dxe5 fxe5 19. f5 Kh8 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. a5 Nd5
23. a6 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. axb7 Qb6 27. Ra8
Rg8 28. Rxg8+ Bxg8 29. g5 Qxb7 30. e4 Qb6+ 31. Rf2 Ra5
32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Qd2 Qa7 34. Qxh6+ Qh7 35. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniil Lintchevski"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Bb3 h6
12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe8 14. Nd2 b5 15. Nxb5 Bg4 16. f3 Qxb5
17. Qxb5 axb5 18. fxg4 Nxg4 19. Nf1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rc8 21. c3
Nf6 22. Ng3 d5 23. Ra5 b4 24. Nf5 Bd8 25. Rb5 bxc3 26. bxc3 g6
27. Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Rb7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Bd2
f5 32. g4 e4 33. g5 Bb6+ 34. Kg2 e3 35. Be1 Nf4+ 36. Kf3 Nh3
37. Bh4 Bd8 38. Kxe3 Nxg5 39. Nxf5+ gxf5 40. c4 Bb6+ 41. Kf4
Kg6 42. Bg3 Ne4 43. b4 Bc7+ 44. Kf3 Nxg3 45. hxg3 Kg5 46. c5
Be5 47. Ke3 Bxg3 48. b5 Bh2 49. Kf2 Be5 50. Ke3 Bc3 51. b6 Ba5
0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Lastin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3
Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Bd2
Qe7 12. f4 Ned7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5
16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Nb6 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Qd4 Rc8 20. Bd3 g6
21. Rc1 Qe6 22. Rhd1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rc5 Qg4 25. Rxc8+
Nxc8 26. a3 Ne7 27. Bc2 a6 28. Qc5 Qe6 29. Bb3 f6 30. Qd6+
Qxd6 31. exd6 Nf5 32. d7 Kc7 33. Bxd5 b6 34. Kc2 Kxd7 35. Kd3
Kd6 36. Bc4 a5 37. Bg8 h6 38. Bf7 Ne7 39. Kd4 Nf5+ 40. Ke4 Nh4
41. Kd4 Nf5+ 42. Ke4 Nh4 43. Kd4 Nf5+ 44. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Rc1 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Rxc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e3
Ne4 12. Rc1 c6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd6 16. O-O
f5 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. f4 Rf6 19. Rg1 Kh7 20. Rg3 Re8 21. Rcg1 Re7
22. Qd1 Qe8 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Qd1 Qe8 25. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Pavel Smirnov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. h3
Qd6 17. Ba6 Nb6 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Ba6 Nb6 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Ba5
Rc8 22. Ba6 Nb6 23. Rc2 Bd8 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Bd2 Bg5 26. f4 Be7
27. a4 Nd7 28. a5 c5 29. a6 b6 30. Bb5 Red8 31. Qa4 Qe6
32. Rhc1 Nf6 33. dxc5 Ne4 34. c6 Rc7 35. Bb4 Bf6 36. Qb3 Ng3
37. Rd1 Nf5 38. Rd3 g5 39. g4 Ng3 40. f5 Qe4 41. Ka2 Qe5
42. Rd4 Ne4 43. Bd3 Ng3 44. Rd2 Kc8 45. Rd1 g6 46. Bb5 gxf5
47. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.08"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7
12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bc5 Bb7 16. h3 Nh6
17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bd3 Nd5 19. Rf1 f5 20. Nd6 Bc6 21. g4 fxg4
22. Qg3 Nf7 23. hxg4 Nxd6 24. Qh2 h6 25. exd6 Qb6 26. Rde1 Nb4
27. Bg6 Rf6 28. Qh5 Raf8 29. f5 Bg2 30. g5 Bxf1 31. gxf6 Qf2
32. f7+ Kh8 33. Qd1 Nd3+ 34. cxd3 Bxd3 35. Qxd3 Qxe1+ 36. Kc2
Rc8+ 37. Qc3 Qe4+ 38. Kd1 Qg4+ 39. Kc1 Qf4+ 40. Nd2 Rxc3+
41. bxc3 Qxd6 42. Nf3 b4 43. c4 Qc5 44. Ne5 Qe3+ 45. Kb1 Qe4+
46. Kc1 Qe3+ 47. Kb1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e4
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4
12. Rac1 Qa5 13. f3 Be6 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd2
Rfe8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bb5 Re5 20. Bxa4 Bxa2
21. Bd1 Rc5 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Rf2 Ra3
26. Rd2 Be6 27. Rb1 Rc7 28. Kf2 Raxc3 29. Rb6 Kg7 30. f4 R3c4
31. g3 Bd7 32. Bf3 Rc2 33. Ke1 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 R7c2 35. Rxc2
Rxc2+ 36. Ke3 Bc6 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. g4 Kf6 39. Kd3 Rc1 40. Rb7
h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Rc7 Kg6 43. Ke4 Rc4+ 44. Kd3 Rc1 45. Ke4
f5+ 46. Kd4 h4 47. h3 Rd1+ 48. Ke3 Re1+ 49. Kd2 Re6 50. Kd3
Rd6+ 51. Kc4 Re6 52. Kd3 Kf6 53. Rh7 Re4 54. Rh6+ Kg7 55. Rxc6
Rxf4 56. Ke3 Ra4 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kf4 Rxh3 59. Kxf5 Rg3
60. Kf4 Rg1 61. Rc7+ Kh6 62. Rc6+ Rg6 63. Rxg6+ Kxg6 64. Kg4
h3 65. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.11"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Galkin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6
12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. c4 a6 16. Nc3 Nd7
17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Qb8 20. Qe2 Bf6 21. Bf2 Ba8
22. h3 h6 23. Rc2 Qc7 24. Rcc1 Qb8 25. Rc2 Qc7 26. Rcc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Volkov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 O-O
7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O Bc5 9. e3 d6 10. f3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 exf3
12. Nxf3 Nb8 13. Nh4 Nd7 14. b3 Bb6 15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Qc2 Bg4
17. Rf2 Qe7 18. Raf1 Rf8 19. Qe4 Bd7 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5
Rae8 22. Kh1 f6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. g4 g6 25. R5f3 Kg7 26. h4
Ba5 27. R1f2 Qb4 28. Rh3 f5 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Qxe4
31. Bxe4 gxf5 32. Bxf5 e4 33. d3 exd3 34. Bxd3 Bb6 35. Rg3+
Kh6 36. e4 Kh5 37. Kg2 Kxh4 38. Rh3+ Kg4 39. Rxh7 Kf4 40. Rh4+
Ke3 41. Bb5 Rg8+ 42. Kf1 Bd4 43. a4 Bf6 44. Rh7 Be5 45. Bc4
Rg4 46. Rh3+ Kxe4 47. Rd3 Bf4 48. Ke2 Rg2+ 49. Kd1 Rh2 50. Ke1
a6 51. Kd1 Ke5 52. d6 cxd6 53. Bd5 b6 54. Bb7 a5 55. Rd5+ Ke6
56. Rd4 Kf5 57. Rd5+ Kf6 58. Rd4 Be5 59. Rd3 Rh4 60. Ke2 Bd4
61. Rf3+ Ke5 62. Kd3 d5 63. Rg3 Rh5 64. Bc8 Bc5 65. Rg6 Rh8
66. Bd7 d4 67. Rg5+ Kf6 68. Rg3 Rh1 69. Ke4 Re1+ 70. Kd5 Re5+
71. Kc4 Re7 72. Bb5 Ke5 73. Rh3 Kf4 74. Bc6 Re1 75. Kd3 Rc1
76. Kd2 Rf1 77. Kd3 Rd1+ 78. Kc2 Re1 79. Kd3 Kg4 80. Bd7+ Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Konstantin Maslak"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Rad1
Rc8 13. Kh1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Qe3 Qb6
17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qh3 Rce8 19. Bd3 f5 20. Ne2 Qe7 21. Nd4 Nc5
22. g4 g6 23. Rf3 Kh8 24. Rg1 Ne4 25. Qh6 Rg8 26. Rg2 fxg4
27. Rxg4 Ref8 28. Qh4 Qxh4 29. Rxh4 g5 30. fxg5 Rxf3 31. Nxf3
Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Nxd3 33. cxd3 d4 34. Kg3 Bxf3 35. Kxf3 Rxg5
36. Ke4 Rg2 37. b4 Kg7 38. Kxd4 Ra2 39. Rg4+ Kf7 40. Rf4+ Ke7
41. Rh4 Rxa3 42. Rxh7+ Kf8 43. Ra7 Ra4 44. Kc5 Ra3 45. Rd7 Ke8
46. Rd6 Kf7 47. Kb6 Ra4 48. Rd4 Kg6 49. h4 Kf5 50. h5 Kg5
51. Rh4 Kh6 52. Kc5 Ra3 53. d4 a5 54. Kxb5 axb4 55. Kxb4 Ra8
56. Kc5 Rd8 57. Kc6 Rd5 58. Kc7 Ra5 59. Kd7 Ra6 60. Ke7 Rb6
61. Kf6 Ra6 62. Rg4 Kxh5 63. Rg8 Rb6 64. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Source "https://ratings.fide.com/view_pgn.phtml?code=16074"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3 d5 9. a3 Qa5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nb3 Bxc3
12. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nxa5 14. Bxa5 Ne3 15. Kf2 Nxf1
16. Rhxf1 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Rd6 O-O 19. Rad1 h6 20. Rd8
Rfxd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxd8 f6 23. Be7 Kf7 24. Bd6 Ke8
25. Bc5 Kf7 26. Bd6 Ke8 27. Bc5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.10.03"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6
7. Bg2 Qxc4 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 d5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. a3 a5 12. Rc1
Qa6 13. a4 O-O 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Bc7 Qa6 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Bc7 Qa6
18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Bd7 20. Bd6 Nb4 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qd4
Bc6 23. e4 e5 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Rxd5 Nbxd5 26. exd5 Rd8 27. Nc3
Bd7 28. Re1 Re8 29. d6 Qd4 30. Qxd4 exd4 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8
32. Ne4 b6 33. b3 f5 34. Ng5 Nxd6 35. Bd5+ Kf8 36. Nxh7+ Ke7
37. Ng5 b5 38. axb5 Nxb5 39. Kf1 Kd6 40. Bg8 Nc3 41. Ke1 Ne4
42. Nf3 Kc5 43. Ne5 Bb5 44. f3 Nf6 45. Be6 Kd6 46. Bc4 Be8
47. Nd3 Nd5 48. Bxd5 Kxd5 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. h4 Bh5 51. Ne1 Bf7
52. Nc2 Kc5 53. Kd3 f4 54. gxf4 Bg6+ 55. Kd2 Bh7 56. h5 Bf5
57. Ne1 Be6 58. Nd3+ Kd6 59. Kc2 Bf7 60. Ne5 Bxh5 61. Nc4+ Kd5
62. Nxa5 Bxf3 63. Kd3 Bg2 64. Ke2 Ke4 65. Nc6 Bh3 66. b4 Be6
67. Kd2 Bc4 68. Na5 Bb5 69. Nb7 Kxf4 70. Nd6 Bf1 71. b5 Ke5
72. Nf7+ Kd5 73. b6 Ba6 74. Nd8 g5 75. b7 Bxb7 76. Nxb7 g4
77. Na5 g3 78. Ke1 d3 79. Nb3 Kc4 80. Nd2+ Kc3 81. Ne4+ Kc2
82. Kf1 g2+ 83. Kxg2 d2 84. Nxd2 Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 h6 11. Bf4 Nbc6 12. h5
a6 13. Qb1 Qc7 14. O-O Na5 15. Ra2 Rb8 16. Re1 Kd7 17. Rb2 c4
18. Be2 Nac6 19. Qc1 b5 20. Nh2 a5 21. Ra2 Qd8 22. Bg4 Qg8
23. Nf1 Kc7 24. Ne3 Kb7 25. Bh3 Nc8 26. Bg3 Nb6 27. f4 f5
28. Qd1 Ne7 29. Rf1 g5 30. hxg6 Nxg6 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Nxf5
Ka6 33. Qf3 h5 34. Ne3 h4 35. Bh2 h3 36. g4 Nh4 37. Qg3 Rb7
38. f5 Ng2 39. g5 Rh5 40. g6 Nxe3 41. Qxe3 Rf7 42. f6 Qxg6+
43. Bg3 h2+ 44. Kh1 Rh3 45. Rf3 Bxc2 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3
12. Bc4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Bb2 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Ba6 16. e5 Bxc4
17. Qxc4 e6 18. d6 Nd7 19. h4 h6 20. Re1 Qc6 21. Nh2 Kg7
22. h5 Qd5 23. Qc3 Qd4 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. hxg6 f6 26. Nf3 d3
27. Rd2 Nc5 28. exf6+ Rxf6 29. Ne5 Rd8 30. d7 Rxg6 31. Nxg6
Kxg6 32. Re5 Rxd7 33. f3 h5 34. Kf2 h4 35. Ke3 Rh7 36. Kf4 Kf6
37. Re1 Rd7 38. Ke3 e5 39. g3 hxg3 40. Rg1 Ke6 41. Rxg3 Kd5
42. Rg4 Rh7 43. Rdg2 Ne6 44. Kxd3 Nf4+ 45. Rxf4 exf4 46. Rg5+
Ke6 47. a4 Kf6 48. Rb5 Re7 49. Kd4 Re3 50. a5 bxa5 51. Rxa5 a6
52. Rxa6+ Kg5 53. Ra8 Kh4 54. Rg8 Kh3 55. Rg7 Rxf3 56. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "255"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7
Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. O-O Rg8 15. b3 b4 16. Na4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 c5
18. Bxc4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Rae1 Nd6 21. Nxc5 Nxc4 22. bxc4
Bc6 23. Qd2 O-O-O 24. Qxb4 Rxd4 25. g3 Qd6 26. Rb1 e5 27. Qa5
f6 28. Qa6+ Kd8 29. Rb7 Rxb7 30. Nxb7+ Bxb7 31. Qxb7 Rd1
32. Qa8+ Ke7 33. Qxa7+ Ke6 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qc2 36. a4
f5 37. Qe3 Qxc4 38. Qxh6+ Kd5 39. Qd2+ Ke6 40. Qh6+ Kd5
41. Qh7 Qc8 42. a5 Ke4 43. Qa7 f4 44. a6 Kf3 45. Qb7+ Kxf2
46. Qb2+ Kf3 47. Qb3+ Ke2 48. a7 Qa6 49. Qc2+ Ke3 50. Qc1+ Ke2
51. Qb2+ Kd3 52. Qf2 Ke4 53. gxf4 exf4 54. Qg2+ f3 55. Qxg4+
Ke3 56. Qg5+ Ke2 57. Qe5+ Kf1 58. Qb8 Qe2+ 59. Kg3 Qf2+
60. Kg4 Qd4+ 61. Kxf3 Qd3+ 62. Kf4 Qd4+ 63. Kf5 Qd5+ 64. Qe5
Qd7+ 65. Kg5 Qxa7 66. h5 Qg1+ 67. Kf5 Qg8 68. h6 Qh7+ 69. Kg5
Qg8+ 70. Kh4 Qc4+ 71. Kh3 Qb3+ 72. Kh4 Qc4+ 73. Kh5 Qf7+
74. Kg4 Qg8+ 75. Qg5 Qh8 76. Qf5+ Ke1 77. h7 Kd1 78. Qd5+ Kc1
79. Qg8 Qd4+ 80. Kh5 Qd1+ 81. Qg4 Qh1+ 82. Kg6 Qc6+ 83. Kg5
Qd5+ 84. Qf5 Qg2+ 85. Kh6 Qc6+ 86. Kh5 Qh1+ 87. Kg6 Qc6+
88. Qf6 Qe4+ 89. Kh6 Qh1+ 90. Kg7 Qb7+ 91. Kg6 Qe4+ 92. Qf5
Qc6+ 93. Kg5 Qg2+ 94. Kh4 Qh2+ 95. Kg5 Qg2+ 96. Kf6 Qc6+
97. Qe6 Qf3+ 98. Ke7 Qb7+ 99. Qd7 Qb4+ 100. Ke8 Qb8+ 101. Ke7
Qe5+ 102. Kd8 Qh8+ 103. Kc7 Qe5+ 104. Kb7 Qb2+ 105. Ka6 Qa3+
106. Kb6 Qb2+ 107. Qb5 Qh8 108. Qc4+ Kb1 109. Qc7 Qd4+
110. Kb7 Qe4+ 111. Kb8 Qe8+ 112. Qc8 Qe5+ 113. Ka7 Qd4+
114. Ka8 Qa4+ 115. Kb8 Qf4+ 116. Qc7 Qf8+ 117. Kb7 Qf3+
118. Ka6 Qd3+ 119. Ka7 Qa3+ 120. Kb8 Qf8+ 121. Qc8 Qf4+
122. Ka7 Qd4+ 123. Ka8 Qa4+ 124. Kb8 Qf4+ 125. Qc7 Qf8+
126. Ka7 Qa3+ 127. Kb7 Qf3+ 128. Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.10.08"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Lastin"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4
7. Nxd4 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qa4 Na6 10. Ndb5 Nd5 11. Rd1 Qe7
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bg4 14. a3 Bc5 15. Nc3 Nc7 16. Qxc4 Bf5
17. Bg5 Qxg5 18. Qxc5 Na6 19. Qd6 Rad8 20. h4 Qg4 21. Qe7 Rd7
22. Qe3 b6 23. Bf3 Qg6 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Rd1 Bc6 26. h5 Qf6
27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.10.09"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Konstantin Maslak"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6
7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O c5
12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 Qb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nc4 Nf4
17. f3 g5 18. Bg3 Rd8 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Ncd3 21. Nc1 Qb6+
22. Kh1 Qxd6 23. Nxd3 Qxd3 24. Qc1 Ne2 25. Qc6+ Qd7 26. Qc5
Nxg3+ 27. hxg3 Qd6 28. Qxa7 Qxg3 29. Rfd1 O-O 30. a5 Ra8
31. Qd4 b3 32. a6 Rfc8 33. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 Qf4 35. Qxf4
gxf4 36. Ra1 Kf8 37. Ra4 Ke7 38. Rxf4 Rxa6 39. Rb4 Kf6
40. Rxb3 Kg5 41. Kh2 e5 42. Rb5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.10.10"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 h6 10. g3 e6 11. Bg2 Bb4 12. O-O
O-O 13. Qe2 Bh7 14. Rd1 Nfd7 15. e4 Qe7 16. Be3 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Nd7 18. f4 Kh8 19. h3 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. Bf2 e5
23. f5 Rad8 24. Kh2 Bg8 25. g4 Nc5 26. h4 Nb3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Rd1 Bf7 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Bg3 Bc5 31. g5 hxg5 32. Qg4 Be3
33. Bxe5 Qe7 34. Qg3 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 Bf4+ 36. Qxf4 gxf4 37. Bf3
Nd2 38. Be2 Bc4 39. e5 Bxe2 40. Nxe2 Nf3+ 41. Kh3 Nxe5
42. Nxf4 b5 43. Ne6 Nd3 44. b3 b4 45. Kg3 c5 46. Kf3 c4
47. Ke3 Ne1 48. Nc5 c3 49. Ke2 Ng2 50. Nb7 Nxh4 51. Nxa5 Nf3
52. Kd3 Nd4 53. Nc4 Nxb3 54. Ne3 Na5 55. Nd5 Nc6 56. a5 Nxa5
57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.10.11"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. c5 b6
7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. b3 Nxb6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bb2 cxd4
12. exd4 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qe2 a5 15. a4 Nc8 16. Ne5 Na7
17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 Qb6 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2
Bd6 22. Qe1 Qd8 23. Qc1 Qe7 24. Bc3 h6 25. h3 Ne4 26. Be1 Qd8
27. Nd7 Ra7 28. Ne5 Ra8 29. Nd3 Qe7 30. f3 Ng3 31. Bxg3 Bxg3
32. f4 Ba6 33. Bxa6 Rxa6 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rc7 Qf6 36. Qe3 Bh4
37. Ne5 Qf5 38. Rxf7 Qe4 39. Qc3 Qe1+ 40. Qxe1 Bxe1 41. g4 Bc3
42. Nf3 Rb6 43. Re7 Rxb3 44. Kf2 Rb6 45. h4 Bb4 46. Re8 g6
47. Ne5 Kg7 48. Kf3 Ba3 49. Ra8 Bb2 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Rxa5 Bxd4
52. Rb5 Ra6 53. Rb8+ Kg7 54. Rb7+ Kg8 55. Nxg6 Rxa4 56. g5 h5
57. f5 exf5 58. Kf4 Ra7 59. Rb8+ Kg7 60. Ne5 Bxe5+ 61. Kxe5
Rd7 62. Kxf5 d4 63. Ke6 Rf7 64. Rd8 d3 65. Rxd3 Rf4 66. Ke5
Rxh4 67. Kf5 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Rc8 15. Nc3 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7
17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Bc5 20. R4d2 Be7 21. a3 Kf8
22. Rd4 Bc5 23. R4d2 Be7 24. Rd4 Bc5 25. R4d2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Ne5 Nf6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Qc2 Ba6 10. f4 Qe7 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3
Nbd7 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. Nb5 Bxe5 17. dxe5
Ne4 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. a4 Bc6 20. Bf3 Nxa4 21. Ba3 Rfb8
22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxa4 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 Qd7 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Nc3
Qxa4 27. Nxa4 c4 28. Nc5 Rb6 29. Kf2 Rc8 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. Ke2
Rb5 32. Rxc4 Ra5 33. Nb7 Rxc4 34. Nd6+ Kg6 35. Nxc4 Rb5
36. Nd2 Ra5 37. Nc4 Rb5 38. Kd2 Rb1 39. Bc1 h6 40. Kc2 Rb4
41. Na5 Kf7 42. Bd2 Rb8 43. Nb3 g5 44. Nd4 gxf4 45. exf4 h5
46. g3 Rb6 47. Ba5 Rb8 48. Bc3 Rb6 49. Nb3 Rb5 50. Nd2 Rc5
51. Kb3 Ke8 52. Kb4 Rd5 53. Kc4 Kd7 54. Bd4 Ra5 55. Bc3 Rd5
56. h4 Ke8 57. Nf3 Rd8 58. Ng5 Rc8+ 59. Kd3 Ke7 60. Bb4+ Kd7
61. Nh7 Kc6 62. Nf8 a5 63. Bd6 Kd5 64. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 g5 11. fxg5 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Ndxe5 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bc5 Qc7 16. a4
Nc4 17. Qf2 b4 18. Bxb4 Nxb2 19. Rab1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Be5
21. Rbc1 Rb8 22. Na2 Rb7 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Qf2 Bc6 25. Rc2 a5
26. Rfc1 axb4 27. Rxc6 Qa5 28. R6c5 Qa7 29. Nxb4 Bc7 30. Rxc7
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andreas G R Moen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bd2 c4 10. Qc2 Nge7 11. e4 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 b5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qh4 Nd5
17. Rfc1 Re8 18. Bf1 Re4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Fabio Bellini"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 c6
7. O-O Nh6 8. d5 c5 9. Ne1 Nf8 10. f4 f6 11. Nf3 exf4 12. Bxf4
g5 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qa3 Nf7 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5
dxc5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 O-O 20. Nd2 f5 21. Rad1 f4 22. Be1
Nge5 23. h4 Nd6 24. Qh3 Kh8 25. hxg5 Qxg5 26. Bh4 Qh6 27. Be7
Qxh3 28. gxh3 Rg8 29. Kh1 f3 30. Bxf3 Nxb5 31. Bg2 c4 32. d6
c3 33. Nf3 c2 34. Rc1 Nc4 35. Rxc2 Ncxd6 36. Ng5 Be5 37. a4
Nd4 38. Rcf2 Rxg5 39. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nxc3 a6 14. h4 Nf5 15. Rh3 O-O-O 16. Rb1 Na5
17. Rb4 Nc4 18. h5 Qc5 19. Ne4 Qg1 20. Ng5 Bb5 21. Qe2 Qc5
22. Qf2 Qc7 23. h6 Rxg5 24. h7 Rgg8 25. hxg8=Q Rxg8 26. Bd3
Kb8 27. Rh7 Nxa3 28. Bxa3 Qc3+ 29. Qd2 Qxa3 30. Rxf7 Qa1+
31. Qd1 Qc3+ 32. Qd2 Qa1+ 33. Qd1 Qc3+ 34. Qd2 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tomi Nyback"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. O-O Bb4
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 O-O 15. a4 Rfd8 16. a5 Nbd7
17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. Ra4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 b5
22. axb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Qe5 26. Qb3
Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Nxd5 28. Qb5 Qe6 29. Qc4 f5 30. Qd4 Nf6 31. Bf1
Kh7 32. Bc4 Qc6 33. Kf1 g5 34. h3 Qc5 35. Ke2 Qxd4 36. cxd4 g6
37. Ke3 Kg7 38. f3 exf3 39. Kxf3 Ne4 40. Bd5 Nd6 41. Ke3 Kf6
42. Kd3 Ne4 43. g4 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. d5 Ne7 8. e4 d6 9. Bd2 exd5 10. exd5 Ng6 11. O-O Bg4
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Ne2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 b5 16. cxb5 Be4
17. Qf4 Bxd5 18. Rfd1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Borki Predojevic"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. e3
h6 13. Qe2 Bh7 14. Rd1 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Qf6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. b3 Nd5
18. Nxb4 axb4 19. Bb2 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5
Nc3 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qe2 Qf6
27. Rc1 Bd3 28. Qa2 e5 29. Qb2 Qe6 30. h4 e4 31. Qc3 Kh7
32. Rd1 f5 33. Rd2 Rd5 34. b4 Qe7 35. Bf1 Qd7 36. Bh3 Kh8
37. Qb2 Kh7 38. Rd1 Qf7 39. Rd2 Qd7 40. Qc3 Kh8 41. h5 Qe8
42. Bf1 Qd7 43. Bh3 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arik Braun"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Ne2
Rc8 17. Qb1 Qb6 18. Rc1 Bb8 19. g3 h5 20. Qb2 Bb5 21. Bxb5
axb5 22. Kg2 b4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Re8 25. Qc2 Bd6 26. Nf4
Bxf4 27. gxf4 Qb5 28. Kf2 Qd7 29. Rg1 Qh3 30. Rg2 Qh4+ 31. Kf1
Qh3 32. Kf2 Qh4+ 33. Kf1 Qh3 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup Final"]
[Site "Serpuhov"]
[Date "2008.11.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Lysyj"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 Bd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. O-O
Qf5 12. Qe1 c5 13. Bc3 Bc6 14. a3 Nb8 15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. f4 Qc2 18. Rd1 Qb3 19. Rf3 Qb7 20. Rfd3 O-O-O 21. Bf3
Qc7 22. Qg3 Rhg8 23. Rd6 Nb8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8
26. Qxg7 Ne8 27. Qg5+ Qe7 28. Qg8 Kc7 29. Qxh7 Nd6 30. b3 Nd7
31. Qh8 Kb7 32. Ba5 Nf8 33. Qe5 Nd7 34. Qh8 Nf8 35. Qb2 Ng6
36. g3 e5 37. Qe2 e4 38. Bg2 Qf6 39. Qd1 Ne7 40. Bd8 Qe6
41. Bh3 Nef5 42. Qa1 Qe8 43. Bf6 e3 44. Qe5 Nd4 45. Qxe8 Nxe8
46. Be7 Kb6 47. b4 cxb4 48. axb4 Nf3+ 49. Kf1 Nd2+ 50. Ke2
Nxc4 51. Bf5 Nc7 52. Bd8 Kb7 53. Bd3 Nb6 54. Be4 Ne6 55. Bxb6
axb6 56. Kxe3 Kc7 57. h4 Ng7 58. g4 f5 59. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.17"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sebastien Maze"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bd3 b5
12. Kh1 Re8 13. a3 c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. f5 Nbd7 16. Bg5 Bf6
17. h4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. fxg6 Bxg5 20. gxf7+ Kf8 21. Qh5
Bd7 22. Qxh7 Bf6 23. Rf4 Bh3 24. Raf1 Nd7 25. gxh3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.18"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Lysyj"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g3 Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Kg2 O-O 13. Rd1 a6 14. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.19"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15. Ng5 Bg6 16. Be2 Nb8
17. Nh3 Nc6 18. Nf4 Qb6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rd1 Rfc8 21. Qf4 Na5
22. Rb1 Qb3 23. Bd2 Rc2 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Bxf3 Nc4 26. Bc1 Bb4
27. Kf1 Rc8 28. Be2 Nd2+ 29. Bxd2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Bxd2 31. Bd3
g5 32. Ke2 Bb4 33. g3 Kf8 34. Rh1 g6 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. h4 Rh8
37. Be2 gxh4 38. gxh4 a6 39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxh5 Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7
7. h3 a6 8. a4 O-O 9. Be3 Ne8 10. Qd2 g6 11. Be2 Ng7 12. Bh6
Nf6 13. a5 Kh8 14. Bd3 Ng8 15. Na4 f5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8
Qxc8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. O-O f4 20. b4 h5 21. Rfb1 g5 22. bxc5
Qxc5 23. Qb4 Rfc8 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rb6 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4
27. Nd2 Nf6 28. Rab1 Rxa5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Kf8 31. Kf1
Ke8 32. Nb3 Ra3 33. c5 dxc5 34. Rb8+ Kd7 35. Rb6 Bd6 36. f3 a5
37. Bb5+ Ke7 38. Rb7+ Kf8 39. Nd2 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 Ra2 41. Kd3
Ra3+ 42. Kc2 Ra2+ 43. Kd3 Ra3+ 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Romanov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 b6 10. Qd6 Bd7 11. Bc3 f6
12. Nf3 Ne7 13. O-O-O Qxe2 14. Qxd7+ Kf7 15. Rhe1 Qxc4 16. Re3
Rhe8 17. b3 Qg4 18. h3 Qf4 19. Rd4 Qh6 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Rh4
Nc5 22. Qc4 Qg6 23. Ne5 fxe5 24. Rf3+ Nf5 25. g4 Qe6 26. gxf5
Qxc4 27. bxc4 Kg8 28. f6 Rf8 29. Rg4 g6 30. Bxe5 Rad8 31. Kc2
Kf7 32. Ra3 Rd7 33. Rd4 a5 34. Rad3 Rfd8 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7
36. Re3 b5 37. cxb5 cxb5 38. a3 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. f4 Rd5
41. Bb2 b3+ 42. Kc3 Na4+ 43. Kxb3 Nxb2 44. Kxb2 Kxf6 45. Kc3
Rf5 46. Rf3 Ra5 47. Kd2 Ra4 48. f5 gxf5 49. Ke2 Ra2+ 50. Kf1
Rd2 51. Ke1 Rh2 52. Ra3 h5 53. Kf1 Ke5 54. Ra5+ Kf4 55. Ra4+
Kg3 56. Ra3+ Kh4 57. Rf3 Kg5 58. Ra3 f4 59. Rb3 Rd2 60. Rb5+
Kh4 61. Rb3 Kg5 62. Rb5+ Kg6 63. Ra5 h4 64. Ra3 Kf5 65. Ke1
Rc2 66. Kf1 Ke4 67. Ra4+ Ke3 68. Ra3+ Kd4 69. Ra4+ Rc4 70. Ra2
Rc3 71. Kf2 Rxh3 72. Ra8 Rb3 73. Rf8 Ke4 74. Re8+ Kf5 75. Rf8+
Kg4 76. Rg8+ Kh3 77. Rh8 Rg3 78. Rf8 Rg2+ 79. Kf3 Rg1 80. Kf2
Rg2+ 81. Kf3 Kh2 82. Rxf4 h3 83. Rh4 Rg8 84. Rh7 Rf8+ 85. Ke2
Rf4 86. Rg7 Kh1 87. Rg3 h2 88. Rg8 Ra4 89. Kf2 Ra2+ 90. Kf1
Ra1+ 91. Kf2 Rg1 92. Rh8 Rg2+ 93. Kf1 Rg5 94. Rf8 Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qb3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d4 a6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7
12. Nc3 Nxe5 13. Ne4 c5 14. Qc3 Ng6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nxc5 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Be7 18. Rac1 O-O 19. Nd3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Bf6 21. Rc5
Ne7 22. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5
7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 O-O 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. d3 b6 11. e3 Qd7 12. h4 f5
13. Bd2 h6 14. Nh2 Bb7 15. f4 Kh8 16. h5 exf4 17. gxf4 g5
18. b5 Nd8 19. e4 gxf4 20. Nd5 Ne6 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Rf7
23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Rbe1 Rbf8 25. Kh1 Ng8 26. Bg3 fxe4 27. Rxf7
Rxf7 28. dxe4 Nf6 29. Bxd6 Nxh5 30. e5 Nf4 31. Qc2+ Kg8
32. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 33. Qe4 Qxe4+ 34. Rxe4 Ne6 35. Kg2 Kh7 36. Ng4
Kg6 37. Ne3 h5 38. Nd5 Bh6 39. Ne7+ Kg5 40. Nc6 Kf5 41. Re1
Kg4 42. Nd8 Nxd8 43. e6 Nxe6 44. Rxe6 Bf4 45. Bxf4 Rxf4
46. Rg6+ Kf5 47. Rh6 Rxc4 48. Rxh5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Smirnov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Nc6 12. g4
Nb4 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 d5 15. g5 Ne8 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Rc1 b6
18. Be2 Nd6 19. h5 Qd7 20. Na1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. b3 Rcc8
23. Kb2 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Nxd5 25. Qe1 Qd6 26. Bd2 Qa3+ 27. Kb1
Bb4 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Qxe5 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6
7. Rc1 Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. g4 e6 10. h4 Be7 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Qd2
Na7 13. Nge2 Rc8 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Kf2 O-O 17. Bb1
Ne8 18. Nce2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qe7 20. Qc2 g6 21. g5 Nd6 22. Nh5
Rc8 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Qd1 Ne8 25. Ng4 f6 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Qg1
Nc6 28. f4 Kf8 29. a3 Bd7 30. Qg3 f5 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. fxe5 Ng7
33. Qg1 Bb5 34. Nf4 Qc7 35. Qe1 Qc4 36. Qd1 Ke7 37. Bd3 Qc6
38. Bc2 a5 39. Qd2 b6 40. Bd1 Qc4 41. Be2 Qc6 42. Bf3 Qc4
43. Qd1 Ba4 44. Qd3 Qxd3 45. Nxd3 Be8 46. Kg3 Nh5+ 47. Bxh5
gxh5 48. Nf4 Bg6 49. Kf3 Kd7 50. Ke2 Bf7 51. Kd3 Kc7 52. Kc3
Kc6 53. a4 Kc7 54. b4 Kc6 55. Kb3 Kc7 56. Ka3 Kc6 57. Nd3 Be8
58. Nc1 Kb7 59. Nb3 axb4+ 60. Kxb4 Ka6 61. a5 bxa5+ 62. Nxa5
1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Misa Pap"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 d6
7. e4 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Be7 10. c4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b5
12. Nc3 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. Kc2 Nb6 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Rd1
Bb7 17. Nh3 Nbxd5 18. Rhe1 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 g5 20. Nd3 Rc8
21. Ne5 Rf8 22. Bc4 Ke8 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Rxd6 f6 25. fxg4 Rc7
26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 Kf7 28. Rde6 Rd7 29. Rxe7+ 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.07"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexei Iljushin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "203"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 h5 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nh7 12. Be3
b5 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15. Nf2 Ra7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bh6
Bxh6 18. Qxh6 b4 19. Ncd1 Qf6 20. Qd2 f4 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Bd3
h3 23. g4 Bxg4 24. fxg4 Qxg4+ 25. Kh1 Rg7 26. Nxd6 f3 27. Nf5
Qg2+ 28. Qxg2 fxg2+ 29. Kg1 gxf1=Q+ 30. Kxf1 c4 31. Bc2 Rg2
32. Nf2 Nf6 33. Re1 Ng4 34. Nxg4 Rxg4 35. Re2 b3 36. axb3 cxb3
37. Bb1 Rc4 38. Kf2 Rf4+ 39. Kg3 R4xf5 40. Bxf5 Rxf5 41. Re8+
Rf8 42. Re3 Nd7 43. Rxb3 Kf7 44. Ra3 Rg8+ 45. Kf4 Rg6 46. Rxh3
Rb6 47. Rh7+ Ke8 48. h4 Rxb2 49. h5 Rf2+ 50. Ke3 Rh2 51. d6 a5
52. h6 Nf6 53. Ra7 Rh5 54. Kd4 Kd8 55. Kc4 Rxh6 56. Rxa5 Kd7
57. Ra7+ Kxd6 58. Ra6+ Ke5 59. Ra5+ Ke4 60. Ra1 Ng4 61. Re1+
Ne3+ 62. Kc5 Rh5+ 63. Kc6 Kd4 64. Rg1 Rc5+ 65. Kd6 Nc4+
66. Ke6 Rc6+ 67. Ke7 Ne3 68. Kd7 Rh6 69. Ra1 Ke4 70. Re1 Ra6
71. Re2 Kd4 72. Re1 Nf5 73. Rd1+ Ke5 74. Re1+ Kd5 75. Rd1+ Nd4
76. Ke7 Re6+ 77. Kf7 Re4 78. Kf6 Rf4+ 79. Ke7 Rf2 80. Rd3 Re2+
81. Kd7 Ra2 82. Ke7 Ra7+ 83. Kf6 Ke4 84. Rd1 Ra6+ 85. Kf7 Nf3
86. Ke7 Ke5 87. Kd7 Ra7+ 88. Kc6 Nd4+ 89. Kb6 Ra2 90. Rh1 Rb2+
91. Kc5 Rc2+ 92. Kb6 Rc6+ 93. Kb7 Rg6 94. Rh5+ Kd6 95. Kb6 Ne6
96. Kb5 Rg4 97. Rh6 Rf4 98. Ka5 Kd5 99. Kb5 Re4 100. Rh5+ Kd6
101. Rh6 Rf4 102. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zaven Andriasian"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. Bb2 a5 14. Ba1 axb4 15. axb4 Qd7 16. Nde4 Nd5
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd4 dxe4 19. Bc5 exd3 20. Qxd3 Qxd3
21. exd3 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Ra5 23. Rb6 Bf5 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Rc1
Rc8 26. Rxb7 Raxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoran Jovanovic"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 h6 8. c3 Nh7 9. a5 a6 10. d4 Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxf3+
17. Qxf3 Qd7 18. Qd3 Qb5 19. c4 Qc6 20. Re2 b5 21. axb6 cxb6
22. Be3 Rfc8 23. Rc1 b5 24. b3 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qb5 26. Rxc8+
Rxc8 27. Qxb5 axb5 28. Re1 Rc2 29. f4 Bf6 30. Rd1 Rc3 31. Kf2
Rxb3 32. Rxd6 Bc3 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rd7 f6 35. Bd2 b4 36. Bxc3
Rxc3 37. Ke2 b3 38. Rd2 Rc4 39. Kd3 Rb4 40. Rb2 Kg6 41. g3 h5
42. Ke3 Kf7 43. h4 Ke7 44. Kf3 Kd6 45. g4 Kc5 46. gxh5 Kd4
47. Kg4 Kxe4 48. h6 gxh6 49. f5 Ke5+ 50. Kh5 Kxf5 51. Rxb3 Ke5
0-1

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.10"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Hrvoje Stevic"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. e4 b5 10. e5 bxc4 11. exf6 Qd3
12. Qxd3 cxd3 13. fxg7 Rg8 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Rxd3 Nb4 16. Rc3
Rd8 17. Nbd2 Nd3 18. Nb3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.11"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Qc1 h6 10. Be3 c3 11. bxc3 Bxf1
12. Kxf1 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. c4 Qa6 15. Kg1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 c5
17. Nbd2 Be7 18. h4 Nd7 19. Qc2 Qb7 20. a5 Rb8 21. Nb3 O-O
22. Rh3 f5 23. Rf1 Rbc8 24. h5 Qc7 25. Nbd2 Qxa5 26. Rg3 cxd4
27. exd4 Rf7 28. c5 Qb5 29. Ra1 Qb7 30. Qa2 Nf8 31. Qxa7 Qd5
32. Qa2 Qb7 33. Qc4 Rb8 34. Ra6 Qc8 35. Nb3 Bg5 36. Nxg5 hxg5
37. Rxg5 Qd8 38. Rg3 Qh4 39. Rh3 Qg4 40. Qd3 f4 41. d5 Rf5
42. d6 Rxe5 43. Ra7 Qg5 44. Ra1 Rd8 45. Qc2 Qg4 46. Qf2 Rxh5
47. Rxh5 Qxh5 48. Qxf4 Ng6 49. Qg3 e5 50. Qh3 Qg5 51. c6 Nf4
52. Qf3 e4 53. Qxe4 Nxg2 54. Qxg2 Qe3+ 55. Qf2 Qg5+ 56. Qg2
Qe3+ 57. Qf2 Qg5+ 58. Kf1 Rf8 59. Qxf8+ Kxf8 60. d7 Qf4+
61. Ke2 Qe4+ 62. Kd2 Qd5+ 63. Ke1 Qe4+ 64. Kd2 Qd5+ 65. Ke1
Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.12"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Romanov"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. d4 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. c4 dxc4 11. bxc4 Bb7
12. f4 Rad8 13. Ndf3 Nb4 14. Bb1 Be4 15. Ng5 Bxb1 16. Qxb1 h6
17. Nexf7 hxg5 18. Nxd8 Rxd8 19. fxg5 Ng4 20. Rf4 Nxe3 21. Qe4
e5 22. dxe5 Bxg5 23. Qxe3 Nd3 24. Rf8+ Kxf8 25. Qxg5 Nxb2
26. e6 Nd1 27. Qg4 Rd4 28. Qf3+ Qf4 29. Qxf4+ Rxf4 30. Rxd1
Rxc4 31. Rd8+ Ke7 32. Rd7+ Kxe6 33. Rxa7 g5 34. Kf2 Rc2+
35. Kf3 b5 36. Ke4 Re2+ 37. Kf3 Rc2 38. Ke4 Rxg2 39. Ra6+ Kf7
40. Ra5 Rb2 41. a4 bxa4 42. Kf5 Rxh2 43. Rxc5 Ke7 44. Kxg5 Kd6
45. Ra5 Ra2 46. Kf4 Kc6 47. Ke3 Kb6 48. Ra8 Kb5 49. Kd3 Kb4
50. Rb8+ Ka3 51. Kc3 Rg2 52. Ra8 Rg4 53. Kc2 Ka2 54. Rc8 Rg2+
55. Kc1 Rg1+ 56. Kc2 a3 57. Rc7 Ka1 58. Rc8 a2 59. Rc7 Rc1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tiger Hillarp Persson"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bc5
12. c4 Qd8 13. Bd3 b6 14. Qh5 Ba6 15. h4 Bxb5 16. cxb5 g6
17. Qd1 Ne7 18. h5 Rf8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. g4 Qc7
22. Qe4 d5 23. Qa4 g5 24. Rh7 d4 25. Be4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Nd5
27. Bxd5 exd5 28. O-O-O Ba3+ 29. Kb1 Qc4 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. Rd3
Rb4+ 32. Rb3 Rg8 33. g5 Rxb3+ 34. axb3 Be7 35. Kc1 Bxg5
36. Bxg5 Rxg5 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Ra8 Ke6 39. Rxa7 Kxe5 40. Re7+
Kd6 41. Rxf7 Kc5 42. Kd2 Rg2+ 43. Kd3 Rg3+ 44. Kd2 Kxb5
45. Rd7 Kc5 46. Rc7+ Kb4 47. Rd7 Kc5 48. Rc7+ Kd6 49. Rc8 b5
50. b4 Ke5 51. Re8+ Kf4 52. Rf8+ Ke4 53. Re8+ Kf4 54. Rf8+ Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Robert Ruck"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8
12. h3 b6 13. Bd3 e6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Ba6 Bxa6
17. Qxa6 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. d5 exd5 23. exd5 Na6 24. Ng3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5
26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. d6 Qd7 29. Qc4 Qc6 30. Qh4 Qd7
31. Qc4 Qc6 32. h4 h5 33. Qf4 c4 34. Qf6 Qd7 35. Re1 Rd8
36. g3 a6 37. a3 a5 38. a4 Rf8 39. Re7 Qxa4 40. d7 Qd1+
41. Kh2 Qd5 42. Qe5 Qc6 43. Qxa5 Qd6 44. Qe5 Qb6 45. Qf4 Qd8
46. Qf6 c3 47. Rxf7 Qxf6 48. Rxf6 Rd8 49. Rxg6+ Kf7 50. Rc6
Rxd7 51. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Igor Kurnosov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bxb6 cxb6
12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Rbc1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 Bc5 16. a3 Bd7
17. Qd1 Bc6 18. Nxc5 Bxg2 19. Ne6 fxe6 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg1
Rc6 22. Qd2 Rfc8 23. e3 h6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. exd4 Qxd4 26. Re1
Re8 27. Re4 Qd5 28. Qe3 c5 29. Re5 Qa2 30. Qe2 Kh8 31. Kg2 Qb1
32. h4 Qc1 33. a4 Qa1 34. Qc2 Qa2 35. d4 cxd4 36. Qc6 Rf8
37. Qd6 Rf5 38. Rxf5 exf5 39. Qxd4 Kh7 40. Qe5 Qxa4 41. Qxf5+
Kh8 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kh8 44. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. e4 Qe7
12. h3 Bh5 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 e5 15. Bg5 exd4 16. Rxd4 Ne5
17. Qe2 Bc5 18. Rdd1 h6 19. Bh4 Rad8 20. Bb3 Ng6 21. Bg3 Bd4
22. Qc4 Ne5 23. Qe2 Qb4 24. Qc2 Nh5 25. Bh2 Qc5 26. a5 Ng6
27. Qe2 Nhf4 28. Qf3 Be5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rd1 Qxa5 31. h4
Nxh4 32. Qg4 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Nhg6 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Bxf4 Bxc3
36. Bb3 Be5 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2
Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 Qd5 9. Ne1 Qh5 10. Nxc4 Nbd5 11. e4 Nb4
12. Qc3 Bh3 13. f3 e6 14. d4 Nd7 15. Bf4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Be7
17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qg5 19. Ne3 Qd8 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21. Nc4 b6
22. Kg2 Nfd5 23. Qb3 Ne7 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Rb8 26. Nd6+
Kf8 27. Nc4 h5 28. Ne5 Kg8 29. Rec1 c5 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. Qc3
h4 32. a5 f6 33. Nd3 Ng6 34. a6 hxg3 35. hxg3 Qd6 36. a7 Ra8
37. Rd1 Rh5 38. e5 Qc7 39. Qxc5 Qb7 40. Rd2 Nxe5 41. Nxe5 Rxe5
42. Qf2 Rb5 43. Ra4 Rb3 44. g4 Rb6 45. Qc5 Rxb2 46. Rxb2 Qxb2+
47. Kg3 Qb7 48. Ra1 Kf7 49. Qh5+ Kg8 50. Qg6 Qc7+ 51. Kg2 Qb7
52. Kg3 Qc7+ 53. Kg2 Qb7 54. Qe4 Rxa7 55. Qxe6+ Kf8 56. Rd1
Qe7 57. Qc8+ Kf7 58. Qc4+ Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Andrei Deviatkin"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d4 O-O
7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bg5 Nbxd5
12. Qb3 Be6 13. Rfe1 Qb6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a3
Rac8 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 f6 19. Bd2 Kf7 20. Bc4 Ra8 21. h4
h5 22. g3 Rd8 23. b3 Rd7 24. a4 Nc7 25. Bf4 Nd5 26. Be3 Nc7
27. Ne1 Bd5 28. Nd3 e6 29. Nf4 Bf8 30. Bd3 f5 31. Bc4 Bg7
32. Ne2 Bc6 33. Re1 b5 34. axb5 Bxb5 35. Bf4 Bf8 36. Bxc7 Bxc4
37. bxc4 Rxc7 38. c5 Bg7 39. f4 Rd7 40. Rd1 Bf6 41. Kf2 b6
42. Rc1 Rc7 43. Ke3 bxc5 44. dxc5 e5 45. fxe5 Bxe5 46. Nf4 Rc6
47. Rc2 Bf6 48. Kd3 g5 49. hxg5 Bxg5 50. Nxh5 Be7 51. Kd4 Kg6
52. Nf4+ Kg5 53. Nd3 Bf6+ 54. Kd5 Rc8 55. Nf4 Kg4 56. c6 Bd8
57. Ke6 Ba5 58. Nd5 Re8+ 59. Kf7 Re5 60. Rc5 Bd8 61. Kg6 Re6+
62. Kf7 Re5 63. Rc4+ Kxg3 64. Rc3+ Kg4 65. Rc4+ Kg3 66. Rc3+
Kg4 67. Rd3 Kg5 68. Rg3+ Kh4 69. Rd3 Kg5 70. Rd1 f4 71. Nxf4
Re7+ 72. Kf8 Kxf4 73. Rxd8 Rc7 74. Rd6 Ke5 75. Rh6 Kd5 76. Ke8
Rxc6 77. Rxc6 Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5
7. e4 Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bc7 12. Nb3
h6 13. Qf3 a5 14. a4 Re8 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qb8 17. h4 Bd8
18. Bh3 Nf8 19. Kh1 N6h7 20. Bd2 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Bxh4 22. exd5
cxd5 23. Qxd5 Bg5 24. Bxh7+ Nxh7 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. f4 Nh7
27. fxe5 Ra6 28. Rxf7 Kh8 29. Re1 Rh6+ 30. Kg1 Ng5 31. Rf5
Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Qc8 33. e6 Qxc2 34. e7 Qc8 35. Qc5 Qd7 36. Rf8+
Kh7 37. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 38. Rxf5 Kg8 39. Nxa5 g6 40. Rf6 Kg7
41. Rd6 Kf7 42. Rd7 Nf4 43. Re4 Ne6 44. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Tregubov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Nf3
Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nfd5 11. Bg3 Be6
12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Rc1 f6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nd3 Qd7
17. Re1 Bf7 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qa5 Nbd5 21. Qa3
Rad8 22. h3 a6 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Nd5 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Bg3
Ne7 27. Qb3 Kf8 28. Qb6 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Qb4 Qc6 31. Qa5
d5 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. a4 Ne7 34. Bd6 Nf5 35. Bc5 Nxd4 36. Qe7+
Kg6 37. Bxd4 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qxd4 40. Qxb7 Qxa4
41. Qxd5 Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Qxb2 43. Qd3+ Kh6 44. Qxa6 Qxf2 45. Qc4
f5 46. Qe6+ g6 47. Qe7 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Qe4 49. Qc7 f4 50. Qf7 Qf5
51. Qb7 Qe6 52. Kh2 Qg8 53. Qe7 Qc4 54. Qf8+ Kg5 55. Qe7+ Kh6
56. Qf8+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 7. Qb3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nbd7 10. g4 Qe4 11. dxc5 O-O
12. g5 Nd5 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxc5 15. Bg2 Rd8 16. b4 e5
17. bxc5 exd4 18. Rb1 b6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxb6
Ba6 22. h4 Re5 23. e3 Rc5 24. Bd2 dxe3 25. fxe3 Rc2 26. h5 Ra2
27. Rh4 Ra1+ 28. Kf2 Rxa3 29. Rhb4 Rd3 30. Rb8+ Rd8 31. Rxa8
Rxa8 32. Bc3 Rc8 33. Bd4 Rc6 34. Rb8+ Rc8 35. Rb6 Bd3 36. Kg3
Re8 37. h6 g6 38. Kf2 Bf5 39. Ke2 Bg4+ 40. Kd3 Bf5+ 41. Kc4
Be6+ 42. Kc5 Bf5 43. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O cxd4
12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Rf3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4
Ke7 17. Rg3 Rhg8 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia - China"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[EventDate "2009.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Re8 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6
12. f3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Nc6 14. dxc5 Na5 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Nb4
Rac8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Red8 19. Qe4 Nb3 20. Rb1 Rxc3
21. Qe5 Rcd3 22. Re1 Qg6 23. e4 Nxc1 24. Rexc1 h6 25. Rb8 Rxb8
26. Qxb8+ Kh7 27. Qg3 Qb6+ 28. Qf2 Qa5 29. h4 Qxa3 30. Qc2 Qd6
31. e5 Qd4+ 32. Kf1 g6 33. Qc7 Qf4 34. Re1 Rxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia - China"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[EventDate "2009.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qa4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qb4 h6 11. Bh4
Re8 12. e3 a5 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Bb5 Nxc5 15. O-O Nce4 16. Qb2
Bd7 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nd4 b6 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Rfb1 Qg5 22. Ne2 Rc6 23. c4 Be6 24. Nd4 Rxc4 25. Qxb6 Bh3
26. g3 Qg4 27. Qb3 Rec8 28. Qd1 Qg6 29. Rc1 Qa6 30. Qd2 a4
31. a3 Kh7 32. Re1 Rc3 33. Qe2 Qxe2 34. Nxe2 Rc2 35. Nd4 Rb2
36. Re2 Rcb8 37. Rxb2 Rxb2 38. Nc6 g5 39. Ne5 Be6 40. Nc6 Bh3
41. Ne5 Kg7 42. Nc4 Rb8 43. Nd6 f5 44. Nc4 Kf6 45. Rd1 Rb3
46. Rc1 Ke6 47. Kh1 h5 48. Kg1 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. f3 exf3
51. Kf2 Bg4 52. h3 Bxh3 53. Rh1 Bg4 54. e4 fxe4 55. Rxh4 Bf5
56. Rh6+ Ke7 57. Ne3 Bd7 58. Nd5+ Kf7 59. Rf6+ Kg7 60. Rd6 Bf5
61. Ne3 Bg6 62. Nc4 Rc3 63. Ne5 Rc2+ 64. Ke3 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Russia - China"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.17"]
[EventDate "2009.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. h3 a6 9. c5 Be7 10. Rg1 b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. g5
hxg5 13. Nxg5 Rg8 14. Na4 Qa7 15. Qxc6 Bb7 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Nc3
e5 18. Bd2 exd4 19. exd4 Qxd4 20. Be3 Qb4 21. O-O-O Nc5 22. f3
Bc6 23. Bd4 a5 24. Rg2 a4 25. Re2 Rc7 26. Be5 Rd7 27. Rd4 Qb6
28. h4 a3 29. b3 Rb7 30. Bh3 Rh8 31. b4 Ncd7 32. Na4 Qb5
33. Bd6 Ng8 34. Nc3 Qb6 35. Qf5 Kd8 36. Nxf7+ Kc8 37. Bc5 Nh6
38. Bxb6 Nxf5 39. Bxf5 Bf6 40. Nxd5 Kb8 41. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Russia - China"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.18"]
[EventDate "2009.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Nc5 16. f4
O-O-O 17. Qf3 Rd7 18. Qe3 Kb8 19. Rb4 Rc8 20. Rc4 Qd6 21. Rb1
Rdc7 22. Rcb4 Ka8 23. h3 Qd7 24. f5 Qd6 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nf3
Qg3 27. e5 f5 28. Qg5 Qxg5 29. Nxg5 h6 30. Nf3 Nd3 31. Rb6 Rg7
32. Rxe6 Nf4 33. Rxh6 Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Rg3 35. Rf1 Rxc3 36. Nd4
Rxh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia - China"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.19"]
[EventDate "2009.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O Rac8
12. b3 Rfd8 13. Rc1 e6 14. Kh1 d5 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. cxd5 exd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Rxc6 bxc6
21. Kg1 Bd4 22. Kf2 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[EventDate "2009.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Rd1 a5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Ne2 Ra6 13. Ng3 f5 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Nh5 e5 16. f4 Nf6
17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. O-O Re8 19. Bf3 Kg7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 e4
22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. b5 Ra3 24. Be2 Ke7 25. Kf2 Be6 26. Ra1 Rea8
27. Rxa3 Rxa3 28. Rb1 Kd7 29. b6 Kc8 30. b7+ Kb8 31. Rb6 Ra2
32. Ke1 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Ra2 34. Ke1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[EventDate "2009.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7
7. Be3 N8d7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Qd4 11. h3 c6
12. Nf3 Qb4 13. Rb1 Be6 14. O-O Qc5 15. g4 Nbd5 16. Rfc1 Qd6
17. e3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 O-O-O 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Nb3 Ng8 21. Qg5 h5
22. Qa5 hxg4 23. Nc5 Rh5 24. Qxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nxb7+ Kc7 26. Nxd6
gxh3 27. Nxf7 hxg2 28. f4 Nf6 29. Ne5 Bh3 30. Nxg6 Ng4 31. e4
e6 32. Rb2 Rh6 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34. fxe5 c5 35. Rf2 Rh5 36. Rf3
Kc6 37. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[EventDate "2009.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Qf2 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 b4 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. Na4 Be7 16. O-O O-O
17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qa7 19. Qxa7 Rxa7 20. Rfc1 a5 21. Nc5
bxa3 22. bxa3 Ba8 23. Rab1 Rc8 24. Na4 Bb7 25. Rb6 Ne7
26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Rb3 Bc6 28. Nc5 Be8 29. Rb8 Rc7 30. d4 Kf8
31. Kf2 Na7 32. Ke3 Nb5 33. a4 Na3 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Nd2 f6
36. Ra8 fxe5 37. fxe5 Bg6+ 38. Kc3 Nc2 39. Rxa5 Ne3 40. Ra6
Kf7 41. g3 Ng4 42. Nf3 h6 43. Kb4 Be4 44. Nd2 Nxh2 45. Ndxe4
dxe4 46. Nxe4 Nf3 47. Rd6 h5 48. Nc5 Re7 49. a5 g5 50. d5 h4
51. gxh4 gxh4 52. dxe6+ Kg6 53. Rd3 Nxe5 54. Ra3 Nc6+ 55. Kc4
Rh7 56. Kd5 Ne7+ 57. Ke5 Rh5+ 58. Kd6 Nc8+ 59. Kc6 h3 60. Ra1
Ne7+ 61. Kd6 Nc8+ 62. Kc6 Kf6 63. Rf1+ Ke7 64. Rf7+ Ke8
65. Rf1 Ne7+ 66. Kb6 Nc8+ 67. Kc6 Ne7+ 68. Kb5 Nc8 69. a6 h2
70. Rh1 Kd8 71. Kc6 Ne7+ 72. Kb7 Rxc5 73. a7 Rc7+ 74. Ka6 Rc6+
75. Kb5 Rc8 76. Rxh2 Kc7 77. Ka6 Re8 78. Rd2 Kc6 1-0

[Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[EventDate "2009.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7
12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rfd1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 b5 16. Qc2 Qb6
17. Be3 Qa5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bxd5 b4 20. Be4 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3
22. Rxc3 Rac8 23. Rdc1 Nd4 24. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 25. Kf1 Bxc8
26. Kxe2 Bd7 27. Rc7 Rd8 28. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[EventDate "2009.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Nf3 Rc8 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxc1
12. Qxc1 Bxe4 13. e6 fxe6 14. f3 Bf5 15. Qc3 h5 16. Be2 Rg8
17. O-O g5 18. Be5 g4 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Qe3 Qd5
22. Qf4 Bh6 23. Qf7+ Kd7 24. Rd1 Qxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Rf8 26. Qxf8
Bxf8 27. h3 gxh3 28. gxh3 h4 29. Kf2 Bh6 30. Bf3 Bd5 31. b3
Bg5 32. Ke2 Kc6 33. Bg4 Bf6 34. Bf4 e5 35. Bd2 Be4 36. Bb4 Bb1
37. Kd2 e4 38. a4 Bg5+ 39. Kc3 e5 40. Bf5 Bd3 41. Bf8 Bf6
42. Bb4 Kc7 43. Bc5 Bg5 44. a5 Bf1 45. Bb6+ Kb8 46. Bc5 e3
47. Bd6+ Ka8 48. Kc2 e2 49. Bb4 Bf4 50. Be1 Bg3 51. Kd2 Kb8
52. b4 Kc7 53. Bd3 Bxh3 54. Bxg3 hxg3 55. Kxe2 Bg2 56. b5 axb5
57. Bxb5 Kd6 58. Ke3 Kc5 59. Be2 Kb4 60. a6 bxa6 61. Bxa6 Kc3
62. Be2 Bd5 63. Bh5 Kb4 64. Bg4 Kc5 65. Be2 Kd6 66. Bg4 Ke7
67. Bf5 Kf6 68. Bc8 Kg5 69. Bd7 g2 70. Kf2 Kf4 71. Bb5 Bf3
72. Ba6 e4 73. Bb5 e3+ 74. Kg1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "2009.08.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7
7. d4 O-O 8. Bb2 d6 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Qc2 exd4
12. exd4 Be6 13. Nd1 d5 14. c5 Nc4 15. Bc1 a5 16. Rb1 axb4
17. axb4 b5 18. O-O Re8 19. Bd3 h5 20. Bg5 Na3 21. Qc1 Bxg3
22. fxg3 Nxb1 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qh6 f5 25. Ne3 Ra7 26. Bxb1 f6
27. Qxh5 Rh7 28. Qf3 Qe7 29. Qf4 Qc7 30. Qf2 Qe7 31. Bxf5 Bxf5
32. Nxf5 Qe2 33. Qf4 Kh8 34. h3 Qe4 35. Qc1 Qd3 36. Kh2 Qe2
37. Rf3 Qe1 38. Qa3 Re4 39. Qa8+ Re8 40. Qa3 Re4 41. Rf4 Re8
42. g4 Rd7 43. Qf3 Re4 44. Rxe4 Qxe4 45. Qg3 Qe6 46. Qf4 Kg8
47. Qh6 Qf7 48. Qe3 Kh7 49. Qg3 Qe6 50. Qb8 Qf7 51. Qf4 Qf8
52. Nh4 Rf7 53. Qf5+ Kg7 54. Qg6+ Kh8 55. Nf5 Rd7 56. Qh5+ Rh7
57. Qg6 Rd7 58. Nd6 Re7 59. Qh5+ Rh7 60. Qf5 Re7 61. g5 Kg7
62. Qg4 fxg5 63. Nf5+ Kf6 64. Nxe7 Qxe7 65. h4 Qc7+ 66. Qg3
Qh7 67. Qxg5+ Kf7 68. Qf4+ Ke6 69. Qe5+ Kd7 1-0

[Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "2009.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qb3 c5 8. O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 c4 10. Qe3+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+
Kxe7 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bd2 a5 14. f3 Nb6 15. g4 Be6 16. h4 Nfd7
17. Rg1 Rhc8 18. f4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. Bg2 c3 21. bxc3 Bd5
22. Be1 Bxg2 23. Rxg2 dxc3 24. Rg3 Na4 25. Rgd3 b5 26. Rd7+
Ke8 27. e6 Nc5 28. Rxf7 Nxe6 29. Rdd7 Nxf4 30. Rde7+ Kd8
31. h5 Nd5 32. Rb7 Rc7 33. Rbxc7 Nxc7 34. Rxg7 Ra6 35. Bxc3
Rc6 36. Kd2 b4 37. Be5 Nd5 38. Rg6 Rxg6 39. hxg6 Ke7 40. e4
Nf6 41. g7 Ng8 42. Kd3 a4 43. Kc4 b3 44. a3 Ke6 45. Bb2 Ne7
46. Kb5 Kf7 47. Kxa4 Nc8 48. Kxb3 Nd6 49. e5 Ne4 50. e6+ Kg8
51. Be5 Nc5+ 52. Kc4 Nxe6 53. a4 Nd8 54. Kb5 Nf7 55. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "2009.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O
7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Na6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Nc7 11. g5 hxg5
12. Nxg5+ Kg8 13. Bg2 b5 14. Ne2 Nh5 15. Bf3 Nf6 16. h4 Bg4
17. Ng3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Ng4 19. h5 b4 20. Rb1 e6 21. Bg5 f6
22. h6 fxg5 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxg5 Qxg5 25. Nxg5 exd5 26. Rh7+
Kf6 27. f4 Ne6 28. Nxe6 Kxe6 29. f5+ gxf5 30. exf5+ Kf6
31. Ke2 Rh8 32. Rbh1 Rxh7 33. Rxh7 Kg5 34. Rg7+ Kf4 35. Nh5+
Kxf5 36. Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "2009.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. c6 Bb4
12. cxd7 Qxd7 13. Rd1 Qb7 14. a3 Be7 15. b3 a6 16. Bb2 Bd7
17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. a4 a5 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Rd1 Qc7
22. g3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qf3 Nd7 25. Qd1 Qc7 26. Bb5 Nc5
27. Qg4 Bf8 28. Bc4 Qd6 29. Bd4 g6 30. Qf3 Bg7 31. Qa8+ Qf8
32. Qc6 Qd8 33. Bxc5 bxc5 34. Qxc5 Bf8 35. Qc6 Bb4 36. Kg2 Kg7
37. h4 h5 38. Qe4 Qf6 39. Bb5 Be1 40. Qc2 Bb4 41. Qe2 Qc3
42. Bc4 Qf6 43. Qc2 Qc3 44. Qe4 Qf6 45. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "2009.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Kb1 Rc8
12. f5 Bc4 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qg3 Nf6
17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nd2 Rd4 19. Qe3 Qc5 20. Rxg7 h5 21. Rgg1 Ng4
22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Rde1 Qc7 24. Nb3 Rc4 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. Rg2 h4
27. h3 Kd7 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Rhc8 30. Qh5 Rf8 31. a3 Qe3
32. f6 Bd8 33. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bh6 6. e3 f5
7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Ne5 10. f4 Ng4 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Rc1
Bd7 13. Bd3 a6 14. Nge2 Qb4 15. Ng3 h5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Bxf5
Qxc4 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nf5 Rhg8 20. b3 Qb4 21. O-O Ne4
22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Bh8 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 b5
27. Kf3 Rgb8 28. g4 hxg4+ 29. hxg4 bxa4 30. bxa4 Rb4 31. Rh1
Rxa4 32. Rh7 Rf8 33. g5 e6 34. Nh6 exd5 35. g6 Ke6 36. g7 Bxg7
37. Rxg7 Re4 38. Rb2 Kf6 39. Rg5 Rfe8 40. Ng4+ Ke6 41. Rb7 d4
42. Kxe4 d5+ 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. exd4 c4+ 45. Kd2 Re4 46. Rb6+ Kc7
47. Rf6 Rxd4+ 48. Kc2 Re4 49. Re5 1-0

[Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "206"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. dxc5 Na6 4. c6 bxc6 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3 d6 9. h3 Nc5 10. O-O a5 11. Be3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3
Qc7 13. b3 Nd7 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Rfe1
Nc5 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd4 Bxd4
22. Qxd4 c5 23. Qd2 Bc6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qf6 26. Re3 a4
27. Rce1 axb3 28. axb3 Ra1 29. Kh2 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Kf8 31. Qd2
Ra8 32. Rf3 Qe5+ 33. g3 Ra1 34. h4 Qe1 35. Qxe1 Rxe1 36. Kg2
Rb1 37. Re3 Rb2 38. g4 h5 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. Rxe7
Rxb3+ 42. f3 Rb4 43. Rd7 Rxc4 44. Rxd6 Rd4 45. Rd7 Kf6 46. f4
Rd3+ 47. Kf2 c4 48. Rc7 Rxd5 49. Rxc4 Kf5 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. f5+
Kxf5 52. Rf4+ Ke6 53. Ra4 Re5+ 54. Kf4 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Rb5
56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Kf4 Kf8 58. Rc6 Kg7 59. Ra6 f6 60. Ra4 Kg6
61. Rc4 Rf5+ 62. Kg3 Rb5 63. Kf4 Rb1 64. Kf3 Rg1 65. Ra4 Rf1+
66. Kg3 Re1 67. Kf3 Kf5 68. Ra5+ Re5 69. Ra4 Rb5 70. Ra3 Rb4
71. Ra5+ Kg6 72. Kg3 Rg4+ 73. Kh3 Re4 74. Kg3 Re5 75. Ra4 Kf5
76. Kf3 Rb5 77. Ra3 Ke5 78. Re3+ Kf5 79. Ra3 Ke6 80. Re3+ Re5
81. Ra3 Rf5+ 82. Kg3 Rb5 83. Re3+ Kf5 84. Rf3+ Kg6 85. Ra3 Rb4
86. Ra5 Rb3+ 87. Kg2 Rc3 88. Rb5 Ra3 89. Rc5 Re3 90. Ra5 Re5
91. Ra4 Kf5 92. Kf3 Rb5 93. Ra3 Rb4 94. Ra5+ Kg6 95. Kg3 Rg4+
96. Kh3 f5 97. Ra6+ Kg7 98. Ra5 Kf6 99. Ra6+ Ke5 100. Rh6 Kf4
101. Rxh5 Rg1 102. Rg5 Rh1+ 103. Kg2 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 Bc7
7. d6 Ba5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. e3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 b6
12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Re8 14. Re1 g5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Re6
17. Bf5 Qe8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. e4 Nxe4 20. f3 Qg6 21. Bf4 Qf6
22. Qc1 Nxd6 23. Bxd6 Nc6 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Bxf4 Na5 26. Re7
Bc6 27. Rae1 Nc4 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Re2 a5
31. Kf2 b5 32. h4 b4 33. h5 bxc3 34. Rc2 Nb2 35. Be5+ Kh6
36. Bxc3 Na4 37. g4 d5 38. Bd2+ Kg7 39. h6+ Kg6 40. g5 d4
41. f4 Be4 42. Rc4 Nb2 43. Rc1 Nd3+ 44. Ke2 Nxc1+ 45. Bxc1 c4
46. Bb2 c3 47. Ba1 a4 48. a3 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 e5
7. Nh4 Nc6 8. c3 h6 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. Qe1 g5 11. Nhf3 Ng6 12. Nc4
Be6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Kh1 Rae8 15. Ng1 c6 16. b3 Ng4 17. Nf5 Nf6
18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Ng4 22. Bd2
f5 23. h3 Nf6 24. Qc1 Ng8 25. c4 Kh7 26. Qe1 Nf6 27. Qe3 f4
28. Rxf4 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Ng4 30. Qg3 Nf6 31. Qh4 Qg7 32. Nf3 Qg6
33. Ng5+ Kg7 34. Nxe6+ Rxe6 35. Rg1 Kf7 36. Bf3 Qh7 37. Bc3
Ke8 38. Rf1 h5 39. Bg2 Qg6 40. Kh2 Nh7 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Bd2
Rf6 43. Be3 c5 44. a3 Kg7 45. b4 b6 46. d4 Nf8 47. e5 dxe5
48. dxe5 Re6 49. bxc5 bxc5 50. Bxc5 Nd7 51. Bxa7 Qd3 52. Qg3+
Qxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Ra6 54. Bd4 Rxa3+ 55. Kf4 Nf8 56. e6+ Kg8
57. Bd5 Ng6+ 58. Kg5 Ne7 59. Kf6 Kf8 60. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ndf3 f6
7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nh6 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Ne2
Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Bd7 13. a3 O-O-O 14. Qc1 a6 15. b4 Qb6 16. Qxh6
Rhf8 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. Rd1 h5 19. h4 e5 20. dxe5 Qxe3 21. fxe3
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 23. Ke1 Rg8 24. g3 Bg4 25. Kd2 Bxg3
26. Rdf1 Be5 27. Nd4 Bc8 28. Rhg1 Rg4 29. Rxg4 hxg4 30. h5 Rh8
31. Bg6 g3 32. Rg1 Bg4 33. Ne2 Bxh5 34. Bxh5 Rxh5 35. Nxg3
Rh2+ 36. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Re1 b6 10. Nf1 a5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bf4
a4 13. h4 a3 14. b3 h5 15. N1h2 b5 16. g4 hxg4 17. Nxg4 Nd4
18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bg5 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bh3 Ra6 22. Kh1 Qe8
23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rg1 Bg7 25. Rg3 e5 26. Bxc8 Qxc8 27. Rag1
Qf5 28. R1g2 Rf7 29. Kg1 e4 30. Bd2 Re6 31. Bb4 e3 32. Bxa3
exf2+ 33. Qxf2 Qh5 34. Qd2 Qxh4 35. Bb4 Re3 36. Rxg6 Rh3
37. Rxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Bd6 Rh1+ 40. Kg2 Qh3+
41. Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7
7. d4 d6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Be2 Nb6 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Qc2 Be6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 a5 16. b5 Bd6
17. a4 Bb4 18. O-O Rfe8 19. Qc2 Nfd7 20. Ne4 Nc5 21. Nd6 Red8
22. Nf5 Qe6 23. f4 Ncxa4 24. Bxe5 f6 25. Bd4 Bc5 26. bxc6 bxc6
27. h3 Bxd4 28. exd4 g6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Ng4 h5 31. Nf2 Qe3
32. Rd3 Qe7 33. Bf3 Qb4 34. c5 Nd5 35. Rb1 Nac3 36. Rxb4 axb4
37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. Ne4 Nxf4 39. Rf3 Nd5 40. Nd6 Ra1+ 41. Kh2
Rda8 42. Qe4 R8a7 43. Rg3 Ne7 44. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4
f5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. a3 c6 11. h3 Re8
12. O-O-O b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. g4 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Na4 Ne4
17. Nf4 Bxf4 18. exf4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. f3 b3 21. Qxb3 Nf2
22. d5 Rd6 23. Nc5 Nxh1 24. Nb7 Qb8 25. Kc2 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5
27. Qxd5 Qc7+ 28. Nc5 Rc8 29. b4 Ng3 30. Kb3 Ne2 31. gxf5 Nxf4
32. Qe4 Nxh3 33. f6 g6 34. Qh4 Nf4 35. Qg5 Ne6 36. Qh6 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. h3 a6 9. a4 Ne8 10. Nge2 f5 11. g4 Bh4 12. gxf5
Rxf5 13. Ng3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Rf7 15. Bd2 Qg5 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Qe2
Ndf6 18. g4 h6 19. O-O Bd7 20. Rf2 Nc7 21. Raf1 b5 22. b3 b4
23. Ne4 Raf8 24. Ng3 Nh7 25. e4 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Qxf2
Ne8 28. Bf1 Qh4 29. Nf5 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Ng5 31. Bg2 Kf7 32. h4
Nh7 33. Kg3 Nhf6 34. Bf3 Ng8 35. Be3 Ngf6 36. Bg2 h5 37. g5
Ng4 38. Nxd6+ Nxd6 39. Bxc5 Nc8 40. Bxb4 Ne3 41. Bf3 g6
42. Bc5 Nc2 43. Bd1 Nd4 44. Bxd4 exd4 45. e5 Bf5 46. Kf2 a5
47. c5 Be4 48. Bf3 Bc2 49. d6 Ke6 50. Bd5+ Kxd5 51. d7 1-0

[Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. d3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a3 a5
12. Bg2 Ne8 13. Qc2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Qf6 15. d4 Nd6 16. e3 h5
17. h4 Nf5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nd6 20. b5 Rab8 21. Rfc1 Rfc8
22. Qa3 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc4 e5 26. Rac1
exd4 27. Rxd4 Ne5 28. Rf4 Qe6 29. Qc3 Rb3 30. Qc2 Rcb8 31. Rd4
Rb2 32. Qe4 Qf6 33. Qf4 Qxf4 34. gxf4 Ng4 35. Rxc6 Rxf2
36. Be4 Rbb2 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7 Nxe3 39. Rxg6+ Kf8 40. Rd8+
Ke7 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Ulan Ude RUS"]
[Date "2009.09.02"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Romanov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8
13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Bb7 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. Nf5
Bf8 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Nh2 f6 20. Bc1 Kh8 21. h4 d5 22. h5 Rad8
23. Qg4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Nc5 25. Re3 Nc4 26. Rg3 Ne4 27. Rh3 Ncd6
28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Rg3 f5 30. Qh3 f4 31. Rg6 Qc8 32. Ng4 Be4
33. Bb3 Bxg6 34. hxg6 h6 35. Bc2 b4 36. Bd2 Nc4 37. Be1 e4
38. cxb4 Ne5 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. Qxc8 Rxc8 41. Bb3 e3 42. fxe3
fxe3 43. Bc3 Rg5 44. Bf7 Bd6 45. Rd1 Bc7 46. Rd7 Bb6 47. Rb7
Rb5 48. Kf1 Bc7 49. Ra7 Rf5+ 50. Ke1 Bb8 51. Rb7 Bg3+ 52. Ke2
Rb8 53. Rd7 Rg5 54. Kxe3 Be5 55. Rd5 Bf6 56. Rxg5 hxg5 57. Kd3
g4 58. Kc4 g3 59. Bd5 Rc8+ 60. Kb3 Rd8 61. Bb7 Rd6 62. a4 Bd8
63. a5 Rxg6 64. Bd4 Rd6 65. Bc5 Rd2 66. b5 Bf6 67. bxa6 Rxb2+
68. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Ulan Ude RUS"]
[Date "2009.09.03"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Denis Khismatullin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+
6. Qxd2 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. g3 Ba6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Qf4 O-O
11. Bg2 f5 12. Nd2 Ng5 13. O-O Ne6 14. Qe5 Bc8 15. e3 a5
16. f4 d6 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Rae1 Nc5 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4
21. Bxe4 Qf6 22. Qf3 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 a4 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Qxc6
axb3 26. axb3 Ra2 27. Re8 h6 28. Rfe1 Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kh7
30. Qh5 Qf6 31. Re2 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qb1 33. Rxa2 Qxa2+ 34. Kh3
Qxb3 35. Qf5+ Kh8 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. Qc8+ Kh7
39. Qxc7 Qd3 40. Qf7 Qe2 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7 Kh8
44. f5 h5 45. Qe6 Qg4+ 46. Kg2 h4 47. Kf2 Kh7 48. Qd5 Qh3
49. gxh4 Qxh2+ 50. Ke3 Qxh4 51. Qe6 Qg5+ 52. Kd3 Qc1 53. Qg6+
Kh8 54. Qe8+ Kh7 55. Qg6+ Kh8 56. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Ulan Ude RUS"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Galkin"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2
Nd7 7. g3 dxc4 8. Qa4 c5 9. Bg2 cxd4 10. O-O Bc5 11. Qxc4 Bb6
12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Qb5 Ng4 16. Nb3 f5
17. Nec5 f4 18. Bf3 e5 19. a4 fxg3 20. hxg3 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 e4
22. a5 exf3 23. exf3 Bc7 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Nd4 Qe5 26. f4 Bg4
27. Nce6 Bxa5 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Rd3 Bb6 30. Re1 Qh5 31. Kg1
Rd8 32. Re5 Qh3 33. Qa4 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Ulan Ude RUS"]
[Date "2009.09.05"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Burmakin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Nge7
7. b3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb2 d4 10. Ne4 b6 11. e3 O-O 12. exd4
cxd4 13. d3 h6 14. Ba3 Bg4 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Nd6
Rab8 18. Nc4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 b5 20. Na5 Nd5 21. Nxc6 Qxc6
22. Rac1 Qa6 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Bb4 Rd7 25. Qc2 Bf8 26. Bxf8
Rxf8 27. Qc6 Rd6 28. Qxa6 Rxa6 29. Rc2 Rd6 30. Re7 a6 31. Rcc7
Kg7 32. Red7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Rc8 34. Rxd4 Rc2 35. a4 bxa4
36. bxa4 Ra2 37. h4 h5 38. Kg2 a5 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Ke3 Ke6
41. f3 f6 42. Re4+ Kd7 43. Rc4 Kd6 44. Rd4+ Ke6 45. Re4+ Kd7
46. g4 hxg4 47. Rxg4 Ke6 48. Rxg6 Rxa4 49. h5 Rh4 50. h6 Rh1
51. Ke4 Rh4+ 52. f4 a4 53. Rg8 f5+ 54. Ke3 Rxh6 55. Ra8 Rh3+
56. Kd4 Rf3 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Ke5 Rxd3 59. Rxa4 Rb3 60. Ra7+
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Ulan Ude RUS"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anton Shomoev"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nb3 Nxb3
12. axb3 c5 13. g4 h5 14. h3 Nh7 15. gxh5 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qxh5
17. Be2 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Qh6 20. O-O-O e4 21. Rdg1 Kh8
22. Rh2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bd7 24. Rhg2 Rg8 25. Kc2 Rxg2 26. Qxg2
Nf6 27. Qg5 Kh7 28. b4 cxb4 29. cxb4 b5 30. Bd4 Rg8 31. Qxh6+
Kxh6 32. Ra1 Rg2 33. Kd1 bxc4 34. Bxf6 Bb5 35. Ra3 Rg1+
36. Kd2 Rg2 37. Re3 c3+ 38. Bxc3 Rh2 39. Kd1 Bxe2+ 40. Rxe2
Rxh3 41. Kc2 Rd3 42. Rd2 Rf3 43. Rh2+ Kg6 44. Rg2+ Kh6
45. Bg7+ Kh7 46. Bf8 e3 47. Kd3 e2+ 48. Kxe2 Rxf4 49. Bxd6 Rd4
50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Ra7 Rxd5 52. Rxa6 Kg7 53. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Ulan Ude RUS"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Matlakov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6
7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 g5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bd3 Rg8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6
Rxg6 13. Ne5 Rg8 14. Bd2 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. O-O-O Qxb3
17. axb3 Nb6 18. c5 Nd7 19. b4 a6 20. f3 Be7 21. h4 O-O-O
22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Ulan Ude RUS"]
[Date "2009.09.09"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vasily Yemelin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
O-O 7. f3 c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Qxa5 Nxa5
12. e4 Re8 13. Bc7 b6 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Nc6 16. b5 Ne7
17. Ne2 Ng6 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. Be2 Rec8 20. Bd6 Nd7 21. Kf2 f6
22. h4 Nge5 23. Bb4 Nc5 24. Rd6 Ned7 25. Rhd1 Nf8 26. g3 Rc7
27. Ke3 Kf7 28. f4 Re8 29. Ra1 Bc8 30. g4 Ree7 31. g5 Red7
32. Rxd7+ Nfxd7 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Bh5+ Kf8 35. Ne2 Kg7
36. Rg1+ Kh6 37. Bf3 f5 38. Bc3 Nf8 39. Rg8 Ng6 40. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Ulan Ude RUS"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. f3 c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O-O Rd8 11. Rxd8+
Qxd8 12. e3 Nc6 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. Ne2 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 Qa5 16. Qc2
h6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Qc3 Be8 20. Nd3 b6 21. Ne5 Rd8
22. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Bxc6 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Ulan Ude RUS"]
[Date "2009.09.11"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Popov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Bxc3 4. dxc3 d6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2
O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O a5 10. Ne1 a4 11. Nc2 Na6
12. b4 Nb8 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. e4 a3 16. Ne3 Na4
17. Rc1 Nb2 18. Qe2 Re8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Bd7 21. Kh1 c6
22. f5 Qh4 23. Nd1 d5 24. Nxb2 axb2 25. Qxb2 dxe4 26. Rcd1 Re7
27. Qe2 Qf6 28. Rd4 Bxf5 29. Bh3 Re5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5
Qxf5 32. Rxe4 Kh7 33. Rd4 Qb1+ 34. Rd1 Rxa2 35. Qd3+ Qxd3
36. Rxd3 b5 37. Rd6 bxc4 38. Rxc6 f5 39. Rxc4 Rb2 40. Rf4 Kg6
41. Kg1 Kf6 42. Rc4 Kg5 43. h4+ Kh5 44. Rf4 g6 45. Kf1 Rb3
46. Rc4 g5 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kf3 gxh4 49. Rd4 Kg5 50. Rd1 h3
51. b5 h2 52. c4 Kh4 53. c5 Rxb5 54. Kg2 Rb2+ 55. Kh1 Rc2
56. c6 f4 57. Rd8 Kg3 58. Rd3+ f3 59. Rd1 Rxc6 60. Ra1 Rc2
61. Rf1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Ulan Ude RUS"]
[Date "2009.09.12"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Potkin"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 h5 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nxc6 dxc6
12. Qf2 Nd7 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Qe1 c5 16. h4 c4
17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 O-O-O 19. a3 Ne5 20. Be2 g6 21. f4 Nd7
22. g4 Qe3 23. gxh5 Qxf4 24. Qg1 Qe5 25. h6 Nc5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Bf3 Nd7 28. Qe3 f6 29. gxf6 Qxf6 30. Bg4 g5 31. Qh3 Nc5
32. h7 Rh8 33. Nd5 Qf7 34. Rf1 Qe8 35. Qh2 Bxd5 36. exd5 Qe7
37. dxe6 Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Ulan Ude RUS"]
[Date "2009.09.13"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd2 Nc6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Kg7
17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. Qg3+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Allan Stig Rasmussen"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nc3 c6 6. e3 Nf6
7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Qe8 9. b4 Nbd7 10. a4 e4 11. a5 Qf7 12. c5
a6 13. f3 exf3 14. Rxf3 d5 15. Rxf5 Nxc5 16. Rxf6 Qxf6
17. bxc5 Qf2+ 18. Kh1 Bg4 19. Bd2 Bg5 20. h3 Bf3 21. Qf1 Bxe3
22. Qxf2 Bxf2 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Kg2 Rd3 25. Kxf2 Rxd2 26. Rb1
Rd3 27. Rxb7 Rf8+ 28. Kg2 g5 29. Rb6 Rdf3 30. Rxc6 Rf2+
31. Kh1 Rf1+ 32. Ng1 R8f3 33. Nce2 R3f2 34. Re6 Re1 35. c6 Rf7
36. Kg2 Ra1 37. Nf3 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 cxd4 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Nbxd4 Nc5
12. Bc2 Re8 13. b4 Nce4 14. Bb2 a5 15. b5 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5
17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Rc8 19. Nhf5 Bf8 20. Kg2 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 g6
22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qd4 f6 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Kxg3 Bd6+ 26. Kg2
Be5 27. Qd2 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 f5 29. Rac1 fxg4 30. hxg4 Rc4
31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Rc1 Qd5+ 33. Kg3 Rc8 34. Rc3 h5 35. Qc2 Kh7
36. f4 hxg4 37. Kxg4 Kg7 38. Qb2 Kf7 39. Rc2 Qe6+ 40. Kf3 c3
41. Qc1 Rh8 42. Rg2 Rh3+ 43. Kf2 Qe4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. Ne5 a6 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Qg4 O-O 13. Qg3 Bd6 14. f4 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. O-O-O Rc8
17. Kb1 b4 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. Ka1 a5 20. Re4 Nf6 21. Rc4 Qe7
22. Re1 a4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nc4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Rxc4 26. Qd3
Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Qa7 29. Be3 Qa6 30. Bc1 Be7
31. Kb1 f5 32. Qf3 Qb5 33. h3 Kf7 34. Qh5+ Kf8 35. Qf3 Kf7
36. Qh5+ Kf8 37. Qf3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. c6 Bb4
12. cxd7 Qxd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. a3 Be7 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rad8
17. Bxe6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qe5 19. Bc4 Qxb2 20. a4 Qa3 21. a5 Bb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc2 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Ne3 Rb8 12. Rb1
a6 13. Kh2 Ne5 14. b3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. f4 Ned7 17. f5 gxf5
18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Re5 20. Qc2 Qe8 21. Bf4 Rxf5 22. Qxf5
Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. b4 Nh5 25. Nxb5 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Rxb5
27. Bc6 Rf5 28. Bxd7 Kf7 29. e3 Rd5 30. Rc1 c5 31. bxc5 dxc5
32. Bb5 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2 34. Rxc5 Ra3 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Kf3
Bf8 37. Rc6 Ra7 38. Bc4 Re7 39. e4 Bh6 40. e5+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6
7. O-O Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 O-O
12. Bd3 h6 13. h3 Nf5 14. Bc2 d4 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Nbxd4 Bxd4
17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 19. Qf3 Rfe8 20. Re5 Rxe5 21. dxe5
Be6 22. Be3 Rd8 23. Bb6 Rc8 24. Ba5 Bd5 25. Qg4 Be6 26. Qg3
Rc5 27. Bc3 Rd5 28. Qf3 Rd3 29. Qe2 Bc4 30. Qh5 Bd5 31. Kh2
Be6 32. a3 Qa4 33. Re1 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Kh7 35. Qe2 Bf5 36. f3 Qg5
37. Kh1 Qh4 38. Kg1 Qg5 39. Kh1 Qh4 40. Rf1 Qf4 41. Qf2 Be6
42. Kg1 Bb3 43. Re1 Rd1 44. Rxd1 Bxd1 45. Qe1 Bb3 46. Qb1+ Kg8
47. Qd3 Qc1+ 48. Kf2 Qc2+ 49. Qxc2 Bxc2 50. g4 g5 51. Kg3 Bd1
52. Bb4 Kg7 53. Be7 Kg6 54. f4 gxf4+ 55. Kxf4 h5 56. gxh5+
Bxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Rabiega"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Qf4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qa5
12. Nf3 c4 13. Be2 Nd7 14. h4 Qa3 15. Rh3 Qb2 16. Rc1 Nb6
17. h5 Bd7 18. Nh4 Na4 19. f4 b5 20. Bg4 Ke8 21. f5 Kd8
22. Rf3 a5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Ng6 Re8 25. Nf4 Kc7 26. Kf1 b4
27. Ne2 Rf8 28. Nf4 Rfe8 29. Ne2 Nxc3 30. Nxc3 bxc3 31. Rxc3
Qxa2 32. Qe3 a4 33. Ra3 Qb2 34. Ke2 Reb8 35. Kd1 Rb3 36. Rxb3
axb3 37. cxb3 Ra3 38. Qc3 Qxg2 39. Be2 Ra2 40. Rc2 Qg1+
41. Kd2 Qg5+ 42. Kd1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2009.11.15"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jan Markos"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 d5 8. Nf3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 a4 11. Bf4 c5 12. e3
Nd7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Qf6 16. Be3 Rfc8
17. Rfc1 Qe7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rab1
Rf8 22. Rb4 f5 23. Qd2 Rad8 24. Bf4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4
26. Rxa4 Rfd8 27. h3 R8d7 28. Ra7 Kf7 29. a4 Kf6 30. Be3 Rd3
31. Bxb6 f4 32. c5 e3 33. fxe3 fxe3 34. c6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 e2
36. cxd7 e1=Q 37. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5
12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2 Kb8 15. O-O Ng6 16. Rfb1
a5 17. Na2 Qe5 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. a5 Nc5 21. a6 Qc3
22. Qxc3 bxc3 23. axb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. bxc3
O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Ne1 e4 9. f3 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. fxe4 Nxe4
12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Bg6 15. b4 Nd6 16. Nf4 Be4
17. Bh3 a5 18. d3 Bg6 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. e4 Nb3
22. Be3 f5 23. Nd5 c6 24. Nc7 Re7 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. Ne6 Nb5
27. exf5 Bf7 28. Rb1 Na5 29. Ra1 b6 30. Be3 Re7 31. Bxb6 Nb3
32. Ra8+ Re8 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Nc7 Nxc7 35. Bxc7 Nc5 36. Bf1
Bd7 37. g4 h5 38. h3 hxg4 39. hxg4 g6 40. fxg6 Bxg4 41. Bd6
Nd7 42. d4 Kg7 43. Bd3 Nb6 44. Be5+ Kh6 45. g7 Be6 46. Be4 Na4
47. c4 Bxc4 48. d5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Gilberto Milos"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Be6
12. Ng3 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. a3 Re7 16. Na4 Rae8
17. Nc5 Bc8 18. b4 g6 19. h3 N8h7 20. Ne2 Ng5 21. Nf4 Nge4
22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rc1 a6 24. Rfe1 Bf5 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Qc5
Qf6 27. Qc3 g5 28. Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gilberto Milos"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6
7. a4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. O-O Bb4 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ne4
Bxd2 13. Nexd2 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Nd4 Qd6
17. Be2 Nc5 18. Qa3 Nce4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gilberto Milos"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O
7. Ngf3 Nfd7 8. Nb3 a5 9. a4 Na6 10. exd5 Ndxc5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5
12. Bb5 exd5 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Rd1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qg5
17. O-O Nf4 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxd1
22. Rxd1 Nf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxd5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. Bd3 Re8 27. Kf1 h6 28. f4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Re6 30. b3 Ke7
31. Bc4 Rd6 32. Ke2 Rd4 33. g3 Re4+ 34. Kd2 Rd4+ 35. Ke2 b6
36. Bd3 Ke6 37. c3 Rd8 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Bc4 Re8+ 40. Kf2 Re7
41. Kf3 f5 42. Bd3 Rc7 43. c4 Kc5 44. Bxf5 Kb4 45. g4 Kxb3
46. g5 h5 47. Be4 Kxa4 48. Bd5 Kb4 49. f5 a4 50. Ke4 a3 51. c5
bxc5 52. Ba2 c4 53. f6 Rc5 54. h4 Kc3 55. Ke3 Kb2 56. g6 Kxa2
0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Gilberto Milos"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8
7. a3 Bf8 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bd3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O Bg4 12. Ng5
g6 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Raf1
Bg7 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Ng3 Ng4 20. Rxf7 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. Nf5
Bxf5 23. Rxe7 Bxe4 24. Qc1 Bd3 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. h3 Bf6
27. Nxh7 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Bg5 29. Nxg5 Ng4 30. Qe1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gilberto Milos"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bc4 c5 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Be5
Bb4+ 12. c3 Bd6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. O-O-O Bxe5 15. Nxe5 O-O-O
16. Bc4 Be8 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Qe3 a6 20. Rd4 Kb8
21. f4 Nd7 22. Qd2 Nb6 23. Bb3 Bc6 24. g3 Rc8 25. a3 Bd5
26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qd3 f6 28. Nf3 g6 29. Rb4 Qc5 30. Nd4 Nc4
31. Kb1 Ka7 32. Ka2 Re8 33. Nb3 Qc6 34. Qd4+ Ka8 35. Nc5 b6
36. Nxa6 Ka7 37. Nc7 Qxc7 38. Ra4+ Kb8 39. Qxd5 Qb7 40. Qxb7+
Kxb7 41. Rxc4 Re2 42. h4 Re3 43. g4 Rh3 44. g5 f5 45. Kb3 Rxh4
46. Kb4 h6 47. gxh6 Rxh6 48. Kb5 Rh2 49. b4 Rd2 50. Rd4 Rc2
51. c4 Kc7 52. a4 Re2 53. Rd3 Re4 54. Rg3 Re6 55. Rh3 Re4
56. Rh6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Gilberto Milos"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Be2 c6 8. O-O Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. a3
Bf8 13. b4 a5 14. c5 axb4 15. axb4 exd4 16. exd4 Nh5 17. Nd2
Nf4 18. Bf3 d5 19. b5 g5 20. Bg3 Bg7 21. Nb3 Nf8 22. h3 N8e6
23. Bg4 Qd8 24. Ne2 f5 25. Bf3 Nxe2+ 26. Bxe2 f4 27. Bh2 Qf6
28. Kh1 Bd7 29. b6 Nf8 30. Rfe1 Bf5 31. Bd3 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1
Bxd3 33. Qxd3 Ne6 34. h4 Nxd4 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Nxd4 Qxd4
37. Qg6 Qf6 38. Qh5 Kf8 39. g3 d4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Qf3 Bh6
42. Qe4 Rd8 43. Qh7 d3 44. Qxb7 d2 45. Rd1 Qe6 46. Qh7 Rd5
47. b7 Qe1+ 48. Bg1 Rh5+ 49. Kg2 f3+ 50. Kxf3 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gilberto Milos"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. g5 Ng8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Rh4 16. Bg2 f5
17. gxf6 Ngxf6 18. Ng5 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 O-O-O 20. Be3 Re8 21. Rhd1
Bd6 22. Kf1 b5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Nb6 25. Raa1 Nbd5 26. Ra8+
Kd7 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Bc1 Bf4 29. Ne6 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Kd7
31. Re1 b6 32. Nf8+ Kc7 33. Rc1 Kd6 34. Rd1 Nf4 35. Re1 Rh8
36. Rc1 Rxf8 37. Rxc6+ Kd7 38. Rxb6 Rc8 39. Rb7+ Ke6 40. Kg1
Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Nxg2 42. Kxg2 Nh5 43. Kf3 Rd1 44. Rb6+ Kf5
45. Rb5+ Kf6 46. Rb6+ Kg5 47. Rb5+ Kh4 48. Ke3 g5 49. Rb8 Kxh3
50. b4 Kg4 51. b5 Nf4 52. b6 Rb1 53. b7 g6 54. Kd2 Rb5 55. Kc3
Kf3 56. d5 Nxd5+ 57. Kc4 Rxb7 58. Rxb7 Nf4 59. Rb2 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Gilberto Milos"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. e3 c6 6. g3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Qc1 e4 12. Nd2
d5 13. b4 Qd8 14. b5 Nb6 15. Bc5 Be6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. cxd5
cxd5 18. Qa3 Nfd7 19. Bd6 a6 20. Rfc1 Nc8 21. Bb4 a5 22. Bc5
Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Bf8 24. Qc6 Ne7 25. Qa4 Bd7 26. Qd1 Bc6 27. Nb3
a4 28. Nc5 Qa5 29. Rab1 Nf5 30. Bf1 Nd6 31. a3 h5 32. Na2 Rab8
33. Nb4 Ba8 34. Nd7 Qa7 35. Nxb8 Rxb8 36. Nc6 Bxc6 37. Rxc6
Rxb1 38. Qxb1 Nf5 39. Qb5 Bxa3 40. Ra6 Qc7 41. Rxa4 Qc1
42. Qb3 Be7 43. Ra2 Bg5 44. Qc2 Qe1 45. Qe2 Qb1 46. Rb2 Qa1
47. Rc2 Kg7 48. Rd2 Qc1 49. Rd1 Qa3 50. Bh3 Nd6 51. Bf1 h4
52. g4 Nc4 53. Qe1 Nd6 54. Qd2 Ne8 55. h3 Be7 56. Rb1 Bg5
57. Qc2 Nf6 58. Qb3 Qa5 59. Rc1 Qd2 60. Qc3 Qa2 61. Ra1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7
12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxe6 Qf8 16. Re5 Kh8
17. d5 Nfxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxf7 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qxf7 21. f3
h6 22. Qg4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rd6 24. Rf5 Qe7 25. Qd4 Re6 26. h3 Ne3
27. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. e4 d6
7. Nge2 Na6 8. Nf4 O-O 9. O-O Nc7 10. a4 Qe8 11. h4 Ng4
12. Qe2 a6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Rae1 Ne5
17. Bc3 b6 18. b3 Bg4 19. Qd2 Qf7 20. Re3 a5 21. Ba1 c4
22. Bd4 Rfc8 23. Rfe1 Bh8 24. Nc3 Na6 25. Ne6 cxb3 26. cxb3
Nc5 27. Nb5 Qf5 28. Nxc5 bxc5 29. Bc3 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Be4
Qf7 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Rh1 Bf5 34. Bxf5 Qxf5 35. Rh5 Bf6 36. Bxe5
dxe5 37. d6 e6 38. Qe2 Kg7 39. g4 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 b4 11. axb4 Qxb4 12. c3
Qb7 13. Nc1 Be7 14. Bd3 c4 15. Bb1 Rb8 16. Ra2 Nb4 17. Ra1 Nc6
18. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8
12. a4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. Qxd4
e5 17. Qh4 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Nf8 19. Qh3 a5 20. Rfd1 Rcd8 21. Qf5
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 N8d7 23. c5 Nxc5 24. Bb5 Re6 25. Kg1 g6 26. Qc2
Rd6 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Ba3 Nfd7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Bxc5 Rc6
31. Qe4 Qc7 32. f4 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34. fxe5 c4 35. e6 fxe6
36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qe4 c3 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qd5+ Kf8 40. Qd4 c2
41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qxh7+ Kd8 43. Qg8+ Kd7 44. Qg7+ Kc8 45. Qh8+
Kb7 46. Qb2+ Ka6 47. Qc1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Robert Kempinski"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. e4 Be6 10. Bf4 Kc8 11. Be5 Rd8
12. f4 Ne8 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Be2 f5 15. Kf2 Kd7 16. Rad1+ Ke7
17. e5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Kxd8 20. b4 Bf7 21. c5 Ke7
22. Ke3 Be6 23. a4 a6 24. Bd3 Bb3 25. a5 Be6 26. Ne2 Bd5
27. h3 Bg2 28. Ng1 h5 29. Kf2 Bd5 30. Ne2 Kf7 31. Nc3 Bb3
32. Kf3 Be6 33. Bf1 Ke7 34. Kf2 Bb3 35. Be2 Be6 36. Ke3 Kf7
37. Bf3 Ke7 38. b5 axb5 39. Nxb5 Kd7 40. Nd4 Bc4 41. g4 h4
42. Bg2 Be6 43. g5 Bf7 44. a6 bxa6 45. Nxc6 Bc4 46. e6+ Kxe6
47. Kd4 Bb5 48. Ne5 a5 49. Nxg6 a4 50. Kc3 Kf7 51. Nxh4 Ne6
52. Nxf5 Nxf4 53. Ne3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zahar Efimenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1
Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Qf3 O-O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6
16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Re3 Kb8 18. Rc3 Qe5 19. Bc4 Ka7 20. Ra3 Qe4
21. Qc3 Rc8 22. Qb4 Qe5 23. Be2 Qc5 24. Qxc5+ Rxc5 25. b4 Rcc8
26. c4 Rhd8 27. f4 Kb8 28. Kf2 h6 29. Nf3 Be8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8
31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 Kc7 33. Ne5 Nd7 34. Nxd7 Bxd7 35. Ke3 b6
36. Kd4 a5 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Kc5 Bc6 39. g3 f6 40. Bg6 e5
41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Bf7 Be4 43. a3 g5 44. Kb5 Bg2 45. Kxa5 e4
46. Kb4 e3 47. Kc3 Bf1 48. a4 Kb6 49. Be6 Ka6 50. c5 Ka5
51. Bd7 Ba6 52. Bc6 Bf1 53. Bf3 Ba6 54. Bg4 Bf1 55. Bf5 Ba6
56. Bh3 Bc4 57. Bc8 Kxa4 58. c6 e2 59. Kd2 Kb5 60. c7 Kb6
61. Bg4 Kxc7 62. Bxe2 Bd5 63. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. a3 f6 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. cxd4
Qb6 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Rd1 Qb3 15. Rc1 Nb6 16. Rc3 Qa2 17. Bd3
Nbc4 18. Qc2 f5 19. Bc1 b5 20. O-O b4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Bxc4
dxc4 23. Re3 c3 24. Re2 cxb2 25. Qxb2 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 Nc6
27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Nb4 29. Ra1 Bb7 30. Ne1 a5 31. Nd3 Nxd3
32. Rxd3 Rfd8 33. Nf1 Be4 34. Rda3 Rxd4 35. Rxa5 Rb8 36. R5a4
Rd3 37. h4 h6 38. R4a3 Rb2 39. R3a2 Rb4 40. Ra4 Rb2 41. R4a2
Rb4 42. Ra4 Rbb3 43. R1a2 Rd1 44. Rd2 Rbb1 45. Rxd1 Rxd1
46. Kf2 Bd3 47. Nh2 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Rb2 49. Ra7 Be4 50. Nf3 Bxf3
51. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qb6
12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Qc3 a5 14. O-O d6 15. Rfd1 Qb4 16. Rac1 Qxc3
17. Rxc3 c6 18. d4 Re8 19. e3 Kf8 20. Kf1 Be6 21. d5 Bh3+
22. Bg2 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 c5 24. Rb3 Reb8 25. a4 e4 26. h4 g6
27. Rb6 Ra6 28. Rb5 b6 29. g4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rh1 Kg7
32. Rb3 Ra7 33. Rh5 f6 34. Rc3 Kg6 35. Rc1 Rh7 36. Rxh7 Kxh7
37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Kg6 39. e4 Rh8 40. Kg3 Re8 41. Kf3 Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4
12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6
cxb6 17. Na3 Rfd8 18. Nc2 Rac8 19. h3 Na5 20. Ncd4 Nc4
21. Rab1 h6 22. Bc2 b5 23. Re1 Nc5 24. Re2 b4 25. Ne1 a5
26. Nd3 Ne4 27. Nf4 Re8 28. f3 Nc5 29. b3 Na3 30. Rd1 Rc7
31. h4 Rce7 32. Rde1 Rb7 33. Rd2 Rbe7 34. Kf2 Bd7 35. Rde2 Nb5
36. Nxb5 Bxb5 37. Nxd5 Rd7 38. Rd2 Bc6 39. Red1 Rxe5 40. Ne3
Rxd2+ 41. Rxd2 Ne6 42. Rd6 Bb5 43. Rb6 Nd4 44. Be4 f5 45. Rb8+
Kh7 46. Bb1 g6 47. h5 gxh5 48. Rd8 Ne6 49. Ra8 Nd4 50. Rxa5
Kg7 51. f4 Rc5 52. Bd3 Kf6 53. Bc4 Ke7 54. Ra7+ Kd8 55. Ra8+
Ke7 56. Ra7+ Kd8 57. Rb7 h4 58. Rb6 Bxc4 59. Rd6+ Kc7 60. Rxd4
Be6 61. Rxb4 Rc1 62. Ra4 Kb6 63. Rd4 Kc7 64. Rd2 Ra1 65. Nd1
Bf7 66. Nc3 Bh5 67. Nd5+ Kb7 68. b4 Bg4 69. b5 h3 70. gxh3
Bxh3 71. b6 Bf1 72. Rc2 Bb5 73. Rc7+ Kb8 74. Nc3 Be8 75. Rh7
Bc6 76. Ke3 h5 77. Kd4 Bf3 78. a4 Rc1 79. Kc4 Ra1 80. Kb4 Rf1
81. a5 Ra1 82. Kb5 Bb7 83. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qc7 6. Nd2 a6
7. Bg2 Nc6 8. N2f3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Rc1 Rac8 13. e3 Qa5 14. a3 Rfd8 15. h3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5
17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Nd4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qb1 d5 21. Rc1
Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qb6 23. Nf3 Qb7 24. Nd2 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Bxc6
26. Kf1 Ne4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Ke1 Bd5 29. b4 f5 30. Bf1 Bc6
31. h4 Kf7 32. Be5 g6 33. Kd2 Ke8 34. Be2 h5 35. Kc3 Kd7
36. Kd4 Bf8 37. Bf4 Kd8 38. Ke5 Ke7 39. Bg5+ Kf7 40. Bf6 Bd7
41. Bd1 Bc6 42. Bb3 Bd7 43. Ba2 Bc8 44. Bd8 Ke8 45. Bg5 Kf7
46. Bf6 Bd7 47. Bb3 Bh6 48. Bd8 Bg7+ 49. Kd6 Ke8 50. Be7 Be5+
51. Kxe5 Kxe7 52. Bc2 Be8 53. Bd1 Bc6 54. Be2 Be8 55. Bf1 Bd7
56. Bh3 Be8 57. Bg2 Bc6 58. Bf1 Be8 59. Be2 Bc6 60. Bd1 Be8
61. Kd4 Kd6 62. Kc3 Bd7 63. Kb2 Kd5 64. Bb3+ Ke5 65. Bd1 Kd5
66. Bb3+ Ke5 67. a4 bxa4 68. Bd1 Kd5 69. Ka3 Kc4 70. Bxa4 Bc8
71. Be8 Kd3 72. Bxg6 Ke2 73. Bxh5+ Kxf2 74. Bd1 e5 75. h5 f4
76. gxf4 exf4 77. h6 Bf5 78. exf4 e3 79. b5 Bc2 80. b6 Bxd1
81. h7 Bf3 82. h8=Q e2 83. Qh4+ Kf1 84. f5 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Rb8 15. f4 g5 16. O-O gxf4
17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Qg3
Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Nf6 23. Bf3 Nh5 24. Bxh5 Rxh5 25. Rcf1 g5
26. Qg4 Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qe5 28. g3 gxf4 29. Rxf4 Ke7 30. Qh4+
Kd6 31. Rf6 Nd4 32. Kh3 Rg8 33. Nc3 Nf5 34. Qb4+ Kc6 35. Qe4+
Qxe4 36. Nxe4 Ne3 37. Rh6 f5 38. Nf6 Rd8 39. Nh5 Kd7 40. Ng7
e5 41. Kh4 Rg8 42. Rh7 Kc6 43. Nh5 Rg4+ 44. Kh3 Rd4 45. Re7 e4
46. Kh4 Rd2 47. Kg5 Rxb2 48. Re6+ Kd7 49. Kf6 Rxa2 50. Kf7 Nd5
51. Ng7 e3 52. Nxf5 Rf2 53. Re5 e2 54. Kg6 Nc3 55. Nd4 Kd6
56. Re3 Kd5 57. Nc2 Kc4 58. g4 b5 59. Na3+ Kb4 60. Nc2+ Kb3
61. Ne1 b4 62. g5 Kc4 63. Kh5 Rf1 64. Nd3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6
7. Qe4 f6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Qxe5 fxe5
12. Nb5 Kd8 13. Be3 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 b6 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 a6
17. Bc7+ Ke7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Bxb6 Bb7 20. Rac1 Bd6 21. Bd4
Rhf8 22. c5 Bc7 23. Rc2 h5 24. h4 Nd5 25. Nxd5+ Bxd5 26. Rg1
Bh2 27. Rf1 Bxg2 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Bxg7 Bf3+ 30. Kf1 Rf7
31. Rxh2 Be4+ 32. Ke2 Bxd3+ 33. Kxd3 Rxg7 34. Re2 Rg3+ 35. Re3
Rg2 36. b4 Rxa2 37. Re5 Ra4 38. Kc3 a5 39. bxa5 Rxh4 40. Kb3
Rh1 41. Kb2 Kd8 42. c6 dxc6 43. Rxe6 Kc7 44. Re7+ Kb8 45. a6
h4 46. Rb7+ Ka8 47. Rc7 h3 48. Rxc6 h2 49. Rh6 Ka7 50. Ka2 Rg1
51. Rxh2 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Nd5 14. Qb3 c6 15. Bc5 Rf7 16. Qb2 Nxc3
17. Qxc3 Qd7 18. Rfc1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qb3
Rd8 22. Rc5 b6 23. Rc3 h5 24. Rbc1 h4 25. Qc2 e4 26. Rc7 Qe8
27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qc7 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. gxh4 exd3 31. exd3
Kf7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. Kf3 Ke5 34. Ke3 Kf5 35. h3 g6 36. Kd4 Rh7
37. Kxd5 Rd7+ 38. Kc6 Rxd3 39. a4 Rd4 40. Rb1 Rxh4 41. Rb3 g5
42. a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 Ra4 44. Rb5+ Ke4 45. Kb7 Kf3 46. Rf5+ Ke4
47. Rc5 Kf3 48. Kxa7 Kxf2 49. Kb6 Kg2 50. a6 Kxh3 51. Ra5 Re4
52. a7 Re8 53. a8=Q Rxa8 54. Rxa8 g4 55. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 b6
7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O c4 10. Be2 Rb8 11. e4 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Nxb6 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15. Nc5 Bd5 16. b3
cxb3 17. axb3 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Rxb3 20. Bd6 Qg5
21. g3 Qf5 22. Ra4 Rb2 23. Bd3 Qf6 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qf5
26. Qa4 Qd5 27. Qxa6 Nb6 28. Ree1 Qa8 29. Qxa8+ Nxa8 30. Ra1
Kd7 31. Ra7+ Kc6 32. Rfa1 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nge2 c6 9. Bh6 b5 10. h4 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 e5
12. h5 b4 13. Na4 d5 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Qg5 dxe4 16. Ng3 exd4
17. Nf5 Qe5 18. g4 d3 19. Nb6 Qe6 20. Qh6 gxf5 21. gxf5 Qxf5
22. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 cxd4 6. e5 g5
7. Bg3 Nd5 8. h4 gxh4 9. Rxh4 Nc6 10. Ngf3 d6 11. Bb5 dxe5
12. Nxe5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qh5 Rh7 15. Rxd4 Qa5 16. c3 Be7
17. Ndc4 Qb5 18. Bh4 O-O-O 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8
21. O-O-O+ Kc7 22. Qh4 f6 23. Qxf6 Bd5 24. Ne3 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Athanasios Mastrovasilis"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4
b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Nf6 16. Qf4
Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Rd7 20. Ne5 Rd6 21. Nc6
a6 22. Re7 Nd7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxb7 Nd7 25. Rc7 Rd8 26. Re1
Nf6 27. Ra7 b5 28. Ree7 Nd7 29. h4 Kf8 30. Re3 Nc5 31. Rc3
Nxb3 32. Rcc7 Rf6 33. axb3 g6 34. Rc6 Rfd6 35. Rcc7 Rf6
36. Rc6 Rfd6 37. g4 h6 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Rcc7 Rf6 40. Rd7 Rxd7
41. Rxd7 Rf4 42. f3 Rb4 43. Ra7 Rxb3 44. Rxa6 Rd3 45. d6 Kf6
46. Rb6 Ke6 47. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6
7. Qc2 Nf6 8. Bxc4 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 Nxe4 10. Qxb4 e5 11. Qb7 Qxd4
12. Qc8+ Qd8 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nd2 Bb4 15. Ngf3 Nd7 16. Ke2
Nd6 17. Nb3 Ke7 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. Rhc1 Rhc8 20. Rc2 c5 21. Be3
c4 22. Nbd2 Bc5 23. Rac1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 f6 25. Nxc4 Nxc4
26. Rxc4 Rxb2+ 27. Nd2 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Ra2 29. Kd3 Rxa4 30. Rc7
Kd8 31. Rc3 e4+ 32. Ke2 Nb6 33. g4 Kd7 34. h4 Kd6 35. Rb3 g6
36. Rb5 Kc6 37. Rb1 Nd5 38. Rc1+ Kd6 39. Rc8 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5
41. Nc4+ Kd7 42. Rc5 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 Ne7 44. h5 Ke6 45. Rc7 Rc2
46. Kd1 Rc3 47. Kd2 Kf6 48. h6 Nd5 49. Rc5 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 f4
51. exf4 Nxf4+ 52. Kf2 Rf3+ 53. Kg1 e3 54. Rc6+ Kg5 55. Nxe3
Rxe3 56. Rc7 Kxh6 57. Rxa7 Re2 58. Rf7 Nh5 59. Kh1 Kg6 60. Rf3
Ra2 61. Kg1 Nf6 62. Rg3+ Kf5 63. Rf3+ Kg5 64. Rg3+ Ng4 65. Rb3
Kf4 66. Rb5 Kf3 67. Rb3+ Ne3 68. Kh1 h5 69. Kg1 Re2 70. Kh1
Kg3 71. Rb1 Nc2 72. Rg1+ Kh3 73. Rg2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baris Esen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 Bd6 9. e3 Nf8 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Qc2 Be6
12. Nh4 O-O 13. Ne2 h6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Nf4 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 g5
17. Bg3 Ne4 18. O-O Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qd7 20. b4 Bf5 21. a4 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Rf6 23. b5 h5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rfe1 Raf8 26. Rc2 Qf7
27. Ree2 h4 28. gxh4 gxh4 29. e4 Qg6 30. Rc3 Qg4 31. e5 Rf3
32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 h3 0-1

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Subramanian Arun Prasad"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Be6
7. c5 g6 8. Bb5 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 Ne4 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. Qa4 Qc8 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Re3 Qd7
17. Rae1 Bf7 18. h4 Rac8 19. Qc2 Rcd8 20. Qe2 Bf8 21. Nh2 Qf5
22. Rf3 Qc8 23. Qd2 Bg7 24. Bh6 Bh8 25. h5 e5 26. dxe5 fxe5
27. Qg5 Re6 28. Ng4 Rde8 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Qc7 31. f4 Qe7
32. Rxe6 Bxe6 33. Qxe5 Qf7 34. Qd6 Bd7 35. Rf1 Qe7 36. hxg6
Qxd6 37. cxd6 hxg6 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Rb7 Ke6 40. Bg7 Bc8
41. Rxa7 Kxd6 42. Kf2 Bf5 43. a4 Kc5 44. Rb7 Ra8 45. Rb4 Bc2
46. a5 Kd6 47. Be5+ Ke6 48. Bc7 Kf5 49. Ke3 Be4 50. g3 Kg4
51. Kd4 Ra6 52. Kc5 Bg2 53. Rb8 Bf1 54. Rg8 Bd3 55. Re8 Bf5
56. Bb6 Kxg3 57. Kxc6 Kxf4 58. Kxd5 g5 59. c4 g4 60. Kc6 Be4+
61. Kb5 Ra8 62. Bc7+ Kf5 63. Re5+ Kf4 64. a6 Ke3 65. Re7 Kd3
66. c5 Rg8 67. a7 Ba8 68. Bg3 Rc8 69. Re6 Kd4 70. c6 Kd5
71. Rd6+ Ke4 72. Kb6 Kf3 73. Bh4 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walaa Sarwat"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3
c6 7. d3 Nh6 8. Be3 Qd8 9. d4 Nf5 10. Be2 g6 11. Qd2 Bg7
12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rd8 16. Qc2 c5
17. dxc5 Bd7 18. Rd3 Bc6 19. Nd5 Qxc5 20. Rhd1 e6 21. Nc3 Rxd3
22. Rxd3 Rc8 23. Qd2 Bf6 24. Qe1 b5 25. cxb5 Be4 26. Kc1 Bxd3
27. Bxd3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Qa3+ 29. Kb1 Rxc3 30. Bc2 Qb4+ 31. Ka1
Qc5 0-1

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.13"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4
12. Bb4 bxc4 13. Qg4 c5 14. f3 Nc6 15. fxe4 Nxb4 16. Qxg7 Rf8
17. exd5 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Qe4 19. Kf2 Nc2 20. Qh6 Qg6 21. Qf4 Nxa1
22. Bxc4 Nc2 23. d6 Rg8 24. g4 Ra7 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. Qe4 Rg6
27. Ke2 h5 28. Rd5 Kd8 29. Qxc2 hxg4 30. e6 Qh6 31. e7+ Ke8
32. Qf5 Rd7 33. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2010.02.06"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg2 Re8 9. d3 c6 10. Bd2 h6 11. Rc1 a6
12. Kh1 d6 13. a3 Bc5 14. b4 Ba7 15. a4 Be6 16. a5 Qd7 17. Rb1
d5 18. c5 Rad8 19. Rb2 d4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. dxe4 f5 22. exf5
Bxf5 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. e4 Be6 25. Qd3 Qf7 26. Rc2 Bb3 27. Rcc1
Ba4 28. Qf3 Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Chuchelov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. e3
h6 13. Qe2 Bh7 14. Rd1 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Qe7 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Be3
Nc4 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. Bc1 e5 20. Bf1 Ndb6 21. d5 Nd6 22. Bg2
Rac8 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qc2 Nd5 25. Bd2 Qc4 26. b3 Nb4 27. Qb2
Qe6 28. Be3 c5 29. Rac1 c4 30. Bb6 Rd7 31. Nd5 Bxe4 32. Bxe4
Nxe4 33. bxc4 Nxd5 34. cxd5 Rxc1 35. dxe6 Rdxd1+ 36. Kg2 Rg1+
37. Kh3 Ng5+ 38. Kg4 Nxe6 39. Qxe5 Rc4+ 40. f4 Rg2 41. Qb5 h5+
42. Kf3 Rgc2 43. Qe8+ Nf8 44. Bxa5 Rc8 45. Qb5 Rxh2 46. Bb6
Rc3+ 47. Ke4 Rxg3 48. a5 h4 49. a6 Ra2 50. a7 h3 51. Qh5 Nd7
52. Bd4 Rxa7 53. Qh4 Raa3 54. Qd8+ Nf8 55. Bc5 h2 56. Kd4 0-1

[Event "CZE-chT 0910"]
[Site "Czechia"]
[Date "2010.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Mushegovic Movsesian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Kf1 b5 11. Nc3 b4
12. Nb1 Ba6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Bxa6
Qxa6+ 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. g4 Nxe3+ 19. Qxe3 a5 20. Kg2 Rfc8
21. Rac1 a4 22. Nc5 Rc7 23. h4 Qa7 24. Nd3 Rac8 25. h5 a3
26. b3 Qb6 27. g5 Na7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. g6 Nb5 30. Qf4 Bf8
31. Ng5 fxg6 32. Nxh7 Rf7 33. Nf6+ gxf6 34. hxg6 Rd7 35. exf6
1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxim Matlakov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7
7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5 f6 9. Bg3 e5 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 g6 12. h3
Ng7 13. Qb3 exd4 14. exd4 b6 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6
17. O-O g5 18. Bg3 Ne6 19. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eldar Gasanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. Be2 Qa5 9. O-O c4 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3
12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. Rxc4 O-O
17. Qb3 b6 18. Qa3 Nf6 19. f3 Bb7 20. fxe4 Qxe4 21. Bf3 Qe6
22. Bxb7 Qxc4 23. Rxf6 Qc2 24. Bxa8 Qxd2 25. Rf1 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1
Rxa8 27. h3 Qd7 28. Qf3 Re8 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qd5 g6 31. a4 Re5
0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Stanislav Novikov"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. g4 b5 10. h4 Na5 11. Ng3 c5 12. g5
Nh5 13. Nxh5 gxh5 14. dxc5 Be6 15. cxd6 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4
17. Rd1 exd6 18. Bd4 Be5 19. b3 Be6 20. f4 b4 21. fxe5 dxe5
22. Bxe5 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 bxc3+ 24. Kxc3 Rfe8 25. Bf6 h6
26. gxh6 Kh7 27. Bg5 a5 28. Rd4 a4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. bxa4 Rc8+
31. Kb4 Rc4+ 32. Kb5 Rxe4 33. a5 f6 34. Bxf6 Kxh6 35. Bg5+ Kg6
36. Rc1 Re2 37. a3 Rb2+ 38. Kc6 Bh3 39. a6 Bg2+ 40. Kc7 Rb5
41. Bd2 Kf5 42. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 h6 11. h5 c4 12. Be2
Kd7 13. Bf4 Qg8 14. Nd2 Qh7 15. Ra2 Na6 16. g4 Nc7 17. Rh3
Raf8 18. Re3 Kc8 19. Bg3 Nc6 20. Nf3 Rhg8 21. Kd2 Kb7 22. Qh1
Nb5 23. Ne1 Nc7 24. Ng2 Re8 25. f4 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Nh4 f5
28. Ng6 fxg4 29. Bxg4 Qf7 30. Qh3 Ka6 31. Ra1 Ne7 32. Nxe7
Rxe7 33. Rae1 Qf8 34. f5 Reg7 35. Bd1 exf5 36. Rf1 Qxa3
37. Bxc7 Rxc7 38. Qxf5 Rg2+ 39. Re2 Rg5 40. Qf8 Qxf8 41. Rxf8
Rxh5 42. Rg2 Rh4 43. Bf3 Bc6 44. Rf6 Kb5 45. Rgg6 Rh2+ 46. Kc1
h5 47. Rh6 h4 48. Kb2 Bb7 49. Rf4 h3 50. Bg4 Rg7 51. Bxh3 Re2
52. Rd6 Re1 53. Rf1 Rxf1 54. Bxf1 Bc6 55. Be2 Rd7 56. Re6 Bb7
57. Bh5 Rd8 58. Be8+ Ka5 59. Re7 a6 60. Rxb7 Rxe8 61. Rd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3
Qxc5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. Bg5 b6
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Rad1 Rd6 16. Bf4
Qc8 17. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.08"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2 g6 9. g3 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bg2 Bxc5
12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. e3 Qc7 15. e4 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5
17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qb3 Bd3 19. Bf4 Qf5 20. Rxd3 Qxd3 21. dxc6
bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Qd5 Bd4 24. Kg2 Rfd8 25. Rd1 Qc2
26. Qf3 Nxf2 27. Rd2 Qf5 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Be3 Rd3 30. Nd5
Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.09"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. a4 Rd8
12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qf4
Kg7 17. h4 Qxb2 18. Rh3 Qc3+ 19. Nd2 Qe5 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. f4
Qf5 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Rg3 c4 24. e4 Qc5 25. Qg4 Qf8 26. Bxc4 Rd8
27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rcc3 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Nd7
32. Qd1 Nb6 33. Nxb6 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 axb6 35. Qd4 Qd8 36. Qxd8+
Rxd8 37. Ke2 Kg7 38. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.02"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+
Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5
Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Nc4 h5 20. O-O h4 21. h3 Rh5
22. Rfd1 a6 23. Qb3 Rd8 24. a3 Kg8 25. Be3 Rf5 26. Rd3 Nf4
27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qc2 Qd5 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Ne3 Qe5 31. Nc4
Qd5 32. Ne3 Qe5 33. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7
12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. a4 Ra7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1
17. Rexd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bd5 19. Be2 Nd7 20. f4 Rc8 21. Bf2 Bb3
22. Rd4 Rac7 23. h3 Bd5 24. Be1 a5 25. Rb1 Kf8 26. Ba6 Ra8
27. Bb5 Nc5 28. Be2 Rb8 29. Bd1 Ke8 30. Bc2 Rd7 31. Bf2 Rbb7
32. f5 exf5 33. Bxf5 Be6 34. Bc2 Rdc7 35. Rd6 Bd7 36. Bh4 g5
37. Bf2 Bxa4 38. Bxc5 Bxc2 39. Rbxb6 Rxb6 40. Bxb6 Rxc3
41. Bxa5 Ra3 42. Bb6 Bg6 43. Rd8+ Ke7 44. Bc5+ Kxd8 45. Bxa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Bd6 11. f3 b6 12. b4
Bb7 13. Rb1 a5 14. Nfe2 axb4 15. axb4 Na6 16. Na2 Qc7 17. h3
c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Nac3 Bc6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bb5 Ne6
22. Bd2 Bc5 23. Kh1 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Qd7 25. Rb3 Rab8 26. Qb1 Rb6
27. Nbc3 Rxb3 28. Qxb3 d4 29. exd4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Qxd4 31. Bg5
Bf8 32. Rd1 Qe5 33. f4 Qf5 34. Bxf6 Qxf6 35. Nd5 Qe6 36. Qf3
Qe2 37. Qg4 Qxg4 38. hxg4 h6 39. Kh2 Bd6 40. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Nd1 f5 11. c4 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nc5 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. O-O-O
1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7
12. Be2 Qxc3 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bb2 e5 15. Qb3 a5 16. Rbc1 Qb8
17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Ba3 Rxa3 19. Qxa3 b6 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. Qb2
Bg4 22. h3 e4 23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. Rd4 f5 25. g3 exf3 26. Bxf3 h5
27. Rb4 Qd8 28. Rd1 Qg5 29. Qd4 Qg6 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Ne4
32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Rd2 Nf6 34. Rxb6 Kh7 35. Kg2 Kh6 36. Rd5 g6
37. Rdd6 Kg5 38. Re6 Kf5 39. Re7 Kg5 40. Rbb7 Ra8 41. Rb5+ Kh6
42. Re6 Rf8 43. Rbb6 Kg5 44. Ra6 Rf7 45. f4+ exf3+ 46. Kxf3
Ng4+ 47. Ke2 Rg7 48. e4 Rg8 49. Kd3 Nf2+ 50. Ke3 Ng4+ 51. Kd4
Nf2 52. Ke3 Ng4+ 53. Ke2 Nh6 54. Kf3 Ng4 55. Ra5+ Kh6 56. e5
Kg5 57. Ke4 Nf2+ 58. Kd5 Nh1 59. Ra3 Kg4 60. Rb6 Nxg3 61. Rb4+
Kh3 62. e6 g5 63. e7 g4 64. Ke6 Kg2 65. Rb2+ Kh3 66. Kf7 Rh8
67. e8=Q Rxe8 68. Kxe8 h4 69. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.07"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. h3 h6 12. e4
dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. c5 Bc7 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Nh5 17. e5
Nf4 18. Bc4 Ne6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Ne4 Nf8 21. Nd6 Bd7 22. Nxb7
Qe7 23. Nd6 Rg6 24. Kh1 Be6 25. Ba1 Bxa2 26. Nf5 Qd8 27. Qxd8
Bxd8 28. N3d4 Kh7 29. Ne3 Ne6 30. f4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Re6 32. Ra1
Bd5 33. Nxd5 cxd5 34. Rfd1 Be7 35. Bf2 Rd8 36. Rab1 g5
37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Rb7 Kg6 39. c6 Rc8 40. c7 Bf8 41. Rxd5 Ree8
42. g4 Bg7 43. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.09"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 a5 9. a3 a4 10. Qd1 Bd6 11. h3 e5 12. e4
Qh5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Be2 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 O-O 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. g4
Qg6 18. Nh4 Qf6 19. Nf5 b5 20. h4 Qd8 21. Na2 b4 22. Nxb4 Nc5
23. Kb1 Nb3 24. Bc3 Re8 25. Nc6 Qd7 26. f4 Ba6 27. Qf3 Nd4
28. Ncxd4 exd4 29. Rxd4 Bf8 30. Bb4 Rab8 31. Qc3 g6 32. Bxf8
Rb3 33. Qa5 Bd3+ 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Qa6 gxf5 36. Qxd3 fxe4
37. Qd4 Kxf8 38. Re1 Qxg4 39. Qh8+ Qg8 40. Qc3 e3 41. Qb4+ Re7
42. f5 f6 43. d6 cxd6 44. Qxd6 Kf7 45. Qd5+ Kf8 46. Qa8+ Kf7
47. Qxa4 Qg2 48. Qc4+ Kg7 49. Qe2 Qe4+ 50. Qc2 Qf3 51. Qc5
Qe4+ 52. Qc2 Qf3 53. Qc5 Qe4+ 54. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+
12. bxc3 Be6 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Kd2 Rxc5 15. Nd4 Rc7 16. Rhb1 Nc6
17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rb3 c5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rab1 Kf7 21. c4 Ke7
22. Kc3 Rd8 23. Rb7 Kd6 24. R7b5 Rc6 25. Ra5 a6 26. Ra3 Ke5
27. Rab3 Ke4 28. Re1 g5 29. Rb7 dxc4 30. Re2 Rd1 31. f3+ Ke5
32. Rbb2 Rd3+ 33. Kxc4 Ra3 34. Rb7 g4 35. fxg4 Ra4+ 36. Kc3
Rxg4 37. Rh7 Rg6 38. Rf7 Rg4 39. g3 Ra4 40. Rf4 Re4 41. Rf8
Ra4 42. Rh8 Rb6 43. Rc2 Ke4 44. Rxh6 Kxe3 45. Rc1 Ra3+ 46. Kc2
Rxa2+ 47. Kc3 Ra3+ 48. Kc2 Ke2 49. Rh5 c4 50. Rc5 c3 51. Re5+
Kf2 52. Kd3 Rc6 53. Re2+ Kf3 54. Rf1+ Kg4 55. Rf4+ Kg5 56. Rc2
e5 57. h4+ Kg6 58. Re4 Rc5 59. Rg4+ Kf5 60. Rg8 Rd5+ 61. Ke3
Rd1 62. g4+ Kf6 63. Rc8 Rh1 64. Rc6+ Ke7 65. h5 Ra4 66. R2xc3
Rxg4 67. R3c5 Rxh5 68. Rxa6 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsky"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. d5 b5
7. Bb3 exd5 8. Bxd5 Ra7 9. e4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nc6
12. O-O Be6 13. a4 Be7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ne5 Na5 16. b4 Bxd5
17. exd5 cxb4 18. Rxa5 Qxa5 19. Nc6 Qa4 20. Qd4 Bf6 21. Qe3+
Kd7 22. Nxa7 b3 23. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Davidovich Sutovsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qe2 Bc6
12. Ne5 Be7 13. f4 O-O 14. f5 exf5 15. Rxf5 Qd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Re1 Bd8 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Bg3 Qd7 20. Be5 g6 21. Qg3 Bc7
22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Bxg6 Qf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Rf8+
26. Kg3 Rf6 27. Bd3 Re6 28. Bxc7 Rxe1 29. Bd6 Re3+ 30. Kh4 a5
31. a3 Re1 32. Bc5 Nf4 33. Bc4+ Ne6 34. Kg4 Kg7 35. Bb6 Re5
36. a4 Kf6 37. b4 axb4 38. a5 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Re3+ 40. Kg4 Re4+
41. Kf3 Re3+ 42. Kg4 Rc3 43. Bf1 d3 44. Bxd3 b3 45. a6 bxc2
0-1

[Event "Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 b5 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Be6 10. Nh3 Bxh3 11. Qxh3 Nbd7
12. Qh6 b4 13. Na4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Be2
c5 17. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "China - Russia"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Re8 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qd1 Na5 11. Ne5 dxc4
12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. O-O Qc7 15. Bd3 Rad8 16. Be2 Bc6
17. Bb2 e5 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Rd1 Re8 23. c4 Qg5 24. Bf1 Nd7 25. h3 Nb6 26. Rd6 Qe7
27. Rd2 f6 28. Qf5 Na4 29. Bc1 Qe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rc2 Re8
32. f3 Rd8 33. Kf2 Nb6 34. e4 Nd7 35. Rd2 Kf7 36. Bb2 Ke7
37. Ke3 Ba4 38. Bc3 Re8 39. h4 h5 40. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "China - Russia"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Bc3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Rc8
17. Qb2 Bf8 18. Nd2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Bd6 20. a4 a6 21. Nd2 Bf8
22. Nc4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nd2 Nb6 25. Nf3 Na4 26. Qc2 c5
27. Bxe5 cxb4 28. Qb3 Nc3 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Kg2 Qf5 31. Ra7 Rxe5
32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Rea1 Qf6 35. Qb3 Nxe2 36. R1a6
Qf5 0-1

[Event "China - Russia"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4
7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5 Rb8 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Bh4 Re8
12. e4 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qa4 Bg4 16. Nxe5 Qxe5
17. Qxa5 b6 18. Qb4 Be2 19. f4 Qf6 20. e5 Qf5 21. Rf2 Bd3
22. Qa4 a5 23. h3 h5 24. Re1 Re7 25. Qd1 b5 26. g4 hxg4
27. hxg4 Qg6 28. e6 fxe6 29. dxe6 c5 30. Qf3 b4 31. Qg3 Rf8
32. f5 Qg5 33. Qd6 Rfe8 34. axb4 cxb4 35. cxb4 axb4 36. Qxb4
Qxg4 37. Qc5 Qg5 38. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "China - Russia"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+
12. Kxd1 Bg6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. e6 fxe6 15. Bc4 e5 16. Kc2 e6
17. Bxe6 Bf7 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rhd1 Ke6 20. Ne2 g6 21. Bd2
Bd6 22. Bc3 Rhd8 23. b3 Bc7 24. Ng3 Nc5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nf1
Nd3 27. Ne3 Nf4 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Nc4 b5 30. Nxa5 Bxa5 31. Bxa5
Ra8 32. Bc3 bxa4 33. g3 axb3+ 34. Kxb3 Nd3 35. Rd1 Rb8+
36. Kc2 Nb4+ 37. Bxb4 Rxb4 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Rc7 Rc4+ 40. Kd3
Rc1 41. f4 exf4 42. gxf4 Rh1 43. Kd4 Rxh2 44. Ke5 Rf2 45. Rxc6
Rf1 46. Rf6 Kg7 47. Ke6 h5 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. f5 gxf5 50. e5 f4
51. Kf6 f3 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. Rg5 f2 54. Rxh5+ Kg8 55. Rh2 Ra1
56. Rxf2 Kf8 57. Rb2 Rf1+ 58. Ke6 Ra1 59. Rb8+ Kg7 60. Rb6 Re1
61. Ra6 Re2 62. Ra7+ Kf8 63. Ra8+ Kg7 64. Ra5 Kf8 65. Rd5 Re1
66. Rd8+ Kg7 67. Re8 Ra1 68. Re7+ Kf8 69. Rd7 Ke8 70. Rd4 Ra6+
71. Rd6 Ra7 72. Rb6 Re7+ 73. Kf5 Rf7+ 74. Rf6 Rh7 75. Re6+ Kf7
76. Rc6 Rh5+ 77. Ke4 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "China - Russia"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.09"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6
Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc4 Bd6
12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Rac1 e5 15. Nd5 Qe8 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qe6 19. Nxc7 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rac8 21. Nd5
Be6 22. Be4 Rc5 23. Rcd1 Re8 24. Nc3 Bb8 25. Bd5 Bc8 26. e4 b5
27. b4 Rc7 28. Rd3 Kf8 29. g3 Rd8 30. Kg2 Rcd7 31. Rfd1 g5
32. Kf3 gxf4 33. gxf4 f6 34. Rg1 Rg7 35. Rxg7 Kxg7 36. Ne2 Bd6
37. Nd4 f5 38. Nc6 fxe4+ 39. Bxe4 Rd7 40. Na7 Bb7 41. Bxb7
Rxb7 42. Nc6 Bf8 43. Rd8 Be7 44. Ra8 Bf6 45. b3 Rb6 46. Rc8
Kf7 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Ne5 Ke7 49. Rc7+ Kd8 50. Ra7 Be7 51. Rd7+
Ke8 52. Rc7 Bxb4 53. Rc8+ Ke7 54. Rc6 Rb7 55. Rxh6 Kf8
56. Rxa6 Bc3 57. Rb6 1-0

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Bd6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Ng6 11. Nxg6 Bxg6
12. f4 f5 13. e5 Be7 14. Qe2 a5 15. a4 Nc5 16. Kh2 Qd7 17. b3
Rfb8 18. Ba3 Na6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. d4 Be8 21. c3 c5 22. c4 Nb4
23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Nc4 Ra6 25. Nd6 cxd4 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qd3
Qc7 28. Qxd4 Rc6 29. Rf2 g6 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Rd8 32. Raf1
Qe7 33. Kg3 Bf7 34. Nxf7 Qxf7 35. f5 Qg7 36. fxg6 Rxg6 37. Rf5
Qh6 38. Rf7 Qg5 39. R1f5 Qc1 40. Qf2 Qa3 41. Rxb7 d4 42. Rf6
Rf8 43. Qxd4 Rgxf6 44. exf6 Qc1 45. Qd5+ Kh8 46. f7 Qe3+
47. Qf3 Qe5+ 48. Kh3 Kg7 49. Rb5 Qe7 50. Rxa5 Rxf7 51. Qc3+
Kg8 52. Ra8+ Rf8 53. Qc4+ Kg7 54. Qd4+ Kg8 55. Rxf8+ Qxf8
56. Qd5+ Kg7 57. Qg5+ Kh8 58. Qe5+ Kg8 59. Qd5+ Kg7 60. Kg2
Qb4 61. g5 Qg4+ 62. Kf2 Qf4+ 63. Ke2 Kg6 64. a5 Qh2+ 65. Kd3
Qa2 66. Kc4 Kh5 67. Kb4 Kg4 68. Kb5 Kh5 69. a6 Qe2+ 70. Ka5
Qa2+ 71. Kb6 Qf2+ 72. Kb7 Qe3 73. g6+ Kxg6 74. a7 Qe7+ 75. Kb6
Qe3+ 76. Ka6 Qe2+ 77. Qb5 Qe4 78. Qb6+ Kh5 79. Qc5+ Kg6
80. Qd6+ Kh5 81. b4 Kg4 82. b5 h5 83. Qc6 1-0

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "179"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Nxc6
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 bxc6 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O Rb8
12. Qf3 Bd7 13. e4 O-O 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. h3 c5 16. Re3 Bc6
17. Qe2 g5 18. Bg3 Bxe4 19. Bc4 d5 20. Bb5 d4 21. cxd4 cxd4
22. Bxe8 dxe3 23. Ba4 Nd5 24. Bb3 Rd8 25. fxe3 c6 26. Re1 Nc3
27. Qf2 Bg6 28. e4 Nxe4 29. Kh2 Qd7 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Qf6 Re8
32. Be5 Rxe5 33. Qxe5 Bd5 34. c4 Be6 35. c5 Bxb3 36. axb3 a5
37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qe5 Qe6 41. Qc3 Kg6
42. Qd3+ f5 43. Qc3 Qd5 44. Qxa5 Qxb3 45. Qd8 Qe6 46. Qd4 h5
47. Kg1 f4 48. Qd3+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Kf5 50. Qd3+ Kf6 51. Qd8+ Qe7
52. Qh8+ Kf5 53. Qxh5 Qxc5+ 54. Kh2 Qd6 55. Qh7+ Ke5 56. Qg7+
Qf6 57. Qa7 Qd6 58. Qg7+ Ke4 59. Qxg5 c5 60. Qg4 c4 61. Qe2+
Kd5 62. Qf3+ Kc5 63. Qa3+ Kc6 64. Qa4+ Kd5 65. Qd1+ Kc5
66. Qf3 Qd3 67. Qb7 Qg3+ 68. Kh1 c3 69. Qc7+ Kd4 70. Qd6+ Ke3
71. Qc5+ Ke2 72. Qc4+ Kf2 73. Qa2+ Ke3 74. Qa7+ Kd2 75. Qa5
Qe3 76. h4 Qe1+ 77. Kh2 Qxh4+ 78. Kg1 Qe1+ 79. Kh2 Qe3
80. Qd5+ Kc1 81. Qa5 c2 82. Qa1+ Kd2 83. Qa5+ Kd1 84. Qa4 Qf2
85. Kh1 Qf1+ 86. Kh2 Qd3 87. Kg1 Ke2 88. Qa2 Qd4+ 89. Kh2 Kf1
90. Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6
7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. O-O c5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rb1 Na5
12. Be2 Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Bc3 Nc6 16. Qc2 Bb4
17. Rfc1 O-O 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Nfd5 22. Rc5 Rfc8 23. Rbc1 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Kf8 25. f4 Ke7
26. Kg2 Ra7 27. Nb3 Rc7 28. Rxc7+ Nxc7 29. e4 f5 30. f3 Na2
31. a5 Kd6 32. Kf2 Nc3 33. Bd3 fxe4 34. fxe4 e5 35. f5 Na4
36. Ke3 Nc5 37. Nd2 Nd7 38. Nb3 Nc5 39. Nd2 Nd7 40. Nb3 Nc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Nc3 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 Bd6
12. Be2 h6 13. O-O O-O 14. h3 Re8 15. Bd3 Bc7 16. Ne2 Bd7
17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Ne4 19. Ne2 Qg5 20. f4 Qf6 21. Rf3 Re7
22. Kh2 a5 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Ng3 Re7 25. f5 Rae8 26. Qd2 Qd6
27. Kg1 Qb4 28. Qxb4 axb4 29. Kf2 Ra8 30. Rb3 Ra4 31. Rd1 Re8
32. Rdd3 Kf8 33. a3 Rb8 34. axb4 Raxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. b3
Ke7 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Rc3 Rb8 39. Kf4 Ra8 40. Nf1 Ra2 41. g4
Rf2+ 42. Rf3 Re2 43. Re3 Rf2+ 44. Rf3 Rc2 45. Ng3 Bc8 46. g5
hxg5+ 47. Kxg5 Rd2 48. h4 Rxd4 49. Re3 f6+ 50. Kg6 Rg4+
51. Kh5 Rf4 52. Kg6 d4 53. Re8 Bd7 54. Ne4+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2
Ne5 7. Ne3 h5 8. h3 d6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. f4 Ng6 11. Ncd5 Qd8
12. Bg2 Bc6 13. O-O e6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. b3 f5 16. Bb2 Rg8
17. Kh2 Bh6 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Qd3 h4 20. Ng2 hxg3+ 21. Qxg3
Kd7 22. Qf2 Qb6 23. Bd4 c5 24. Bf6 Qc6 25. e3 Bg7 26. Qb2 Bxf6
27. Qxf6 Raf8 28. Rad1 Ne7 29. Nh4 Qe4 30. Qc3 Ng6 31. Nxg6
Rxg6 32. Qd2 e5 33. Rg1 Rfg8 34. Qf2 a5 35. Rxg6 Rxg6 36. Rd2
Ke6 37. Rd1 a4 38. bxa4 Qxc4 39. Qd2 Kd7 40. fxe5 Qe4 41. Qb2
Qf3 42. Qb5+ Ke7 43. exd6+ Rxd6 44. Rxd6 Qf2+ 45. Kh1 Qf3+
46. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h6 9. h5 Bh7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf6 12. f3
Bd6 13. Nge2 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qd6 15. O-O-O Nbd7 16. Nce2 O-O-O
17. Ng3 Rhe8 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. Rhg1 Nh7 21. Nh3 Ng5
22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. e4 g6 24. Ng3 dxe4 25. fxe4 c5 26. Qe3 gxh5
27. gxh5 cxd4 28. Rxd4 f6 29. Rgd1 Ne5 30. Nf5 Rxd4 31. Qxd4
Nc6 32. Qe3 Rd8 33. Rd5 Qe8 34. h6 Ne5 35. Qd4 Nf7 36. Rxd8+
Qxd8 37. Qxd8+ Nxd8 38. Nd6 1-0

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Qb3 Qd7 6. Nf3 Na5
7. Qc3 Nxc4 8. Qxc4 exd4 9. O-O Bd6 10. exd4 Ne7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Bg5 Ng6 13. Rfe1 Qf5 14. d5 h6 15. Bd2 Qh5 16. Ne4 Bg4
17. Ng3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Bc3
Qf5 22. Kg2 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. Rd4 h5 25. d6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6
cxd6 27. Qd4 Qe5 28. Qd3 Qc5 29. Qe4 Rb8 30. Qf4 Qd5 31. Qe3
a6 0-1

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Rd1 Bd7 13. e4 b5 14. e5 bxc4 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bh6 Nd3
17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Nb6 Bc6 20. Nxa8 Qxa8 21. Rab1
Bf6 22. Qe3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Nxb2 25. Rd8+ Kg7
26. Rc1 c3 27. Rc8 Nd3 28. R1xc3 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Nf4 30. Kh2 Nd5
31. Rc5 e6 32. a3 Kf6 33. Rc6 a5 34. Ra6 Ke5 35. Rxa5 h5
36. Ra7 f6 37. a4 Kd6 38. h4 Kc6 39. Kg3 e5 40. Rg7 Nf4
41. Rf7 Nd5 42. a5 Kb5 43. Rd7 Nf4 44. Rd6 Ne2+ 45. Kh2 Kxa5
46. Rxf6 Nf4 47. Rf8 Kb5 48. Re8 Kc6 49. Rxe5 Kd6 50. Re4 Ne6
51. Kg3 Ke7 52. Ra4 Kf6 53. Ra6 Kf5 54. Rd6 Ke5 55. Rd7 Kf6
56. f4 Nc5 57. Rd6+ Ne6 58. Rd7 Nc5 59. Rd5 Ne6 60. f5 gxf5
61. Rd6 Ke5 62. Rxe6+ Kxe6 63. Kf4 Kf6 64. f3 Ke6 65. Kg5 Ke5
66. f4+ 1-0

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ndf3 f6
7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nh6 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Ne2
Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bd7 14. Bb5 Ke7 15. Rac1 Kd6
16. Rhe1 Rhf8 17. Rc3 Bd8 18. a3 Ba5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6
21. g3 Bd7 22. Nf4 a5 23. Ke3 axb4 24. axb4 Rfc8 25. Rec1
Rxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Bb5 27. Ne5 Ra4 28. Nfd3 Bxd3 29. Nxd3 e5
30. Nxe5 Bxd4+ 31. Kxd4 Rxb4+ 32. Kd3 Kxe5 33. Rc7 Rb3+
34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 b5 36. Rxh7 b4 37. Rxh6 Kd4 38. h4 b3
39. Rb6 Kc3 40. Rc6+ Kd3 41. Rb6 Kc3 42. Rc6+ Kd3 43. Rb6 Kc3
44. Rc6+ Kd3 45. Rb6 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 a6 5. Nd2 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7
7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. g5 Ne4 10. Ngf3 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 e6
12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. h4 Bh5 15. Ng1 Bd6 16. Be2 Bxe2
17. Nxe2 h6 18. g6 Nf6 19. Rg1 O-O 20. Qc2 fxg6 21. Qxg6 Kh8
22. e4 e5 23. f4 exf4 24. e5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nd5 26. Nc3 Qxe5+
27. Kd1 Rad8 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Kc2 Rd6 30. Qg2 f3 31. Qf2 Qe4+
32. Kb3 b5 33. a3 Rfd8 34. Ba5 Qa4+ 35. Ka2 Qxa5 36. Qxf3 Qc7
37. Qc3 a5 38. Kb1 Rd4 39. h5 Rc4 40. Qf3 Qe5 41. Rce1 Qf4
42. Qg2 Qf5+ 43. Ka1 Rg8 44. Re8 Rc1+ 45. Rxc1 Rxe8 46. Rg1
Qf6 47. Rf1 Qd6 48. Rc1 c5 49. Rg1 Qd4 50. Rf1 b4 51. Qc6 Rd8
52. Qa4 Qd5 53. Qxa5 Ra8 54. Qc7 bxa3 0-1

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Nf6
7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4 Bh7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. h3 a5 11. f4 Na6 12. e5
Nd7 13. a3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 b5 15. h5 Nb6 16. Nf3 Nc8 17. f5 Bxf5
18. Bd2 a4 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Kh1 Ne7 21. Rf2 c5 22. Nh4 b4
23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Bf3 bxa3 25. bxa3 Nc7 26. Bg4 Qd7 27. Rgf1
Rab8 28. Nxf5 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Rxf5 Rb1 31. Qg4 Rxf1+
32. Rxf1 Ne6 33. Qf5 Rb8 34. Kh2 Qe7 35. Qf3 Rb2 36. Qxd5 Rxc2
37. Rf2 Qh4 38. Qg2 Qxh5 39. Qg3 Kh7 40. Qe3 Nd4 41. Kg2 Ra2
0-1

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 f5 6. Bd2 Nf6
7. Bd3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 Qg5 11. Qe2 d6
12. f4 exf3 13. Nxf3 Qg6 14. O-O Nd7 15. e4 O-O-O 16. Rae1
Rde8 17. Nd2 Rhf8 18. Rxf8 Rxf8 19. d5 e5 20. b4 Kd8 21. Qe3
Bc8 22. c5 Nf6 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 b5 25. a4 a6 26. axb5
axb5 27. Ra1 Nh5 28. Nf1 Nf6 29. Nd2 Nh5 30. Nf1 Nf6 31. Nd2
Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6
7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 g5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bd3 Rg8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bd2
Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc7 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Bxg6 Rxg6
17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb1 g4 19. h4 Rgg8 20. Rc1 Kb8 21. Ka1
dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nd5 23. Ba5 b6 24. Bd2 h5 25. e4 Ne7 26. g3 f6
27. Qb3 e5 28. Bb4 c5 29. dxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Ne3 Qd4
32. Qf7 Qd7 33. Rhd1 Qb7 34. Qxf6 Ka8 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Nf5
Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. Nd6 1-0

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3
Nbd7 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bd2 e6 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3
12. axb3 O-O 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Kxe2 Rfd8 16. Rhd1
Nf6 17. Na4 Nd5 18. Rdc1 Kf8 19. Ba5 Rdc8 20. e4 Nf6 21. f3
Nd7 22. Bd2 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Be3 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Bd8 27. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Nikolayevich Krylov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5
Nd4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. Nc4
Nxc4 18. dxc4 Qc8 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8
22. c5 b6 23. Be4 g6 24. Bb2 Qe8 25. a4 Qf7 26. Qc3 Ne7
27. cxb6 cxb6 28. Qc7 Qe8 29. Rd1 Nf5 30. Bb7 Bb3 31. Rd7 Be6
32. Rd2 Bb3 33. Ba6 Bxa4 34. Qc4+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johann Carlos Alvarez Marquez"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Re8 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bf2 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nc4 14. Ne2 Nd6 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. a4 Qc8
17. Ng3 b6 18. O-O c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. b3 Qc6 21. Rfc1 Rac8
22. Qd2 Qb7 23. Rab1 Rc6 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxb4
Nc4 27. e4 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 e6 10. Nd1 Re8 11. g3 Ne7 12. Bg2
b5 13. c5 b4 14. Nf2 a5 15. O-O Ba6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. f4 d5
18. e5 Nf5 19. Kh1 Ra8 20. Ng1 Nb8 21. g4 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 f5
23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Qh3 Nc6 25. Bf3 Re7 26. Rd2 Qf8 27. Qh4 Nd8
28. Nfh3 c6 29. Bh5 Raa7 30. Nf3 Bh6 31. Rg1+ Rg7 32. Nfg5 Kh8
33. Bf3 Rg6 34. Rdg2 Qe7 35. Qh5 Bxg5 36. Nxg5 Qg7 37. Nxh7
1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3
Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Rc1 Qxc3+
11. Rxc3 d6 12. Bg2 Ke7 13. d5 Nb8 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. c5 Nc6
16. e3 Bd7 17. Nd4 Rab8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. b3 Rhc8 20. f4 a5
21. a3 Rb7 22. O-O e5 23. cxd6+ cxd6 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nf3 Be6
26. Nxe5 c5 27. Rb1 c4 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Bd5 30. e4 Kd6
31. Ng4 Be6 32. e5+ Ke7 33. Ne3 Rb5 34. Kf2 Rxe5 35. b5 Rb8
36. b6 Rc5 37. Rb4 Rc6 38. Nxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erwin L'Ami"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Kg7 16. f3 h6
17. Bxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Kf2 Rc6 20. Rfb1 Rce6
21. Nf1 Rb8 22. a4 Ne8 23. Rb5 Nc7 24. Rb2 b6 25. g4 Rbe8
26. Re1 a6 27. Ng3 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ree2 Ra8 30. e4 Ra3
31. Rec2 Rf6 32. Kg2 Rfa6 33. Ne2 Rb3 34. Kf2 Rxb2 35. Rxb2
Ra3 36. exd5 Ra6 37. h4 Rb6 38. Nf4 g5 39. d6 Rxd6 40. hxg5
hxg5 41. Ng2 Ra6 42. Ne3 Kf6 43. d5 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 b6
12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Rfe8 15. Bh4 Rac8 16. Rfe1
h6 17. Bg3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Rec1 Red8
21. Rb4 Rd2 22. Bxc4 a5 23. Bxe6 Rxc3 24. Rc4 fxe6 25. R4xc3
Bxc3 26. h4 Bf6 27. a4 Rb2 28. Rc6 Kf7 29. Bc7 Rb1+ 30. Kh2
Bxh4 31. g3 Bf6 32. Bxb6 Rb4 33. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Rfc1 Nh5 13. Qa4 Nxf4 14. Qxa6 Nxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc8 16. Qxc8
Rfxc8 17. Nb5 g5 18. Nc7 Rab8 19. Na6 Ra8 20. Nc7 Rab8 21. Na6
Ra8 22. Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Rodrigo Rafael Vasquez Schroeder"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. d3 h6 10. Bg2 c6 11. Bd2 a5
12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bb6 d6 14. Na4 Nf6 15. a3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5
17. Qb6 Nd7 18. Qc7 Ra6 19. Bh3 f5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qxc8+ Rf8
22. Qxb7 Rfa8 23. Rad1 Qe6 24. Qb3 Rf8 25. Qc2 Qh3 26. f3 Rf6
27. e3 Ra8 28. Qg2 Qe6 29. Nc3 Rb8 30. Ne4 Rff8 31. Rd2 g5
32. Qe2 Rf7 33. Qe1 Rb3 34. Qd1 Rb8 35. Qa4 Ra8 36. Rdf2 Kg7
37. Qc2 Kh8 38. Qc3 Kh7 39. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dimitrios Mastrovasilis"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7
12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14. h4 Rc8 15. Ba2 h6 16. Rc1 Bc5
17. Ne2 O-O 18. Kd2 Bd6 19. h5 Bh7 20. Rhd1 Rxc1 21. Kxc1 Ne5
22. Bb6 Rc8+ 23. Nc3 Rc6 24. Bf2 Nd7 25. a5 Kf8 26. Bb3 Ke7
27. Ba4 Rc7 28. Kb1 f6 29. Be3 Bg8 30. f4 Nc5 31. Bc2 Nd7
32. f5 Bc5 33. Bd2 e5 34. Na4 Bd6 35. b3 Nc5 36. Nxc5 Bxc5
37. Bc3 Bf7 38. g4 Bd6 39. Be1 Bc5 40. Bc3 Bd6 41. Be1 Rc6
42. Bd2 Bc5 43. Bc3 Bd6 44. Bd2 Bc5 45. Bc3 Rd6 46. Be1 Kd7
47. Ka2 Kc6 48. Rxd6+ Bxd6 49. Bd3 Kc5 50. Bf2+ Kc6 51. Be1
Bc5 52. Bd2 Bd4 53. Bb4 Bc5 54. Bd2 Kd6 55. Be1 Be8 56. Bd2
Bd4 57. Bb4+ Bc5 58. Bd2 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. O-O
O-O 13. Ne5 Nh7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qe7 16. Rf2 Ba5 17. Bh5
Bb6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Kh1 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nc3
Be6 23. Nxb5 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qd7 25. Nd6 Bc7 26. Rd2 Ba5
27. Rf2 c3 28. h3 f5 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Nxf6 31. Be5 Bc7
32. Bg6 cxb2 33. Qb1 Bxd6 34. Bxf6 Bf8 35. Bxb2 Bg7 36. Bxg7
Kxg7 37. Bh5 Bf7 38. Qb2+ Qd4 39. Qb7 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qxa2
41. Qc7 Qd5 42. Bxf7 Qxf7 43. Qxc5 a6 44. Qd4+ Qf6 45. Qd7+
Kg6 46. Qd3+ Kf7 47. Qd7+ Qe7 48. Qd5+ Qe6 49. Qf3+ Kg7
50. Qc3+ Kg8 51. Qc7 Kf8 52. Kh1 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe6 54. Kh1 Qe1+
55. Kh2 Qf1 56. Qd8+ Kg7 57. Qd7+ Qf7 58. Qd4+ Qf6 59. Qd7+
Kg6 60. Qd3+ Kf7 61. Qd7+ Qe7 62. Qd5+ Qe6 63. Qf3+ Kg8
64. Qd3 Qc6 65. Kh1 Qc1+ 66. Kh2 Qc6 67. Kh1 Kg7 68. Qd4+ Kf7
69. Qe3 Qd6 70. Qf3+ Kg6 71. Qe4+ Kf6 72. Qf3+ Ke7 73. Qb7+
Kf6 74. Qf3+ Ke5 75. Qe3+ Kf5 76. Qf3+ Kg6 77. Qe4+ Kg7
78. Qb7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "190"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6
7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O Nbd7
12. f3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Kg7 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bh4 Qd8 18. a5 Be7 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1 Bd4
22. Bg3 c5 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Bb5 Qf5 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. Bb5 Qf5
27. Bd3 Qg5 28. Qxb7 Rcd8 29. Bb5 Bxb2 30. Qxa7 Bxa1 31. Rxa1
Rd2 32. Qc7 Rfd8 33. h4 Qe3 34. Re1 Rd1 35. Qxd8 Rxe1+
36. Bxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxh4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Bf1 c4 40. a6
Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 Qc5+ 43. Kh1 Qf2 44. Qd1 c3 45. Qa1
Qd2 46. a7 c2 47. a8=Q c1=Q 48. Q8a6 Qdc3 49. Qxc3 Qxc3
50. Qd3 Qe5 51. Qe2 Qf4 52. Qc4 Qe3 53. Qe2 Qd4 54. g3 h5
55. Kg2 Nd5 56. Qf2 Qe5 57. Kg1 Ne3 58. Bh3 Nd1 59. Qg2 Qe1+
60. Kh2 Nf2 61. Qf1 Qd2 62. Qa1+ Kh7 63. Bg2 Nd1 64. Qa7 Kg7
65. Qa1+ Kg8 66. Qa8+ Kg7 67. Qa1+ Nc3 68. Qa5 Qd4 69. f4 Ne2
70. Qe5+ Qxe5 71. fxe5 Kf8 72. Kh3 Ke7 73. Bd5 Nc3 74. Bc4 Nd1
75. Kh4 Ne3 76. Ba2 Ng4 77. e6 fxe6 78. Kg5 Ne5 79. Bb1 Kf7
80. Ba2 Nf3+ 81. Kf4 Ng1 82. Ke5 Ke7 83. Bxe6 Nf3+ 84. Kd5 Kf6
85. Bc8 Nd2 86. Ba6 Kg5 87. Bd3 Nb3 88. Ke5 Nc1 89. Bc4 Kg4
90. Kf6 Kxg3 91. Kxg6 h4 92. Be6 Nd3 93. Kg5 Nf4 94. Bc8 Nd5
95. Be6 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leif Erlend Johannessen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O
7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Nh5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. g4 Nf4 11. h4 c5 12. Kf2
Ne6 13. Bd3 Nf8 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Rag1 Rc8 17. Qa2
Be6 18. f4 Qd6 19. f5 Bd7 20. Nf4 c4 21. Bc2 Na5 22. a4 Nb3
23. Bxb3 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Bc6 25. a5 b6 26. Qb4 Qd8 27. axb6 Rb8
28. Rb1 Rxb6 29. Qa5 h6 30. Rb4 Nh7 31. Kf3 Qe7 32. Qa1 Nf6
33. Qb1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zoltan Gyimesi"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Qe3 O-O
12. Nb3 Nba6 13. Ba3 Qc7 14. Rd1 Be6 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bd5
Rae8 17. O-O Qa5 18. Bc1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qxa2 20. Qd3 Qa4
21. Be3 e4 22. Qb1 Re7 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. c4 Qxc4 25. Rc1 Qa4
26. Ra2 Qb4 27. Rb2 Qa4 28. Rxb7 Rxd5 29. Rxa7 Qc6 30. Rc4 Nc7
31. Qb7 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 Ne6 33. Rxe4 Rfd8 34. Ra4 h5 35. Raa7
Rf8 36. Kg2 Rdd8 37. Ra4 Ra8 38. Rc4 Ra2 39. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. a4 Nd5 10. Bd2 b6 11. e4 N5f6
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Bb4 16. Rac1 Rc8
17. Bf1 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Nh4 Rc7
22. Nf5 Nf8 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Re6 25. Qb4 Rb6 26. Nd6 Bc8
27. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE -11"]
[Site "Frydek Mistek CZE"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vlastimil Babula"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 Nc6
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bf4 f5 15. Be5 Be6 16. f4 Qd7
17. h3 Bf6 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. Qe1 a5 20. a3 Ra8 21. Rd1 b5
22. Rg1 g6 23. Rd2 b4 24. g4 Rac8 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rdg2 c3
27. Qb1 Bxe5 28. dxe5 cxb2 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 Qxf5
31. Rxb2 Rc3 32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxb4 Rxe3 34. Rd1 Rh5 35. Kg2
Rhxh3 36. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE -11"]
[Site "Frydek Mistek CZE"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 h6 12. f4
Ng6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Rb1 b6 15. Rb2 Rb8 16. Qe1 Qe8 17. Qh4
Rb7 18. h3 Rbf7 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qxg6 Rxf4 21. Qxe8 Rxf1+
22. Bxf1 Rxe8 23. Rf2 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Kf3
Nf6 27. Ke3 Bd7 28. Be2 Be8 29. Bd1 Nh7 30. Bd2 Ng5 31. Be1
Nf7 32. Kd3 Nd8 33. Bh4+ g5 34. Be1 Bd7 35. h4 Nb7 36. Bf2 Na5
37. Bb3 Kf6 38. Be1 Kg6 39. Bf2 Be8 40. Be1 Bd7 41. Bf2 Nxb3
42. axb3 a5 43. hxg5 Kxg5 44. Be3+ Kg6 45. Bf2 Kh5 46. Be3 Bc8
47. Ke2 Bg4+ 48. Kd2 Kg6 49. Bf2 Kg5 50. Be3+ Kh5 51. Bf2 Bd7
52. Be3 Bc8 53. Ke2 Kg6 54. Bf2 Kf7 55. Be3 h5 56. Bg5 Ke8
57. Ke3 Kd7 58. Bh4 Kc7 59. Be7 Bd7 60. Kd3 Bg4 61. Kd2 Kd7
62. Bg5 Ke8 63. Bh4 Bd7 64. Bg5 a4 65. bxa4 Bxa4 66. Bh4 Bb3
67. Kd3 Ba2 68. Bg5 Bb1+ 69. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. d4 e6 9. Qg3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. e4 Bxf4
12. Qxf4 f6 13. Qe3 e5 14. Rb1 b6 15. Bb5 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8
17. h4 Na5 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. h5 Re8 20. hxg6 exd4 21. gxh7+
Qxh7 22. Nxd4 Qxe4 23. Qh6 Nc4 24. f3 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3
26. Rbd1 Nb2 27. Rc1 Na4 28. Nf5 Re2 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2
Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Rxa2 32. c4 Rd2 33. Ra1 Nb2 34. Rxa7 Rd7 35. Ne3
Kf7 36. Nd5 Nxc4 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Nxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4
7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 O-O-O 10. O-O f5 11. exf6 gxf6
12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bh3 Bc7 14. Rb1 Kb8 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Ne7
17. Nfd2 Qc6 18. Nc5 Nf5 19. Ndb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 b6 21. a4 Bc8
22. a5 e5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ba3 Nh4 25. Bg2 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Rde8
27. Na4 exd4 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. cxd4 Re6 30. Bc5 b5 31. Nc3 Ba6
32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33. Qxb5+ Qxb5 34. Rxb5+ Kc8 35. Bf8 Bb6
36. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7
12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rad1 Nfd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5
Bxg5 17. Bxb7 Bxa4 18. Ra1 Rc7 19. Be4 Be8 20. Qd3 g6 21. d5
exd5 22. Bxd5 Bf6 23. Rad1 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qe3 Bc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. Be3
Nde5 12. Nf4 b6 13. Rc1 e6 14. Be2 Ba6 15. b3 Nb4 16. O-O Ned3
17. Nxd3 Nxd3 18. Rcd1 Nb4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc1 Bxc3
21. Rxc3 Nxa2 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rc1 Rd7 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. Ra1 Bc8
26. Ra4 Nc2 27. Bf4 f6 28. e5 Nd4 29. Bd1 Nc6 30. exf6+ Kxf6
31. Ke1 e5 32. Be3 Nd4 33. h4 Rc7 34. Ra2 Be6 35. Rd2 Rd7
36. g4 Nc6 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Kd2 h5 39. Kc3 Ke6 40. b4 Kd6
41. gxh5 gxh5 42. f4 Be8 43. f5 Ne7 44. Bc2 Bf7 45. Be4 Kd7
46. Bg5 Nc6 47. Be3 Ne7 48. Bc2 Nc6 49. Bd3 Ne7 50. Be4 Kc7
51. Bf2 Ng8 52. Be3 Ne7 53. Bh6 Kd6 54. Bf8 Kd7 55. b5 Nc8
56. Bc6+ Kd8 57. f6 Bg6 58. Bb4 Bf7 59. Ba3 Be6 60. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Kurnosov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Bd3 dxc3
12. Bxc3 Nf5 13. h6 gxh6 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. e6 Qe4+ 16. Kf1
Qc4+ 17. Qd3 Qxd3+ 18. cxd3 O-O 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxh6 d4
21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 b6 23. Rd6 Ba6 24. Ke2 Re8+ 25. Kd2 f4
26. a4 Rg7 27. a5 Bc8 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rg1 Bh3 30. g3 fxg3
31. Rxg3 Rxg3 32. fxg3 Rb8 33. Rd5 Rb7 34. Ke3 Rd7 35. Rb5
Re7+ 36. Kf4 Bf1 37. Rxb6 Bxd3 38. Nf5 Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4
Nc6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Ne2 e6 9. f3 Nd6 10. Bxd6 Bxd6 11. Bxf5 exf5
12. f4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. g3 Na5 16. Rf2 Nc4
17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Kf1 Re4 19. Ng1 Rae8 20. Nf3 Qc6 21. Kg1 b5
22. Qf1 Re3 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rd1 h5 26. Qg2 Qe4
27. Ng5 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rxe1 30. Nf3 Rb1 31. Rd2
g6 32. d5 Ra1 33. Nd4 Ra5 34. Nc6 Ra2 35. Nd4 Ra5 36. Nc6 Ra2
37. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxb5 11. Nb3 Qb6
12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bd4 Bxc3+ 14. Bxc3 Nc6 15. g3 Bc4 16. Rc1 Rd8
17. Qf3 e5 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rg4 21. Ke2
Rxe4 22. Kf3 f5 23. Rhd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ke7 25. h3 h5 26. Rc1
a6 27. Be1 Kd6 28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. Rc1 Kd5 30. Rd1+ Ke6 31. Rc1
Kd5 32. Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O a5 11. a3 Ne4 12. Nxe4
dxe4 13. a4 b4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Qb3+ e6 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. g4 Bxe5
18. fxe5 Na6 19. Qd1 Nc7 20. b3 Qg5 21. Ra2 Qxg4+ 22. Qxg4
fxg4 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rg2 h5 25. h3 g5 26. hxg4 h4 27. Bd2
Ba6 28. Be1 Kg7 29. Rc2 Rf8 30. Rb2 Rf3 31. Bf2 Kf7 32. Kg2
Ke7 33. Rb1 Kd7 34. Rc1 Kc8 35. Rb1 Kb7 36. Rh1 Ka7 37. Re1
Nd5 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. e6 Rf6 40. Bg1 Rxe6 41. Bh2 Re7 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e5 Bg4
7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bb5 Qb6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Qa3 Bb5
12. Nb1 Qc6 13. Nc3 Bc4 14. b3 Bd3 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qa5 a6
17. Ba3 Nh6 18. Rd1 Be4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. d5 Qd7 21. d6 exd6
22. Rxd6 Qc8 23. Qb4 Nf5 24. Qxe4 Nxd6 25. Bxd6 Qc3+ 26. Ke2
Rc8 27. Nd2 Qc6 28. Qf4 Qxg2 29. Rd1 h5 30. Nf3 Qg4 31. Qe3
Bf8 32. Rd4 Qf5 33. Rf4 Qc2+ 34. Nd2 Rh7 35. h4 Rd8 36. Kf1
Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Qa7 Qc6+ 39. Ne4 Bxd6 40. exd6 Rxd6
41. Kh2 Re6 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Ng5 Re1 44. Qa7+ Ke8 45. Qb8+ Ke7
46. Qa7+ Ke8 47. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h4 f5 11. O-O-O h6
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e4 g6 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Rg1 Nf6 16. g4 fxg4
17. Nh2 h5 18. f3 Ne5 19. fxg4 hxg4 20. Ne4 Qg7 21. Be2 d5
22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Nxg4 Rg6 24. h5 Rxg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Qg2
e5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ Kh8 30. Qd8+ Kh7
31. Rd6 Bf5 32. Qxa8 Qc7 33. Rxg4 Bxg4 34. Qd8 Qxc4+ 35. Kd2
Qe2+ 36. Kc3 Qe3+ 37. Kb4 Qf4+ 38. Ka5 b6+ 39. Ka6 Qf7 40. b4
Be2+ 41. b5 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 b5
7. a3 cxd4 8. cxd4 b4 9. a4 Ba6 10. f4 Nc6 11. b3 Be7 12. Nf3
Rc8 13. Ng3 Bxf1 14. Nxf1 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Ne3
Qb6 18. Bb2 Ne7 19. O-O Nf5 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Kh1 Rc7 22. Qd3
g6 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. Rbc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Nf8
27. Be3 a6 28. Bg1 Bd8 29. Qc2 Bc7 30. a5 Qd6 31. Qa2 Ne6
32. Qa4 Kg7 33. Be3 Qe7 34. Qc6 Bxa5 35. Qxd5 Bc7 36. Qc6 a5
37. g3 Nd8 38. Qc4 Bd6 39. d5 Nf7 40. Bd4 Nxe5 41. Qe2 Qb7
42. Qf3 Qe7 43. Qe2 Qb7 44. Qc4 Qe7 45. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.08"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3
7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O-O d6 11. Ne1 Qe7
12. f3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 c5 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Kb1 Rfd8
17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Nxb4 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Qxe3 21. Bd3
Qg5 22. Rhe1 Rc5 23. h4 Qxg2 24. Re7 Bxd5 25. Qd4 Bf7 26. Rxf7
Kxf7 27. Rg1 Qh2 28. Qxg7+ Ke6 29. Re1+ Kd5 30. Rd1 Kc6 31. b4
Qxh4 32. a3 Rd7 33. Qh8 Rd8 34. Qg7 Rd7 35. Qg8 Rd8 36. Qf7
Qf4 37. bxc5 Qxf3 38. Qb3 Qf2 39. Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.09"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Stanislav Novikov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Ne2 Bh6 5. Bxh6 Nxh6 6. Qd2 Ng4
7. f3 Nf6 8. Nbc3 c5 9. d5 h5 10. h4 Kf8 11. g3 Kg7 12. Nc1
Bd7 13. a3 a5 14. Nd3 Na6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Re1 Nc7 17. f4 b5
18. Nxe5 b4 19. Nxd7 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxd7 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5
Nfxd5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. e6+ Qd4 25. exf7 Nd5 26. Qxd4+ cxd4
27. Rd1 Rac8+ 28. Kb1 Ne3 29. Rxd4 Nf5 30. Rd3 Kxf7 31. Bh3
Rc5 32. Rc1 Rhc8 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Ka2 Kf6 35. b4 axb4
36. axb4 Re5 37. Bxf5 Kxf5 38. Ka3 Ke4 39. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Bluvshtein"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Bb7 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bd3 a4 10. Qc2 a3 11. b3 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. e4 d5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Rfe1
dxc4 18. bxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bg5 20. Qd1 Bf4 21. Ne2 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 Bxe5 23. Rad1 Bd6 24. f4 Ra5 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Rg1 Bxf4
27. Rg4 Bd6 28. f4 Rd8 29. Ng3 Bxf4 30. Qf1 Bg5 31. Qg2 Qe7
32. d5 f5 33. Rgd4 Rf8 34. d6 cxd6 35. Rxd6 Re5 36. Qf3 Re1+
0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.11"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "209"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Bg6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Ng5 Re8
17. Qh3 Nf8 18. Qb3 a5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. g3 Qd7 21. h4 Rc4
22. Rfc1 Rec8 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Qd1 Be7 25. Nh3 Qc6 26. Nf4
Qe8 27. b3 Rc6 28. Kg2 b6 29. Rc1 Qc8 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Ne2
Nd7 32. Kh2 Bb4 33. Nf4 Nf8 34. Qd3 Kf7 35. Qa6 Qc7 36. Nh3
Be7 37. Bg5 h6 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Nf4 Nd7 41. Qb5
Nf8 42. Qd3 Qc8 43. Ne2 Kg8 44. Nc3 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Nb5
Qe8 47. Nd6 Qh5 48. Qc2 g4 49. Qc6 Qg6 50. Qc7 Kh7 51. Qxb6
Qd3 52. Qa7 Qf3+ 53. Kg1 Qxb3 54. Qf7 Qf3 55. Qxf3 gxf3
56. Nb7 Nd7 57. g4 Nb6 58. Nc5 Kg6 59. Kh2 Kf7 60. Kg3 Nc8
61. Kxf3 Ne7 62. Nb3 Nc6 63. Kf4 Kg6 64. f3 Kh6 65. Kg3 g5
66. Kf2 Kg6 67. Ke3 Kf7 68. Kd2 Ke8 69. Kc3 Ke7 70. Nc5 Nd8
71. Kd3 Nc6 72. Ke3 Kf7 73. Nd3 Kg7 74. Nc1 Nb4 75. Kd2 Nc6
76. Ne2 Kg6 77. Ke3 Nb4 78. Kd2 Nc6 79. Kc3 Nb8 80. Nc1 Nc6
81. Nb3 Kf7 82. Kd3 Ke8 83. Ke2 Ke7 84. Kf1 Kf7 85. Kg1 Kg7
86. Kg2 Kh6 87. Kh3 Kh7 88. Kg3 Kh6 89. f4 gxf4+ 90. Kxf4 Kg6
91. Kf3 Kg5 92. Kg3 Kh6 93. Kh4 Kg6 94. g5 Ne7 95. Nxa5 Nf5+
96. Kg4 Nxd4 97. Nb7 Nc6 98. Kf4 Nb4 99. Nc5 d4 100. Ke4 Nd5
101. Kxd4 Nc7 102. Ne4 Kf5 103. a5 Na6 104. Kc4 Kxe5 105. g6
1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4
Bd7 12. h3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.13"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6
7. Bg2 Bd7 8. Nb3 a5 9. c5 a4 10. Nd2 dxc5 11. Nxa4 Qa5 12. b3
Nd8 13. O-O Bxa4 14. bxa4 Qxa4 15. Bb2 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bg7
17. e4 O-O 18. e5 Ng4 19. Nc4 Ra4 20. Nb6 Rb4 21. Nd7 Rxb2
22. Nxf8 Nc6 23. Bxc6 Bxe5 24. Rab1 Rxa2 25. Bd5 Ra6 26. Bf3
Kxf8 27. Bxg4 b6 28. Rd2 Bc3 29. Be2 Ra8 30. Rc2 Bb4 31. Rd1
Ra7 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Kg2 Ra1 34. Rd7 Kf6 35. Bc4 Ba5 36. h4 h6
37. Rb7 Ra4 38. Be2 g5 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.14"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Mashrukovich Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 b6 11. e3 O-O
12. dxc5 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 bxc5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Ne5
c3 17. Kc2 Rc8 18. Rd6 Kf8 19. Be2 a6 20. Rhd1 Ra7 21. Bf3
Rac7 22. Ng6+ Ke8 23. Nf4 Bd7 24. Kxc3 Ba4 25. Rb1 Ra7 26. Rb7
Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Rc7 28. Bxa6 Bc6 29. Bc4 Ra7 30. Kb3 Ke7 31. Rd2
Nd7 32. Nd5+ Ke8 33. f4 f5 34. g3 g6 35. Rd3 h5 36. Rd2 Rb7+
37. Ka2 Ra7 38. Nc3 Nb6 39. Bb3 Ke7 40. h4 Ra8 41. Rd1 Ra7
42. Rd2 Ra8 43. e4 fxe4 44. Re2 Kf8 45. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.15"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. f4 Ned7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 Qb6
12. Kh1 Bg4 13. Rb1 a5 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.16"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5
7. e5 Nfd7 8. b4 a5 9. b5 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 cxd4
12. Nb3 a4 13. Nbxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Nbd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Re1 Re8
17. h3 Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Nc4 20. Nd4 g6 21. Bg4 Ne4
22. e6 Bf6 23. Ra2 Nc3 24. Qf3 Nxa2 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Ne6
Rxe6 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 28. Bxd5 Ne5 29. Rxe5 Nxc1 30. Re3 Rc8
31. Bxb7 Rc5 32. Bc6 Rf5 33. Qg4 Qd2 34. Bf3 Re5 35. Be4 Rg5
36. Qf3 Rxb5 37. g3 Re5 38. Kg2 Re7 39. Bc6 Rxe3 40. Qxe3 Qxe3
41. fxe3 Be7 42. Bxa4 Bxa3 43. Bc2 Ne2 44. Kf3 Nc3 45. h4 Bd6
46. Bb3 Kf6 47. Bg8 h6 48. Bb3 Nb5 49. Bc4 Nc7 50. Bb3 Ne6
51. Bc4 Ng7 52. g4 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2010/11"]
[Site "Aue GER"]
[Date "2011.02.26"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Stefan Bromberger"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
gxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Rg8 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Nh4 Be6
12. O-O Na6 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. Rd1 exd4 15. cxd4 Bd6 16. g3 c5
17. d5 Bd7 18. Nf5 Nb4 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Qb3 Qa6 21. Rd2 Rge8
22. a3 Ba4 23. Qf3 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Qxc4 25. axb4 Rxd5 26. Bf4
Bc6 27. b5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2010/11"]
[Site "Aue GER"]
[Date "2011.02.27"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viesturs Meijers"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nd7 6. Be2 b6
7. h4 h6 8. Bf3 Bb7 9. Nge2 e6 10. Qd2 Ne7 11. g3 Nf5 12. h5
g5 13. Bg2 O-O 14. f4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 c5 16. Rd1 cxd4 17. Nxd4
Qe7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rd2 Nf6 20. Qe2 gxf4 21. gxf4 Kh8 22. Kh2
Rc5 23. f5 Rg8 24. Rd3 Ng4+ 25. Kg1 Qh4 26. Rff3 Bxd4+
27. Rxd4 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 exf5 29. Qd2 fxe4 30. Rh3 e3 31. Rxg4
Bxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rf5+ 33. Ke1 Qxg2 34. Rxg2 Rxg2 35. Ne2 Re5
36. b3 Rgg5 37. Nf4 e2 38. Rh1 Rgf5 39. Nxe2 Rxh5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2010/11"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Martin Kraemer"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 f6 9. g4 fxe5 10. dxe5 Rf8 11. Qg3 Qb6
12. Bd3 Na6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Be2 c5 16. Na4 Qc6
17. Qb3 a5 18. c3 c4 19. Qa3 Na6 20. Be3 e6 21. Nb6+ Kb8
22. Qxa5 Nf7 23. h4 Rfe8 24. b4 Nc7 25. Bf3 Rf8 26. Rhf1 h5
27. a4 Bxe5 28. b5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2010/11"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "189"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6
12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Qh3 Ne7 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Kg7 19. Bc2 Qd6 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bb3 Qe7
22. d5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Qxf5 Qe5 26. Qxe5+
Nxe5 27. Rc1 Nc4 28. b3 Re8 29. Nd4 Nxa3 30. f3 b5 31. Rc6 a5
32. Ra6 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Nf5+ Kf8 35. Rxa4 Nc4 36. Kf2 Rd8
37. Kg3 Nd6 38. Nd4 Ne8 39. Kf4 Nd6 40. Ra7 Kg8 41. Nc6 Re8
42. Ne7+ Kg7 43. Nxd5 Nb5 44. Ra4 Rd8 45. Ne3 Nd4 46. Ke4 Ne6
47. Ke5 h5 48. f4 Nc5 49. Nf5+ Kf8 50. Ra7 Nd7+ 51. Ke4 Nf6+
52. Kf3 Rd3+ 53. Ke2 Rd5 54. Ne3 Rc5 55. Kd3 Ng4 56. Nc4 Rd5+
57. Ke4 Nf6+ 58. Kf3 Rd3+ 59. Ke2 Rd4 60. Ne5 Rxf4 61. Rxf7+
Ke8 62. Kd3 Rf5 63. g3 Rxe5 64. Rxf6 Ke7 65. Rf4 Ra5 66. Ke4
Ke6 67. Rf8 h4 68. g4 Ra2 69. h3 Ra4+ 70. Kf3 Ra3+ 71. Kf4
Rxh3 72. Kg5 Ke7 73. Rf1 Rh2 74. Kh5 h3 75. Kh4 Re2 76. Kxh3
Ra2 77. Kh4 Ra8 78. Rf4 Rh8+ 79. Kg5 Ke6 80. Kg6 Ke5 81. Rf5+
Ke4 82. Rf6 Rg8+ 83. Kh5 Ke5 84. g5 Rh8+ 85. Kg6 Rh1 86. Kg7
Rg1 87. g6 Ra1 88. Rf8 Ke6 89. Kg8 Ke7 90. Rf4 Rg1 91. g7 Rg2
92. Rh4 Kf6 93. Rh6+ Ke7 94. Kh8 Kf7 95. Rh7 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Yuryevich Potapov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 e6
7. Bxc4 Nf6 8. Bd2 a5 9. Nc1 Bb7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Be7
12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Be1 Bd6
17. Nfd4 Rfd8 18. f3 e5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Bf2 e4 21. f4 g6
22. Nfd4 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Nb3 Be7 25. Bh4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1
Bc6 27. Ra1 Bd7 28. h3 Rc8 29. Bb5 Be6 30. Nd4 Bd5 31. Qd2 Bb7
32. Re1 Rd8 33. Qf2 h6 34. g4 Kg7 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5 Nd5
37. Rf1 Rf8 38. Be8 Nxe3 39. Bxf7 Bd5 40. Qxe3 Bc5 41. Bf2
Rxf7 42. Ne6+ Qxe6 43. Qxc5 Kh7 44. Bd4 Rxf1+ 45. Kxf1 Qxh3+
46. Ke1 Qg3+ 47. Bf2 Qxg5 48. Qa7+ Kg8 49. Qb8+ Kf7 50. Qc7+
Ke6 51. Qc8+ Ke5 52. Qc7+ Kf5 53. Qc8+ Be6 54. Qc5+ Kg4
55. Qxg5+ Kxg5 56. Bb6 b3 57. Kf2 Bd7 58. Bxa5 Bxa4 59. Kg3
Kf5 60. Bd2 Bd7 61. Bf4 Bb5 62. Bd2 Ke5 63. Be3 Be2 64. Kf2
Bf3 65. Bb6 Bd1 66. Ke3 Kf5 67. Bd8 Bc2 68. Be7 Bd3 69. Kf2
Bb5 70. Bd8 Ke5 71. Be7 Ke6 72. Ke3 Kf5 73. Bd8 Bd3 74. Be7
Bc2 75. Bd8 g5 76. Be7 Bd3 77. Bd8 Bb1 78. Be7 Bc2 79. Bd8 Bd1
80. Be7 Bf3 81. Bd8 g4 82. Bh4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "2.91"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kevin Terrieux"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c5 6. d5 b5
7. cxb5 Bb7 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. g3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 a6 11. bxa6 Qxb3
12. Nxb3 Nxa6 13. Bg2 Be7 14. Nbd2 c4 15. O-O Rc8 16. Re1 Nc5
17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 d5 19. e4 Nd3 20. Re2 c3 21. N2b3 cxb2
22. Bxb2 e5 23. Nb5 Nxb2 24. Rxb2 Nxe4 25. Re2 Kd7 26. a4 Bd6
27. Rxe4 dxe4 28. Rd1 Rc6 29. Na5 Ra6 30. Nc4 Rxa4 31. Rxd6+
Ke7 32. Nb6 Ra2 33. Nd5+ Kf7 34. Nbc3 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yaroslav Zherebukh"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd7
7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Bb2 Nh6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Na4 Qc6
12. Nc5 Nc4 13. Bc1 Nf5 14. Bd3 b6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. h4 h5
17. Bxf5 exf5 18. O-O g6 19. Ra2 Bg7 20. Ng5 O-O 21. Re1 Rfe8
22. Rae2 a6 23. Nh3 Rc6 24. Qd3 f6 25. exf6 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxf6
27. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yuri Rafailovich Yakovich"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5
7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4
12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. O-O Qc7 16. f3 e5
17. Kh1 Rfe8 18. Bc2 exd4 19. exd4 Nb6 20. Rc1 a4 21. d5 b3
22. Bb1 Nbd7 23. Bd4 Ba6 24. f4 Qd6 25. Rc3 Re7 26. Bf5 Nf8
27. Qa1 Rae8 28. Be5 Qb4 29. Rg3 Ng6 30. Bc3 b2 31. Qb1 Qc5
32. Bxb2 Nxd5 33. Ba3 Qa5 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Bxe7 Nxe7 36. Qe1
a3 37. Re3 a2 38. Re5 Qa3 39. h3 Bb7 40. Kh2 Kf8 41. Qc1 Qd3
42. Qb2 Bc6 43. Qxa2 Rd8 44. Rf2 Nf5 45. Nf3 Ne3 46. Ne1 Qc3
47. Qa7 Nf5 48. Qc5+ Kg8 49. Qxc6 Re8 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Azarov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1
Qc7 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Nf3 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Bf4 Nd5
17. Bg3 Nb4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng6 fxg6 20. Bxc7 Rxf2 21. Qxf2
Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxc2 23. Rac1 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Bd5 25. a3 g5
26. Be5 Rc8 27. Bc3 Kg6 28. Re2 Rc4 29. Kg3 Rf4 30. Re1 Kh5
31. h3 Kg6 32. Re5 Rc4 33. Re2 Rf4 34. Re5 Rf1 35. Re1 Rf7
36. Re5 Rc7 37. Re2 Rd7 38. Re1 Bc4 39. Kf2 g4 40. hxg4 Kg5
41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Re3 Rxe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kaido Kulaots"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Bd3 b6
7. Ne2 Bb7 8. O-O Nc6 9. c3 Nd5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nf4 Nxf4
12. Bxf4 d6 13. Nc4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bg3 g6 16. Be4 f6
17. Qc2 Kg7 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. Ne3 Bd6 21. Rd2 Ne7
22. Red1 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Bc7 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4
Qc6 27. Rd7 Kg8 28. Nd5 Rc8 29. Bh6 b5 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anthony Wirig"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bf5 9. O-O e6 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Nh4 Be4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bd3 Ndf6 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. c5 Bc7
17. b4 Nd7 18. a4 f5 19. Ra3 Rac8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 Bb8
22. Rb7 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Ra1 Rc8 25. Qd1 Bb8 26. Ra6 Qd8
27. Qa1 Qc7 28. Qa2 h6 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Nd2 31. Bd4 Nc4
32. f4 h5 33. Qf2 Qe7 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 g6 36. Qg3 Kf7
37. Ra2 Rf8 38. Rh2 Ke8 39. Rh6 Qf7 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Rg6 Kd8
42. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Denis Khismatullin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6
7. Qc2 Nf6 8. Nd2 e6 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. Ngf3 Nbd7
12. O-O cxd4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Qe4 Rc8
17. Nbd4 O-O 18. Bd2 Qc4 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. Qg4 Rfd8 21. Bh6 Bf8
22. Bg5 Rd7 23. h3 b3 24. Nd2 Qb4 25. N4xb3 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Nd3
27. Nf3 Nxb2 28. Rdb1 Nd3 29. Nbd2 h6 30. Bh4 Nc3 31. Rb3 Nxe5
32. Nxe5 Rxd2 33. Rb7 g5 34. Bg3 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Nxg3+ 36. fxg3
Rcc2 37. Rxf7 Bg7 0-1

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Viorel Iordachescu"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Qc2 b5
7. cxb5 Bxb5 8. Nc3 Ba6 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Be7 11. d5 Na5
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. h4 Qb8 16. Bg5 Qb5+
17. Kg1 Qc4 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qh3 Nb3 20. Re1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Nd4
22. Qg4 h5 23. Qd1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3
Qxc5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. Bg5 b6
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.12"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir P Malaniuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 c4 9. Bf5 Qa5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Kg7 16. Rfb1 b6
17. a4 h6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Be5 Kg6 21. f3 Bf5
22. Rb5 Bd7 23. Rbb1 Bc6 24. Kf2 Nd7 25. Bg3 Re6 26. Re1 Rae8
27. h4 a5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Nf1 f5 30. Reb1 Ba8 31. Rb2 Kf7
32. Rab1 Bc6 33. Ra1 Rc8 34. Bh2 Ke7 35. Bg3 Ba8 36. Rab1 Bc6
37. Ra1 Kf6 38. Bh2 Kg6 39. Bg3 Ba8 40. Rab1 Bc6 41. Ra1 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.14"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsky"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O a6
7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Ne5
12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Na5 Rab8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Be1 Bb6
17. b4 Be8 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. f3 Bb6 20. Bf2 Kf8 21. a3 Ke7
22. Kf1 Nc6 23. Nc4 Ba7 24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Bc5 26. Bg3 Rd8
27. Bc7 Rc8 28. Nb6 Rxc7 29. Rxc5 Nd7 30. Rc1 Nxb6 31. Nxc7
Bd7 32. Rb1 Kd6 33. Nb5+ Kc5 34. Rc1+ Kd5 35. Rd1+ Kc5 36. Nd6
Nd5 37. Nxb7+ Kb6 38. Rb1+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Valerij Sergeyevich Popov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O
7. Be2 dxc4 8. bxc4 e5 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 f5
12. Qd3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qe7 14. Rg1 Nd7 15. f4 a5 16. Qc2 Rf6
17. Rb1 b6 18. Bf3 Bc7 19. h4 Raf8 20. Kf1 exf4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6
22. exf4 Bxf4 23. d4 c5 24. Qa4 Rd8 25. Bd5+ Kf8 26. dxc5 Nxc5
27. Qa3 Qd4 28. Qf3 g6 29. Rd1 Qe5 30. Re1 Qd4 31. Rd1 Qe5
32. Kg2 Bh6 33. Rge1 Qc7 34. Qg3 Rc8 35. Re2 Bg7 36. Rde1
Qxg3+ 37. fxg3 Bc3 38. Rf1 h5 39. Rb1 Rb8 40. Bc6 Bb4 41. Rd1
Kg7 42. Rd6 Rf8 43. Re7+ Rf7 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Bd5+ Kg7
46. Rxb6 Na4 47. Ra6 Nc5 48. Rc6 Nd3 49. Kf1 Be7 50. Ra6 Bb4
51. Bf3 Nc5 52. Rc6 Na4 53. Kf2 Bc5+ 54. Ke2 Bb4 55. Kd3 Be1
56. Kc2 Bb4 57. Bd5 Nc5 58. Bf3 a4 59. Bd5 a3 60. Rb6 Be1
61. Rb5 Bf2 62. Ra5 Kf6 63. Kd2 Bd4 64. Rxa3 Ke5 65. Ke2 f4
66. gxf4+ Kxf4 67. Ra8 Bf6 68. a4 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3
O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8. Rd1 a6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5
12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4
Bd7 17. f3 Rac8 18. Bb3 Rc5 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitrij Sitnikov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3
Bb6 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O
Re8 12. Re1 d6 13. b4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. a4 Nf4 16. Bf1 Qg5
17. Kh1 h5 18. Re3 h4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Nd4 Bg6
22. Rae1 d5 23. f3 Nh5 24. Bd3 c5 25. e5 Qf4 26. Nc6 d4
27. cxd4 cxd4 28. Re4 Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 d3 31. Bxd3
Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Rxa4 33. Qd7 Rea8 34. e6 Ra1 35. exf7+ Qxf7
36. Ne7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5
Qd6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Qxc6+ bxc6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 Be6 11. a3
Rb8 12. e3 O-O 13. Na4 Bc8 14. Nc5 a5 15. O-O Rb5 16. d4 e5
17. a4 Rb6 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. e4 Nb4 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Na6
22. Rfc1 Rd8 23. Bf1 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxb2 25. Rxa5 Bg4 26. Rc5
Be2 27. Bxe2 Rxe2 28. Rc4 Rdd2 29. Rf1 Ra2 30. Kg2 Ra3 31. f5
Kg7 32. fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Andrey Zontakh"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Na6
7. e3 Nxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Be5 O-O 11. Be2 Bf6
12. O-O Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nf3 Rd8 15. Rc1 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 Rd7 18. Qc2 b6 19. Rfd1 Qe5 20. b4 Ne6 21. Qa4 Rd6
22. Rc6 Ng5 23. Bg4 Ne4 24. Qxa7 Rdd8 25. Qc7 Qb2 26. Qf4 Qxb4
27. Rc7 Qf8 28. Bf3 Qe8 29. Rb7 Nf6 30. Rc1 Qa4 31. Qxa4 Rxa4
32. Rc2 Rb4 33. Rcc7 Rf8 34. g4 h6 35. Ra7 b5 36. Rcb7 Ne4
37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Ra5 Rc8 41. Rbxb5
Rxb5 42. Rxb5 f6 43. Rb4 Re8 44. a4 Re5 45. Rb5 Re6 46. Kf1
Kf7 47. Ke2 Kg6 48. a5 Rc6 49. Rb2 Ra6 50. Ra2 f5 51. gxf5+
Kxf5 52. Ra4 Kg6 53. Ke1 Kh5 54. Kd2 Rf6 55. Ke2 Ra6 56. Ke1
Kg6 57. Kd2 Rf6 58. a6 Rxf2+ 59. Kc3 Rf8 60. a7 Ra8 61. Kd4 g4
62. Kxe4 Kg5 63. Ra5+ Kh4 64. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Maletin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5
7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. e3 Nh5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. h4 h6 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Rg1 Ng4 15. Ng5 hxg5 16. Bxg4 gxh4
17. Bf3 Nc6 18. O-O-O Rac8 19. g3 Ba6 20. gxh4 Ne5 21. Be2
Nxc4 22. Qa4 Qf6 23. Qxa6 Nxb2 24. Kxb2 Rxc3 25. Rd4 Rfc8
26. Rf1 Rc2+ 27. Kb1 R8c3 28. Qb5 Rc5 29. Qd3 R2c3 30. Qd2
Rb3+ 31. Ka2 Rcc3 32. Bd1 Rxa3+ 33. Kb2 Rd3 34. Qb4 Rxd4
35. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 36. exd4 Rd3 37. Bc2 Rxd4 38. Ra1 a5 39. Kc3
Rxh4 40. Rb1 Rf4 41. Rxb6 Kf8 42. Rb7 d5 43. Ra7 Rxf2 44. Rxa5
g5 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. a3 d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Rc1
Rhd8 17. Ba5 b6 18. Bc3 f6 19. O-O Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.15"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 Re8
7. Nge2 d6 8. Ng3 b5 9. Bf4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6
12. O-O c4 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Be3 d5 16. e5 d4
17. Bxd4 Ng4 18. fxg4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Nd5 Rab8 21. Rac1
Rxe5 22. Nxb4 Rxb4 23. b3 h5 24. gxh5 cxb3 25. axb3 Nxb3
26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. h3 Rb7 28. Rd1 Rc5 29. Rf8 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Nxc1
31. Ne4 Re7 32. Nd6 Ne2 33. g4 g6 34. Rxf7+ Rxf7 35. Nxf7 gxh5
36. gxh5 a5 37. Nd6 a4 38. Nb5 Kh6 39. Kg2 Kxh5 40. Kf2 Kh4
41. Kxe2 a3 42. Nxa3 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.16"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Nikolai Chadaev"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4
7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Qe2 Nbd7
12. O-O Ne5 13. Ba2 Rd8 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Qxb2
17. Rfb1 Qe5 18. Bc3 Qg5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rb3 e5 21. Bb2 Bg4
22. Qf1 Kh8 23. Rxb7 Rab8 24. f4 exf4 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Bxf6+
Kg8 27. axb5 Nb4 28. Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Rbxa7 Rd7 30. Bc4 Rc8
31. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Matlakov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4
12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 Rad8 16. Rac1 c5
17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
Bd6 22. Rd5 Be7 23. Re5 Bd6 24. Rd5 Be7 25. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+
12. Kf1 b6 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Kg1 Nb8 15. Ne5 Ba6 16. Rd1 Qa4
17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf6 20. h4 Re8 21. Re3 Rc8
22. Rhh3 Qc2 23. Rc3 Qb1+ 24. Kh2 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Na6 26. Re3 h6
27. d6 Nc5 28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Bc3 Bxh4 30. Nc6 Qg6 31. Qd5 Kh7
32. Ne7 Qg5 33. Qf3 f5 34. Re5 Qg4 35. Rxf5 Qxf3 36. Rxf3 Rxf3
37. gxf3 Bxf2 38. Nc8 Kg6 39. Nxa7 Kf7 40. Nc6 Ke6 41. Bxg7
Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. d5 Ne7
7. Nge2 a6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Bc5 11. Rb1 h5 12. h3
Nh7 13. e4 f5 14. b4 Ba7 15. Qd3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Be3
Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qd7 19. Kh2 Rf7 20. N2c3 Bg6 21. Qd2 Raf8
22. Rbe1 h4 23. c5 Qd8 24. a3 Nf5 25. Ne2 Nxg3 26. N4xg3 hxg3+
27. fxg3 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxf1 29. Bxf1 Qf6 30. Kg1 Qf3 31. cxd6
cxd6 32. Bg2 Qxa3 33. Kh2 Nf6 34. Ng1 Be4 35. Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. dxc5 d4 12. Ne4
dxe3 13. fxe3 Nd5 14. Bc4 Nxf4 15. exf4 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rad8
17. Qe3 b6 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Be2 Nb4 21. a3 Nd5
22. Nd4 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 f5 24. N4c3 Bf6 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc2
Rfd8 27. Rfc1 Rd2 28. Nc3 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Ra8
31. Ra2 Rc8 32. Rc2 Ra8 33. Ra2 Rc8 34. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.22"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Kurnosov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5
12. h4 Bd7 13. Rh3 Rac8 14. Kb1 Rfd8 15. h5 h6 16. g4 Be8
17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Ne4 19. Be2 Nxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3
Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rc8 23. Kb2 Kf8 24. g5 Rc5 25. Bd3 Bb5 26. Rg1
Bc4 27. Rd1 Rb5+ 28. Kc1 Rc5 29. Kb2 Rb5+ 30. Kc1 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.23"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Bg4 11. b4 Bb6
12. Bg5 d4 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Qd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. h3 Bf5 18. g4 Bg6 19. f4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Re7 21. Kg2 Qd7
22. Bxh7+ Kg7 23. Be4 Rae8 24. Bf3 Re3 25. Qf5 Rxe2+ 26. Bxe2
Rxe2+ 27. Kg3 Re3+ 28. Kh2 Re2+ 29. Kg3 Re3+ 30. Kh2 Re2+
31. Kg3 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.24"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Galkin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. Qc2 b6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfc1 Rc8
12. Qa4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Qxa7 bxc4 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 c5
17. Qb7 cxd4 18. Bc7 Qe8 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nxd4 Nd6 21. Bxd6 Bxd6
22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. b5 Be5 25. Ra7 Bxd4 26. Rxd7
g6 27. e3 Rc1+ 28. Bf1 Bc5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Be2 Rb1 31. Rc7 Bb4
32. Rd7 Be1 33. h4 h5 34. Kf1 Bc3+ 35. Kg2 Re1 36. Bf1 Rb1
37. Bd3 Rb3 38. Kf1 Rb4 39. Rc7 Bf6 40. Rd7 Rb3 41. Be2 Rb1+
42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.25"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. f3 d5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Re8 11. Bd3 h6
12. Bf4 c6 13. g4 Nf8 14. h4 Ne6 15. Bg3 c5 16. Ne2 Bd7
17. Kf2 Rc8 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Be5 Nxd4 20. exd4 c4 21. Qb4 Qxb4
22. axb4 cxd3 23. Nc3 Rc4 24. Kg3 Be6 25. b5 Nd7 26. Rxa7 Nxe5
27. dxe5 Rb4 28. Rxb7 d4 29. Ne4 Bd5 30. Rd7 Bxe4 31. fxe4
Rxe5 32. Rd1 Rxe4 33. Rxd3 Rxb5 34. R7xd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Rb3+
36. Kf4 Rxb2 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. h5 Rb4+ 39. Kg3 Rb5 40. Rf8 Rb7
41. Kf4 g6 42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.26"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Khairullin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 c6
7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4
12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 Rad8 16. a3 c5
17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
Bd6 22. Rd5 Be7 23. Re5 Bd6 24. Rd5 Be7 25. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 O-O 10. e4 Re8 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. f3 Qe7 14. Bb5 Rf8 15. Nc4 Rad8 16. Ne3 Bxc3 17. bxc3
Qe5 18. Rc1 g6 19. Re1 Kg7 20. Qa4 Qh5 21. Bg3 a6 22. Be2 b5
23. Qd1 1-0

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Csaba Balogh"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3
Qxc5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. Bg5 b6
12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Bh4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. c4 g6
17. a3 a5 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Bg5 Ng8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Bc2 Bc6
22. Qf4 f6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. b4 e5 25. Qe4 axb4 26. axb4 Qc7
27. f4 Nc6 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Bb3 Qe7 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Rc8
32. Qd4 Qd6 33. Ra1 Rc7 34. Kh1 h5 35. h3 Re7 36. Qf4 Rc7
37. Qd4 Nf7 38. Re1 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mohamed Ezat"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "316"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Qd2 a6 8. Na3 Rb8 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Nc2 b5 11. cxb5 axb5
12. b4 e6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Be2 Ne7 15. O-O c6 16. Bg5 Qc7
17. a3 Nc8 18. f4 Rf8 19. Bh4 Ne8 20. Kh1 f6 21. Ne3 Ra8
22. Qc1 Qa7 23. Nc2 Nb6 24. Bf2 Qb7 25. Bd3 f5 26. e5 d5
27. Na1 Nc4 28. Nb3 Qc8 29. a4 bxa4 30. Nc5 a3 31. Bxc4 dxc4
32. N3a4 Rb8 33. Qxa3 Nc7 34. Rc1 Nd5 35. Be1 Ra8 36. Qf3 Bh6
37. Qg3 Rf7 38. Bd2 Be8 39. Nb2 c3 40. Bxc3 Rfa7 41. Nc4 Bf7
42. Bd2 Bf8 43. Na5 Rb8 44. Rb1 Be8 45. Rfc1 Rb5 46. Nc4 Ra2
47. Qb3 Qa8 48. Rb2 Ra1 49. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 50. Rb1 Qxd4 51. Nxe6
Qf2 52. Qd3 Bxb4 53. Nd4 Rb8 54. Rf1 Qh4 55. Bxb4 Rxb4 56. Nd6
Nxf4 57. Qd2 Nd5 58. N4xf5 gxf5 59. Nxe8 Rf4 60. Nf6+ Kf7
61. Rg1 Qf2 62. Qd1 Nxf6 63. exf6 Kxf6 64. Qd6+ Kf7 65. Qd7+
Kg8 66. h3 Re4 67. Qxc6 Kf7 68. Qd5+ Kg7 69. Qd1 Re2 70. Qd3
Kg6 71. Qc3 Kf7 72. Qc7+ Kg6 73. Qc1 Kf7 74. Qh6 Kg8 75. Qg5+
Kf7 76. Kh2 Re6 77. Rd1 Qc5 78. Kh1 Qe5 79. Rd7+ Re7 80. Rxe7+
Qxe7 81. Qxf5+ Kg7 82. Qg4+ Kf7 83. Kh2 Qc7+ 84. Qg3 Qc1
85. Qe5 Qa3 86. Qf4+ Kg6 87. Qg4+ Kh6 88. Qh4+ Kg6 89. Qf4 Qc3
90. Qd6+ Kf7 91. Qg3 Qd2 92. Qf3+ Kg7 93. Kg3 Qe1+ 94. Kg4
Qe6+ 95. Qf5 Qe2+ 96. Kg3 Qe1+ 97. Kh2 Qd2 98. Qe5+ Kg6
99. Qe4+ Kg7 100. Kg3 Qc3+ 101. Kg4 Qc5 102. Qf5 Qd4+ 103. Kh5
Qd6 104. Qg4+ Kh8 105. Qg5 Qd4 106. Qf5 Qd6 107. Qe4 Kg7
108. Qg4+ Kh8 109. Qg5 Qd4 110. g3 Qd1+ 111. g4 Qd6 112. Qe3
Qg6+ 113. Kh4 Qf6+ 114. Kg3 Qd6+ 115. Qf4 Qa3+ 116. Kh4 Qe7+
117. Kh5 Qe8+ 118. Kg5 Qg6+ 119. Kh4 Qe8 120. Qd4+ Kg8
121. Qf6 Qe2 122. Kh5 Qd3 123. h4 Qe4 124. Qg5+ Kh8 125. Qf5
Qe8+ 126. Kg5 Qg8+ 127. Kh5 Qe8+ 128. Kh6 Qe6+ 129. Kg5 Qg8+
130. Kf4 Qc4+ 131. Qe4 Qf1+ 132. Kg5 Qc1+ 133. Kf5 Qf1+
134. Ke6 Qa6+ 135. Kf7 Qa7+ 136. Qe7 Qa2+ 137. Qe6 Qa7+
138. Kf6 Qf2+ 139. Qf5 Qb6+ 140. Ke7 Qa7+ 141. Qd7 Qe3+
142. Kd8 Qb6+ 143. Ke8 Qe3+ 144. Qe7 Qxe7+ 145. Kxe7 Kg7
146. Ke6 Kg6 147. Ke5 Kg7 148. Kf5 Kf7 149. Ke5 Ke7 150. g5
Kf7 151. Kf5 Kg7 152. Kg4 h6 153. Kf5 hxg5 154. hxg5 Kf7
155. g6+ Kg7 156. Kg5 Kg8 157. Kf6 Kf8 158. g7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. b4 a5
7. b5 c5 8. bxc6 bxc6 9. c5 d6 10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. e4 Qc7
12. Bb2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bc4 Bb7 16. O-O Rd8
17. Qe2 Nc6 18. Rfc1 Qe7 19. a4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Bd3 Bb4
22. Nf3 Rd7 23. h3 Rad8 24. Ba6 Ba8 25. Qe3 Rd6 26. Bb5 Qb7
27. Rc4 Qb8 28. Rf1 Rd1 29. Rc1 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Rc8 31. Rd1 Bc5
32. Qh6 Qg3 33. Qxf6 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Bxe4 35. Bc4 Re8 36. Qg5+
Bg6 37. Re1 Bb4 38. Rf1 Qc5 39. Ne5 Bc3 40. Bb5 Rf8 41. Nxf7
Qxg5 42. Nxg5 Rxf1+ 43. Bxf1 e5 44. Bc4+ Kf8 45. Bd5 Ke7
46. Ne4 Bd4 47. Bc6 Bf7 48. g4 Bb3 49. Kg2 Bd1 50. Bb5 h5
51. gxh5 Bxh5 52. h4 Bg6 53. Kf3 Bh5+ 54. Kg2 Bd1 55. Kg3 Kf7
56. Bd7 Bc2 57. Kf3 Bd1+ 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Bc6 Kf5 60. Nd6+ Ke6
61. Ne4 Bc2 62. Kg4 Bxe4 63. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamir Nabaty"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Ne7
7. Nge2 Ng6 8. Ng3 c5 9. f4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 d4
12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Qf2 Bxh1 15. Nxh1 Bb4 16. Bb5+
Kf8 17. Ng3 Qa5 18. O-O-O Bxc3 19. Qc5+ Kg8 20. bxc3 a6
21. Nh5 Qxb5 22. Qc7 h6 23. Rd7 Rf8 24. f5 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Parimarjan Negi"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. e3 Qc7 11. Nc3 Ne4
12. Ne1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. e4 Be6 16. Nf3 f6
17. h4 Rad8 18. h5 h6 19. Nh4 Rfe8 20. Be3 Ba3 21. d5 Bd7
22. c4 cxd5 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. cxd5 Rc8 25. Kh2 Qc4 26. Qf3 Qc3
27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Kxh3 Rc2 30. f3 Bc5 31. Nf5 Ra8
32. a4 Rc4 33. d6 Kf7 34. Rd5 Rc3 35. Kg4 Rd8 36. a5 Rd7
37. axb6 Bxb6 38. Ra8 Rc6 39. Rb5 Bc5 40. Ne7 Rcxd6 41. Ng6 b6
42. Rf8+ Ke6 43. Re8+ Kf7 44. Rf8+ Ke6 45. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexei Mikhailovich Bezgodov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. dxc5 Nc6
7. Qe2 Bxc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. f4 Nf5 11. Bf2 h5
12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 Qb6 15. Bd3 Ne3 16. c3 Ng4
17. Qe2 Qe3 18. h3 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Nh6 20. g4 Ng8 21. Nc5 Bc8
22. b4 Nge7 23. a3 g6 24. Nb3 b6 25. a4 a5 26. bxa5 Nxa5
27. Nxa5 Rxa5 28. Rhb1 Bd7 29. Rxb6 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rxa4
31. Rxa4 Bxa4 32. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexei Mikhailovich Bezgodov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O
7. Nf3 Bf5 8. h3 c6 9. g4 Be4 10. g5 Nh5 11. Bxb8 Rxb8
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 g6 14. h4 c5 15. dxc5 Qa5 16. a3 Qxc5
17. Nxe4 Qe5 18. Qc2 Rbc8 19. Nc3 Ng3 20. Rh3 Nxf1 21. Kxf1
Qe6 22. Kg2 Rc4 23. f4 Qc6+ 24. Kh2 b5 25. Qg2 Rd8 26. h5 Bf8
27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Kg3 Bg7 30. Nxb5 Rb6 31. Nd4
Rxb2 32. Rd1 Ra2 33. Rd3 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexei Mikhailovich Bezgodov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 d4
12. Nb5 Bb6 13. e4 Qd7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Na3 Rfe8 16. f3 Nb4
17. Nc4 Bc7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. e5 Nxa2 20. exf6 Nxc1 21. Nxc1
gxf6 22. Nd2 Bg6 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. Kh1 h5 26. Qd2
h4 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Qf4 f5 29. Rc7 Qe5 30. Qxe5+ Rxe5 31. Nf2
Rde8 32. Nxd4 Rd5 33. Ne2 Red8 34. Nf4 R5d7 35. Rc3 Rd4
36. Ne2 Rb4 37. b3 Rd7 38. Kg1 a5 39. Nc1 f4 40. Bxg6 fxg6
41. Nfd3 Rbd4 42. Kf2 b5 43. Ke2 a4 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. Kd2 g5
46. Kc2 R4d5 47. Rc4 Ra5 48. Nc5 Rda7 49. Kb2 a3+ 50. Ka2 Re7
51. Rc2 Kg6 52. N1b3 Raa7 53. Ne4 Rec7 54. Rd2 Rd7 55. Rc2
Rdc7 56. Rd2 Rd7 57. Re2 Re7 58. Rc2 Rec7 59. Rxc7 Rxc7
60. Nbc5 Ra7 61. Ne6 Kf5 62. Nd4+ Kg6 63. Ne6 Kf5 64. Nd4+ Kg6
65. Nb5 Rd7 66. Nbc3 Ra7 67. Nb5 Rd7 68. Nbc3 Ra7 69. Nb5 Rd7
70. Nbc3 Ra7 71. Nd6 Rd7 72. Nde4 Ra7 73. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexei Mikhailovich Bezgodov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1
Qc7 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexei Mikhailovich Bezgodov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Bd6
12. Bb1 Re8 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. h3 Rad8 15. Nd4 Qb4 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. Na4 d4 18. a3 Qb8 19. exd4 Bb3 20. Bc2 Bxa4 21. Bxa4
Qxb2 22. Bxc6 Rxd4 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Rc8 25. Rfc1 Kf8
26. Bb5 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxc2 28. Re1 g6 29. g3 h5 30. Kg2 Rb2
31. Ba4 Rb6 32. Re3 Ra6 33. Bb5 Rb6 34. Re5 Rd6 35. Be2 Rd7
36. Bf3 Rc7 37. a4 Nd7 38. Rb5 Nc5 39. a5 Ke7 40. g4 hxg4
41. hxg4 Kd6 42. Kg3 g5 43. Rb8 f6 44. Rd8+ Ke7 45. Rb8 Kd6
46. Rf8 Ke7 47. Rb8 Kd6 48. Rd8+ Ke7 49. Rh8 Kd6 50. Be2 Ne6
51. Ra8 Nd4 52. Bf1 Nb3 53. a6 Nc5 54. Kf3 Re7 55. Bb5 Ne6
56. Bc4 Rc7 57. Bf1 Rc3+ 58. Ke4 Rc7 59. Kf5 Ke7 60. Kg6 Nf4+
61. Kh6 Kd6 62. Rb8 Ke6 63. Rb7 Re7 64. Bc4+ Kd6 65. f3 Rd7
66. Bb3 Re7 67. Bc2 Rd7 68. Be4 Re7 69. Bf5 Nd5 70. Kg6 Rxb7
71. axb7 Kc7 72. Be4 Nc3 73. Kxf6 a5 74. Bc2 Kxb7 75. Kxg5 Kc6
76. Kf6 Kd6 77. g5 Nd5+ 78. Kf7 Nf4 79. g6 Nh5 80. f4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Mikhailovich Bezgodov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. cxd5
exd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Qg4
Ne6 17. h4 Rab8 18. b3 Rb4 19. Qg3 h5 20. Ng5 Rg4 21. Qd3 Nxg5
22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Ba3 Be7 24. Bb2 Qd7 25. Rac1 c5 26. Rcd1 d4
27. Re2 Qd5 28. f3 Rg6 29. Bc1 h4 30. Qf5 a5 31. f4 a4 32. Rd3
axb3 33. axb3 Rb8 34. Rb2 Rgb6 35. Qh3 c4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. d5
Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bg7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Qe7 16. Qg6+ Kf8
17. Ne4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxh6 Rxh6 20. Qxh6+ Bg7 21. Qg6
c5 22. Nxg5 Bd5 23. Bg4 Re8 24. Kf1 c3 25. bxc3 Bc4+ 26. Kg1
Kg8 27. Re1 Qd7 28. Re4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5
12. Bd3 Ncb4 13. Bb1 b6 14. Qe4 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qe5 Bf6
17. Qg3 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nb5 Re7 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Be4 Nbd5
22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Ra3 f6 24. Ne4 Ba6 25. Nbd6 Rd7 26. a5 bxa5
27. Rda1 Qb6 28. Rxa5 Be2 29. h4 a6 30. h5 Bxh5 31. R5a4 Rad8
32. Rxa6 Qxd4 33. Qa3 Nf4 34. Ra7 g5 35. Nc5 Rxa7 36. Qxa7+
Kg8 37. Nde4 Rf8 38. g3 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 f5 40. Nxe6 Qxa7 41. Rxa7
fxe4 42. Nxf8 Kxf8 43. b4 Nc3 44. Ra5 h6 45. b5 Nxb5 46. Rxb5
Kg7 47. Kg1 Be2 48. Rb2 Bf3 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. Kf1
h5 52. Ke1 Kh7 53. Rb1 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Nb3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bd7 8. f3 Be7 9. Na5 Bc6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. c3
Bxc5 12. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Potkin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. h3 Bxf3
7. Bxf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 a5 10. Bg2 a4 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Qe2
dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. b4 axb3 16. cxb3 Nc5 17. Bb2
Rfd8 18. Nc4 Nfd7 19. Qc2 Ne6 20. b4 b5 21. Ne3 Nb6 22. h4 Na4
23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bh3 Nxb2 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qxb2 c5 27. Rc1
c4 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Qd7 30. Nc3 Bd8 31. Qc2 Bb6 32. a4
bxa4 33. Qxa4 Qc8 34. Qc2 Bd4 35. Qb2 Qb7 36. Kf1 h6 37. f3
Qb6 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Kf1 Ke8 40. Qa3 Kf7 41. Ne2 Qc7 42. Nc3
Qb6 43. Ne2 Qc7 44. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Potkin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qa5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5
12. Ne2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 f6 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 fxe5 16. fxe5
O-O 17. Ke3 Nd7 18. Nxe6 Re8 19. Nc7 Rxe5+ 20. Kd4 Re4+
21. Kc3 d4+ 22. Kd2 Ra7 23. Nd5 Ne5 24. Bd3 Rg4 25. Rhg1 Nxd3
26. cxd3 Be6 27. h3 Rg3 28. Nf4 Bf5 29. Rae1 Rf7 30. Re8+ Rf8
31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rf1 Ke7 33. Rf2 Kd6 34. Nh5 Rxd3+ 35. Kc1
g6 36. Nf6 h5 37. Nxh5 Re3 38. Nf4 Ke5 39. Ne2 a5 40. Kd2 Rb3
41. Kc1 b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Ng1 Be4 44. Re2 Re3 45. g4 g5
46. Kd1 Rg3 47. Re1 d3 48. Rf1 Kd4 49. Ke1 b3 50. Kd1 Rg2
51. Nf3+ Bxf3+ 52. Rxf3 Rxb2 53. Rf8 Rh2 54. Rd8+ Ke3 55. Re8+
Kf4 56. Rf8+ Kg3 57. Rd8 Rh1+ 58. Kd2 b2 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 Nd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. a4 a6 10. Nc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bd2
Nf6 13. h3 Qd7 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Nh2 h5 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Bg5 Rfe8
18. Bc2 Nf5 19. Ncd2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1
Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. Bd3 Bc6 25. Qd2 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Qe8
27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Qe2 b4 29. Bb5 Qa8 30. Qe1 bxc3 31. bxc3 Qa5
32. Bc4 Nb6 33. Qe2 Nd6 34. Nxd6 cxd6 35. Bd8 Qa1+ 36. Qf1 Qb2
37. Bxb6 Qxb6 38. h4 Qb2 39. Qd3 d5 40. Bb5 Bh6 41. g3 Bd2
42. c4 Be1 43. Qf1 dxc4 44. Bxc4 Qxd4 45. Qxe1 Qxc4 46. Qe5
Qd5 47. Qc3 e5 48. Qc8+ Kg7 49. Qc3 Kf6 50. Qe3 Ke6 51. Qc3
Qd4 52. Qc6+ Qd6 53. Qc4+ Kf6 54. Qc3 Qd5 55. Qe3 Kf5 56. Qg5+
Ke6 57. Qe3 f6 58. Qc3 Kf5 59. Qc8+ Ke4 60. Qc2+ Kf3 61. Qc3+
Kg4 62. Kh2 Qf3 63. Qc2 e4 64. Qd2 e3 65. Qd4+ Kf5 66. Qc5+
Ke6 67. Qb6+ Ke5 68. Qc5+ Ke6 69. Qb6+ Kd7 70. Qa7+ Ke6
71. Qb6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.25"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Berge Ostenstad"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. e5 Nb4 11. Nh3 Be6
12. Kb1 Qd7 13. Nf4 Rfd8 14. h4 Bf7 15. a3 a5 16. Qc1 Bb3
17. Rd2 e6 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. h5 b5
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bg5 Rf8 24. Na4 Qd5 25. Nc5 Kf7 26. Qc2 a4
27. Nd3 Rh8 28. Rc1 c6 29. Nf4 Qd7 30. g4 Bh6 31. Bxh6 Rxh6
32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Rh2 Rah8 34. Rxh6 Rxh6 35. Qg2 Qd8 36. Rg1
Qh8 37. Kc1 Ke8 38. Qg5 Rh1 39. Kd2 Rxg1 40. Qxg1 Kd7 41. Kc3
Kc7 42. Qg5 Qh2 43. Qe7+ Kb6 44. Qd8+ Kb7 45. Qd7+ Kb6
46. Nxe6 Bxe6 47. Qxe6 Qf4 48. Qg8 Qe3+ 49. Kc2 Qe2+ 50. Kb1
Qxf3 51. Qb8+ Ka6 52. Qa8+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hans Tikkanen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7
7. a3 b6 8. b4 d6 9. Rb1 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Qd7 12. Qb3
Kh8 13. Bb2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 e5 16. a4 f5 17. f3 g5
18. Bc1 g4 19. f4 fxe4 20. dxe4 Rac8 21. Bd2 Ng8 22. b5 Qe6
23. Rbc1 Qg6 24. Qd3 Nf6 25. f5 Qh5 26. Bb4 Rfd8 27. Rc2 Qf7
28. Nc1 Bh6 29. Nb3 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxc4 32. Nd2
Rxb4 33. Rfc1 Bxd2 34. Rc7 Bxe4+ 35. Qxe4 Qf6 36. Qb7 Bxc1
37. Rf7 Qh6 38. Qe7 Bg5 39. f6 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Rainer Polzin"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. Nge2 Qa5 8. Nc1 cxd4 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Be6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 Qa5 16. Rc1 Rac8
17. f4 Nf6 18. Bf3 a6 19. a4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 b5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Nxb5 Qe3 23. f5 Bd7 24. Re1 Qc5 25. Nd4 h5 26. Qd2 Rh8
27. Ra1 Qe5 28. Ra5 Rc5 29. Ra7 Ng4 30. g3 Nf6 31. Bg2 h4
32. Nf3 Nxe4 33. Nxe5 Nxd2 34. f6+ exf6 35. Nxf7 Rhh5 36. Rxd7
hxg3 37. Nxd6+ Kh6 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5
12. Bd2 Ncb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nb3 Qd6
12. Qc2 Qg6 13. Bd2 f4 14. Rfc1 Rf6 15. Na5 f3 16. exf3 exf3
17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. a3 Re8 20. b4 Bf8 21. Bg5 Rf5
22. h4 Ne7 23. Nc4 Rd5 24. Ne5 Rxd4 25. Be3 Rd5 26. Bc4 Be6
27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxa7 Nf5 29. Nxg6 Bd6 30. Bc5 Kh7 31. h5
Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Nd4 33. Rd1 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Kh6 35. g4 Re4 36. Kh3
Nd4 37. Kg3 Kg5 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 39. Ne5 Kf6 40. Nxc6 Rd3 41. b5
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nb3 Bd6
12. Bd2 Qe8 13. e3 Be6 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. Na5 Bd5 16. b3 Rf6
17. Qe2 h5 18. h4 Qg6 19. Nc4 Re8 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Re6
22. Bc3 Qh6 23. f4 exf3 24. Bxf3 Rg6 25. Kh2 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rg4
27. Qd3 g5 28. Qd7 Qg6 29. hxg5 h4 30. Be1 hxg3+ 31. Bxg3 Kf7
32. Rcf1 Rh8+ 33. Kg2 Rxg5 34. e4 Rhh5 35. exf5 Rxf5 36. Qxc7
Qg4 37. Rxf5+ Rxf5 38. Rxf5+ Qxf5 39. Qxa7 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 Qh7+
41. Kg1 Qb1+ 42. Kf2 Qf5+ 43. Ke1 Qb1+ 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Qa6
Qe4+ 46. Kf2 Qd4+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. Kh2 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qh6+
50. Kg4 Qg6+ 51. Kf3 Qf5+ 52. Ke3 Nd5+ 53. Kd4 Qg4+ 54. Kc5
Qb4+ 55. Kxc6 Qe7 56. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Kh1 Bd6
12. dxc5 Ng4 13. Bd2 Bxc5 14. Qe1 Ne3 15. Bxe3 Bxe3 16. g3 Bb6
17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Nd1 g6 21. c3 d4
22. Nf2 dxc3 23. Ng4 Qg7 24. bxc3 Ba5 25. Rb1 b6 26. Be4 Bxc3
27. Rfd1 Nb4 28. Nge5 Nd5 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Qd3 Bf6 31. Bxd5
exd5 32. Qxd5+ Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Re2 34. Rd2 Rxd2 35. Nxd2 Re8
36. a4 Re2 37. Nc4 Ra2 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rb7+ Ke6
41. Rxa7 Bc3 42. Rxh7 Kd5 43. Rc7 Ke4 44. Nd6+ Kd3 45. f5 gxf5
46. Nxf5 Re2 47. Ra7 Kc4 48. h4 Kb4 49. Rb7+ Kc5 50. Rc7+ Kb4
51. Rb7+ Kc5 52. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O
7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6
12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 b5 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nd7
17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qd6 20. Qg5 Qf6 21. Qxf6
exf6 22. Rd4 Rfd8 23. Re1 Kf8 24. g4 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4
26. Rxc4 bxc4 27. f3 f5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Kf2 f4 30. Re4 Rd7
31. Rd4 Ke7 32. h4 h6 33. Re4+ Kf8 34. Rxc4 Bxd5 35. Rd4 Be6
36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Nd5 Bc6 38. Nxf4 Ke7 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Nd3 a5
41. Nf2 Ke6 42. b4 a4 43. Ne4 Kd5 44. b5 Bxb5 45. Nc3+ Kc4
46. Nxb5 Kxb5 47. Kd4 h5 48. Kd5 Kb6 49. f4 Kc7 50. Kc5 Kd7
51. Kb5 Ke6 52. Kxa4 Kf5 53. Kb5 Kxf4 54. a4 f5 55. a5 Ke3
56. a6 f4 57. a7 f3 58. a8=Q f2 59. Qg2 Ke2 60. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c6 11. Qc2 Be6
12. e3 Nd7 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. a3 Bd6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Nb5 Kb8
17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Kb1 h5 19. Rc1 h4 20. gxh4 gxh4 21. Nf3 h3
22. gxh3 Rxh3 23. Rxh3 Bxh3 24. Bf5 Qf6 25. Bxh3 Qxf3 26. Qf5
Qxf5+ 27. Bxf5 Kc7 28. Rh1 Kd6 29. Rh6+ Ke7 30. Bxd7 Rxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. a3 b6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. exf6 Nxf6
12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Nb5 Be7 15. Qh3 Qc8 16. c4 Ne4
17. dxc5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxc5 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. b4 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Qf5 23. Qg3 Qh5 24. Nd6 Bc6 25. b5 Be8
26. Nxe4 Bg6 27. Nd6 Qe2 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rf8 30. a4 Rxf3
31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 h5 33. Rxa7 Rb3 34. c5 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4
7. e5 Nd5 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc5
12. Qe4 Bd7 13. Qg4 Nc6 14. Qxg7 O-O-O 15. Qg4 Rhg8 16. Qxc4
Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxg2 18. Bd3 Nde7 19. Bxh7 Rh8 20. Bc2 Ng6
21. Kf1 Rg4 22. Re1 Na5 23. Rg1 Rxg1+ 24. Kxg1 Nc4 25. Bg5 Rg8
26. Kf1 Bc6 27. Nd4 Bd5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Ngxe5 30. Bf4
Nd3 31. Nb5 Ncb2 32. Nxa7+ Kd7 33. Rd4+ Ke7 34. Bd6+ Kf6
35. Ke2 Ra8 36. Nb5 Nc1+ 37. Kf3 Rxa4 38. Rxa4 Nxa4 39. Ke4
Nb3 40. Be5+ Kg6 41. Bd4 Nb2 42. Nd6 Nd2+ 43. Ke3 Ndc4+
44. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 45. Kd3 b5 46. Ke4 Kg5 47. Be3+ Kg4 48. Kd4 e5+
49. Kd5 f5 50. Bc5 f4 51. Kc6 Nd2 52. Kxb5 Ne4 53. Ba7 Nxc3+
54. Kc4 Ne4 55. h3+ Kf5 56. Kd3 Ng5 57. h4 e4+ 58. Ke2 Nf3
59. h5 Kg5 60. Bb8 Nd4+ 61. Kd2 Nf5 62. f3 exf3 63. Ke1 Kg4
64. Kf2 Nh6 65. Bc7 Nf7 66. Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. a3 Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bb6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Rxc4 h6
17. a4 a6 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Qe4 Rb8 20. Bd3 Ne7 21. a5 Ba7
22. Ke2 Bb5 23. Rc3 Bc6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Bxa6 O-O
27. g4 Rfd8 28. f5 exf5 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Rxc6 Rxb4 31. Bc4
Rb2 32. Bd3 Nd4+ 33. Nxd4 Qxd4 34. Qxd4 Bxd4 35. e6 fxe6
36. Bc2 e5 37. a6 Rb6 38. Be4 Rxc6 39. Bxc6 Rc8 40. Bb7 Rc7
41. Be3 Rc2+ 42. Kd1 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4
Qxc5 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Qh5 Re8 15. O-O g6 16. Qh6
Qf8 17. Qxf8+ Rxf8 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nc5 Nd5
21. Nxb7 Nxf4 22. exf4 Be6 23. c4 Rfc8 24. Nd6 Rc6 25. Rfd1
Rd8 26. c5 Bxa2 27. Nxe4 Rd5 28. Re1 Rd4 29. Rcd1 Rxd1
30. Rxd1 Kg7 31. f3 Be6 32. Ra1 a6 33. Ra5 Bc4 34. g4 f5
35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Nd6 Bb5 37. Nxf5+ Kh8 38. Kf2 Rxc5 39. Nd4
Kg8 40. Ra1 Kf7 41. Re1 Rh5 42. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4
Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 9. Ne2 c5 10. a4 Qc7 11. dxc5 Qxc5
12. Qd2 Nb6 13. a5 Nbd5 14. c4 Ne7 15. Ba3 Qe5 16. Qc3 Qxc3+
17. Nxc3 a6 18. g3 Bd7 19. Bg2 Bc6 20. O-O Nf5 21. Rae1 Nd4
22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nd2 26. Rh4
Nxf1 27. Kxf1 Rd8 28. c5 Rd2 29. Rb4 Rg5 30. Rxb7 Rxc2 31. c6
Rxc6 32. Re7+ Kd8 33. Rxf7 Rxa5 34. Bb4 Rf5 35. Ra7 Rc2
36. Be1 Rc1 37. f4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Be6
12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Be2 c5 14. Qa3 a5 15. O-O Na6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6
17. Rc3 Kf8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rfc1 c4 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Nd4
a4 22. f3 Rb8 23. b3 axb3 24. axb3 Rb4 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. h4 f5
27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxe3 30. Kf2 Ra3 31. Rc7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 c5
7. b3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. Bb2 Nc6
12. Rc1 Re8 13. Re1 Bf8 14. c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 a5 16. Bb5 Nd7
17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rb8 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Ndf3 Ndxe5 21. Nxe5
f6 22. Nd3 e5 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. Qxd5 Nxb4 25. Qc4 Nxd3 26. Qxd3
Red8 27. Qe2 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Rc2 Rb5 30. Ba3 h6 31. Rc3
Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Michael Roiz"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6
7. Qc2 b6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nc3 dxc4
12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 Rad8 16. Rac1 c5
17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
Bd6 22. Rd5 Be7 23. Re5 Bd6 24. Rd5 Be7 25. Re5 Bd6 26. Rf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O c4 11. b3 Nb6
12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rab1 Rc8 15. a4 a5 16. Ng5 Bxg5
17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bh4 c3 19. Bd3 h6 20. Bb5 Nd5 21. Qe4 Qd6
22. Bg3 Qe7 23. Rbc1 Nb4 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Rd4 f5
27. Qe5 Qf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. h3 Kf7 30. Bc4 Ke7 31. e4 Nf4
32. Rxd8 Rxc4 33. Bxf4 Kxd8 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Be3 c2 36. g4
Be4 37. Bb6+ Kd7 38. Bxa5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. e3 cxd4 8. cxd4 a6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. a4 O-O
12. axb5 axb5 13. Qb3 Ra5 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4
Be7 17. d5 Qa8 18. Rab1 exd5 19. Nc3 d4 20. Nd5 dxe3 21. Rxc6
exf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bxc6 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Re1 Be4 25. Nh4 Qa7+
26. Re3 Ra4 27. Nhf5 Qc5 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8
12. d5 a6 13. dxc6 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7
Bxb7 17. Bxb5 f5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Ne2 Bxa2+ 20. Kc2 gxf5
21. Bc3 Bc4 22. Bxc4+ Nxc4 23. Nd4 Ne3+ 24. Kd3 Nxg2 25. Nxf5
Nf4+ 26. Kc4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kf7 28. Re1 Ng6 29. Nd4 Ra2 30. h3
Rh2 31. Ne6 Kf6 32. Nxc7 Rxh3 33. Nd5+ Kf7 34. Rf1 Nh4 35. f4
Nf5 36. Kb4 h5 37. c4 Rd3 38. Nb6 h4 39. c5 Rd2 40. Kc3 Rg2
41. Rh1 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 d5 6. e5 g5
7. Bg3 Nfd7 8. h4 g4 9. dxc5 h5 10. Bb5 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nxc5
12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. c4 a5 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Qc2 Nd7
17. Qd3 Ba6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg6+ Kd8 20. Qxe6 Be7 21. Rfd1
d4 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Qf7 Ra7 24. Rac1 Rd7 25. e6 Rd5 26. Nc4
Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rf8 28. Qg6 Nb7 29. Qe4 Nd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6
31. Rcxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4+ Kc8 33. g3 Qc5 34. Rd2 Kb7 35. Rd7+
Kb6 36. Qe2 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Bxd8 38. Qd2 Be7 39. a3 Qe5 40. Qd7
Qd6 41. Qe8 Qxe6 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Qe5 44. Kf1 Bd6 45. Qd8+
Bc7 46. Qd2 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5
7. Nf3 b6 8. e4 Nc6 9. b4 Nd4 10. Qd2 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Be7
12. Rg1 Kh8 13. Bb2 a5 14. b5 d6 15. O-O-O Rg8 16. Kb1 Bb7
17. h4 Qc7 18. h5 h6 19. Na4 e5 20. Qe3 Bd8 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. f4
Bf6 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxb6 Rae8 26. Nd5 Bxd5
27. exd5 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Re5 29. Rde1 Rxh5 30. Qd4 Qc8 31. Kb2
Kh7 32. Re7 Rf5 33. f4 g5 34. fxg5 Rgxg5 35. Rge1 Rg4 36. Qd3
Kg7 37. Qc3+ Kg6 38. b6 Qc5 39. b7 Rg2+ 40. Ka1 Rf3 41. b8=Q
1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 b6
12. Bb5 Bb7 13. h4 Na5 14. Bd4 Rac8 15. Ng5 Nc4 16. Qe2 h6
17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nge4 Bb4 20. Nd6 Rcd8 21. Rh3
Bxd6 22. Nb5 Qc6 23. Nxd6 Qxg2 24. Qe3 Be4 25. Rc1 f5 26. Rg3
Qh2 27. Qg1 Qxg1 28. Rcxg1 Rd7 29. Rg6 Re7 30. Rxh6 c3
31. bxc3 Bf3 32. Rhg6 Bg4 33. Rg5 Kh7 34. h5 Kh6 35. Rh1 Rd8
36. c4 Bf3 37. Rh2 Bg4 38. Kb2 Rb8 39. Kc3 Rd8 40. Kd4 Rb8
41. Ke3 Kh7 42. Kf2 Rh8 43. Kg3 Kg8 44. h6 Rh7 45. Rg6 Bd1
46. c3 Bg4 47. Kf2 Kf8 48. Ke3 gxh6 49. Rhxh6 Rxh6 50. Rxh6
Kg7 51. Rh2 Rd7 52. Kd4 Bf3 53. Rh3 Bg4 54. Rh1 Bf3 55. Rg1+
Bg4 56. c5 bxc5+ 57. Kxc5 Rc7+ 58. Kb4 Rc6 59. Nb5 Kf8 60. a4
a5+ 61. Kxa5 Rc4 62. Nd4 Rxc3 63. Rb1 Rc8 64. Rb6 Kf7 65. Nxe6
Rc4 66. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4
7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O Ne5
12. b3 a6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. e4 fxe4
17. Nxe4 b6 18. Qe2 Bb7 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nf3 Na5 21. Rd3 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 Nb7 23. b4 Nd6 24. Qe2 Nf7 25. Qd2 Rfd8 26. Re1 a5
27. Qc3 axb4 28. axb4 Rbc8 29. Nd2 Nd6 30. Rc1 Nxc4 31. Nxc4
1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. e5 Nd5 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Bd6 Nc6
12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. f4 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qd2 15. Bd3 Qe3+ 16. Kh1
Bd7 17. Qb2 b5 18. a4 Rc8 19. f5 exf5 20. e6 Qxe6 21. Qxg7
Qxd6 22. Qxh8+ Qf8 23. Qxh7 Kd8 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Kc7
26. c4 Kb6 27. Rb1 b4 28. a5+ Kc7 29. c5 Rb8 30. Qe5+ Kc8
31. Qf5+ Kc7 32. Qf4+ Kc8 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Qxb4 Qh6 35. Qc4
Kd8 36. h4 f5 37. Qd4+ Kc8 38. Qc4 Kd8 39. Kh2 Ke7 40. Qd4 Qh5
41. Kh3 Qg6 42. Qe3+ Kd7 43. Qd2+ Ke8 44. Qf4 Qf6 45. Qd6 Qc3+
46. Kh2 Qxa5 47. Qxc6+ Kf7 48. Qd5+ Kf6 49. Qd6+ Kf7 50. Qd7+
Kf6 51. Qc6+ Kf7 52. Qb7+ Kg8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.05"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7
7. O-O Bb4 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Kh1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd2 h6
12. f4 d6 13. Qe1 Bd7 14. Qg3 Bd4 15. Bf3 Qc4 16. Bd2 Bc6
17. Rae1 O-O-O 18. Be2 Qc5 19. Bd3 g5 20. Qf3 Rhg8 21. Na4 g4
22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qc5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Ne4 Bxe4
27. Bxe4 d5 28. Bd3 Kb8 29. Rb1 Rc8 30. b4 Qd4 31. Qe1 Nb6
32. b5 axb5 33. Rxb5 Rc7 34. Qa5 Nd7 35. Rfb1 Qa7 36. Qb4 Nc5
37. Bh7 Rgc8 38. Ra5 Na6 39. Qd6 Ka8 40. Rb6 Rc6 41. Raxa6
bxa6 42. Rxc6 Rb8 43. c3 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2
Bg7 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. h4 h6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. d3 Kh7
12. Nd2 f5 13. Ba3 Rf6 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. e3 b6 16. d4 Ba6
17. Rfe1 e4 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qa4 Nb8 20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Rec1 Nd7
22. Nb3 Rf7 23. Bb4 c5 24. Bd2 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. a4 cxd4
27. exd4 f4 28. a5 f3 29. Bf1 Kg6 30. axb6 Bf6 31. Re1 Rh8
32. Rxe4 Rfh7 33. Rh4 gxh4 34. Bd3+ Kg7 35. Bxh7 Kxh7 36. Ra1
Bxc4 37. Rxa7 Bxb3 38. Rxd7+ Kg6 39. Bf4 hxg3 40. Bxg3 Ba4
41. Rd6 Rg8 42. b7 Kf5 43. Ra6 Bxd4 44. b8=Q Rxb8 45. Bxb8 Bc2
46. Kh2 Bd3 47. Ra4 Be5+ 48. Bxe5 Kxe5 49. Kg3 Be2 50. Kg4 Kf6
51. Kf4 Bd1 52. Ra6+ Kf7 53. Ke5 Be2 54. Rf6+ Kg7 55. Kf5 Bd3+
56. Kg5 Be2 57. Rf4 Kg8 58. Kh6 Bd1 59. Rd4 Be2 60. Rd7 Kf8
61. Kg5 Ke8 62. Ra7 Kf8 63. Kf4 Kg8 64. Ra3 Kf7 65. Rxf3 Bxf3
66. Kxf3 Kf6 67. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.04"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nb6
12. c5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfb1 Rab8 16. e4 Nd7
17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rb4 e5 19. Rxc4 exd4 20. Bf4 Rbe8 21. Bd6 Rg8
22. cxd4 Rxe4 23. Qf3 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Kh2 Nf6 26. Rc3
Nd5 27. Rb3 f6 28. Rxb7 Nc3 29. Re7 Qd2 30. Qe3 Qc2 31. Qe6 h6
32. Bg3 Nb1 33. Qxc6 Nd2 34. Re1 Qd3 35. Qd6 Ne4 36. Qf4 Nxg3
37. fxg3 Rd8 38. c6 Rxd4 39. Qxd4 Qxd4 40. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.05"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. O-O O-O
12. e5 Bc7 13. Ng5 Qe8 14. f4 f5 15. c4 Bb6+ 16. Kh1 Ne7
17. b3 a5 18. Bd2 a4 19. b4 c5 20. Rab1 Rb8 21. Rfc1 d4 22. a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.25"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Grigoryevich Fridman"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nb5 Be7 10. Qc2 a6 11. Nc3 b5
12. Be2 Bb7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Rb8 16. Qc2 e5
17. Bd3 g6 18. Be4 Qe8 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Nxe5
Qxe5 22. Bc3 Qe6 23. O-O c5 24. Rfd1 Rc8 25. Qe2 Be5 26. Rac1
Bxc3 27. Rxc3 c4 28. Qd2 Rcc7 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qd4+ f6
31. Rcc1 Rd7 32. Qc3 Rd5 33. Rxd5 Qxd5 34. h3 Rd7 35. a4 Qd2
36. axb5 axb5 37. Ra1 b4 38. Qxc4 Qxb2 39. Ra8 Rd1+ 40. Kh2
Qxf2 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kh5 43. Ra5+ f5 44. Rxf5+ gxf5
45. Qf7+ Kh6 46. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.26"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qxd4 Bb4+
7. Nbd2 Ng5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Qe3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Qb3 a5 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Bf6 Be7
17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rfe1 a4 19. Qc3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qe6 21. Qc3
Rd7 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. e6 fxe6 25. Qe3 Qf7 26. g3
Qf5 27. Kg2 Kf7 28. h4 c5 29. Qh6 Kg8 30. Qe3 Rd4 31. Qe2 e5
32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 e4 34. Ra1 Rd3 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Rh8 Kg7
37. Re8 Qf3+ 38. Qxf3 exf3+ 39. Kh3 Kf6 40. g4 Rxb3 41. g5+
Kf5 42. Re7 c6 43. Rxh7 b5 44. Rc7 bxc4 45. Rxc6 Rb5 46. Ra6
Ke4 47. h5 gxh5 48. g6 c3 0-1

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Trajce Nedev"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6
12. a4 Bd7 13. O-O b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxb5
Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qa6 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. Qc2 Qd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3
21. Nge2 Ne8 22. Rb1 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Nxb2 24. Nb5 Kf8 25. Kf1
Ke7 26. Nec3 Nc4 27. Bg5+ Kd7 28. Ke2 f5 29. Kd3 Nb6 30. Nd1
fxe4+ 31. fxe4 Be5 32. h3 Nf6 33. Bxf6 Bxf6 34. Ne3 h5 35. Nc4
Nxc4 36. Kxc4 Be5 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Na3 Kf6 39. Nc4 Bg3 40. Ke3
h4 41. Nd2 g5 42. Nc4 Bf4+ 43. Ke2 Bg3 44. Ne3 Ke5 45. Kd3 Kf4
46. Nc4 Bh2 47. Nxd6 Kg3 48. e5 Kxg2 49. Nc4 g4 50. e6 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Branko Damljanovic"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc2 Bg7 9. Bd2 Qc8 10. h3 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8
12. Ne3 Nh5 13. b3 Ne5 14. Ned5 Bc6 15. g4 Nf6 16. f4 Ned7
17. O-O e6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. e4 Qc7 20. Be3 Rad8 21. b4 Nb6
22. Qb3 Bg7 23. Rfd1 Qe7 24. b5 Bd7 25. a4 Rc8 26. c5 dxc5
27. a5 Na8 28. e5 b6 29. Ne4 Red8 30. axb6 axb6 31. Nd6 Rb8
32. Ra1 Be8 33. g5 Bf8 34. Rd2 Nc7 35. Ra7 Rd7 36. Bc6 Nd5
37. Bxd7 Bxd7 38. Rda2 Qd8 39. Bd2 Bxd6 40. exd6 Be8 41. d7
Bxd7 42. Qb2 Rc8 43. Qe5 Bxb5 44. Bc1 c4 45. Rd2 c3 46. Rd4
Qf8 47. Kf2 Qg7 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. h4 Bc4 50. h5 gxh5 51. f5
exf5 52. Rd7 Nb4 53. Bf4 c2 54. Be5+ Kg6 55. R4d6+ Kxg5
56. Bb2 f4 57. Rxb6 Nd3+ 58. Rxd3 Bxd3 59. Bc1 Be4 0-1

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Nikola Sedlak"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6
7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Na4 Nd7
12. Be2 b6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5
17. O-O Nc5 18. Nc3 Qf8 19. Qxf8+ Raxf8 20. Rfe1 Re5 21. Bf1
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rf7 23. f4 h6 24. g3 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Bg2
Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Nd3 28. Re2 g4 29. Nd5 Ne5 30. Re4 e6 31. Ne3
Rc7 32. b3 Rg7 33. Rd4 a4 34. Rxd6 axb3 35. axb3 Ra7 36. Rxe6
Ra2+ 37. Kf1 Nf3 38. Nxg4 Nd2+ 39. Kg1 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3
O-O 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qe2 cxd4
12. exd4 Nc6 13. Rcd1 b6 14. a3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Na5 16. Ba2 Nd5
17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. Rd3 f6 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Ng4 Nc6
22. Red1 Ne7 23. Ne3 Qe4 24. f3 Qb7 25. Nc2 Rd6 26. Re3 Qd7
27. Re1 Kf7 28. f4 Nd5 29. Rg3 Kg8 30. Qg4 Rc8 31. Ne3 f5
32. Qh4 Nxe3 33. Rgxe3 Re8 34. Rh3 h6 35. Rg3 Kh8 36. Qh5 Rxd4
37. Rg6 Re4 38. Rxe4 fxe4 39. h3 Qd4+ 40. Kh2 Re7 41. Qh4 Qd6
42. Rg5 e5 43. f5 Qf6 44. Rg4 Qxh4 45. Rxh4 Rf7 46. Rxe4 Rxf5
47. b4 Kh7 48. a4 h5 49. a5 Kg6 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Rf4
52. Rxe5 Rxb4 53. Re7 bxa5 54. Rxa7 Rb5 55. Kg3 Kf6 56. Ra6+
Kg5 57. Ra7 g6 58. Ra6 Rb3+ 59. Kf2 Ra3 60. Kg2 a4 61. Kf2 Ra1
62. Kg3 a3 63. Ra5+ Kf6 64. Kf4 g5+ 65. Kg3 Ke6 66. Kg2 Kd6
67. Rxg5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gawain Jones"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Ne4 dxe5
12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Nfg5 h6 16. Nxc5
Bxc5 17. Ne4 Qh4 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 bxc5
21. Qe3 Bxa2 22. Qxc5 Bd5 23. Bc3 a6 24. f3 Ra8 25. Ra1 Qg5
26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qg5 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. g3
Bd7 13. Kf1 h6 14. Ra2 Nh7 15. g4 Qf6 16. Ng1 Nh4 17. f3 Rfb8
18. Rf2 g5 19. Ne2 a6 20. Ng3 b5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 bxc4
23. Be4 Rb3 24. Rc2 Qd8 25. Qe2 Qa5 26. Qxc4 Rab8 27. Kf2 Nf6
28. Bd3 Qc7 29. Rd1 R8b6 30. Be2 Qb7 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Kf2 Rb1
33. Qa2 e4 34. f4 Rxc1 35. Rcxc1 gxf4 36. Kf1 Qe7 37. Bc4 e3
38. Qh2 Qe5 39. Rc2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Hovhannisyan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 f5 11. Bf4 Nh6 12. Ng5
O-O 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qh5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Ng4 16. Nd5 exd5 17. Bxf5
Nh6 18. e6 Qd8 19. e7 Nxe7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxe7 Rf7
22. Rae1 Qf8 23. Bd2 Nf5 24. R7e5 d6 25. Re6 d4 26. g4 Bd5
27. gxf5 Bxe6 28. fxe6 Rf5 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. e7 Qf7 31. Bg5 Re8
32. f4 Rc5 33. Re2 Qf5 34. Qh5 g6 35. Qf3 Kf7 36. h4 Kg7
37. h5 Rxc2 38. h6+ Kh7 39. Rxc2 Qxc2 40. Qd5 Qc1+ 41. Kg2
Qxb2+ 42. Kg3 Qc3+ 43. Kg4 Qc4 44. Qxd6 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qe3+
46. Kg4 Rc8 47. Qe5 Qg1+ 48. Kf3 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Qg2+ 50. Kd1
Qc2+ 51. Ke1 Qb1+ 52. Ke2 Rc2+ 53. Kd3 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 e6 12. O-O
exd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Nh1 b5 15. Nf2 b4 16. Nb1 c4 17. Bd4 Rc8
18. Nd2 c3 19. bxc3 bxc3 20. Nb3 Nc4 21. Qc2 Nxd5 22. Bxc4
Rxc4 23. Bxg7 Ne3 24. Qe2 Qg5 25. Nd1 Nxg2 26. Bh6 Qxh6
27. Qxc4 Nf4 28. Kh1 Rc8 29. Qd4 Be6 30. Nc1 Qg5 31. Rg1 Qh4
32. Rg3 Rc4 33. Qxd6 Rc8 34. Nd3 Nxd3 35. Qxd3 c2 36. Nc3 Qf6
37. f4 h4 38. Re3 Qxf4 39. Rae1 Bg4 40. h3 Bxh3 41. Qxc2 Bg4
42. Qg2 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxim Matlakov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 b6
7. Nb5 Na6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c6 11. Nc3 b5
12. Be2 b4 13. Bxa6 Bxa6 14. axb4 Qb6 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. O-O Qxb4
17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Na4 Ba6 20. Ne5 Bb5 21. Nc4
Ne4 22. h4 Rd8 23. Bc7 Rdc8 24. Bf4 h6 25. h5 Nf6 26. Bd6 Bxc4
27. Bxb4 Bb5 28. Nc3 Nxh5 29. Nxb5 cxb5 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Bc5
Ra8 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Bxa7 f5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kf2 Nf6 36. Bb8
g5 37. Be5 h5 38. Ke2 h4 39. Kf2 Nd7 40. Bc7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 O-O 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5
c5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Qa2 Bb7 15. Ba5 Qd6 16. b4 dxc4 17. bxc5
Nxc5 18. Na3 Nce4 19. Nxc4 Qa6 20. Nfe5 Bd5 21. Rdc1 Bd6
22. Qb2 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Qxc4 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Bc3
Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qd5+ 28. f3 Qg5 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Qxf6 gxf6
31. Rxa7 Kg7 32. g4 Rc8 33. Ra5 Rc2 34. Kf2 Rc3 35. Kg3 Re3
36. Kf2 Rc3 37. Kg3 Re3 38. Kf2 Rc3 39. Kg3 Re3 40. Kf2 Rc3
41. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Csaba Balogh"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6
7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Be2 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. Be3 Qc4
12. O-O-O Nf6 13. e5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 b4 16. Na4
Nd5 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Rb8 19. Bc7 Rb7 20. Bd6 a5 21. c4
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Kd2 Rc8 24. Kd3 Rbc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valeri Yandemirov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Qe2 O-O
7. O-O-O a5 8. Qf2 b5 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. exd5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 b4
12. Be1 cxd5 13. Ne2 Nbc6 14. Kb1 Qb6 15. Qe3 Rfc8 16. Bg3
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Na7 18. Rc1 Nb5 19. c3 Nf5 20. cxb4 axb4
21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Be1 Qa6 23. Bxb4 Nc3+ 24. Qxc3 Rxc3
25. Nxc3 Qd3+ 26. Ka1 Nxd4 27. a3 Nc2+ 28. Ka2 Qc4+ 29. Kb1
Nxb4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Rc1 g5 32. Na2 Qb5 33. Rc2 d4 34. Nc1
f5 35. Re2 e5 36. Kc2 e4 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Rxe4 Qc6+ 39. Kd3
Qxc1 40. Re2 Qf1 41. h3 Kg7 42. b4 Kg6 43. b5 Kf5 44. b6 Kf4
45. b7 Qb1+ 46. Kxd4 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aleksandr Shimanov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 Na6 6. a3 c5
7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7 11. Rd1 Rc8
12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Bc2 Qe8 16. Nb3 f5
17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qf3 Rf7 19. Be5 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Rxc2 21. O-O
Bc6 22. Qg3 Bd5 23. Rc1 Qc6 24. Rxc2 Qxc2 25. Bd4 b6 26. h4
Qc7 27. Be5 Qc5 28. Ra1 b5 29. Qf4 Qc6 30. f3 a5 31. Rb1 Rb7
32. Bd4 Qc2 33. Rb2 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 b4 35. Qd6 Qe1 36. Qd8+ Kh7
37. Qxa5 Qxh4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 b3 41. Qc3
Qe7 42. e4 fxe4 43. fxe4 Bxe4 44. Rxb3 Qg5 45. Rb2 Bxg2
46. Rxb7 Bf3+ 47. Kf2 Qg2+ 48. Ke3 Qe2+ 49. Kf4 Bxb7 50. Bxg7
Qe4+ 51. Kg3 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.11"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6
12. e5 Qc7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Bd4 Rc8 15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 Qd5
17. c3 Be7 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Qxa6 Nxe5 20. Rad1 Qc6 21. Qxc6
Nxc6 22. c4 f5 23. Ng3 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Bf6 25. Rxd7 Bxb2
26. Rxe6 Rxc4 27. Rb7 f4 28. Ne2 Rfc8 29. h4 R8c7 30. Rxc7
Rxc7 31. Rb6 Rc2 32. Nxf4 Bd4 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kg8
35. Ne6 Bxf2+ 36. Kh2 Bxh4 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Rb7 Kg8 39. Rxb4
Be7 40. Re4 Rc3 41. Rg4+ Kf7 42. Ng5+ Bxg5 43. Rxg5 Ra3 44. a5
Kf6 45. Rb5 Kg6 46. g4 h6 47. Kg2 Kf7 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Rf5+ Kg6
50. Rb5 Kf6 51. Rh5 Kg6 52. Rf5 Kg7 53. Rc5 Kg6 54. Ke2 Rg3
55. a6 Rxg4 56. Ra5 Re4+ 57. Kd3 Re8 58. Kc4 h5 59. Rd5 h4
60. Kc5 h3 61. a7 h2 62. Rd1 Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Bf4 Bf5 9. e3 c6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Bc4 Nbd7
12. O-O Qxb3 13. Bxb3 Nh5 14. Bg5 e5 15. h3 h6 16. Be7 Rfe8
17. Bd6 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bd3 19. Rfd1 Ba6 20. Nf3 Nb6 21. g4 Nf6
22. Ne5 Nfd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Rac8
26. Rad1 Rc2 27. b4 b6 28. b5 Bb7 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. bxc6 Rxc6
31. Bg3 Rce6 32. Rd7 R6e7 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Kf1
Bf6 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. Ke2 Rd7 38. a4 g5 39. Kf3 Re7 40. Bd6 Rd7
41. Bf8+ Kg6 42. Ke4 Bg7 43. Bxg7 Kxg7 44. Ke5 Rb7 45. Kd6 b5
46. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3
O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qe2 cxd4
12. exd4 Nc6 13. Rcd1 a6 14. Rfe1 b5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Rxd5 Qxe2 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Rxe2 Kf8 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Bxe6
Nxe6 22. g3 Rd8 23. Kg2 Rd3 24. Rc2 Ke7 25. Rc8 Rd8 26. Rc6
Rd6 27. Rc8 Rd8 28. Rc6 Rd6 29. Rc8 Rd8 30. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Qe7
12. O-O Rd8 13. Rfd1 Na6 14. e3 c5 15. Rd2 Nc7 16. Rad1 c4
17. Qc2 g6 18. Re1 b5 19. h4 Rab8 20. Rde2 a6 21. e4 dxe4
22. Nxe4 Ne6 23. Neg5 Bxf3 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Qd7 26. Rxf6
Bxg2 27. Ne6 Qd5 28. Rxg6+ Kh8 29. Rh6 Be4 30. Qc3 Rd7 31. Qe3
Re8 32. Qf4 Bf5 33. Rf6 Bxe6 34. Rf8+ Rxf8 35. Qxf8+ Bg8
36. Qf6+ Rg7 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jaroslav Prizant"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. Nf3 Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Rc1 Qf6 11. Ne2 g5 12. Ng3
Nxg3 13. hxg3 g4 14. Nd2 h5 15. Qe1 Rf7 16. f4 gxf3 17. gxf3
Rg7 18. f4 Qh6 19. Kf2 Nf6 20. Rh1 Bd7 21. Rh3 Kf7 22. Nf3
Rag8 23. Ne5+ Bxe5 24. dxe5 Ne4+ 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Qh1 Rh7
27. Rh4 Rg4 28. Qh3 Qg6 29. Rh1 Rxh4 30. Qxh4 Be8 31. Ba3 Kg8
32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Rc1 Qg4 34. Qxg4+ hxg4 35. Rc8 Kf7 36. f5
exf5 37. e6+ Kxe6 38. Rxe8+ Kd7 39. Re5 Rh2+ 40. Kf1 Rxa2
41. Bc5 Kc6 42. Bd4 Kb5 43. Rxd5+ Kb4 44. Rxf5 b5 45. Rg5 a5
46. Rxg4 Kxb3 47. Rxe4 b4 48. g4 Kc2 49. Rf4 Kd3 50. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Popov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ne2
O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Qf4 Qxf4 13. Nxf4 Nbd7 14. f3 Be6 15. h4 h5 16. Rfe1 Nf8
17. b4 Bd7 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. a4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. a5 a6
22. Re1 g6 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Na4 Nd7 25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rh8
27. Kg3 Kf6 28. Nc3 Nf8 29. Re3 Ke7 30. Ne2 Kd6 31. Rf3 Ke7
32. Nf4 Bd7 33. Re3+ Kd6 34. c4 dxc4 35. Bxc4 f6 36. Bb3 Rh6
37. Nd3 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Nc5 Rh4 40. Bd1 Kc7 41. Re7 Rh7
42. Re5 Rh1 43. Bf3 Rb1 44. Rxg5 Rxb4 45. Rg7 Rxd4 46. Rf7 Rc4
47. Nxd7 Nxd7 48. g5 Rc5 49. Kh4 Kd6 50. g6 Rc4+ 51. Kh3 Ne5
52. g7 Nxf7 53. g8=Q Ne5 54. Qb8+ Ke6 55. Bd1 Rc3+ 56. Kg2 Rd3
57. Qe8+ Kd5 58. Qd8+ Kc5 59. Qb6+ Kd6 60. Bb3 Rd2+ 61. Kf1
Nf3 62. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Nikolai Kabanov"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6
7. Nge2 c5 8. d5 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Nc6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rd1
Qc8 13. Nf4 Rd8 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Nfd5 Qb7 16. O-O Nd4 17. f4
Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nf6 19. f5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Be5 21. f6 Kf8 22. Be2
Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Ke8 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qe2 b5 26. Bf4 Bxf4 27. Rxf4
Kd7 28. e5 dxe5 29. Re4 Re8 30. Re1 Qb8 31. d6 Re6 32. Rxe5
Rxe5 33. Qxe5 Qxd6 34. Qe7+ Qxe7 35. Rxe7+ Kd6 36. Rxf7 c4
37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Kf2 Rc8 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Ra7 Kxf6 41. Rxa6+
Kf5 42. Kd2 Rd8+ 43. Kc2 Re8 44. Rd6 Re2+ 45. Rd2 Re3 46. Rd4
Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.19"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Mokshanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O
12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bb4
17. g4 Bg6 18. a3 Ba5 19. Qc1 Qb8 20. Rd1 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rd8
22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Qc3 Rd5 24. Rac1 Qd8 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Ncd2
Bb6 27. Kf2 Rc8 28. Qc4 Qa5 29. Qc3 Qa7 30. Nc4 Rb8 31. Nxb6
Qxb6 32. Kg3 h6 33. Nd4 Qxb2 34. Qxb2 Rxb2 35. Rxc6 Be4
36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. h4 Ra2 38. Rc3 Bd5 39. Nb5 Rg2+ 40. Kh3 Rb2
41. Nd4 Kg6 42. Kg3 h5 43. Rc2 Rb1 44. Ne2 hxg4 45. Kxg4 Bb3
46. Nf4+ Kh7 47. Rc7 Ra1 48. Rxf7 Rxa3 49. h5 Ra1 50. Rf8 Rg1+
51. Kh4 Rh1+ 52. Kg5 Bd1 53. Ra8 Rg1+ 54. Kh4 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Rg5
56. Ra5 Kh6 57. Kh4 Rg4+ 58. Kh3 Rg5 59. Kh4 Bxh5 60. Ra8 Bg6
61. Rh8+ Bh7 62. Nxe6 Rxe5 63. Nf8 g5+ 64. Kg4 Re4+ 65. Kf3
g4+ 66. Kg3 Kg7 67. Rxh7+ Kxf8 68. Kf2 Ke8 69. Ke2 Kd8 70. Rg7
Rb4 71. Ra7 Kc8 72. Kd3 Kb8 73. Ra5 g3 74. Ke2 g2 75. Kf2 Rg4
76. Kg1 Kb7 77. e4 Rxe4 78. Kxg2 Kb6 79. Ra8 Kb5 80. Kf3 Re6
0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.20"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mikhail Panarin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Qa5 7. Qd3 b6 8. Bg5 cxd4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qxd4 Ke7 11. Bg2
Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc5 13. Qh4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nc6 15. O-O Rac8
16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Rd4 Rd6 18. Rfd1 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 h5 20. Qe4
Rc8 21. Qd3 Rc7 22. Rf4 Qe5 23. Rd4 Qc5 24. Rf4 Qe5 25. Rd4
Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.21"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe7
12. Qc2 a4 13. e3 Re8 14. h3 e4 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. b3 axb3
17. Qxb3 b6 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. Qb2 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5
Rxe5 22. Nb3 Be6 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Rc3 Ba4 25. Rac1 Nd7 26. g4
Nc5 27. Rb1 h5 28. f4 exf3 29. Nxf3 Re6 30. gxh5 Rh6 31. Nd4
Rxh5 32. Rf1 Rd6 33. Rf5 Rxf5 34. Nxf5 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+
36. Kg3 Bc2 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Nd5 Na4 39. Rxc2 Rxc2 40. Nxc7
Rxc4 41. Nd5 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.23"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Frolyanov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe1 e6
7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. e4 Qc7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 e5 12. Nh4
Rfe8 13. Nf5 Bc5 14. Kh1 a5 15. a3 Rad8 16. f4 dxe4 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. dxe4 Bg6 19. Nh4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nf8 21. Qe2 Qe7
22. Qg4 f6 23. f5 Bf7 24. e5 h5 25. Qe2 fxe5 26. f6 gxf6
27. Be4 Qd7 28. Qg2+ Kh8 29. Rxf6 Re6 30. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.24"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qa5+ 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7
7. e4 g6 8. a4 b4 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. cxb4 cxb4
12. Nd4 a6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Qxb4 O-O 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Qb6 Qxb6
17. Nxb6 Rb8 18. a5 f5 19. Nc6 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bc3+ 21. Kd1 Bb7
22. Kc2 Bxc6 23. Kxc3 Bb7 24. exf5 Bc8 25. f6 Bf5 26. Rb4 Rfe8
27. Bf3 g5 28. h4 h6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh5 Re1 31. Rxg5+ Bg6
32. Kd2 Ra1 33. Bh5 Rxa5 34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 36. Rh6
Ra2+ 37. Ke3 Re8+ 38. Kf3 Nd3 39. Rh7+ Kxf6 40. Nd7+ Kg6
41. Rbh4 Rxf2+ 42. Kg3 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.25"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. a4 Nd5 10. Bd2 b6 11. e4 N5f6
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Bb4 16. Rac1 Rc8
17. b3 b5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Bf1 Qc7
22. Qa2 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxc4 Bb7 25. Qb3 a5 26. f3 Red8
27. Ne2 g5 28. g4 Rb8 29. Qc2 Ba3 30. Rb1 Qc5+ 31. Kg2 Ba6
32. Rd4 Bb4 33. Rbd1 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 e5 35. Qd3 exd4 36. Bxa6
Bc3 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.26"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Ncb5 a6 10. Nf5 Bc5 11. Nbd6+ Kf8
12. Qh5 Nd8 13. Nxg7 Bxe3 14. Nxe6+ fxe6 15. Qe8+ Kg7 16. Qe7+
Kg8 17. Qg5+ Kf8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. Qh6+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.27"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bg7 10. e5 Nh5 11. a4 O-O 12. axb5
g4 13. Bh4 Qb6 14. Nd2 cxb5 15. Bxg4 Nf4 16. O-O Nc6 17. Nde4
Ng6 18. Bf6 Qxd4 19. Nxb5 Qxd1 20. Bxd1 Ncxe5 21. Nbd6 Bd7
22. Ba4 Bxa4 23. Rxa4 Rfb8 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Bxf6
26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Nh5+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nh5+ Kg8 30. Nf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia - China"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.02"]
[EventDate "2012.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. Nge2 b6 8. d5 e6 9. Nf4 exd5 10. Nfxd5 Nc6 11. Qd2 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Be6 13. Bd3 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. O-O b5 16. Kh1 Qd7
17. Rae1 b4 18. f4 h5 19. f5 Be5 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. e5 Bxe5
22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. f6 Kh7 24. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Russia - China"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.03"]
[EventDate "2012.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. a4 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Bg5 Bxc5
12. Nd2 Na5 13. Nde4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qd6
Qd8 17. Qb4 a6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Rd6 Rb8 20. Rb6 Nb3 21. Rd1 h6
22. a5 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Rd4 Nd7 25. Rbd6 b5 26. Rc6 Bb7
27. Rc7 Bxg2 28. Rdxd7 Ba8 29. f3 b4 30. Na4 Rb5 31. Rxc4 Rxa5
32. Nb6 Rb5 33. Nc8 Rb8 34. Nd6 Rbd8 35. Rcc7 Rxd7 36. Rxd7
Bc6 37. Rc7 Bb5 38. e4 Rd8 39. e5 f6 40. f4 fxe5 41. fxe5 Bd3
42. Kf2 Ra8 43. Ke3 Bf1 44. Rc1 Bg2 45. Kd4 a5 46. Kc5 Rf8
47. Ra1 Rf2 48. Rxa5 Rxb2 49. Nc4 Re2 50. Kxb4 Bh3 51. Kc5
Rxh2 52. Kd6 Rg2 53. Ra3 Kf7 54. Kd7 Bg4 55. Nd6+ Kg6 56. Ke7
Re2 57. Nf7 Rc2 58. Nd8 Rc5 59. Re3 Ra5 60. Nc6 Ra6 61. Nd4
Ra7+ 62. Kd6 Ra4 63. Nc6 Kg5 64. Nd8 Ra6+ 65. Ke7 Bf5 66. Nf7+
Kg6 67. Nd6 Ra7+ 68. Kf8 Bh3 69. Rf3 Ra8+ 70. Ke7 Ra7+ 71. Kf8
Ra8+ 72. Ke7 Ra5 73. Re3 Ra7+ 74. Kf8 Ra8+ 75. Ke7 Ra7+
76. Kf8 Bg2 77. Rd3 Bd5 78. Rd4 Ra8+ 79. Ke7 Ra7+ 80. Kf8 h5
81. Rd3 Ra8+ 82. Ke7 Kg5 83. Ne8 Ra7+ 84. Kd6 Kg4 85. Nc7 Ba2
86. Ne8 Ra8 87. Ke7 g5 88. Ng7 Ra6 89. Kf6 h4 90. gxh4 Kxh4
91. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia - China"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.04"]
[EventDate "2012.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+
12. bxc3 Be6 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Kd2 Nd7 15. c6 bxc6 16. Rb1 Nf6
17. f3 Rc7 18. Ba6 Bc8 19. Bd3 c5 20. Ne2 Re7 21. Rhc1 Bd7
22. Rb7 Rae8 23. Rc7 Rxe3 24. Rxc5 Bf5 25. Bb5 Bd7 26. Ba6
R3e6 27. Bd3 Rb6 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Bxb1 Rb8 30. Bc2 Rb2 31. Ra5
Bf5 32. Nd4 Bxc2 33. Nxc2 Rb7 34. Kd3 h5 35. h4 Rb1 36. Rxa7
Rd1+ 37. Ke2 Rh1 38. a4 Rxh4 39. Nd4 Rh1 40. a5 Ra1 41. a6 Kh7
42. Ra8 Ra2+ 43. Kf1 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Nd7 46. Nc6 Nb6
47. Nb4 Rxg2 48. Rb8 h4 49. Rxb6 h3 50. a7 h2 51. a8=Q h1=Q
52. Nxd5 Qd1 53. Rh6+ gxh6 54. Nf6+ Kg6 55. Qg8+ Kxf6 56. Qxg2
Qe1+ 57. Kd3 h5 58. f4 h4 59. Qg5+ Ke6 60. c4 Qf1+ 61. Ke3
Qe1+ 62. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia - China"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.05"]
[EventDate "2012.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. a3 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. b5
axb5 13. Nxb5 Nbd7 14. a4 c5 15. Ba3 Ba6 16. Bf5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5
g6 18. Bc2 Rfc8 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Bb2 c4 21. Rab1 Bb4 22. Ba1
Ndf6 23. Rfd1 Ra5 24. Ne5 c3 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Ne5 Qc7 27. Rd3
Qb7 28. f3 Nd2 29. Rb5 Rxb5 30. axb5 Bb4 31. Qd1 Qa8 32. Nc6
Rxc6 33. bxc6 Qxc6 34. Bxc3 Bxc3 35. Rxd2 Bxd2 36. Qxd2 Ne8
37. Bd3 Nd6 38. Kf2 Qa4 39. Qc3 Qa2+ 40. Qc2 Qa3 41. Ke2 b5
42. Qc5 Qb2+ 43. Qc2 Qa1 44. Qc6 Nc4 45. Bxc4 Qb2+ 46. Kd1
Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia - China"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4
Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 9. Nh3 c5 10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7
12. Qd2 b6 13. Ra3 Nd5 14. Rg3 Rxg3 15. hxg3 N7f6 16. c4 e3
17. Qb2 Ne7 18. Bxe3 Ba6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. d5 Nfg8 21. Ng5 exd5
22. Rxh7 Bxc4 23. Nxf7 Qe6+ 24. Be5 Nf6 25. Nd6+ Kd7 26. Bxc4
Nxh7 27. Bb5+ Nc6 28. Bxc6+ Kxc6 29. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "191"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7
7. Nge2 Bf6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nce2 Bg7 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rae1 Nf5
17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Nf4 h5 19. Nge2 Qf5 20. Nc3 Rad8 21. Rxe8+
Nxe8 22. Re1 Nf6 23. f3 h4 24. Re3 Kg7 25. Nce2 b6 26. Qc3 Qd7
27. Nd3 Ne7 28. Ne5 Qd6 29. g4 hxg3 30. Nxg3 Rh8 31. Qe1 Nc6
32. c3 Nd8 33. f4 Nh5 34. f5 g5 35. Qf1 Nf4 36. Qf3 f6 37. Ng4
c5 38. Ne2 Rh3 39. Nxf4 Rxf3 40. Nh5+ Kf7 41. Rxf3 cxd4
42. Nhxf6 dxc3 43. Rxc3 d4 44. Rh3 Ke7 45. Ne4 Qf4 46. f6+ Ke6
47. Ngf2 Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qxb2 49. Rh8 Nf7 50. Re8+ Kf5 51. Re7
Kg6 52. Rxa7 d3 53. Rd7 Qxa3 54. Rxd3 Qa4 55. Rc3 Qa8 56. Kf1
b5 57. Rb3 Qa4 58. Rb1 Qc2 59. Rb4 Ne5 60. Rd4 Nc4 61. Kg2
Ne3+ 62. Kf3 Nf5 63. Rd7 Nh4+ 64. Ke3 Nf5+ 65. Kf3 Nh4+
66. Ke3 Qc1+ 67. Ke2 Qc4+ 68. Ke3 Nf5+ 69. Kf3 Nd4+ 70. Ke3
Nf5+ 71. Kf3 Qe6 72. Rb7 Qb3+ 73. Ke2 Qc2+ 74. Ke1 Qc1+
75. Ke2 Qc2+ 76. Ke1 Nd4 77. Kf1 Qe2+ 78. Kg2 Ne6 79. Re7 Nf4+
80. Kg3 Nh5+ 81. Kg2 g4 82. Ng5 Nf4+ 83. Kg3 Nh5+ 84. Kg2 Nf4+
85. Kg3 Qf1 86. Nge4 Nh5+ 87. Kh4 Qg1 88. Nxg4 Qe1+ 89. Ng3
Qc1 90. Nxh5 Qg5+ 91. Kg3 Qxh5 92. Rg7+ Kf5 93. f7 Qh8 94. Rg8
Qc3+ 95. Kh4 Qe1+ 96. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.04"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Nf5 Nb6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. cxd5 Nbxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bh4 Bg4 16. f3
Rac8 17. Qd2 Bf5+ 18. Bd3 Bxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Rc6 20. Qd4 Rfc8
21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qxd5 Qxe3 23. Qxb7 Rfc6 24. Rd8+ Rxd8
25. Qxc6 Qe2 26. Qc2 Rd2 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Qc8+
Kh7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c6 11. e4 Be6
12. Qb3 Qa5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. a3 Bd6 16. Nf3 g4
17. Nh4 Kf8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Ne2 Qa5+ 21. Nc3 Qb6
22. Rd1 Rb8 23. Rd2 Be7 24. Qd3 Bg5 25. Rc2 Bc8 26. Ne2 Qb3
27. Qxb3 Rxb3 28. Rxc6 Kg7 29. O-O Bd7 30. Rc7 Bb5 31. Rb7
Rxb2 32. Nf4 Bxf4 33. gxf4 Bxf1 34. Rxb2 Bd3 35. Rb3 Be4
36. f3 gxf3 37. gxf3 Bh7 38. Rb5 Rc8 39. Rxd5 Rc4 40. Rd6 Ra4
41. f5 h5 42. f6+ Kh6 43. Rd7 Bb1 44. f4 Rxa3 45. Rxf7 Rg3+
46. Kh2 Rg4 47. Nf3 Rxf4 48. Ne5 Kg5 49. d5 Rxf6 50. Rxa7 Rf2+
51. Kg3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nc1 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 Nd7
12. Nb3 f5 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. O-O fxe4 16. Nxe4
Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Nf7 18. Bc3 Bf5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc3 Rae8
21. a4 Re7 22. a5 g5 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Kf2 Kf6 25. Red1 h5
26. Bd3 Re5 27. Ra4 Bd7 28. Ra3 g4 29. Rb3 Bc8 30. Bb5 R8e7
31. Be2 gxf3 32. Bxf3 h4 33. h3 Bf5 34. Ra3 Bd7 35. Rb3 Be8
36. Bg4 Rc7 37. Rf1 Kg7 38. Kg1 Ng5 39. Rf4 Bf7 40. Nb5 Bxd5
41. Rd3 Rf7 42. Rxf7+ Nxf7 43. Nxa7 Bc4 44. Rd2 d5 45. Nc8 d4
46. Nb6 Bb5 47. b4 Re1+ 48. Kh2 cxb4 49. Rxd4 b3 50. Rb4 Nd6
51. Rxb3 Ne4 52. Bf5 Bc6 53. Bxe4 Rxe4 54. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Be3 e5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. Nc3 Nf6
12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nc4 Nd4 16. Qe3 b5
17. Nd2 Rb7 18. c3 Nc6 19. b4 Rc8 20. a4 Qd8 21. Ra3 Qb6
22. Qe2 Ne7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rfa1 h6 25. g3 Kh8 26. Nf1 Ng8
27. Ra6 Qc7 28. R1a3 Bd7 29. Ne3 Nf6 30. Qf3 Rb6 31. Ra7 Rb7
32. R7a5 Qd8 33. Qe2 Rcb8 34. Bc2 Be6 35. Qd3 Qc7 36. h4 Kg8
37. Qe2 Qc6 38. Qf3 Qc8 39. Bd3 Bd7 40. Nf5 Bxf5 41. Qxf5 Qxf5
42. exf5 d5 43. Ra8 Kf8 44. Kf1 Rxa8 45. Rxa8+ Ke7 46. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4
Nc6 8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Nb4 12.Ne5 Bd7
13.a5 a6 14.Bf4 Nfd5 15.Bg3 Rc8 16.Qf3 Bc6 17.Bb3 Be8 18.h3
Bc6 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Be5 b5 21.axb6 Rxb6 22.Rdc1 Nxc3 23.bxc3
Nc6 24.Bf4 Bd6 25.Bd2 e5 26.Ba4 Na5 27.Be3 Nc4 28.dxe5 Nxe5
29.Qe4 Rb2 30.Bc2 Ng6 31.Rxa6 Bb8 32.Ba4 h5 33.Rc6 Ne5 34.Rc5
Nd3 35.Rxh5 g6 36.Bd4 gxh5 37.Qxd3 Qd6 38.Bc2 Qh2+ 39.Kf1 Qh1+
40.Ke2 Rxc2+ 41.Qxc2 Qxg2 42.Qf5 f6 43.Ra1 Rf7 44.Ra6 Re7+
45.Re6 Bd6 46.Qxf6 h4 47.Kd2 Bf4+ 48.Kc2 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. c4 e5
12. Nc3 Be6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Qe3 b6 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Be2 Rb7
17. Rd2 Nc5 18. h3 Qb8 19. Rad1 Nxb3 20. axb3 Nd4 21. Nb4 a5
22. Nc2 Nxc2 23. Rxc2 Rd8 24. Rcd2 Rbd7 25. Bg4 Qc7 26. Rd3 h6
27. Qe2 Kh7 28. Bf5+ g6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qg4 Re8 31. Rf3 Rg7
32. Rfd3 Rd7 33. Rf3 Rg7 34. Qh4 Qd8 35. Qg3 Qe7 36. Rfd3 Rd8
37. f4 exf4 38. Qxf4 Rf7 39. Qe3 Qc7 40. e5 d5 41. cxd5 exd5
42. Rxd5 Rxd5 43. Rxd5 Re7 44. Qd4 h5 45. Qd2 Qc6 46. Kh1 Qe6
47. Qd3 Qc6 48. Kh2 Qe6 49. Qe4 Kg7 50. Qc4 Kh7 51. Kh1 Kg7
52. Qh4 Rf7 53. Qe4 Re7 54. Rb5 Rc7 55. Kh2 Kh7 56. Qd4 Rb7
57. Qf4 Rc7 58. Qe4 Kg7 59. Qd4 Rb7 60. Qc4 Re7 61. Qxe6 Rxe6
62. Kg3 Rc6 63. Kf4 Kf7 64. Kg5 Ke7 65. g4 hxg4 66. hxg4 Kf7
67. Rd5 Ke7 68. Rd6 Rc5 69. Rxb6 Rxe5+ 70. Kxg6 Re2 71. g5
Rxb2 72. Rb5 Kf8 73. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.11"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nge7
7. dxc5 Qc7 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Qe2 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nbd2 O-O-O
12. c4 Rg8 13. g3 e5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Qc2 Nf4
17. Nbd2 Rxd2 18. Nxd2 Nd4 19. Qa4 Bxc5 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Ne4
Nf3+ 22. Kf1 Bh3+ 23. Ke2 Nd4+ 24. Ke1 Bg2 25. Qc4 Rd8
26. Nxc5 Nf3+ 27. Ke2 Nd4+ 28. Ke1 Nf3+ 29. Ke2 Nd4+ 30. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.12"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4
7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nc6
12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Be2 b4 14. O-O bxc3 15. Bc1 Nxd4 16. Bxc4 h6
17. Ne4 O-O 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. Bxf8 Nf4 20. Qg4 Kxf8 21. Nd6 g5
22. g3 Bb7 23. Nxb7 h5 24. Qd1 Qxb7 25. gxf4 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Nd2+
27. Kg1 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Nd2+ 29. Kg1 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O
7. e3 d6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qd2 c6 14. b4 Bd7 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. a4 Re8
17. Rfd1 b6 18. b5 Qc7 19. Nc3 Rbc8 20. Rbc1 Bg7 21. Qa2 c5
22. Nd5 Qd8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Nb4 Qf6 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 a5
27. Qd2 Bf8 28. Nd4 d5 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc6 Qd8 31. Qa2 Bc5
32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Nf3 Qe7 34. Kg2 Qe4 35. Rc4 Qd5 36. Rc2 Qe4
37. Rc4 Qd5 38. Rc2 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8
12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Nhf6
17. Bf4 h6 18. h3 Bb4 19. Nd2 b5 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. a3 Ba5
22. Na4 c5 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Nh5 25. Bd6 Re8 26. Nxc4 Bxc4
27. Qxc4 Nb6 28. Nxb6 axb6 29. Bf3 Qxd6 30. Bxh5 Rcd8 31. Rac1
Re5 32. Bf3 Qf6 33. Kg2 Rd6 34. Rd3 g6 35. h4 h5 36. Rc2 Qe7
37. Rd1 Rf6 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Qxe2 Qxe2 40. Bxe2 Rd6 41. Bc4
Bc3 42. Rd3 Bd4 43. Rb3 Kf8 44. f4 Ke7 45. a4 Kd8 46. Rb1 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2
d5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 f6
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Ne4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 18. Rc1 a4 19. a3 Ra5 20. Rxc4 Rd8 21. Bd3 e5
22. f5 Rd4 23. Rfc1 Kf7 24. Kf2 Kf6 25. g4 h5 26. h3 hxg4
27. hxg4 Rad5 28. Ke3 Kg5 29. Be4 Rb5 30. Rxd4 exd4+ 31. Kxd4
Rxb2 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Rh1 Be8 34. Ke5 Kxg4 35. Rg1+ Kh4 36. Kf4
Kh3 37. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ildar Khairullin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. Qb3 Ra7 8. h3 Be6 9. Nhf3 g6 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ngf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5
7. O-O Nd7 8. Bg4 Bxg4 9. Qxg4 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Qh3 N7f6
12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Qg3 Rc8 16. Nb3 a5
17. a4 b6 18. c3 e6 19. Ne5 Ne7 20. Nc4 Qd5 21. Nbd2 Nf5
22. Qe5 Rb8 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 24. Ra3 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Ne4
Qxe5 27. dxe5 Nxe4 28. exd6 Nxd6 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. Ra2 Kf6
31. b3 Ne5 32. Re2 g5 33. f3 b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Rb1 c5
36. Ree1 Rb8 37. Kf1 c4 38. bxc4 Rc8 39. Ke2 Rxc4 40. Kd2 Rc5
41. Kc2 Ng6 42. Re4 Nf4 43. g3 Nd5 44. c4 Nb4+ 45. Kb3 Ke7
46. Rd1 Rf5 47. Re3 Rc5 48. Re4 Rf5 49. f4 gxf4 50. Rxf4 Re5
51. Ka4 Na6 52. Rf3 Rc5 53. Rfd3 Nb8 54. Rc3 Nd7 55. Rb1 Ne5
56. Rb7+ Kd6 57. Kb3 Kc6 58. Rb8 Kd6 59. Rh8 Nc6 60. Rxh6 Nd4+
61. Ka4 Re5 62. Rf6 Re2 63. Rxf7 Rxh2 64. Kxa5 Kc5 65. Ka6 Nc6
66. Ra3 Rh8 67. Rc7 Ra8+ 68. Kb7 Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aleksandr Shimanov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d5 Ba6 6. e3 Bd6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c6 9. O-O Bb7 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. e4 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Bg4 Na6 15. Nxe6 Be5 16. Bg5 Qf7
17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Be3 Nd3 20. f3 Qxc4 21. fxe4 Re8
22. Rad1 Ba6 23. Bd7 Re7 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qg6 Bd4 26. Bf5 Bxe3+
27. Kh1 Bf2 28. Qxh5 Re5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. h3 Qd4
32. Bg4 Kg6 33. Qf8 Kh7 34. Bf5+ g6 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6
7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6
12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Qe1 Rd7 16. Qg3 Qg6
17. Qxg6 Bxg6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. h3 Na5 21. b3 Nc6
22. Kf2 Rf8 23. Kg1 Rfd8 24. g4 a6 25. Kg2 Nb4 26. Ne5 Bxe5
27. dxe5 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Nd7 30. Nb5 axb5 31. Bxb4
bxc4 32. Bxc4 Kf7 33. Bc3 Bb1 34. b4 Nb6 35. Bb3 Be4+ 36. Kg3
Bd5 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. Bd2 b5 39. h4 Ne7 40. h5 Nd5 41. Kf3 Nb6
42. Ke4 g5 43. Kd4 Na4 44. Be3 Kg7 45. Kd3 Kf7 46. Kc2 Ke8
47. Kb3 Kf7 48. Bc5 Ke8 49. Bd4 Kf7 50. Be3 Ke8 51. Ba7 Ke7
52. Kc2 Ke8 53. Be3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2
Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7
12. e3 e5 13. Nb3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nb6
17. Be3 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qc5 Nd5 20. h3 h6 21. Bd2 Be2
22. Qc2 Bh5 23. Re5 Bg6 24. Qb3 Nf6 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Ba5 b6
27. Bc3 Nd5 28. Qf3 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 c5 31. a4 Qd2
32. Bf1 Be4 33. a5 Bc6 34. Bg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 c4
37. axb6 axb6 38. Rb1 Qd3 39. Re1 b5 40. e6 fxe6 41. Rxe6 Qf5
42. Qe5 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Qb1 44. Re7 Rg1+ 45. Kf3 Qd3+ 46. Kf4 Qg6
47. Qd5+ Kh7 48. Re6 Qc2 49. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 50. Kxf5 Rb1 51. Re2
Rd1 52. Rc2 Rd3 53. h4 Kg8 54. Ke6 Rf3 55. Rd2 Kh7 56. h5 Rd3
57. Rc2 g6 58. hxg6+ Kxg6 59. Re2 b4 60. Re4 Rb3 61. Rxc4 Rxb2
62. Rg4+ Kh7 63. f4 b3 64. Kf7 Ra2 65. Rg7+ Kh8 66. Rg8+ Kh7
67. Rb8 b2 68. Kf6 Ra3 69. Rb7+ Kg8 70. Rb8+ Kh7 71. Rb7+ Kg8
72. Rxb2 Rxg3 73. Rb8+ Kh7 74. Rb7+ Kg8 75. f5 h5 76. Rb8+ Kh7
77. Kf7 Ra3 78. Re8 h4 79. Re4 Ra7+ 80. Kf6 Ra6+ 81. Kg5 h3
82. Rh4+ Kg7 83. Rxh3 Ra1 84. f6+ Kg8 85. Re3 Rg1+ 86. Kf5 Kf7
87. Re7+ Kf8 88. Re5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxim Matlakov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3
O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. h3 Nb4 11. Bb1 Ne4
12. Qc1 c6 13. O-O Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qe7 16. f5 f6
17. Qd2 Bd7 18. a3 Na6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Ba2+ Kh8 21. Rae1 Qd8
22. Rxe4 Be8 23. Rfe1 Bf7 24. Bxf7 Rxf7 25. d5 h6 26. Qe3 Qb6
27. dxc6 bxc6 28. b4 Nc7 29. Kh2 Qxe3 30. R1xe3 a5 31. Rd3
axb4 32. axb4 Rb8 33. Rc4 Na6 34. Rdd4 Rfb7 35. Rxc6 Nxb4
36. Rcd6 Rb6 37. Ne2 Nc6 38. Rd2 Ne7 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. g4 Kg8
41. Nf4 Rb8 42. Rd7 Re8 43. Ne6 Kf7 44. Kg3 Rc8 45. Nxg7 Rc3+
46. Kh4 Kxg7 47. Rxe7+ Kg8 48. Kh5 Rxh3+ 49. Kg6 Kf8 50. Rf7+
Kg8 51. Rb7 Kf8 52. Kxf6 Ke8 53. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zahar Efimenko"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Na5 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bh6 Be6 11. d5 Bd7 12. c5
c6 13. cxd6 exd6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rd1 b4
17. Nce2 b3 18. a3 d5 19. Nd4 dxe4 20. Ndf5+ Kh8 21. Qc3 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Mushegovic Movsesian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc2 Ng4 10. Bd2 h5 11. h3 Nge5
12. Ne3 g5 13. Ne4 Bh6 14. Nd5 f5 15. Nxg5 e6 16. h4 exd5
17. cxd5 Ne7 18. e4 Ng4 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. Rae1 Be5
22. f3 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Ne5 24. f4 Bd3 25. Qd1 Bxf1 26. Bxf1 Nf5
27. Kg2 Qb6 28. Qa4+ Ke7 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Kh3 Qf2 31. Ne4 Qf3
32. Be2 b5 33. Bg5+ Kf8 34. Qc2 Nd4 35. Bxf3 Nxc2 36. Rf1 Kg7
37. Be7 Ne3 38. Re1 Nf5 39. Bg5 Rac8 40. g4 Rc2 41. gxh5 Rh2+
42. Kg4 Rf8 43. h6+ Nxh6+ 44. Kh5 Rh8 45. Rg1 Nf5+ 46. Kg4 Kg6
47. Bd1 Nxh4 48. Bf4 Rg2+ 49. Rxg2 Nxg2 50. Bxe5 dxe5 51. Kf3
Nf4 52. d6 Kf5 53. Bb3 Rh3+ 54. Ng3+ Kf6 55. Kg4 Rh7 56. Ne4+
Kg6 57. Bc2 Rh8 58. Nc3+ Kf6 59. Ne4+ Ke6 60. Bb3+ Kd7 61. Kf5
Rh5+ 62. Kf6 a5 63. a4 Rh6+ 64. Kxe5 Nd3+ 65. Kd4 Nxb2
66. axb5 a4 67. Bd5 a3 68. b6 Rxd6 69. Nxd6 Kxd6 70. b7 Kc7
71. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3
7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. e3 Qe7 11. Rc1 Bd7
12. b4 e5 13. d5 Nd8 14. c5 f6 15. Be2 Nf7 16. O-O Rfd8
17. Nd2 f5 18. Nb3 f4 19. Na5 Ng5 20. exf4 exf4 21. Rfe1 Rf8
22. Bh5 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Re7 Bf5 25. Nxb7 Rh6 26. h4 Rxh5
27. hxg5 Rxg5 28. f3 Kf8 29. Rxc7 Re8 30. cxd6 Re2 31. g4 Bxg4
32. Kf1 Re3 33. fxg4 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Re3+ 35. Kf2 Rxd5 36. d7
Rd2+ 37. Kf1 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vitaly Teterev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 h6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Nd4 Bh7 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 Na6
12. e5 Ne8 13. Bh3 Nc5 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. d4 Bb4 16. f4 Ba5
17. Be3 c5 18. Kh1 N8c7 19. Nd6 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4
Bb6 22. Qd2 d4 23. Na4 Nb5 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Nxb5 Qxb5
26. Qxd4 Rfd8 27. Qf2 Bd3 28. b3 a5 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kh8
31. Re5 Qb4 32. Rae1 Bb5 33. Kg1 Bc6 34. R5e2 Qc3 35. Re3 Qb4
36. R3e2 Qc3 37. Rc2 Qf6 38. Qe3 Rd6 39. Qe5 Qd8 40. f5 Rd1
41. Rce2 Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Qd2 43. Qe2 Rd8 44. Qxd2 Rxd2 45. a4
Rg2+ 46. Kf1 Rxh2 47. Re5 h5 48. Rxa5 Kh7 49. Re5 Kh6 50. Bd5
Rb2 51. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg4
7. O-O cxd4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Re1+ Ne7 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 d3 15. Nc3 dxc2 16. Rac1
O-O 17. Rxc2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bd8 19. a4 g6 20. b4 Kg7 21. Kg2
Rb8 22. Rc3 Bg5 23. Re5 f5 24. g4 Bf6 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Ra5 a6
27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Rc7 Rg8+ 29. Kf3 Rgd8 30. Rxh7 Rd3+ 31. Ke2
Rd4 32. Rh5 Re8+ 33. Kf3 Re5 34. Rh6+ Kg5 35. Rxe5 Kxh6
36. Re6+ Kg5 37. Rb6 a5 38. Rxb7 axb4 39. Ke3 Rc4 40. Kd3 Rc3+
41. Kd2 Rb3 42. Rb5 Rb2+ 43. Ke3 Rb3+ 44. Ke2 Rb2+ 45. Kf3
Rb3+ 46. Kg2 Rb1 47. Kg3 Rg1+ 48. Kf3 Rb1 49. h4+ Kxh4 50. Kf4
b3 51. Kxf5 Kh5 52. Rb6 Rb2 53. f4 Rb1 54. Rb4 Rb2 55. Rb8 Kh6
56. Kf6 Kh7 57. f5 Ra2 58. Rb7+ Kg8 59. Rxb3 Rxa4 60. Rb8+ Kh7
61. Re8 Rf4 62. Ke6 Kg7 63. Re7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Rf1 65. Kf6 Rf2
66. Rb8+ Kh7 67. Rf8 Ra2 68. Rf7+ Kg8 69. Re7 Rf2 70. Re8+ Kh7
71. Rd8 Rf1 72. Ke6 Kg7 73. Rd7+ Kg8 74. Kf6 Rf2 75. Rg7+ Kf8
76. Rc7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qe7
12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. f3 d5 16. cxd5 exd5
17. Bf2 Nc5 18. Be2 Ne6 19. Rd2 a6 20. O-O b5 21. Rfd1 Rac8
22. Qb1 Nc5 23. Bf1 Nb3 24. Rc2 Na5 25. Ne2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Rc8
27. Qb1 Nc4 28. Nd4 Qe5 29. Rd3 Nd7 30. Rc3 Re8 31. Qc1 Nf8
32. b3 Nb6 33. Bg3 Qf6 34. Rc7 Ba8 35. Ra7 Rc8 36. Rc7 Re8
37. Ra7 Rc8 38. Qd2 Nbd7 39. Qa5 Rc1 40. Rxa8 Qg6 41. e4 dxe4
42. Qd2 Ra1 43. Nc2 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Qc6 45. Rd8 exf3 46. gxf3
Qxf3+ 47. Kg1 Qc6 48. Ne3 Qb6 49. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 50. Bf2 Qc1+
51. Kg2 Qxa3 52. Qd6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bd3
Nxg3 13. hxg3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Qd1 Bxc5 16. Nf3 Bg4
17. O-O Kf8 18. Nb5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bb6 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qb3
Kg7 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qe4 Bxb2 24. Rc6 Qe5 25. Qc4 Rb6 26. Rc5
Qd4 27. Rf5 Rf6 28. Qxd4 Bxd4 29. Rxf6 Bxf6 30. Bc4 Rc8
31. Bb3 Bb2 32. Rd1 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Bxc1 34. g4 a5 35. Kf1 Bf4
36. Ke2 f6 37. Kd3 Bd6 38. Ke3 Bf4+ 39. Kd3 Bd6 40. Ke3 Bf4+
41. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. g3
c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rac1 Qe7
12. f4 Rfd8 13. e3 Rac8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Bf3 Ba8 16. Qg2 Ne8
17. b3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qd2
Bb7 22. Ne2 Qd6 23. Nf4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8
26. Qc2 Bd7 27. Ng6 Qb8 28. Be2 a5 29. Bd3 Be8 30. Ne5 Nd7
31. Nf3 Bh5 32. Qc6 Nf8 33. Ne5 Be8 34. Qc2 Nd7 35. Nf3 Bh5
36. Qc6 Nf8 37. Kg2 Bxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Kf7 39. Bb5 Ke7 40. h4 Kf6
41. Bd3 Ke7 42. e4 dxe4+ 43. Qxe4 Qd6 44. Qe5 Qc6+ 45. Be4
Qc3+ 46. Kg2 Kf7 47. Kh3 Nd7 48. Qd6 Nf6 49. Qxb6 Nxe4
50. Qb7+ Kf6 51. Qxe4 Qa1 52. h5 Ke7 53. Qb7+ Kf6 54. Qf3+ Ke7
55. Qb7+ Kf6 56. Qe4 Ke7 57. d5 e5 58. Qc2 Qh1+ 59. Kg4 Qxd5
60. Qc7+ Ke8 61. Qc8+ Ke7 62. Qc7+ Ke8 63. Qc8+ Ke7 64. Qc7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Irina Andrenko"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 c6
7. O-O e5 8. h3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. g4 Qe7 12. Ng3
Nb6 13. Nce2 Nc4 14. Bc1 exd4 15. Nxd4 d5 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bb2
Ne8 18. Re1 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd7 20. Qe1 Nc8 21. Rd1 Ned6 22. Re2
c5 23. Ndf5 Bxb2 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nxd6 Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Rad8
27. Re7 Qf3 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Nxe4 f5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. gxf5
gxf5 32. Nxc5 Bxa3 33. Rc7 a5 34. Kg2 Ra8 35. Nd7 Bb2 36. Rb7
Rd8 37. Nc5 b4 38. Nd3 Bd4 39. Rc7 Ra8 40. Kf3 a4 41. bxa4
Rxa4 42. Kf4 Bc3 43. Kxf5 Ra2 44. f4 Rxc2 45. Nxb4 Rb2 46. Nd5
Bd4 47. Ke4 Bg7 48. Ne7+ Kf8 49. Nf5 Rb4+ 50. Kf3 Bb2 51. Nh6
Ke8 52. h4 Bf6 53. h5 Rb5 54. Rxh7 Be7 55. Kg4 Rb1 56. Nf5
Rg1+ 57. Kf3 Bc5 58. Rc7 Rf1+ 59. Ke4 Re1+ 60. Kd5 Bb6 61. Rb7
Rd1+ 62. Kc6 Bd4 63. h6 Rc1+ 64. Kd5 Bf6 65. Ke6 Rc6+ 66. Nd6+
Kd8 67. Rd7# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yusup Atabayev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6
7. N1e2 Nf6 8. h4 h6 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. c3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6
12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nfh5 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qg4 Be7 16. Nh5
Qg6 17. Qxg6 Bxg6 18. Nf4 Bh7 19. g3 a5 20. a4 Bf5 21. Ng2
Rfd8 22. Re1 Kf8 23. Ne3 Bd3 24. Bc2 Bxc2 25. Nxc2 Nc4 26. b3
Nb6 27. c4 c5 28. Be3 cxd4 29. Bxd4 Nd7 30. Rad1 Nc5 31. Bxc5
Bxc5 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Ke2 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rxd8 Rxd8
36. Rh1 Bxf2 37. g4 Bg3 38. Rb1 Bf4 39. Ne1 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Bd6
41. Ke3 Rh2 42. Nd3 b6 43. b4 axb4 44. Nxb4 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Grigoriy Oparin"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. e3 Nc6 5. exd4 Nxd4 6. Bb2 Bc5
7. b4 Qf6 8. Nc3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Qe5+ 10. Qe2 Bd4 11. Qxe5 Bxe5
12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Nb5 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Kd8 15. Rg1 g6 16. Nc3 b6
17. d4 Bb7 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Nf5 20. Bb5 a5 21. a3 axb4
22. axb4 Nd6 23. Bc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Re8 25. f4 Re6 26. Kb3 Ke8
27. Rge1 b5 28. Re5 Ra6 29. Rc5 Ne4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. f5 gxf5
32. Rdc1 Re6 33. f4 Ke7 34. Rxb5 Raxc6 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Rxf5
Rh6 37. Re5+ Kd6 38. Rf5 Ke6 39. Re5+ Kd6 40. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bf5
7. Ne2 e6 8. Nbc3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Qd7 11. a3 O-O-O
12. Qc1 Kb8 13. Rd1 f6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Nge4 Qc8
17. Nc5 Bf5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Bg4 21. Rd2 Na5
22. Ba2 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 b6 24. Qc3 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Rdd1
Nb3 27. Be3 Rg8 28. Bf4 Nxa1 29. Rxa1 Qd8 30. a4 Rg4 31. Qe3
Bd5 32. f3 Rg7 33. a5 Qe7 34. Qc3 Qc5+ 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. Kf2
Kb7 37. Be3 c4 38. Bd4 Rf7 39. a6+ Kb8 40. Re1 Bc6 41. Re6 Bb5
42. Rxf6 Rxf6 43. Bxf6 Bxa6 44. Bc3 Bb5 45. Ke3 Kc8 46. Kf4
Kd7 47. Kg5 Ba4 48. Kf6 Bc2 49. f4 h5 50. Kg5 Be4 51. g3 Bf3
52. h3 Ke6 53. g4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrey Zhigalko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O f5
7. d3 Nf6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5
Ne7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ra1 Qd7 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Rc1
c6 18. Nd2 Kh7 19. Qd1 Qd8 20. Nb3 Nd7 21. Ra1 Rb8 22. Ba3 Nf6
23. Qc2 Bf7 24. e3 d5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. d4 e4 27. Na4 b6
28. Rc1 Rb7 29. Bf1 Be8 30. Nc3 g5 31. Nd2 Ra7 32. Bb4 Ng6
33. Bh3 Bd7 34. Qd1 f4 35. Bxd7 Qxd7 36. Ra1 Rc7 37. Ra6 Rb7
38. Qf1 Qc8 39. Na4 Nd7 40. Qh3 Qc1+ 41. Nf1 Qc4 42. Qe6 Qxb4
43. Qc6 fxe3 44. fxe3 Nde5 45. dxe5 Rf7 46. e6 Rf6 47. Nc3 Qb2
48. Ra2 Qc1 49. Rf2 Rxf2 50. Kxf2 Qxc3 51. Qxd5 Qe5 52. Qxe5
Bxe5 53. Nd2 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.01"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. Be3 O-O 9. a3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. Nc3 Re8
12. Qc2 c6 13. Rfe1 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 g6
17. Bg2 Qe7 18. b3 a4 19. b4 c5 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Nf3 Bf5
22. Qc3 Rad8 23. Rac1 Qd6 24. Qb2 h6 25. Rc3 Qf6 26. Qc1 Kh7
27. Nd2 Qd4 28. Nf1 Be4 29. Ne3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 h5 31. Qc2 Qf6
32. Rd3 Qc6+ 33. Kg1 Rd4 34. h4 Qe6 35. Rc1 Red8 36. Rxd4 Rxd4
37. Qc3 Qe4 38. Qc2 Qe6 39. Qc3 Qe4 40. Qc2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Bb7
12. e3 Nbd7 13. Rd1 c5 14. Be2 Qc8 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxe5
17. Qxe5 Ne4 18. f3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Na4 21. Rd7 Bc6
22. Rd6 Bb7 23. e4 Rfc8 24. O-O a6 25. Bd1 b5 26. Bb3 Rc3
27. Rb1 Rac8 28. Be1 R3c7 29. Rbd1 Nb2 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+
Kh7 32. Kf2 Nc4 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Bc3 f6 35. e5 Kg6 36. Ke3
Bc6 37. Rf8 Rd7 38. Bd4 f5 39. g4 fxg4 40. fxg4 Rf7 41. Rxf7
Kxf7 42. Bc3 Ke7 43. h4 Ba4 44. Kd4 Kd7 45. Kc5 Kc7 46. Bd2
Bd1 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 g6 49. b5 axb5 50. Kxb5 Be2 51. Kc5
Kb7 52. a4 Ka6 53. Kd6 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Robert Hovhannisyan"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Nf6 12. h4
g4 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Nxc4 Ba6 15. Qc2 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Rc1
Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qxg4 Nxe5 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. Qe3 Bg7
22. Rc4 Ne7 23. O-O Nf5 24. Qh3 O-O 25. Bd3 Nd6 26. Rxb4 c5
27. Rg4 f5 28. Rg6 Rf6 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Qe3 e5 31. Rc1 c4
32. Bf1 Qf7 33. Rd1 Ne4 34. Nc3 Nxc3 35. bxc3 e4 36. g3 Kh8
37. Rd6 Rf8 38. Qf4 Re8 39. Rc6 Qe7 40. Bxc4 e3 41. Re6 exf2+
42. Qxf2 Qf8 43. Qxa7 Rxe6 44. Bxe6 Bxc3 45. Qd7 Bf6 46. Bxf5
Qe7 47. Qc8+ Qd8 48. Qc2 Qd4+ 49. Kg2 Qb2 50. Kf3 Qxc2
51. Bxc2 Kg7 52. a4 Bd8 53. Bf5 h5 54. Bd7 Bc7 55. Be8 Kh6
56. Bf7 Ba5 57. Kf2 Bc7 58. Kg2 Ba5 59. Kh2 Bb4 60. Be8 Ba5
61. Kh3 Be1 62. Bf7 Ba5 63. Bxh5 Kxh5 64. g4+ Kg6 65. Kg2 Be1
66. h5+ Kg5 67. Kf3 Bd2 68. Ke2 Ba5 69. Kd3 Be1 70. Kc4 Bd2
71. Kd3 Be1 72. Ke4 Bd2 73. Kd4 Kxg4 74. Kd3 Bf4 75. Ke4 Bd2
76. h6 Bxh6 77. a5 Bf4 78. a6 Bb8 79. a7 Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.04"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3
Nd7 7. Nf4 Ngf6 8. Bc4 Qc7 9. Bb3 e6 10. h4 Bd6 11. Qf3 O-O-O
12. h5 Bf5 13. Nxf5 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Qxf5 15. Nd3 Qxf3+ 16. gxf3
Kb8 17. Be3 Rc8 18. f4 Rhf8 19. Rag1 g6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. c3
Nd5 22. Ne5 N7f6 23. Kf3 Ne7 24. Bd2 Rcd8 25. Bc2 c5 26. Be3
Ned5 27. Rd1 cxd4 28. Bxd4 Rc8 29. Bb3 Bc5 30. f5 Bxd4
31. Rxd4 gxf5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Kf4 Rg8 34. Kxf5 Ne8 35. Rxd5
Rg2 36. Rd2 f6 37. Nd7+ Kc7 38. Rh7 Kc6 39. Nxf6 Nxf6 40. Rh6
Rcg8 41. Rxf6+ Kc7 42. Rf7+ Kc6 43. Ke6 R8g6+ 44. Ke7 Kc7
45. Rd4 a6 46. Re4 Rh2 47. a4 Rb6 48. Rc4+ Kb8 49. b4 Rg6
50. a5 Rhh6 51. f4 Re6+ 52. Kf8 Rc6 53. Rxc6 Rxc6 54. f5 Rxc3
55. Re7 Rf3 56. Re5 Kc7 57. Ke7 1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga -13"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[EventDate "2012.11.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4
7. f3 Bd7 8. Bd3 g6 9. Bg5 e5 10. Nge2 exd4 11. exd4 Bg7
12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 Ne7 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. f4 Qb6 16. Qa3 a5
17. Qd6 Qd8 18. Qe5 Nh5 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. f5 g5 21. Bg3 Qd7
22. h3 Kf8 23. Be5 Re8 24. a4 Kg8 25. Ng3 Nc8 26. Nb5 Nd6
27. b3 Nxb5 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Rxa5 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 h5 31. Ne2
Rh6 32. Nc3 Rc8 33. Rc5 Rc6 34. Qe3 b6 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36. Rc1
g4 37. Bf4 Rh8 38. Ne4 Qd7 39. Nxf6+ Bxf6 40. Rc7 Qd8 41. Be5
Bxe5 42. Qxe5 Rh6 43. h4 Qf6 44. Qxd5 Kg7 45. g3 Rh8 46. Rd7
Rc8 47. Rd6 Rc1+ 48. Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Ke3 Qe7+ 50. Qe5+ Kf8
51. Qxe7+ Kxe7 52. Rxb6 Rc3+ 53. Kf4 f6 54. Re6+ Kf7 55. Re3
Rc1 56. Ke4 Ke7 57. Kd5+ Kd7 58. Re6 Rc3 59. Rxf6 Rxg3 60. Rh6
Rxb3 61. Rxh5 g3 62. Rg5 Ke7 63. Rg6 1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga -13"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[EventDate "2012.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Mushegovic Movsesian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5
12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb6 15. c5 Nbd7 16. b4 a6
17. f3 O-O-O 18. e4 Ne8 19. Rhf1 Nc7 20. f4 gxf4 21. Rxf4 f6
22. Rf2 dxe4 23. Nxe4 e5 24. Ng3 exd4 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Bf4 Ne6
27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Ne5 29. Be4 Rxd6 30. cxd6 Kd7 31. g5
Nxg5 32. Bf5+ Kxd6 33. Rxd4+ Kc7 34. Rf1 g6 35. Bc2 f5 36. h4
Ngf3 37. Rf4 Nxh4 38. Rg1 Nhf3 39. Rf1 Rh3 40. Kd1 Nh4 41. Rg1
Ng4 42. Rfxg4 fxg4 43. Rxg4 Rh1+ 44. Ke2 Rh2+ 45. Kd3 Nf3
46. Kc3 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[EventDate "2012.04.22"]
[Round "1.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fernando M Semprun Martinez"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nc8
7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. a4 Nd7 10. Be3 a5 11. Qd2 Bb4 12. c3
Be7 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Nc1 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 h6 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. b4 f6
18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nd3 Ng6 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Qc7 22. c4 Be4
23. Ne1 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Rd8 25. Qe3 Qf4 26. Rd1 Bd5 27. Bxd5
Rxd5 28. Nf3 Qg4 29. h3 Qf5 30. Nd2 Nf4 31. Ne4 Rg6 32. Ng3
Qf7 33. Rfe1 h5 34. h4 Qf6 35. Qf3 Qxh4 36. Re4 Rg4 37. Rb1
Rd7 38. Qe3 Rf7 39. Re5 Qf6 40. Nxh5 Rxg2+ 41. Kf1 Qg6
42. Nxf4 Rg1+ 43. Ke2 Qxb1 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 Nh5 8. Be3 Na6 9. a3 Qe8 10. b4 f5 11. Rc1 Nf6 12. c5 f4
13. Bd2 dxc5 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. bxc5 g5 16. c6 Rb8 17. Qc2 Qh5
18. Rh2 Re8 19. Kf1 Bf8 20. Qa2 Kh8 21. Re1 Qg6 22. Kg1 Bc5
23. Na4 Bd6 24. Qc4 g4 25. hxg4 Nxg4 26. Rh1 Rg8 27. Nh4 Qg7
28. Qc3 Be7 29. Qf3 Nh6 30. Bc3 Bf6 31. Nc5 Bg4 32. Qd3 Qe7
33. Nf3 Nf7 34. Nd7 Bxd7 35. cxd7 Qxd7 36. Nd2 Rg7 37. Qxa6
Rb6 38. Qe2 Rb8 39. Qa6 Rb6 40. Qd3 Rb8 41. Kf1 Rbg8 42. Rh2
Qa4 43. Qc4 Qd7 44. Qd3 Qa4 45. Ba1 Nd6 46. Rc1 Qe8 47. Rh6
Qe7 48. Nf3 Re8 49. Rc6 Qf8 50. Bc3 Rge7 51. Rh2 Qg7 52. Nd2
Qg6 53. Bb4 Rd7 54. Ra6 Qg4 55. Qe2 Qg7 56. Qh5 Rb8 57. Rxa7
c5 58. Rxd7 Qxd7 59. Bc3 Nxe4 60. Nxe4 Rb1+ 61. Ke2 Qb5+
62. Kf3 Qd3+ 63. Kg4 Qxe4 64. f3 Qc2 65. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.24"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Athanasios Mastrovasilis"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Ngf3 b6
7. a3 Be7 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. O-O Re8 13. Ndf3 Bd6 14. Nd3 Na6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bf4 c4
17. Nde5 Nc5 18. Bh3 Nfe4 19. Ng4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Nb3 21. Rab1
f6 22. Bg2 Qc5 23. Rbc1 Nxc1 24. Qxc1 Rac8 25. Ne3 c3 26. Nd4
Qb6 27. b4 Nd2 28. Rxd2 cxd2 29. Qxd2 Qc7 30. Bxd5+ Bxd5
31. Nxd5 Qd7 32. Nc2 Rcd8 33. Nce3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kaido Kulaots"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 c4 9. Be2 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Ne5
Nc6 13. O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 16. a3 Bxc3
17. Rxc3 h5 18. f4 g4 19. f5 Bd7 20. Qd4 O-O-O 21. b4 Qc7
22. Qxd5 Kb8 23. Rxc4 Bc6 24. Qc5 Rhe8 25. Rd4 Rc8 26. Rd6 Qe7
27. e6 fxe6 28. f6 Qf7 29. Qe5 Ka8 30. b5 Bd5 31. e4 Bb3
32. b6 a6 33. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 f6 10. d3 Be6 11. Ne4 Qd7
12. Qc2 a5 13. b5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Na4
17. Qc2 Qxb5 18. Rb1 Qd7 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Rfc1 Rf7 21. Bxb7 Ra7
22. Bc6 Qd6 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 a4 25. Rb4 Nd7 26. Rc1 Ne5
27. Bxa4 Rf8 28. Rxd4 Rfa8 29. Bd1 Rxa3 30. f4 Ra2 31. Be1 Ra1
32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxa1 Nd7 34. Ra6 Nb6 35. Ba5 Ra8 36. Rxa8+
Nxa8 37. Ba4 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. e4 Kd6 40. Bb4+ c5 41. Ba5
1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Rd8
12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Qb5 Rb8 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Qe2 Rbc8
17. Rfd1 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Ng4 Qg5 20. Rc2 h5 21. Ne3 Na5
22. d5 Nxb3 23. axb3 h4 24. h3 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qf6 26. Rcd2 Be6
27. Ng4 Qe7 28. c4 Re8 29. R5d4 Rcd8 30. Nh2 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Bf5
32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Nf3 f6 34. Nxh4 Be4 35. g4 a5 36. Rd2 Kf7
37. Ng2 Bc6 38. Ne3 g6 39. Kh2 Re8 40. Kg3 Ra8 41. h4 a4
42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 Ra5 45. Kf4 Ke7 46. Re2 Kf7
47. f3 Rc5 48. Rc2 Ke6 49. Kg4 Ke7 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. Re2 Kf7
52. Rd2 b5 53. cxb5 Rxb5 54. Rd6 Bxf3 55. Kxf3 Rxg5 56. Kf4
Ra5 57. Nc4 Ra1 58. Ne5+ Ke7 59. Rxg6 Rf1+ 60. Nf3 Kf7 61. Ra6
Ke7 62. Ke4 Rh1 63. Kd5 Rd1+ 64. Ke5 Kd7 65. Rh6 Kc7 66. Nd4
Re1+ 67. Kd5 Rd1 68. Rh3 Kb7 69. Rc3 Kb6 70. Rc4 Rh1 71. Rb4+
Kc7 72. Ne6+ Kd7 73. Rb7+ Ke8 74. Ng7+ Kd8 75. Ne6+ Ke8
76. Nf4 Rd1+ 77. Ke6 Re1+ 78. Kd6 Rd1+ 79. Nd5 Kf8 80. Ra7 Rd2
81. Ke6 Re2+ 82. Kf5 Ke8 83. Nf6+ Kd8 84. Ne4 Re1 85. Ke5 Ke8
86. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.28"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O
7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Nc6
12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qxb4 d4 14. f3 dxe3 15. O-O Be6 16. Rfd1
Rad8 17. Qa5 b6 18. Qxa7 Rd2 19. Rxd2 exd2 20. Qe7 Bxa2
21. Qe3 Re8 22. Qxd2 Qc5+ 23. Kg2 Bc4 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Qd6 Qb7
26. Re1 h6 27. Kf2 Bd5 28. Nc3 Bc4 29. Ra1 Rc8 30. g4 Re8
31. h4 b5 32. b4 Qc8 33. Ra7 Rd8 34. Qb6 Re8 35. Qd6 Rd8
36. Qe7 Rd2 37. Qe4 Rd8 38. Qe5 Qc6 39. Rc7 Qb6+ 40. Kg2 Qa6
41. Rc5 Qa3 42. Nxb5 Qxb4 43. Qe7 Rf8 44. Nd4 Bd5 45. e3 Qb2+
46. Kg3 Qb8+ 47. Qc7 Qxc7+ 48. Rxc7 Rd8 49. Kf4 g6 50. h5 gxh5
51. gxh5 Ba2 52. Nf5 Kh7 53. Rc6 Be6 54. Nd4 Bh3 55. Kg3 Bc8
56. Rc7 Kg7 57. Nc6 Re8 58. Kf4 Bh3 59. e4 Ra8 60. Kg3 Be6
61. Nd4 Ra6 62. Kf4 Bh3 63. Rc5 Ra4 64. Rd5 Ra6 65. Ke5 Ra8
66. Kf4 Ra6 67. Rd8 Ra5 68. e5 Ra6 69. Kg3 Be6 70. Rd6 Bc8
71. Nf5+ Kh7 72. Ne7 Bb7 73. Rd7 Rb6 74. e6 Rb3 75. exf7 Rxf3+
76. Kg4 Kg7 77. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.29"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4
12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 Rad8 16. a4 Bb4
17. Ne4 Be7 18. a5 c5 19. axb6 axb6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Ne5 Qc8
22. Nxc5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 bxc5 24. Rxd8 Qb7+ 25. Kg1 Rxd8 26. Rd1
Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qxb2 28. Qa4 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qb7+ 30. Kf1 Qc8
31. Ke2 f6 32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. Nxc6 Kf7 34. Kd3 Bd6 35. Nd8+ Ke7
36. Nb7 Kd7 37. Kc4 Kc6 38. Nd8+ Kd7 39. Nb7 Kc6 40. Nd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.30"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8
7. e3 e6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Nf3 Nc6
12. Bf4 O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. g3 Qd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Kg2
Rd7 22. Re2 h6 23. Red2 Rfd8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Kf7 26. Bd4
b6 27. f4 Rc8 28. Kf3 Bb4 29. Rd3 Rc2 30. h3 g6 31. g4 Ke6
32. Re3+ Kf7 33. Re2 Rdc7 34. Rd3 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 Rc2+ 36. Kf3
Rh2 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Bh8 Ke6 39. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Nh5 6. f4 Qh4+
7. g3 Nxg3 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. hxg3 Qxh1 10. Nc3 h5 11. Be3 h4
12. gxh4 c6 13. Kd2 Rxh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Na6
17. Rh1 Qd8 18. a3 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Qa5 20. Rh7 O-O-O 21. Rxf7
Nc7 22. Kc2 b5 23. Bb3 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Bd2
Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Rh8 28. Nf1 Qe1 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxd7 Kxd7
31. Qg4+ Kc7 32. Qxg6 Qf2+ 33. Nd2 Rh2 34. Qd6+ Kb7 35. Qb4+
Kc8 36. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chanda Sandipan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 c5 10. f4 cxd4 11. exd4 Ne4
12. Qe2 f5 13. Ndf3 Qe7 14. a4 a5 15. Bb5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rfc8
17. c4 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rc2 Bxe5 20. fxe5 dxc4 21. bxc4
Bc6 22. Rfc1 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qb4 24. Qd3 a4 25. c5 bxc5 26. Qa3
Qxb5 27. Rc4 Rc6 28. Rxa4 cxd4 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxd4 Qc2
31. Qd3 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Chanda Sandipan"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Re1 d6 8. a4 a6 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Ng3 c5 11. c3 O-O 12. Be3 e5
13. d5 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Ng5 Qe8 16. c4 e4 17. Bc2 f4
18. Bxe4 fxe3 19. Rxe3 Bd4 20. Rf3 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Ne5 22. Bxh7+
Kg7 23. Qe4 N7g6 24. Nf5+ Kf6 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. f4 Bc8 27. Rf1
Ra7 28. fxe5+ Kxg5 29. Bxg6 Qxg6 30. Qxd4 Rg7 31. e6 Kh5
32. Qf2 b5 33. b3 bxc4 34. bxc4 a5 35. h3 Qg5 36. Qe2+ Kh6
37. Kh1 Ba6 38. Rf2 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Bxc4 40. Qe4 Qc3 41. Qh4+ Kg6
42. Qg4+ Kh6 43. Qh4+ Kg6 44. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "207"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 d6 11. Qe2 Qe7
12. Bb2 Rae8 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. f3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exd4
17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Bc2 Qe5 20. Qf2 Rc8 21. Rfe1 Ne6
22. Bd3 Ba6 23. Bf1 Rc7 24. Rb3 Qc5 25. Rbe3 g5 26. g3 Qe5
27. Rd3 Rd8 28. Rd5 Qg7 29. Qe3 h6 30. Qa3 Bb7 31. Rxd6 Rxd6
32. Qxd6 Rc8 33. Nb3 Qc3 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Qe7 Bc6 36. Qxa7 Qb4
37. c5 bxc5 38. Qa5 Qb8 39. Bc4 Rd7 40. Bxe6 Ra7 41. Qxc5
Rxa2+ 42. Re2 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 fxe6 44. Nd4 Bd7 45. Ke3 Kf7
46. f4 gxf4+ 47. gxf4 Qb1 48. Nf3 Qb3+ 49. Kf2 Qb2+ 50. Kg3
Qb3 51. Qh5+ Kg7 52. Qe5+ Kf7 53. Qh8 Bc6 54. Qh7+ Ke8
55. Qg8+ Ke7 56. Qg7+ Ke8 57. Qg6+ Ke7 58. Kg4 Qe3 59. Qg7+
Ke8 60. Qg8+ Ke7 61. Qh7+ Ke8 62. Qg6+ Ke7 63. Qg7+ Ke8
64. Qxh6 Qxe4 65. Qh8+ Ke7 66. Qg7+ Ke8 67. Qg8+ Ke7 68. Qg5+
Ke8 69. Qh5+ Ke7 70. Qc5+ Ke8 71. Qh5+ Ke7 72. Qg5+ Ke8
73. Qh5+ Ke7 74. Qc5+ Ke8 75. Qc3 Bd5 76. Kg3 Qe2 77. h3 Ke7
78. Qc7+ Ke8 79. Qc8+ Ke7 80. Qc5+ Ke8 81. Qc3 Ke7 82. Ng5
Qg2+ 83. Kh4 Qf2+ 84. Kg4 Qe2+ 85. Kh4 Qf2+ 86. Qg3 Qd4
87. Qa3+ Ke8 88. Qd6 Qh8+ 89. Kg4 Qf6 90. Qb8+ Ke7 91. Qc7+
Ke8 92. Qb8+ Ke7 93. Qc7+ Ke8 94. Qe5 Qg6 95. h4 Kd7 96. h5
Qc2 97. h6 Qd1+ 98. Kh4 Qh1+ 99. Nh3 Bg2 100. Qd4+ Ke7
101. Qg7+ Kd6 102. Qg3 Be4 103. f5+ Kc6 104. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg4
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Nfxd4 Be4
12. f3 Bg6 13. Re1 O-O 14. c3 Bd6 15. g4 h6 16. Be3 a6
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Nc5 Rfe8 20. Bf2 a5 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qb8 24. b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Qa8
26. Qd2 Bb1 27. a4 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Qxa4 29. Bf1 Ba2 30. Bd3 Bc4
31. Bf5 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qf1 33. Qe3 Qe2+ 34. Qxe2 Bxe2 35. Kg3 g5
36. Be7 Kg7 37. Kf2 Bd1 38. Bc5 Nh7 39. Ke1 Ba4 40. Bd4+ Kg8
41. Be3 Nf8 42. h4 Ne6 43. Bxe6 fxe6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Bxg5
Kf7 46. f4 d4 47. Bd8 Bb3 48. Kd2 Bd5 49. Bb6 Bf3 50. g5 Kg6
51. Bxd4 Bh1 52. Ke3 Kf7 53. Be5 Kg6 54. Kd4 Kf7 55. Kc5 Bg2
56. Kd6 Bh1 57. Bf6 Bg2 58. Bd8 Bf3 59. Ke5 Bg2 60. g6+ Kxg6
61. Kxe6 Bh3+ 62. Ke5 Kf7 63. f5 Bg2 64. Bh4 Bf3 65. Bg5 Bg2
66. Bd8 Bh1 67. f6 Bg2 68. Kd6 Bh1 69. Be7 Bg2 70. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2013.02.02"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mihail Kopylov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Bb7
12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Qb3 a6 14. Rc2 Rc4 15. a4 Nh5 16. Be3 Bd6
17. Rfc1 Qe7 18. Na2 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Nhf6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4
a5 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Nb5 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Ne8 25. Ne5 Nb8 26. f5
Na6 27. Nc6 Qd7 28. Ne5 Qe7 29. Nc6 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2013.02.03"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Robert Kempinski"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 e5
7. d5 Nd4 8. Nge2 c5 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. g3 Be6 11. b3 O-O
12. Bg2 Qd7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Na4 Rab8 15. Nb6 Qc7 16. O-O Ne8
17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Rfd1 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bd5 Qf7 21. Bg5 Bf6
22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Qg5 Ne7 24. Nf4 Bxd5 25. Nbxd5 Nc6 26. Nh5 Kh8
27. Nxg7 Nxg7 28. Qh4 f4 29. g4 Qg6 30. Qg5 Qxg5 31. Bxg5 Rde8
32. f3 Ne6 33. Bh4 Ned4 34. Kg2 e4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Nc3 f3+
37. Kf1 Re6 38. Bf2 Ne2 39. Rc2 Nf4 40. Rcd2 Nxh3 41. Rxd6
Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Nxf2 43. Kxf2 Ne5 44. Rd4 Kg7 45. Nd5 Rf7
46. Ne3 Kg6 47. Rd5 Kf6 48. Kg3 Rf8 49. Rd6+ Kg5 50. Rd5 Kf6
51. Rd2 Ke6 52. Rh2 Rf7 53. Rh6+ Kd7 54. Rh5 Ke6 55. Rh6+ Kd7
56. Rh5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.08"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Bf4 Bc6 9. Rd1 e6 10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 c6
12. e4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. h4 c5 15. Qxc5 Nc6 16. Qxh5 Nxh5
17. Be3 Rfd8 18. e5 f6 19. Bc4 fxe5 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. d5 Nd4
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Ne2 Rd6 24. O-O Rf8 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4
Rxf3 27. Rc1 Nf4 28. Re4 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc7 Rf8
31. Ree7 Rh5 32. Rxb7 a5 33. Re4 Rhf5 34. Ree7 Rh5 35. Ra7
Rxh4 36. Rxa5 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Rgf4 38. Re2 R8f7 39. Rae5 h5
40. R5e4 Rf3 41. b4 Ra3 42. b5 Rb7 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. R8e7+ Rxe7
45. Rxe7+ Kf6 46. Re2 Ra8 47. Kg2 Kf5 48. b6 Rb8 49. Rb2 Ke6
50. a4 Kd7 51. a5 Kc6 52. Re2 Kb5 53. Re5+ Ka6 54. Rg5 Rg8
55. Kg3 Rf8 56. f4 h4+ 57. Kg4 h3 58. Rxg6 Rh8 59. b7+ Kxb7
60. Rb6+ Kc7 61. Rb1 h2 62. Rh1 Kd7 63. Kg3 Ra8 64. Rxh2 Rxa5
65. Re2 Ra8 66. Kg4 Rg8+ 67. Kh5 Rf8 68. Kg5 Rg8+ 69. Kh6 Rf8
70. Re4 Kd6 71. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5
Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Ka1 Na4
17. Nge2 e4 18. Bd4 Qa5 19. Nxe4 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Rxd2
Rd6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nf4 Be8 25. Bd3 Bf7 26. Be4
Nd7 27. g4 Re8 28. Rdh2 Nf6 29. g5 Nh5 30. Nxh5+ gxh5 31. Kb2
Re5 32. Rxh5 Bxh5 33. Rxh5 Rg6 34. Kc3 Rgxg5 35. Rxh7+ Kf6
36. Rxb7 Re7 37. Rb8 Ke5 38. Kd3 Rg1 39. Rh8 Rd1+ 40. Kc2 Ra1
41. Rh5+ Kd6 42. Kb2 Rd1 43. Rh6+ Ke5 44. Ra6 Rg7 45. Kc2 Ra1
46. Kd3 Rd1+ 47. Kc4 Rc1+ 48. Kb4 Kd4 49. Ra5 Ke5 50. Rb5 Kd6
51. Rb8 Rg2 52. a4 Rh2 53. Rd8+ Ke7 54. Rg8 Rc7 55. Rg6 Rd2
56. Ka5 Rd4 57. Ka6 Rc3 58. Kxa7 Rxb3 59. a5 Rdb4 60. d6+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. O-O Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nf6 11. c4 e5
12. Nc3 Be6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Rd2 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5
17. Rxd6 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. f3 Qc7 20. Qb6 Qxb6+ 21. Rxb6
Rb8 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke8 24. Ke3 Rc7 25. g3 Rd7 26. Rxd7
Kxd7 27. Na4 Kc7 28. Rb3 Nd7 29. Rc3+ Kd6 30. Rd3+ Kc6
31. Rc3+ Kd6 32. f4 b5 33. Rd3+ Kc6 34. Rc3+ Kd6 35. Rd3+ Kc6
36. Nc3 Nc5 37. Rd2 Re8 38. f5 a5 39. Nd5 f6 40. a3 Kb7 41. g4
h6 42. h4 Nb3 43. Rd1 Rh8 44. Rg1 Nd4 45. Kd3 Nb3 46. Rg3 Kc6
47. Ke3 Nd4 48. Kd3 h5 49. Nc3 hxg4 50. Rxg4 Rh7 51. Ne2 Nxe2
52. Kxe2 Kd6 53. Ke3 Kc6 54. Ke2 Kd6 55. Ke3 Kc6 56. Kd2 Kd6
57. Kc3 Kc5 58. b4+ axb4+ 59. axb4+ Kd6 60. Kd3 Ke7 61. Rg1
Kf7 62. Rc1 Rxh4 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Rh3+ 65. Kd2 Rh2+
66. Kd3 Rh3+ 67. Kd2 Rh2+ 68. Kd3 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.11"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Bb7 11. Bf4 d6
12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bxd6 Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6
h6 17. Rg1 hxg5 18. Rxg5 Rxh2 19. Rxg7 Ke7 20. Rd2 Rh1 21. Rf2
Ne5 22. Rg3 f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Rg7+ Nf7 25. Ne2 Kf6 26. Rg1
Rxg1 27. Nxg1 Rh8 28. Ne2 Rh4 29. c3 Ne5 30. Nd4 Rh1 31. Kd2
f4 32. Be2 Bd5 33. a3 Bf7 34. Bf1 Bg8 35. b3 Bf7 36. Kc2 Bg6+
37. Kd2 Bf7 38. Kc2 Bg6+ 39. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7
12. Qd3 Re8 13. Bd2 h6 14. e3 d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+
17. Bxe1 Nc6 18. Qc2 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Nxd8 22. Bc3 Be4 23. Nd4 Bd3 24. Bd5 Kf8 25. Kg2 Ke8 26. Kf3
Kd7 27. Be4 Bxe4+ 28. Kxe4 h5 29. Kd5 Bf8 30. f3 Ne6 31. Nxe6
fxe6+ 32. Ke4 g6 33. g4 a6 34. h3 Bd6 35. Bf6 Ke8 36. Be5 Bf8
37. Bd4 Bd6 38. Bg7 Kd7 39. Bh8 Ke8 40. Bf6 Kd7 41. Kd4 Bf8
42. Be5 Be7 43. Ke3 Bf8 44. Bc3 Bh6+ 45. Ke4 Ke7 46. a4 Kd7
47. Bf6 Bc1 48. Bd4 Bh6 49. Bc3 Bf8 50. Bf6 Bd6 51. Bd4 Bf8
52. Bc3 Bd6 53. gxh5 gxh5 54. f4 Ke8 55. f5 Kf7 56. Be5 Be7
57. Bg3 Bd8 58. Bf2 Bc7 59. Bh4 Bd6 60. Bg5 Bc7 61. Bf4 Bd8
62. Bd6 Kf6 63. Be5+ Kf7 64. b3 Be7 65. Bg3 Bd8 66. Be1 Bf6
67. Ba5 Bh4 68. Kf4 Bf6 69. Bc7 Bh4 70. Ke4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Bc7
12. a4 Re8 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Be3 Nf4 16. f3 Nxg2
17. Kxg2 Bg6 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Nh4 Nxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qe7 21. Qb3
Rab8 22. Rf2 Red8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd2 Bc7 25. Rd3 Qe6
26. Qb4 b6 27. b3 a6 28. Qd2 b5 29. Rd7 bxc4 30. Rxc7 cxb3
31. Rb7 Qc8 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. cxb3 f6 34. Qd6 Kf7 35. g4 Ke8
36. Kg3 Qb7 37. b4 Qc8 38. a5 Kf7 39. Ng2 h5 40. Ne3 hxg4
41. hxg4 Qe6 42. Qd3 Qc8 43. Qc4+ Kf8 44. Qc5+ Kg8 45. b5 axb5
46. Qb6 Qf8 47. a6 Qb4 48. a7 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qd2+ 50. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Qc8
12. Ba3 Re8 13. dxc5 Na6 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Ne5 d6
17. Nd3 Ba6 18. c4 e5 19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. c5 Nc4 21. Qa4 Nxa3
22. Qxa3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qe6 24. Rb7 Re7 25. a4 a6 26. h3 h6
27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Kf7 29. f4 exf4 30. exf4 Kf6 31. c6 Rc8
32. Rd7 Re4 33. Rbxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Rxa4 35. Ra7 Rxf4 36. Rxa6
Rc4 37. c7+ Kg5 38. Ra7 Rc2 39. c8=Q Rxc8 40. Rxg7+ Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. Qd3 Ndf5 16. Nb5
Rc8 17. g3 a6 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Rd2 Rc4 20. Bg2 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Qb5 22. Bf1 Qc6 23. Qe2 Nf5 24. Bb2 Rh8 25. Qf2 Nxg3 26. Bxc4
Nxh1 27. Qa7 Qxc4 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Qxh8 Bxc2 30. Rxc2 Qf1+
31. Kd2 Qf2+ 32. Kd3 Qf3+ 33. Kd2 Qf2+ 34. Kd3 Qf3+ 35. Kd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Qa5
12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rac8 15. Bb3 e6 16. Rad1 Qa6
17. d5 Ne5 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Qe3 Bg7 21. Bxe6+
Kh8 22. Bxc8 Qxa2 23. Qd2 Rxc8 24. Qd7 Rf8 25. Qxb7 a5 26. Ra1
Qc4 27. Rxa5 Qe2 28. f4 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qxf4 30. c4 Qf1+ 31. Kh2
Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Qf1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. e5 Nd5
7. c4 Ndb4 8. d3 d6 9. a3 Na6 10. O-O dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd4
12. Qd1 O-O 13. Nc3 Nc7 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be3 f5
17. d4 f4 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 fxe3 20. dxc6 Qxd1 21. Raxd1
exf2+ 22. Rxf2 bxc6 23. Ne5 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Be6 25. Nxc6 Rf8+
26. Kg1 Bf6 27. Rd2 a6 28. Ne4 c4 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Rd6 Kg7
31. Ne5 c3 32. bxc3 Bf5 33. Rd2 Nb5 34. c4 Nxa3 35. g4 Be6
36. Bd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rf4 38. h3 Nxc4 39. Nxc4 Rxc4 40. Rxg5+
Kf6 41. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Ndb5 Nxc3 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxc3 Bg7 10. Bd2 Be6 11. g3
Nc6 12. Bg2 Ke8 13. O-O f5 14. Na4 Kf7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bc3
Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rab8 18. Na4 c5 19. Rfc1 Rhc8 20. Rc2 Rb4
21. Nxc5 Rb5 22. Rac1 Bxa2 23. f4 Bb1 24. Rxb1 Rcxc5 25. Rxc5
Rxc5 26. Ra1 Rc2 27. Kf2 Rxb2 28. Rxa7 Rb8 29. Kf3 Rb3+
30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Kf3 Rb3+ 32. Kf2 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Nf3 Nh5
12. Bg5 f6 13. g4 fxg5 14. gxh5 Qf6 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6
17. Bxh7 O-O-O 18. Bg6 Kb8 19. a3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Rb1
Be8 22. Bxe8 Rhxe8 23. Rb3 Qf3 24. Rg1 Qxh5 25. Qe2 Rh8
26. Qa6 Qf7 27. Qd6+ Ka8 28. Rxg5 Rh3 29. Qe5 g6 30. Rg2 Rf3
31. Qg5 Rg8 32. h4 Qc7 33. Qg4 Rgf8 34. Qxe6 Qc4 35. Rb2 Qxc3+
36. Rd2 Qc1+ 37. Ke2 Qc4+ 38. Rd3 a6 39. Qe7 Qc2+ 40. Rd2 Qc4+
41. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O-O
12. O-O Be7 13. Nce4 Qc7 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. exf6
gxf6 17. Bd2 Nf4 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Qb3 e5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Ne4
Rxd4 22. Bf3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Kb8 24. Bf3 Nc4 25. Qc3 Rhd8
26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Ne5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bxh5 Qh8 30. Qd2
Kc8 31. Bd1 Qxh4 32. Qd6 Qg5 33. Qe6+ Kc7 34. Qe7+ Nd7 35. Qh7
Kd6 36. b4 Qe5 37. Qd3+ Qd5 38. Qe2 Ne5 39. a4 a6 40. Qe1 Qd3
41. Be2 Qc2 42. Bf1 f3 43. Qa1 Qd2 44. b5 c5 45. Qa3 fxg2
46. Bxg2 Nd3 47. Bxb7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.05.01"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 b6 11. Ba3 Bb7
12. Nd5 e6 13. Ne7+ Nxe7 14. Bxe7 Rdc8 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b3 a6
17. Rd1 Ne5 18. Nc1 Nc6 19. Bg5 Nb4 20. Kf2 b5 21. Bd2 a5
22. cxb5 Rc2 23. Be2 f5 24. a3 Na2 25. Nxa2 Rxa2 26. exf5 gxf5
27. Bf4 a4 28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Rd7+ Kg6 31. Rxb7
Rxf4 32. Rd1 Rc4 33. Re7 Kf6 34. Rdd7 Rcc2 35. Rf7+ Ke5
36. Rxg7 Rxe2+ 37. Kf1 Reb2 38. Rd1 Kf6 39. Rg8 Rxb5 40. Re1
Rbb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kateryna Alexandrovna Lahno"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4
d5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Nxb3 Nb4
12. Bb1 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Ke2 Rfc8 15. Rhc1 e6 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nd7 Bg7 20. Rc3 Ne7 21. Rac1
Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. g4 Rxc3 24. bxc3 fxg4 25. hxg4 Nc6
26. g5 b5 27. Kd3 Bf8 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. e4 Kg7 30. exd5 exd5
31. Nh4 f6 32. f4 fxg5 33. fxg5 Na5 34. Nf5+ Kg6 35. Ne7+ Kxg5
36. Nxd5 Nc4 37. Nc7 Nxa3 38. d5 Kf6 39. d6 h5 40. Kd4 h4
41. Ke4 Nc4 42. Nxb5 a6 43. Nc7 Nxd6+ 44. Kf4 a5 45. Nd5+ Ke6
46. Nb6 Nb5 47. Kg4 Nxc3 48. Kxh4 Kf5 49. Kg3 Ke4 50. Kf2 Kd3
51. Ke1 Kc2 52. Kf2 Nd1+ 53. Ke2 Nb2 54. Ke1 Kc3 55. Ke2 Kc2
56. Ke1 Nd3+ 57. Ke2 Ne5 58. Ke1 Nc6 59. Ke2 Ne7 60. Ke3 Kc3
61. Ke2 Kc2 62. Ke3 Nc8 63. Na4 Kb3 64. Nc5+ Kb4 65. Kd4 Na7
66. Nd3+ Kb3 67. Nc5+ Kb4 68. Nd3+ Kb3 69. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "2.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d3 Bd6 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. g3 O-O 12. O-O
e5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rfc1 Nf8
17. Nf3 Qd7 18. Bf1 N8h7 19. Bg2 g5 20. h3 g4 21. hxg4 Qxg4
22. Qd1 Ng5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Qe2 Rad8 25. Bc3 b6 26. Bd2 e4
27. Rc6 Ng4 28. dxe4 dxe4 29. Rxb6 Qh5 30. Rb5 Be5 31. Rd1 Rd6
32. Bxa5 Rf6 33. Be1 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Nxf2 35. Bxf2 Bxg3 36. Rh5
Rxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Qxh5 38. Qe2 Qg6 39. Kg1 Re5 40. Rd8+ Kh7
41. Rd4 f5 42. Kf1 Qg5 43. b4 Re6 44. Rd5 Rc6 45. Rc5 Rf6
46. b5 Qh4 47. a4 g6 48. Rc6 Rf7 49. Qc4 Rd7 50. Qe2 Rd3
51. b6 Qd8 52. Kg1 Rd2 53. Qc4 Bh2+ 54. Kh1 Bd6 55. Kg1 Rd1+
56. Bf1 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 c6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8
12. Nde2 a5 13. e5 Qb6+ 14. Qd4 c5 15. Qf2 dxe5 16. fxe5 Rxe5
17. Bf4 Re8 18. Rad1 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 c4+ 20. Kh1 Qc6 21. Nd4
Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 b4 23. Ncb5 Nd5 24. Nc7 Nxc7 25. Bxc7 c3
26. bxc3 bxa3 27. Bd6 Nd7 28. Nb5 Nb6 29. Nxa3 Bxc3 30. Nb5
Rac8 31. Bc7 Nc4 32. Bf4 Be5 33. Rd7 Rc5 34. Rb7 a4 35. Re1
Rd8 36. Bxe5 Nxe5 37. Re2 h5 38. c3 Rdd5 39. Nc7 Rd8 40. Nb5
Kg7 41. Rf2 Rd7 42. Rxd7 Nxd7 43. Nd6 Ne5 44. Ra2 Ra5 45. Ra3
Ra6 46. Ne8+ Kf8 47. Nc7 Ra5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "4.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Kurnosov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nc8
7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 Na6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bd2 Nb4 11. Ne1 O-O 12. c3
Na6 13. Bd3 Nc7 14. f4 Nb6 15. Qc2 Qc8 16. h3 Nc4 17. g4 Bxd3
18. Nxd3 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rae1 b6 21. Bc1 Bh4 22. Re2 Ne8
23. Ne5 Ned6 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Qd7 27. g5 h6
28. gxh6 Rf5 29. Rg2 Bf6 30. Rf3 Rf8 31. Rfg3 Rf7 32. Qb3 Qc7
33. Rg6 Kh7 34. hxg7 Rxg7 35. Rxg7+ Bxg7 36. Qd1 Qf7 37. Qe2
Rh5 38. Qg4 Bf6 39. Be1 Be7 40. Re2 Rf5 41. Bg3 c5 42. Re5
cxd4 43. cxd4 Bf6 44. Rxf5 Bxd4+ 45. Bf2 Bxf2+ 46. Kxf2 exf5
47. Qh4+ Kg7 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. h4 d4 50. Qd8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "5.20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mohamad Naser Al Sayed"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3
Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 Bg6
12. h3 Ne4 13. Ne1 Ndf6 14. g4 h5 15. Qe2 hxg4 16. hxg4 Qa5
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. f3 Ng3 20. Qf2 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 f5
22. f4 Ne4 23. Qe2 Qd5 24. Bd2 Kf7 25. Be1 Rh8 26. Rb3 Rab8
27. Rc1 Rh7 28. g5 Kg6 29. Bf3 Rbh8 30. Qg2 Bxf4 31. exf4
Qxd4+ 32. Kf1 Rh2 33. Qg1 Nd2+ 34. Bxd2 Qxd2 35. Re1 Qxf4
36. Rxe6+ Kf7 37. Rbe3 Qc4+ 38. Re2 Qc1+ 39. Re1 Qc4+ 40. R1e2
Qc1+ 41. Re1 Qc4+ 42. R1e2 Qc1+ 43. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "6.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Potapov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bh7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Bf2 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Ned5 14. Nge4 Be7 15. g3 a5 16. O-O O-O
17. a3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Qe2 a4 20. Ba2 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Nd5
22. Rc4 b5 23. Rcc1 Qb6 24. Nc5 b4 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Bc4 Nd5
27. Ra1 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Qb4 29. Rfd1 Ne7 30. Rd6 Rdb8 31. Rad1
Bg6 32. R1d2 h5 33. Kg2 a3 34. bxa3 Rxa3 35. Rd7 Nf5 36. Bd3
Ra1 37. Be4 Qa4 38. Bc2 Qa3 39. R7d3 Qc1 40. Rd1 Qb2 41. R1d2
Kh7 42. g4 Nh6 43. gxh5 Bf5 44. Be3 Qb5 45. Bxh6 gxh6 46. Rc3
Rg8+ 47. Kf2 Qa5 48. Bxf5+ exf5 49. Qd3 Kh8 50. Qxf5 Ra2
51. Qf6+ Rg7 52. Rxa2 Qxa2+ 53. Ke3 Qb2 54. Rd3 Qc1+ 55. Ke2
Qc2+ 56. Rd2 Qc4+ 57. Rd3 Qc2+ 58. Rd2 Qc4+ 59. Ke1 Qc1+
60. Ke2 Qc4+ 61. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "7.18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexei Mikhailovich Bezgodov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nd7
7. Nge2 h5 8. h4 Be7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6
12. e4 dxe4 13. Ngxe4 Ngf6 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Ng5 Nb6 16. Ne6
Qd7 17. Nxf8 Bxf8 18. Be5 Ng4 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Bg3 Bg7 21. Rhe1
b6 22. f3 Nh6 23. Be5 f6 24. Bg3 Nf5 25. Bf2 Nf4 26. Qf1 Qd5
27. Kb1 Rd8 28. g3 Ne6 29. Nc3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "8.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "A R Saleh Salem"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bb7 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 d6 11. a4 Re8
12. e4 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 Nb4 15. f3 a5 16. Be2 Nd7
17. Be3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Qd2 Bc8 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Ra7
22. Raf1 f6 23. Bd3 Re5 24. Rh4 Rae7 25. Bb1 Bd7 26. Bf4 Bxa4
27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rh3 Bd7 29. Rg3 Kh8 30. Rf4 Qe7 31. h3 h6
32. Rgf3 Kh7 33. Rg3 Be8 34. Qd1 Bd7 35. Qd2 Be8 36. Qd1 Bd7
37. Qd2 Be8 38. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "9.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 a6 9. a4 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O
Re8 13. Nh1 Nh7 14. Nf2 Bd4 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. Nd3 Ne5 17. Qe1
Qf6 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. a5 Nf8 21. Be3 Bf4 22. Bxf4
Qxf4 23. Ne2 Qe3 24. Ra3 Qg5 25. Rb3 Bc8 26. Rb6 Nd7 27. Rb3
Ne5 28. Bc2 Qd8 29. Qc3 Rb8 30. f4 Nd7 31. e5 c4 32. Qxc4 Qxa5
33. e6 Nc5 34. Rg3 Nxe6 35. f5 Qc5 36. fxg6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "10.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Frolyanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7
7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. d6 exd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Bf4 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 O-O
12. Bxd6 Re8 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Nf3 Rxe2 15. Nxe2 Bf5 16. Bf4
Rc8+ 17. Kd2 Nc4+ 18. Ke1 Nxb2 19. Ra1 Nd5 20. Be3 Rc2 21. Ne5
f6 22. Nf3 Bf8 23. a3 Bd3 24. Nc1 Ba6 25. Bd2 Bd6 26. g3 Bb5
27. h4 h5 28. Nh2 Nc4 29. Nf1 Bxa3 30. Nb3 Nxd2 31. Nfxd2 Bb4
32. Kd1 Bd3 33. Rxa7 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g3 a6 11. Bg2 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Bb7 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qb6
17. Nd4 a5 18. O-O b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Kh1 Rc4 21. Rad1 Nc5
22. f5 Ne4 23. Qe3 exf5 24. Nxf5 Qe6 25. b3 Rc3 26. Qf4 Kh8
27. Nd4 Qe7 28. Nf5 Qe6 29. Nd6 Nxd6 30. exd6 Rxc2 31. Rde1
Qc8 32. Re7 Rxg2 33. Kxg2 d4+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Re2 Qc5 36. Rc1
Qb6 37. Re7 Bd5 38. Ke1 d3 39. Kd2 Bxb3 40. d7 Qd8 41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3
O-O 7. Qf4 Qe7 8. e3 a6 9. a3 Re8 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Ne5 Bd7
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd3 Rad8 14. Be2 Bc8 15. O-O Rd6 16. Qh4 Qf8
17. Bf3 Ne7 18. Rfe1 Ng6 19. Qg3 c6 20. b4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Nc5 f5 23. Ne2 Qe7 24. a4 b6 25. Nb3 Be6 26. Nd2 Bd5
27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rf8 29. Rec1 Rff6 30. h4 Nf8 31. h5 Nd7
32. R4c2 Rh6 33. Qf4 Qf7 34. Ng3 Rhf6 35. Nxf5 Qxh5 36. Qxd6
Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Nf6 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Ng4 40. bxc6 Qh2+
41. Kf1 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Qxg2 43. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "13.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. g3 Nb6
12. Nh4 Be7 13. O-O-O Nc8 14. Bd3 Nd6 15. Ng2 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 f5
17. Rdd1 Ne4 18. Rhf1 Kd7 19. Kc2 h5 20. h4 Bd6 21. Kd3 a5
22. Ne2 Rhg8 23. Ngf4 Nf6 24. Nh3 Ke7 25. Nef4 Rh8 26. Ke2 Ne4
27. Kd3 Ra6 28. Kc2 Raa8 29. Rd3 a4 30. a3 Bxf4 31. Nxf4 Nd6
32. Ne2 Kf6 33. Rdd1 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "14.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. h4 b6 13. Nxc3 Nd4 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. O-O-O Ndf5 16. Nb5 Bxb5
17. Bxb5+ Kf8 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. h5 Ne3 21. g4 Nxd1
22. Rxd1 Rxg4 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Qf6 Ng8 25. Qh8 Qf8 26. Bb5+
Ke7 27. c4 Qh6 28. Qxh6 Nxh6 29. cxd5 exd5 30. Bd3 Rh4 31. f5
Rxh5 32. Rf1 Rh3 33. Ba6 Rc5 34. a4 Ng4 35. Rf4 Ne3 36. Ba3 f6
37. e6 Kd6 38. Bd3 Ng2 39. Rd4 Ne1 40. Bxc5+ bxc5 41. e7 Kxe7
42. Bf1 Rf3 43. Rd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "15.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Ne4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6
7. d5 f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Bc4 Bb7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Nf4 Na6
12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Rd1 a6 14. a4 Be5 15. O-O Qf6 16. Qe2 Bxc3
17. bxc3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nxb5 20. Qxb5 Ba6 21. Qxd7
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 e5 23. Nd3 Rad8 24. Qb7 c4 25. Nb4 Kh8 26. Qb5
Rg8 27. g3 Rg4 28. Nc6 Re8 29. Qc5 f4 30. d6 Qe6 31. Nxe5 Rg7
32. exf4 f6 33. Nxc4 Rc8 34. d7 Rxc5 35. d8=Q+ Rg8 36. Qd6
Qxc4 37. Qxf6+ Rg7 38. Qf8+ Rg8 39. Qf6+ Rg7 40. Qf8+ Rg8
41. Qf6+ Rg7 42. Qf8+ Rg8 43. Qf6+ Rg7 44. Qf8+ Rg8 45. Qf6+
Rg7 46. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6
7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. f3 Bh5 10. Rc1 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Bg3 Bg6 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Na4 Rc8 15. a3 Na5 16. Rxc8 Qxc8
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qe2 b5 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. e4 Nb3 21. Bf2 dxe4
22. fxe4 Rd8 23. d5 Bc5 24. Bb1 exd5 25. Ba2 Nd4 26. Qd3 dxe4
27. Nxe4 Ne6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qg3 Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Qb7 31. Ng5
Qe7 32. Qh4 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qf5 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. b3 h6
7. c4 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bh7 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 Na6
12. Rfc1 Re8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Ndf3 Nc5 15. b4 Ncd7 16. c5 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bc3 e5 20. e4 d4 21. Bd2 axb4
22. axb4 Qe7 23. Qb3 Nf8 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Ne6 26. f5 Nc7
27. Rf1 Kh8 28. Bf4 Nb5 29. Bd6 Nxd6 30. cxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxa8
Rxa8 32. Qxf7 Bg8 33. Qxb7 Rb8 34. Qa7 Rxb4 35. Qa8 Rb8
36. Qa5 c5 37. Rc1 Qf4 38. Qxc5 Rb2 39. Rf1 Qg4 40. Rf2 Rb1+
41. Rf1 Rb2 42. Rf2 Rb1+ 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Qd1+ 45. Kf2
Qd2+ 46. Kg3 Qg5+ 47. Kh3 Qh5+ 48. Kg3 Qg5+ 49. Kh3 Qe3+
50. Kg4 Qxd3 51. e5 Qe2+ 52. Bf3 Qe3 53. e6 h5+ 54. Kg3 Qg5+
55. Kf2 Qe3+ 56. Kg3 Qg5+ 57. Kf2 Qe3+ 58. Kg3 Qg5+ 59. Kf2
Bxe6 60. Qf8+ Bg8 61. Bd5 Qe3+ 62. Kg2 Qe2+ 63. Kg1 Qe1+
64. Kg2 Qe2+ 65. Kg1 Qe1+ 66. Kg2 Qe2+ 67. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 g6
7. c4 Nc7 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. h3
Bf5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Qa3 Ra8 16. Rad1 h6 17. Rfe1
g5 18. Bh2 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Bg3 Re8 21. d5 cxd5 22. cxd5
Nxd5 23. Bb5 Rf8 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxe7 Nf6 26. Re5 Qb6
27. Rexd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rad8 29. Bd6 Bxb2 30. Qd3 Rfe8
31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Be5 Bxe5 33. Nxe5 Qf6 34. Qg3+ Kh8 35. Rd6
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15. h3 Nxd5 16. Nxd4
Qf6 17. Qh5 h6 18. Qxd5 Rd8 19. Ba5 b6 20. Qxa8 bxa5 21. Qe4
g6 22. Bc4 Bb4 23. Qf3 Qg7 24. Nc6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 d5 6. e5 g5
7. Bg3 Nfd7 8. h4 Nc6 9. dxc5 g4 10. Qxg4 Ndxe5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5
12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. c3 Rc8 15. Ngf3 Rxc5 16. Bxd7+
Nxd7 17. Nb3 Rc4 18. Nbd4 O-O 19. O-O Qf6 20. Rad1 a6 21. Rfe1
b5 22. a3 Qg6 23. Nd2 Rcc8 24. N2f3 Nc5 25. Ne5 Qf6 26. Qh5
Ne4 27. Ng4 Qf4 28. Ne2 Qf5 29. Qxf5 exf5 30. Ne3 a5 31. Nxf5
Rc5 32. Nf4 Be5 33. Nxd5 Rd8 34. Rxe4 Rdxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5
36. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Qe2 Nb6
12. b3 a5 13. Bg2 g5 14. O-O O-O 15. a3 Nbd7 16. Rfd1 Re8
17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxg5 Qc7 19. Be3 g6 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Rad8 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Qc2 Bf8 24. Bf3 Bg7 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4
e5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Re8 30. Qd2 Qe6 31. Qd3
Ne4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rc1 b5 35. cxb5 cxb5
36. Bc5 Bb2 37. Rc2 Ba3 38. Kf3 f5 39. Re2 Bxb4 40. Bxb4 Rxb4
41. Re6 fxg4+ 42. hxg4 Kf7 43. Rb6 g5 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. f3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. d5 a5 10. b3 Nh5 11. Bc2 g6 12. Bb2
Ng7 13. b4 f5 14. c5 Nf6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nc4 Qe8 17. cxd6
cxd6 18. bxa5 Bd7 19. Re1 Qh5 20. Nd4 Ng4 21. h3 Qh4 22. hxg4
fxg4 23. g3 Qf6 24. Qd2 exd4 25. Bxd4 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Bxg5
27. Nxd6 Rxa5 28. Nxb7 Rb5 29. Nd6 Rbb8 30. Ne4 Bd8 31. Rab1
Ra8 32. Bc5 Re8 33. Nd6 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Ra5 35. Bb4 Ra6 36. Nc4
Bb5 37. Ne5 h5 38. Bb3 Bf6 39. Bc2 Ra8 40. Bg6 Be8 41. Nf7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 c6
7. O-O b5 8. e5 Ne8 9. f4 b4 10. Ne4 Qb6 11. Kh1 a5 12. c3 Ba6
13. h4 Nc7 14. h5 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. hxg6 hxg6
18. Qc2 c5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Ng5 Rf6 21. c4 cxd4 22. cxd5 d3
23. Qd1 dxe2 24. Bxe2 exd5 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Be3 Qb7 27. Kg1
Nf8 28. Bd4 e5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Bc5 Qc6 31. Rc1 Qd7 32. Rxf6
Bxf6 33. Nf3 Ne6 34. Bb6 Re8 35. Qc2 e4 36. Nd2 Nd4 37. Qd1 e3
38. Bxd4 e2 39. Qc2 Bxd4+ 40. Kg2 Qg4 41. Nf3 Bg7 42. Re1 Qe4
43. Qxe4 dxe4 44. Ng5 Bxb2 45. Rxe2 Bf6 46. Nxe4 Kg7 47. Kf3
a4 48. Rc2 Re7 49. Rc6 Be5 50. Rb6 b3 51. axb3 a3 52. Ra6 Bb2
53. Nc5 Re1 54. b4 Rc1 55. Ne6+ Kf7 56. b5 Rc3+ 57. Ke4 Ke7
58. Nf4 Rc4+ 59. Kd3 Rc5 60. b6 Kd7 61. Ne6 Rb5 62. Nc7 Rxb6
63. Rxb6 a2 64. Ra6 a1=Q 65. Rxa1 Bxa1 66. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "9.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. e3 Bh6
7. c4 f4 8. exf4 Bxf4 9. Qxf4 Qxb2 10. Ne2 Qxa1 11. Nc3 d6
12. Qd2 Rg8 13. g3 Rg4 14. f4 b5 15. cxb5 a6 16. b6 Nd7
17. Be2 Rb8 18. O-O Rxb6 19. Bxg4 Qb2 20. Qxb2 Rxb2 21. Rf2
Rb7 22. Nd2 Nb6 23. Bxc8 Nxc8 24. Kf1 Rb4 25. f5 Nb6 26. f6
Nd7 27. fxe7 Kxe7 28. Ke2 Ne5 29. Kd1 h5 30. Kc2 h4 31. Nde4
hxg3 32. Nxg3 Ng4 33. Re2+ Kd7 34. Re4 Nf6 35. Rxb4 cxb4
36. Nce4 Nxd5 37. Kb3 a5 38. Ng5 Nc3 39. Nxf7 a4+ 40. Kxb4
Nxa2+ 41. Kxa4 Nc3+ 42. Kb3 Nd5 43. Ng5 Ke7 44. Kc4 Ne3+
45. Kd3 Ng4 46. h4 Ne5+ 47. Ke4 Ng6 48. h5 Kf6 49. Nf3 d5+
50. Ke3 Ne7 51. Kf4 Nc6 52. Kg4 d4 53. Ne4+ Kg7 54. Kf5 Kh6
55. Nf6 d3 56. Kg4 Ne5+ 57. Kf4 Nxf3 58. Kxf3 d2 59. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "10.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Kh1 d6 10. f4 a6 11. a4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Bg5 Qxb2
17. Qd4 Rac8 18. Rf3 Nxe4 19. Rb1 Qxb1+ 20. Nxb1 Nxg5 21. Rf1
d5 22. Bd3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 b6 25. Nd2 Bf6 26. Nf3
Rc4 27. Qb7 Rxa4 28. Qxb6 h6 29. h3 Rc8 30. Rf2 a5 31. Kh2 Ra2
32. Nd4 Be5+ 33. g3 Bxd4 34. Qxd4 Raxc2 35. g4 Rxf2+ 36. Qxf2
a4 37. Qa7 Rc2+ 38. Kg1 Ra2 39. h4 g6 40. h5 g5 41. Qb8+ Kh7
42. Qb1+ Kg7 43. Qb4 Rc2 44. Qd4+ f6 45. Qa7+ Bf7 46. Qxa4 Rc4
47. Qd7 Re4 48. Kf2 Re5 49. Kg3 Rd5 50. Qb7 Rd3+ 51. Kf2 Rd4
52. Kg3 Rd3+ 53. Kf2 Rb3 54. Qc7 Rb4 55. Qd7 Rf4+ 56. Kg3 Re4
57. Kf3 Re5 58. Kg3 Re8 59. Kf2 Kf8 60. Qd6+ Kg7 61. Qd7 Re5
62. Kg3 Rd5 63. Qb7 Kf8 64. Qb8+ Kg7 65. Qb7 Rd4 66. Qc7 Rf4
67. Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "11.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. Nb1 Re8 10. Nc3 Bf8 11. d5 a5 12. h3
Nc5 13. Be3 a4 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. g4 Kh8 16. g5 Ng8 17. h4 Ne7
18. h5 Kg8 19. O-O-O c6 20. Rdg1 cxd5 21. exd5 Bf5 22. Nce4
Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxd5 24. Nf6+ Qxf6 25. gxf6 Bxc2 26. cxd5 Rac8
27. Kd2 Bf5 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Kxd3 g6 30. Rg4 e4+ 31. Rxe4 Rxe4
32. Kxe4 Rc2 33. Kd3 Rc8 34. Rh4 b5 35. h6 Re8 36. Re4 Rb8
37. Rb4 Rb7 38. Bg5 Rb8 39. b3 axb3 40. a4 Rc8 41. axb5 Rc5
42. Kd4 Rc2 43. Rxb3 Rxf2 44. b6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "12.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. d4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Qa5
12. Qb3 c4 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg4 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qd8
17. Rf4 Ne7 18. Raf1 Ng6 19. Rf5 Qe7 20. e4 Rad8 21. exd5 Rxd5
22. Bf3 Ra5 23. Be4 Qc7 24. Qf2 f6 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Qe2 Qe6
27. Bf5 Qc6 28. Rh3 fxe5 29. Qh5 Rxf5 30. Qxh7+ Kf7 31. Rxf5+
Ke7 32. Qxg7+ Kd8 33. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "13.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Gadir Guseinov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O d5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd5
12. Rad1 Bxg5 13. Nexg5 g6 14. Qe4 Qf6 15. Qh4 Qg7 16. Bc4 Nf6
17. c3 b6 18. Bb5 Bb7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne5 Bb7 21. Nd7 Nxd7
22. Rxd7 Bd5 23. c4 h6 24. cxd5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 exd5 26. b3 d4
27. Rd1 Rfe8 28. h4 Re4 29. f3 Re2 30. R1xd4 Rae8 31. a4 R2e5
32. Qf4 Rf5 33. Qg3 Qf6 34. Kh2 Rh5 35. R7d6 Qg7 36. Rg4 Kh7
37. Rd7 Rf5 38. Rxa7 Qa1 39. Rf4 Re1 40. Kh3 Rh1+ 41. Kg4 Qf6
42. Re4 Rh5 43. f4 R5xh4+ 44. Kf3 Rf1+ 45. Ke2 Rhh1 46. Ree7
Qb2+ 47. Kd3 Qxb3+ 48. Kd4 Rd1+ 49. Ke5 Rhe1+ 50. Kf6 Rd6+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "14.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2
Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Be1 Rfc8 20. f3 Nf6 21. g4
a5 22. Bh4 c5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Nd5 25. h6 g6 26. h7+ Kg7
27. Bh6+ Kxh7 28. c4 Kg8 29. cxd5 exd5 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Be3
Rb5 32. Ng4 f5 33. Bd4 Ra6 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rh7+ Kf8 36. Ne5
Rd6 37. Rdh1 Bf6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "15.19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Khairullin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6
7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. c3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Bg5 13. h4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Nf6 15. Re5 Nd7 16. Re4 Nf6
17. Re5 Nd7 18. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "16.19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ildar Khairullin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5
12. Bf4 Nh4 13. Bg3 Nf5 14. Bf4 Nh4 15. Bg3 Nf5 16. Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "17.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Igor Kurnosov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O Nh5 11. Re1 Qc7
12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Qe3 g5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Be2 Be6 18. Bc4 Bg4 19. Rf1 Bg7 20. f4 Rad8 21. e5 gxf4
22. gxf4 Bf5 23. Ne4 b5 24. Ng3 Bh7 25. Be2 c4 26. a4 b4
27. cxb4 Kh8 28. Rac1 Qd7 29. b5 Bd3 30. Nh5 f6 31. e6 Qd4
32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. f5 Rxa4 35. Rc7 Re8 36. Rd1
Rh4 37. Ng3 Rg4 38. Kf2 h5 39. Rxd3 h4 40. Ne2 Bh6 41. Rdd7
Rg7 42. Rc4 Bg5 43. Rcd4 Rb8 44. Rd8+ Rg8 45. Rxg8+ Kxg8
46. Nc3 a6 47. Rd7 axb5 48. Nd5 Kh7 49. Rxe7+ Kh6 50. Rd7 Bc1
51. e7 Bxb2 52. Rd8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "18.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Kurnosov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. e4 Re8 8. Re1 Bf8 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 f6 11. Bd2 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 a5 14. a4 Ndb4 15. Bc3 Bc5 16. Qd2 Qd7
17. Nh4 Bf7 18. Ne3 Nd5 19. Kh2 Rad8 20. Be4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Be6
22. Qg2 Bd5 23. Nf5 b6 24. Rf1 Ne7 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Rae1
Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qd5 28. Qg4 Qd7 29. Rf5 Rf7 30. e4 Qxa4 31. b3
Qc6 32. Ref1 Be3 33. Be1 Qxc2+ 34. Kh1 Qxd3 35. Rxf6 Qxf1+
36. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kg2 Rxe1 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qe7 Red1 40. h4
Bc5 41. Qxc7 R1d6 42. h5 h6 43. Kh3 Rf8 44. Qe7 Rdf6 45. Qxe5
Rf3 46. Qc7 Bf2 47. e5 Rxg3+ 48. Kh2 Rgf3 49. e6 Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "19.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O
7. Ne2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6
12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nbd5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Re8
17. Rae1 Qd7 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Bc6 20. Qc1 Bb5 21. Bc4 Qc6
22. Be2 Qxc1 23. Bxc1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 Rb8 26. h3
Rb3 27. Re1 a5 28. Ng3 Rb1 29. Bd2 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 a4 31. Kf1
Nb6 32. Bb4 Nfd5 33. Bc5 Nd7 34. Ne4 f5 35. Nd2 Kf7 36. Ke2
Ke6 37. g3 Nxc5 38. dxc5 Nc3+ 39. Kd3 Nb5 40. Kc4 Nxa3+
41. Kb4 Nc2+ 42. Kxa4 Ne1 43. Kb5 Nd3 44. Kc6 g5 45. f3 h5
46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 fxg4 48. fxg4 Ne5+ 49. Kxc7 Nxg4 50. Nf3
Nf6 51. Nxg5+ Kd5 52. c6 Ne8+ 53. Kb6 Kd6 54. Ne4+ Ke7 55. Kb7
Kd8 56. Nf6 Nd6+ 57. Kb8 Nb5 58. Nd5 Nd6 59. c7+ Kd7 60. Nb6+
Kc6 61. Nc4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "20.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. c3 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Re1 Bg4
12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 h5 15. Nh4 Ne5 16. Bf1 Rad8
17. Nc4 Bh6 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 e6 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rd7
22. e5 Rfd8 23. Nf3 Qc6 24. Qe4 Qb5 25. Re2 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 27. Kh2 Qd7 28. a3 Bf8 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Qb5 31. Qd2
c4 32. Ng5 Be7 33. Ne4 Kg7 34. Nd6 Qc6 35. Qd4 b5 36. a4 a6
37. a5 Kf8 38. Qb6 Qxb6 39. axb6 Bd8 40. b7 Bc7 41. Ne4 Ke7
42. Nc5 a5 43. Na6 Kd7 44. g4 hxg4 45. Kg3 Kc6 46. b8=Q Bxb8
47. Nxb8+ Kc7 48. Na6+ Kb6 49. Nb8 Kc7 50. Na6+ Kb6 51. Nb8 b4
52. Nd7+ Kb5 53. cxb4 axb4 54. Nf6 c3 55. bxc3 bxc3 56. Ne4 c2
57. Nd6+ Kb4 58. Kxg4 c1=Q 59. Kg5 Qc6 60. g4 Qd7 61. Kf6 Kc5
62. Nxf7 Qa4 63. Kg5 Qe4 64. Nd6 Qd3 65. Ne8 Kd4 66. Ng7 Kd5
67. Ne8 Ke4 68. Ng7 Qd8+ 69. Kxg6 Qg8 70. f5 exf5 71. gxf5
Kxe5 72. f6 Qd8 73. Nh5 Ke6 74. Ng7+ Ke5 75. Nh5 Qd3+ 76. Kg7
Qd7+ 77. f7 Ke6 78. Nf4+ Kf5 79. Ng6 Qd4+ 80. Kg8 Kxg6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "21.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Na6
12. Be3 Bb4 13. f3 Re8 14. Bf2 Qa5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rac8
17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Ne2 b6 19. Nf4 Bf8 20. a3 Nac5 21. Nd4 a5
22. h4 Nf6 23. Bh3 Rcd8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Na6 26. Qxc6 Qxc6
27. Nxc6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nxb4 29. Nxb4 Bxb4 30. Bxb6 Nh5
31. Nxh5 Bxh5 32. g4 Be7 33. gxh5 Bxh4 34. Rc1 h6 35. Rc8 Rxc8
36. Bxc8 Bg3 37. Bf5 Bf4 38. Bc5 Bg3 39. Kf1 Be5 40. Ke2 Bf4
41. Kd3 Bg3 42. Kc4 Bh2 43. Kb5 Bg3 44. Kc6 Bf4 45. Kd7 f6
46. Ke8 Be5 47. Be6+ Kh8 48. Kf7 Kh7 49. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "22.19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. c3 c6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e3 Bd6
7. Bd3 Be6 8. Qc2 g6 9. Nbd2 f5 10. c4 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3
Nf6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bc4 Re8 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Bxd5 Nxd5
17. Rfe1 Bf8 18. Rac1 a5 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Rc2 a4 21. g3 Nd5
22. Ne5 Ra5 23. Kf1 Rb5 24. Nd3 h5 25. Nc4 Rb3 26. Rd1 h4
27. Kg1 hxg3 28. hxg3 f6 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. gxf4 Rd8 31. Rcd2
Rd5 32. Rc2 Be7 33. Kf1 g5 34. fxg5 fxg5 35. Ke2 Bf6 36. Rh1
Kg7 37. Nd2 Rb6 38. Nf3 Rdb5 39. Rb1 Kg6 40. Nd2 Rd5 41. Nf3
Rb3 42. Nd2 Rb6 43. Nf3 Rbb5 44. Rc4 Ra5 45. Ne1 Rdb5 46. Nd3
Rd5 47. Rc5 Rdxc5 48. Nxc5 b6 49. Nd3 c5 50. dxc5 bxc5 51. Rc1
Rb5 52. Rc2 g4 53. Kd2 Kg5 54. Kc1 Be7 55. Rc4 Ra5 56. Kc2 Bd6
57. Kd2 Kf6 58. Ke2 Ke6 59. e4 fxe4 60. Rxe4+ Kf5 61. Rc4 Kg5
62. Kd2 Kf5 63. Ke3 Kg5 64. Ke4 Bf8 65. Kd5 Ra7 66. Nxc5 Bxc5
67. Rxc5 Kf4 68. Rc2 Kf3 69. Ke5 Ra5+ 70. Kd4 Rb5 71. Rd2 Rb3
72. Kc4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "23.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Rakhmanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 c5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. f4 cxd4
12. exd4 Bb4 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. c3 Bd6 15. Rae1 Rac8 16. f5 Qc7
17. g3 exf5 18. Bxf5 Rce8 19. Qf3 Ba6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Qd7 22. Kg2 Re6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. c4 f5 26. cxd5
Qxd5 27. Qc4 Nf6 28. Re1 b5 29. Qxd5+ Nxd5 30. Rc1 f4 31. Rc6
Ne3+ 32. Kf2 fxg3+ 33. Kxe3 gxh2 34. Nxh2 Bxh2 35. d5 h5
36. Rg6 Rf7 37. Rg2 Bd6 38. Rg6 Bf4+ 39. Ke4 h4 40. Be5 h3
41. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 42. Kxf4 h2 43. d6 h1=Q 44. d7 Qd5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "24.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aleksandr Rakhmanov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3
d5 7. Qf4 a6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c4
12. Bb1 b5 13. a3 Re8 14. g4 Bb7 15. g5 Ne4 16. Rg1 Nf8
17. Ne5 Nd6 18. Rg3 Ng6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. h4 Rf8 21. Qg4 Bc8
22. Qe2 Nf5 23. Rg4 Rb8 24. Nc6 Qc7 25. Nxb8 Qxb8 26. Nxd5 Bb7
27. Nf4 Nd6 28. d5 Bc8 29. Ne6 Re8 30. Qf3 Qa7 31. Rf4 Qe7
32. h5 gxh5 33. Qxh5 g6 34. Qh6 Nf5 35. Rxf5 gxf5 36. Nf4 Qg7
37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Kd2 Kf7 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Kc3 Bd7 41. Rh6 a5
42. Ra6 b4+ 43. axb4 axb4+ 44. Kxb4 Rb8+ 45. Kc3 Rb3+ 46. Kc2
Rb7 47. Kc3 Rb3+ 48. Kxc4 Rb7 49. Kd4 Kf8 50. Ke5 Rxb2 51. Ra7
Ke8 52. Kf6 Kd8 53. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "25.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Eduardovich Akopian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Ne2 Nd7
7. Nd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 dxe4
12. Qxe4 O-O 13. c4 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Qf3 Bf6 16. Qb3 Qb6
17. Be3 Qc7 18. Ng3 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxd5 b6 21. Rad1 Nb8
22. Nh5 Be5 23. f4 Bd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd5 25. Qg3 f6 26. cxd5 cxd4
27. f5 Qxg3 28. Nxg3 Rd8 29. Rxd4 Nc6 30. Rd2 Nb4 31. d6 Nxa2
32. Ne4 Nb4 33. Rd4 Nc2 34. Ra4 Ne3 35. Rxa7 Nxf5 36. d7 h5
37. Rb7 Kf7 38. Ng3 Nxg3 39. hxg3 Ke7 40. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "26.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Eduardovich Akopian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4
7. h3 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Ne4 Qc7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O b6 12. Re1
Nfd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Qg3 g6
17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qc5 19. a3 a5 20. Rab1 Qxa3 21. b4 axb4
22. Qh4 O-O 23. Qxd4 b3 24. Qxb6 Bc6 25. Rxb3 Qxd6 26. Qe3
Rfb8 27. Rxb8+ Rxb8 28. Bf1 Rb2 29. d3 Qb4 30. Ra1 Qd6 31. Re1
Qb8 32. h4 Qb6 33. c5 Qb4 34. h5 Qd2 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qxd2
Rxd2 37. Rb1 Kg7 38. Rb4 f5 39. Rb1 Kf6 40. Re1 g5 41. g3 f4
42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Rc1 Ke5 44. Rc4 Bd5 45. Rc1 Kd4 46. Ra1 Bc6
47. Rc1 Bd5 48. Re1 Kxc5 49. Ra1 Kd4 50. Ra7 d6 51. Ra6 Ke5
52. Ra1 Bf3 53. Re1+ Kf6 54. Bh3 e5 55. Bf1 Ke6 56. Bh3+ Kd5
57. Bf1 Kd4 58. Ra1 Rd1 59. Ra4+ Kc5 60. Rc4+ Kb6 61. Rc2 Ka5
62. Rb2 Ka4 63. Rb6 Be2 64. Rxd6 f3 65. Re6 Rxf1+ 66. Kh2
Rxf2+ 67. Kh3 Rg2 68. Rxe5 Rg8 69. Rf5 Kb4 70. d4 Kc4 71. d5
Kd4 72. d6 Ke4 73. Rf7 Ke3 74. d7 f2 75. Re7+ Kd2 76. Kh2 Rd8
77. Re8 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "27.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. d5 O-O
7. Qc2 Re8 8. O-O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. e3 Nc5 11. h4 d6
12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Nd4 Ng4 14. Rhf1 Rb8 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Ne5
17. Bd5 b5 18. Kb1 Ng4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Bxb4 Nxe4
22. Bxa5 Ra8 23. Bb4 Qxh4 24. Rd4 Qe7 25. f3 Nf6 26. e4 Qe6
27. a3 Ra6 28. Rc1 Qe5 29. Rd2 Rea8 30. Qd3 Rb6 31. Qe3 Rbb8
32. g4 h6 33. Rg1 Nh7 34. f4 Qe6 35. g5 hxg5 36. Rh2 f5
37. Rgh1 Nf8 38. e5 g4 39. Bc3 d5 40. Qc5 Kf7 41. Rh5 Ng6
42. Bd2 Ra6 43. Rg5 Ne7 44. Rh7 Rg8 45. Qxb5 Rxc6 46. Bb4 Rb6
47. Qc5 Rc6 48. Qb5 Rb6 49. Qc5 Rc6 50. Qa5 d4 51. Bxe7 Kxe7
52. Rgxg7+ Rxg7 53. Rxg7+ Kf8 54. Rh7 Kg8 55. Rh5 Kg7 56. Qa8
Rc1+ 57. Kxc1 Qc4+ 58. Kd2 Qb3 59. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "28.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4
6. Nxd4 a6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. g3 e5 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. O-O
Bb4 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. bxc3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd7
16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Na5 Nc5 18. Rd5 Rac8 19. Rb1 Rhd8 20. c4 Rc7
21. Rb6 Rdc8 22. Nb3 Ne4 23. Na5 Nc5 24. Nb3 Na4 25. Rb4 Nc3
26. Rd2 f5 27. c5 Ne4 28. Rd5 f6 29. Rd3 Rd8 30. Rf3 a5
31. Nxa5 Nxc5 32. Nb3 Nxb3 33. axb3 Rd2 34. Rxf5 Rxe2 35. Rb6
Rc6 36. Rxb7+ Ke6 37. g4 e4 38. Rxh7 e3 39. Rxf6+ Kxf6
40. Rh6+ Kg5 41. Rxc6 Kxg4 42. Rf6 Rb2 43. Rf3 exf2 44. h3+
Kh4 45. Kf1 Kg5 46. Rxf2 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "29.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nf3 e6
7. Bd3 d6 8. h3 Na6 9. O-O e5 10. Re1 Nh5 11. a3 Qe7 12. Rb1
Nf4 13. Bf1 g5 14. Nh2 Bd7 15. Ng4 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ra1 h5
18. Nh2 Qf6 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qxh5 Nc7 21. Qf3 Qg6 22. Re7
Rac8 23. Ng4 Rfe8 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8
27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Nb5 a6 30. Nc7 Qe5 31. Qh5 Qe7
32. Ne6+ Bxe6 33. dxe6 Bxb2 34. Qg6 Qf6 35. Qe4 Bd4 36. Bd3
Qe5 37. a4 Qxe4 38. Bxe4 Ke7 39. Bxb7 a5 40. Bd5 Kf6 41. Kf1
Ke7 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. g3 fxg3 45. fxg3 Be5 46. Kg4
Kf6 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Bc3 49. h5 Bd2 50. Kf3 Bh6 51. Ke4
Bg5 52. Kf3 Bd2 53. Ke2 Bh6 54. Kd3 Bg5 55. Kc2 Bh6 56. Kc3
Bg5 57. Kd3 Bh6 58. Ke4 Bd2 59. Kf3 Bh6 60. Kg4 Bd2 61. e7
Kxe7 62. Kf5 Bc3 63. Kg6 Bb2 64. Kh7 Kf8 65. Kg6 Ke7 66. h6
Bc3 67. Kf5 Be5 68. Bf3 Kf7 69. Bd5+ Ke7 70. h7 Bc3 71. Bf3
Kf7 72. Be4 Kg7 73. Ke6 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "30.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7
12. f4 f5 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. Bd3 a5 15. a4 Nc8 16. Ne2 Nd6
17. Ng3 Kd7 18. O-O Ke6 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Ne5 Ra7 21. Rec1 Raa8
22. Nf1 Ne4 23. Rc2 Bh7 24. Nd2 f6 25. Nef3 Bb4 26. Nb3 Kf7
27. Nc5 Rab8 28. Kf1 Rhg8 29. g3 Bg6 30. Nh4 Rge8 31. Be2 Nxc5
32. dxc5 Rxe3 33. Rd1 Rbe8 34. Bd3 Bh5 35. Rdd2 Bxd2 36. Rxd2
Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.20"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artur Gabrielian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. a4 b6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2
Bb7 13. Rae1 O-O 14. g4 Nc5 15. g5 Nfd7 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. Bc4
Nxe4 18. g6 d5 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Nxe4 Qxc4 21. Ng5+ Bxg5
22. fxg5+ Kg8 23. Qxc4 dxc4 24. Nxe6 Nf8 25. Nxf8 Rxe1
26. Rxe1 Rxf8 27. Re7 Bc6 28. Bc3 Rf7 29. Re6 Bxa4 30. Rxb6
Bxc2 31. Rb8+ Rf8 32. Rb7 Rf7 33. Rb8+ Rf8 34. Rb7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Roman Ovetchkin"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8
7. d5 a5 8. Ng3 Na6 9. Bd3 Nc5 10. Bc2 b6 11. Rb1 a4 12. Nxa4
Nxa4 13. Bxa4 exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O Nf6 16. f3 Ba6
17. Re1 b5 18. Bc2 d5 19. b4 g6 20. Qd4 c5 21. bxc5 Rc8
22. Bb2 Re6 23. Qf4 Bxc5 24. Bf5 gxf5 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Nxf5
Ne8 27. Bg7+ Nxg7 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ Bf8 30. Ng7+ Ke7
31. Nxe6 Kxe6 32. Qg4+ f5 33. Qg8+ Kf6 34. Qxh7 Qe7 35. Qh5
Rc4 36. Rbd1 Bb7 37. Rd3 Qf7 38. Qh3 Bc5 39. Qh8+ Qg7 40. Qd8+
Qe7 41. Qh8+ Qg7 42. Qd8+ Qe7 43. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[EventDate "2013.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Ne4 Nd4
12. Ned2 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Bf8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qb3 c6 16. Rfd1 Qd5
17. Rc3 Qa5 18. Rcc1 e4 19. dxe4 Rxe4 20. g4 Bg6 21. Bd2 Qa4
22. e3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Ree8 24. Nh4 Be4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Nf5 g6
27. Ng3 Re5 28. Be1 Rb5 29. Rd3 Bg7 30. Rc2 Re8 31. Bd2 Bf6
32. Bc1 Kf8 33. f3 Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Bxd8 35. Rc3 Nd5 36. Rd3 Rc5
37. Ne2 Bb6 38. Kf1 Ke8 39. Ke1 Nb4 40. Rc3 Ra5 41. e4 Ra1
42. Kd2 g5 43. Rc4 a5 44. e5 Bc7 45. Re4 Na2 46. Kc2 Nb4+
47. Kc3 Na2+ 48. Kc2 Nxc1 49. Nxc1 Ke7 50. Nd3 Rh1 51. f4 Rh2+
52. Kc3 Rxh3 53. fxg5 Bb6 54. Kd2 Rg3 55. b4 axb4 56. Nxb4 Ba5
57. Kc2 Bb6 58. Kd2 Ke6 59. Nd3 Kd5 60. Ra4 Be3+ 61. Kc2 Rg2+
62. Kb3 b5 63. Nb4+ Ke4 64. Ra6 c5 65. e6 c4+ 66. Ka2 Bc5
67. Nc6 fxe6 68. Ra5 Kd5 69. Nd8 c3 70. Kb3 c2 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[EventDate "2013.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxim Matlakov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5
12. c5 dxc5 13. Nxc5 Rd8 14. Be3 Nf6 15. h3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nxc5
17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Bxc5 Nc6 19. Rc1 Be6 20. Nd5 Bxb2 21. Rb1
Bd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxb7 Kf8 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Nxe6+ fxe6
26. Rxa7 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Rc2 28. Kg1 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc2 30. Kg1
Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.24"]
[EventDate "2013.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anton Demchenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 e5
12. c5 Be6 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bg5 Rd4 16. b3 f6
17. Bc1 h5 18. h3 Nh6 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Nf7 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8
22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Qe7 24. Nb6 O-O 25. Qe2 h4 26. Qh5 Rd8
27. Re1 Rd3 28. Qe2 Rd8 29. Qf2 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Bd4 Qf8
32. Kh2 Bb8 33. Rg1 g6 34. Bf6 Qh6 35. Bxd8 Nxd8 36. Nc4 Bxf4+
37. Kh1 Nf7 38. Qe2 Qf8 39. Rf1 Bg3 40. Ne3 Qe8 41. Qd2 Be6
42. Qd4 Ne5 43. Ng4 Nxg4 44. hxg4 Bf7 45. Qf6 Qe6 46. Qxe6
Bxe6 47. Rf6 Bf7 48. g5 Kg7 49. Be4 Be5 50. Rf1 Be6 51. Rd1
Bc7 52. Rd4 a5 53. a3 h3 54. b4 Kf7 55. Rd2 axb4 56. axb4 Kg7
57. Rd1 Bf4 58. Ra1 Bxg5 59. Ra7 Kf6 60. Rxb7 Bf4 61. Bxc6 g5
62. Rb6 Ke7 63. Rb7+ Kf6 64. Ra7 g4 65. Ra1 g3 66. b5 Be3
67. b6 Bxc5 68. b7 g2+ 69. Bxg2 hxg2+ 70. Kxg2 Bd5+ 71. Kg3
Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[EventDate "2013.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anton Shomoev"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7
7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 a6 9. a4 exd5 10. cxd5 Nd7 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Qd2 g5 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 Ne5 15. Be2 h5 16. Nf1 Qe8
17. Ng3 f6 18. Rb1 f5 19. Bg5 fxe4 20. Ngxe4 Nf5 21. O-O Bd7
22. b4 c4 23. a5 Qg6 24. Kh1 Rae8 25. Rbe1 Kh8 26. Rg1 Rc8
27. Rc1 Nf7 28. Rgf1 Nxg5 29. hxg5 Nd4 30. Rce1 Nf3 31. gxf3
gxf3 32. Rg1 fxe2 33. Nf6 Bxf6 34. gxf6 Qxf6 35. Rg3 Bg4
36. Rxe2 Bxe2 37. Qxe2 Qh4+ 38. Kg2 Rce8 39. Qc2 Re1 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[EventDate "2013.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Vokarev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Bc2 Nc6 8. Na3 a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. d5
Ne7 13. Nc4 Rf8 14. Ne3 Kh8 15. c4 Nfg8 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. g4 Bh6
18. Bc3 f6 19. b4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rf1 fxg4
23. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 24. hxg4 Nh6 25. g5 Rg8 26. Kf2 Rxg5 27. Rg1
Rg4 28. Rxg4 Nxg4+ 29. Kf3 h5 30. Rh1 Rf8+ 31. Kg3 Nxe3
32. Rxh5+ Kg8 33. Rg5+ Kf7 34. Bd3 Kf6 35. Rh5 Rg8+ 36. Kf3
N3f5 37. Rh3 Rg1 38. Kf2 Rg4 39. Rf3 Rh4 40. Kg2 Rh5 41. Bd2
Rh4 42. Rf1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[Round "8.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 c6 6. Nxc4
Ngf6 7. d3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qb3 Nc5 10. Qc2 Nd5 11. a3 O-O
12. b4 Nd7 13. d4 f5 14. Re1 Kh8 15. Bb2 f4 16. Qb3 a6
17. Nfd2 Qe8 18. e4 fxe3 19. Nxe3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qf7 21. Rf1
Nb6 22. h3 Bf5 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Ne5 Qe8 25. Re2 Bd6 26. Rfe1
Bc7 27. Bc1 a5 28. bxa5 Bxa5 29. Bd2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Qe7 31. Rb2
Ra7 32. a4 h6 33. a5 Qd6 34. Nc4 Qc7 35. Qa3 Raa8 36. Qc5 Rad8
37. Qa7 Rf7 38. Ne5 Re7 39. Rc1 Rc8 40. h4 Kg8 41. a6 bxa6
42. Qxa6 Ree8 43. Rxc6 Qd8 44. Rd6 Qc7 45. Rb7 Qc1+ 46. Kh2
Rc2 47. Rc6 Ne3 48. Rxc2 Qxc2 49. Rxg7+ Kxg7 50. Qb7+ Kh8
51. Nf7+ Kh7 52. Nd6+ Kh8 53. fxe3 Rf8 54. Qe7 Kg8 55. Ne8 Rf7
56. Qd8 Rf8 57. Qd7 Rf7 58. Qd8 Rf8 59. d5 Qb2 60. Qd7 Bg4
61. Nd6 Rf2 62. Qe8+ Kh7 63. Qe7+ Qg7 64. Qxg7+ Kxg7 65. Kg1
Re2 66. e4 exd5 67. exd5 Re1+ 68. Kf2 Re2+ 69. Kg1 Kf6
70. Ne4+ Ke5 71. Nf2 Bf5 72. Bf3 Rd2 73. Ng4+ Bxg4 74. Bxg4
Ke4 75. d6 Rxd6 76. Kf2 Rd2+ 77. Be2 Rb2 78. g4 Kf4 79. g5
hxg5 80. hxg5 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.29"]
[EventDate "2013.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jaroslav Prizant"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 b5 6. Ne3 Nd7
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. a4 b4 10. O-O e6 11. d3 Ne7 12. Nc4
O-O 13. Be3 c5 14. Bf4 Ra8 15. a5 Nf5 16. e4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4
18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Be3 Qe7 20. a6 Bc6 21. Na5 Rac8 22. Nxc6 Rxc6
23. e5 Nxe5 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. Rfc1 Nd4 26. Qc4 Qd8 27. Bxd4
Bxd4 28. Rc2 Qb6 29. Qb3 Rb8 30. Qc4 h5 31. Re2 Kg7 32. Ra2
Qc6 33. Re4 Rb6 34. b3 Qd7 35. Ra5 Kg8 36. Kg2 Qc6 37. Kg1 Qd7
38. Kg2 Qc6 39. Kg1 Qd7 40. Kg2 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Conrad Holt"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 g6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Bg7 12. f4
Nfd5 13. Nf3 f5 14. Ng5 Qd6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Rc1
Bg8 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc7 20. Ng5 Nb4 21. Bb1 Bf6 22. f5
gxf5 23. Bxf5 e5 24. Ng3 exd4 25. N3e4 N6d5 26. Qh5 Nd3
27. Rb1 N3f4 28. Qg4 Be5 29. Nf3 Qg7 30. Nxe5 Rxf5 31. Qxg7+
Kxg7 32. Nf3 Ne6 33. Nd6 Rf6 34. Nxb7 Ne3 35. Bxe3 dxe3
36. Rfe1 Rf4 37. Rxe3 Rxa4 38. Ne5 Nd4 39. Rf1 Rb4 40. Nd6 h6
41. Nd3 Rb3 42. Re7+ Kg6 43. Ne5+ Kh5 44. Rg7 Be6 45. Ne4 Ne2+
46. Kh1 Rd8 47. Nf6+ Kh4 48. Ng6+ Kg5 49. h4# 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Conrad Holt"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4
exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6
11. Bg5 Ke8 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc4 Ne5 14. Bxe6 Nd3+ 15. Kc2
Nxf2 16. Bxf6 Nxd1 17. Rxd1 gxf6 18. Rd7 Rd8 19. Rxb7 Rd6
20. Bc4 Rd4 21. Bb5+ Kd8 22. Rxa7 Rg8 23. g3 Rg5 24. Ra8+ Ke7
25. a4 Kf7 26. a5 e3 27. a6 Rd2+ 28. Kc1 Rxb5 29. Nxb5 Bh6
30. Nc3 e2 31. Nxe2 Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb6
12. a3 Bd6 13. Qc2 c6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ndxe4 Be6 16. O-O-O Qe7
17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Qc5 Qxc5+ 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. Nxg5
Bd5 22. Nh3 Nxc5 23. Nf4 Bb3 24. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 c5
7. d5 b5 8. h5 O-O 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. e5 Ng4 11. d6 e6 12. Rxh7
Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Qxg4 Rf5 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Qh4 Nxe5
17. O-O-O Bd7 18. Nce4 Qa5 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Nxc5 Rxg5 21. Bxg5
Qxa2 22. Rd4 Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Nd3 24. Nxd7+ Kf7 25. Ne5+ Nxe5
26. Rf4+ Ke8 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Qxg7+ Kc6 29. Qxe5 Qxf1 30. Qe4+
Kb6 31. d7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "192"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 e5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Re1
Na5 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Bf1 c5 16. g3 Re7 17. Bc1 h6
18. d5 Nh7 19. f3 Rb8 20. Re3 Qe8 21. Rde1 Nf6 22. Qd1 Qd7
23. h3 Nh5 24. Kh2 Rf8 25. h4 Bc8 26. Qc2 f6 27. Nb3 Nb7
28. Qf2 Qa4 29. Kg1 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Qh2 Bg6 32. f4 Nf6
33. Qe2 Bh5 34. Qg2 Ng4 35. R3e2 Ref7 36. Rb2 Nd8 37. Bd3 Re7
38. Rbe2 Rfe8 39. Rf1 e4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41. Bxe4 Qxc4 42. Bf3
Qxc3 43. Qd2 Qxd2 44. Nxd2 Nf6 45. Bg2 Bf7 46. Nc4 Nb7 47. Ne3
h5 48. Rd1 b5 49. Bf1 c4 50. a4 a6 51. axb5 axb5 52. Bd2 Nc5
53. Nf5 Nce4 54. Bb4 Rd8 55. Bg2 g6 56. Ne7+ Kf8 57. Nc6 Ra8
58. Bxe4 Nxe4 59. Rd4 Nxg3 60. Bxd6+ Ke8 61. Rd1 Ra2 62. Bb4
Ne2+ 63. Kf1 Ng3+ 64. Kg1 Rb2 65. Re1+ Ne2+ 66. Kf1 Bxd5
67. Bc3 Rb1 68. Rxb1 Nxc3 69. Re1+ Kd7 70. Nb4 Kd6 71. Re5 Kc5
72. Na6+ Kd4 73. Ke1 Bc6 74. Nb4 Be4 75. Kd2 Nd5 76. Nc6+ Kc5
77. Rxe4 Kxc6 78. Re6+ Kc5 79. Rxg6 b4 80. f5 b3 81. f6 c3+
82. Kc1 Nf4 83. Rg1 Kd6 84. Rf1 Nd3+ 85. Kd1 c2+ 86. Kd2 c1=Q+
87. Rxc1 Nxc1 88. Kxc1 Ke6 89. Kb2 Kxf6 90. Kxb3 Kf5 91. Kc2
Kg4 92. Kd2 Kxh4 93. Ke2 Kg3 94. Kf1 h4 95. Kg1 h3 96. Kh1 h2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O h5 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. Bf4 d6 11. Bg5 Nge5 12. a4
Bd7 13. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O
7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6
12. O-O Bf6 13. Be3 g6 14. Bc2 Qd6 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. b4 Ne7
17. Bb3 Rac8 18. a4 b6 19. b5 Bg7 20. Nd3 Nf5 21. Bf4 Qe7
22. Rfe1 Be6 23. Ne5 Rfe8 24. Nc6 Qd7 25. Be5 f6 26. Bf4 a5
27. h3 Bf8 28. Rac1 Bf7 29. Qd3 Ba3 30. Rcd1 Bd6 31. Qd2 Ne7
32. Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Bxd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5
7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd2 a6 11. Nc3 f5
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Nc4 O-O 15. c3 Be6 16. a4 Rb8
17. g3 Kh8 18. Bg2 f5 19. O-O e4 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5
22. Nce3 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Qg5 24. Qd3 Bd7 25. Raf1 Be5 26. Nxf5
Bxa4 27. Nd4 Qh6 28. Ne3 Bd7 29. Qe4 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Qg6
31. Nef5 b5 32. Kg2 Bc8 33. Nc6 Bb7 34. Qd5 Qe8 35. Nfe7 Rc8
36. Nxc8 Qxc8 37. Ne7 Bxd5 38. Nxc8 a5 39. Nb6 Bxf3+ 40. Kxf3
Kg8 41. Ke4 Kf7 42. Nd5 Bg7 43. Kd3 Kg6 44. b4 axb4 45. cxb4
Kf5 46. Nc7 Kg4 47. Nxb5 d5 48. Nd4 Kh3 49. Nf3 Kg2 50. Ke3
Bf8 51. b5 Bc5+ 52. Kf4 Bd6+ 53. Ke3 Bc5+ 54. Ke2 h5 55. Nh4+
Kxh2 56. Nf5 Kg2 57. Ng7 Kxg3 58. Nxh5+ Kg4 59. Nf6+ Kf5
60. Nxd5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8
7. Be2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bg4
12. O-O Qd6 13. h3 Be6 14. a3 a5 15. Rac1 Bd5 16. Qc5 h6
17. Qb5 Rab8 18. Rc3 Be6 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Qc4 Qg6 21. Qh4 Rbd8
22. Nd2 Bf5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. dxe4 Rd2 26. R1c2
Red8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke1 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 f6 30. h4 Ke7 31. Bb5
Rb8 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Rxc6 Kd7 34. Rc2 h5 35. Kd2 g5 36. hxg5
fxg5 37. Kc3 h4 38. f3 a4 39. Rd2+ Ke6 40. Kc2 Rg8 41. b3
axb3+ 42. Kxb3 g4 43. a4 h3 44. gxh3 gxf3 45. a5 Rg2 46. Rd1
Re2 47. a6 Rxe3+ 48. Kb2 Re2+ 49. Kb3 Re3+ 50. Kb2 Rxe4
51. Ra1 Rb4+ 52. Kc3 Rb8 53. a7 Ra8 54. Kd3 e4+ 55. Kxe4 f2
56. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. g3 c6 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O Re8 10. Nf4 Bd6 11. Nd3 Nb4 12. Ne1
Bf5 13. a3 Na6 14. f3 h6 15. g4 Bh7 16. h3 Nc7 17. Nd3 b6
18. f4 Ne4 19. f5 Qh4 20. Nf4 Ng5 21. Nce2 h5 22. Qe1 Qxe1
23. Rxe1 hxg4 24. hxg4 Re7 25. Bd2 Ne8 26. Rac1 Rc7 27. Bb4
Rac8 28. b3 Bxb4 29. axb4 Nf6 30. b5 Nxg4 31. Ng3 cxb5
32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Nxd5 Rc2 34. e4 Kf8 35. e5 Ke8 36. Nh5 Rd2
37. Nxg7+ Kf8 38. e6 fxe6 39. Nxe6+ Nxe6 40. fxe6 Bg6 41. e7+
Kg7 42. Nc7 Nf6 43. d5 Ne8 44. Nxe8+ Bxe8 45. Rf1 Bf7 46. Bf3
a5 47. Ra1 Kf6 48. Re1 a4 49. bxa4 bxa4 50. Re6+ Kf5 51. Be4+
Kg5 52. Rg6+ Kh4 53. Rg2 Rxg2+ 54. Kxg2 a3 55. d6 a2 56. d7
a1=Q 57. d8=Q Qb2+ 58. Kf3 Qf6+ 59. Ke3 Qc3+ 60. Bd3 Qe5+
61. Kd2 Qf4+ 62. Kc3 Qc1+ 63. Bc2 Qa3+ 64. Kd2 Qb4+ 65. Kc1
Qe1+ 66. Kb2 Qb4+ 67. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 a5 4. Nd5 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O
7. e3 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Ne7 9. Ne2 c6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nc3 cxd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14. O-O Qc5 15. d3 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 a4
17. Bd2 Ra6 18. Rac1 b5 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. axb4 d6 21. f4 exf4
22. Rxf4 Be6 23. Rd4 h6 24. Rc3 Re8 25. e4 g6 26. Kf2 Kg7
27. Ke3 Kf6 28. Rc7 Rb8 29. Kf4 g5+ 30. Ke3 Rc8 31. Rb7 Rc2
32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rxb5 Rxb2 34. Ra5 Rc6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. e5+
Ke7 37. exd6+ Kxd6 38. Rxa4 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. g3 c6 8. Bg2 Re8 9. O-O Na6 10. Nf4 Bd6 11. f3 Bxf4
12. exf4 c5 13. g4 Nb4 14. dxc5 Qa5 15. a3 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 Nc6
17. g5 Nh5 18. Qxd5 Qb6 19. f5 Re5 20. Qd1 Rxf5 21. f4 g6
22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Be3 Be6 24. Nc3 Bc4 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rf2 Re8
27. Bd2 h6 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. gxh6 Nf6 30. Bc3 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Bd5
32. Bxd5 Rdxd5 33. Re1 Kh7 34. Re8 f6 35. Re6 Nd4 36. Re7+
Kxh6 37. Kg2 Nb5 38. Bb4 g5 39. Rxb7 Kg6 40. Bf8 Rxf4 41. Rxf4
gxf4 42. a4 Nd4 43. Rxa7 Rg5+ 44. Kf2 Rh5 45. Rg7+ Kf5 46. Bd6
Rxh2+ 47. Rg2 Rh3 48. Bc5 Ne6 49. b4 Ra3 50. a5 Nxc5 51. bxc5
Rxa5 52. Rh2 Ke4 53. Rh5 f5 54. Rh8 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Rc2 56. Rc8
f3 57. c6 f2+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Goganov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rb8
12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g6 16. Bxc6 Qb4
17. Rab1 Rd6 18. Bf3 Qa5 19. b3 Rb4 20. bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rb8+ Kg7
22. Qb2 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Ra8 c5 25. Rxa7 cxd4 26. Rd2 Bc4
27. h4 e5 28. Rb2 Ra6 29. Rxa6 Bxa6 30. a4 Rc4 31. Bb7 Rxa4
32. Bxa6 Rxa6 33. f3 h5 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. e3 Ke6 36. exd4 exd4
37. g4 Ke5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Rb5+ Kf4 40. Rxh5 Ra2+ 41. Ke1 f5
42. Rh8 Ke3 43. Re8+ Kxf3 44. h5 Rh2 45. Rh8 f4 46. h6 Re2+
47. Kd1 Re6 48. h7 Re7 49. Kd2 Ke4 50. Ke2 d3+ 51. Kf2 f3
52. Ra8 Rxh7 53. Ra4+ Kd5 54. Ke3 Rf7 55. Ra1 f2 56. Rf1 Kc4
57. Kd2 Ra7 58. Rc1+ Kd4 59. Ra1 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.06"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. h3 Qe7 11. Qb3 Rb8
12. Qc2 a6 13. a3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne2 O-O
17. Bc3 Rbc8 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. O-O Bb8 20. Qb1 Nc4 21. g3 Ne4
22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rc1 Be5
26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Nd4 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 exf3 29. g4 Rd2 30. b4 Ra2
31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rc7 f6 33. g5 f5 34. Rxb7 Rxa3 35. Kh2 a5
36. b5 Rb3 37. Kg3 a4 38. Kxf3 a3 39. b6 a2 40. Ra7 Rxb6
41. Rxa2 Rb1 42. Kg2 Kg8 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Ra4 Re1
46. Ra3 Rb1 47. Ra4 Re1 48. h4 Rb1 49. f3 Rb3 50. Kf2 Kf7
51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. Ra5 Kg8 53. Re5 Rb1 54. Kg2 Kf7 55. h5 gxh5
56. Rxf5+ Kg6 57. Re5 h4 58. Re7 Rb3 59. f4 Kh5 60. Kf3 Rb1
61. Rxg7 Rf1+ 62. Ke2 Ra1 63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Ke2 Ra1 65. g6 Rh1
66. f5 Kg5 67. Rf7 Rg1 68. g7 Kh6 69. f6 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg3 Kf8
12. Na4 h5 13. c4 h4 14. Qf4 h3 15. g3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qa5
17. Bxe6 Nxe5 18. Bb3 Rh5 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Rad1 Rb4 21. Bd4 Rf5
22. Qe4 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qe5 26. Qg4
c5 27. Qxh3 Bb7+ 28. Kg1 Rh5 29. Qg4 g6 30. Nc3 Rf5 31. Qe2
Qxe2 32. Nxe2 Bf6 33. f4 Bxb2 34. Rb1 Bd4+ 35. Nxd4 cxd4
36. Rd1 Bd5 37. Bc2 Rf6 38. a4 Rc6 39. Rxd4 Rxc2 40. Rxd5 Ke7
41. Ra5 Ke6 42. h3 Ra2 43. g4 Rc2 44. Rxa6+ Kd5 45. Rf6 Ke4
46. Kf1 Rh2 47. a5 Kf3 48. Ke1 Rxh3 49. g5 Rh1+ 50. Kd2 Ra1
51. a6 Ke4 52. Kc3 Kd5 53. Kb3 Kc5 54. Kc3 Kd5 55. Kd3 Ra3+
56. Ke2 Ke4 57. Kf2 Rf3+ 58. Kg1 Rg3+ 59. Kf1 Rf3+ 60. Ke2 Ra3
61. Kd1 Ra1+ 62. Kc2 Kd5 63. Kb2 Ra4 64. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anton Shomoev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6
7. Ne2 e5 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Bd3 e4 10. Bb1 b6 11. f3 Ba6 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. fxe4 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qxe4 16. O-O Bb7
17. d5 Qxc4 18. e4 Nd7 19. Qd4 Ba6 20. Bf4 Qxd4+ 21. cxd4 Bxf1
22. Kxf1 Nf6 23. Rc1 Nxe4 24. Rxc7 g5 25. Bc1 h6 26. Ke2 Kg7
27. Kd3 Nf6 28. Bd2 Kg6 29. a4 Nxd5 30. Rd7 Nf6 31. Rxd6 Kf5
32. h3 h5 33. g4+ hxg4 34. hxg4+ Nxg4 35. Rd5+ Kf6 36. Bxg5+
Ke6 37. Rb5 f6 38. Bf4 Rd8 39. a5 Nf2+ 40. Kc4 Rc8+ 41. Kb3
Nd3 42. Bd2 bxa5 43. Rxa5 Rc7 44. Be3 f5 45. d5+ Kd6 46. Bxa7
Nc5+ 47. Bxc5+ Rxc5 48. Rxc5 Kxc5 49. Kc3 Kxd5 50. Kd3 Ke5
51. Ke3 f4+ 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. Kf2 Kg4 54. Kg2 f3+ 55. Kf2 Kf4
56. Kf1 Ke3 57. Ke1 f2+ 58. Kf1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 7. Qd1 O-O 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Qa5
12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O c5 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 b6
17. a4 Bb7 18. a5 Rfc8 19. Rfb1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Ra3 Bc6
22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Bd3 Rcc8 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6
7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. O-O-O Ne7
12. a3 O-O 13. Qh5 f6 14. g4 Rac8 15. Rhe1 Qb6 16. Kb1 Bd4
17. Ne2 Bf2 18. Rf1 Rf7 19. Qh3 Ng6 20. Bc1 Bc5 21. e5 b4
22. axb4 Bxb4 23. f5 exf5 24. Bxf5 Nf8 25. exf6 g6 26. Bd3
Rxf6 27. b3 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Ne6 29. Bb2 Rf8 30. Rd1 Rf3 31. Qh4
Bc6 32. Bc4 Bb5 33. Nd4 Rf7 34. Nxe6 Bxc4 35. Ng5 Re7 36. Qh3
Be2 37. Qg2 Re8 38. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. Ng5 e6 8. Nge4 Na6 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Nxd5
exd5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. d4 Rad8 16. Rc1 cxd4 17. Qxd4
g5 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. Qb4 d4 20. Ne4 d3 21. e3 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxa2
23. b3 Qe6 24. Rc4 f5 25. Bg2 f4 26. exf4 gxf4 27. Re1 Qd6
28. Qa4 fxg3 29. hxg3 b5 30. Qxb5 Qb6 31. Qxb6 axb6 32. Rb4
Bd4 33. Re4 Bxf2+ 34. Kh2 Rf6 35. Bg5 d2 36. Bxf6 d1=Q
37. Rg4+ Kf7 38. Bxd8 Bg1+ 39. Kh3 Qxd8 40. Rbf4+ Ke7 41. Re4+
Kf6 42. Ref4+ Ke7 43. Re4+ Kd6 44. Rd4+ Bxd4 45. Rxd4+ Ke7
46. Rxd8 Kxd8 47. Be4 Bxb3 48. Bxh7 b5 49. Kg4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5
d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8
11. O-O-O+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Ng4 14. Nd1 Kc7 15. Rd4
g5 16. g3 fxg3 17. hxg3 h5 18. Bg2 Rae8 19. Ra4 Kb6 20. Rb4+
Kc7 21. Ra4 Kb6 22. Rb4+ Kc7 23. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6
7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Bb7 11. b3 d5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qd4 Qe7 14. Ba3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Bxc5
Rxc5 17. Rxc5 bxc5 18. Qb2 Nb4 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. h4 h6 21. a3
Na6 22. Qc3 Rb8 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nc7 25. Qe3 Nd5 26. Qxc5
Nf4+ 27. gxf4 Qxd2 28. Qe5 Rxb3 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ g6
31. Rc7 Kg8 32. h5 Qd6 33. Qc2 Rb7 34. Rxb7 Qd5+ 35. f3 Qxb7
36. hxg6 Kg7 37. gxf7 Qxf7 38. Qe4 Kg8 39. a4 Qg7+ 40. Kh2 Qf7
41. a5 Qh5+ 42. Kg2 Qxa5 43. Qxe6+ Kg7 44. f5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Richard Gerber"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Rg1 Ndc5 11. h4 c6 12. h5
Bd7 13. Nd2 a4 14. a3 Rb8 15. Be2 cxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Ndxe4
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Qc2 b5 20. cxb5 Rfc8 21. Qxa4 Nc7
22. Nc3 Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 Nxd5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qa7 Nxe3
26. fxe3 Qh4+ 27. Kd2 Bxb5 28. Rgf1 Be8 29. Rab1 Qh8 30. Qd4
Ra8 31. Qxh8+ Kxh8 32. Rb3 Kg7 33. Rf4 Bd7 34. Rb7 Be6 35. a4
Rc5 36. Rd4 Kf6 37. Rb5 Ke5 38. Rdb4 f6 39. Bf3 Rh8 40. Re4+
Kd5 41. c4+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Stelios Halkias"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6
7. Qf3 Ne7 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nge2 Ba6 11. Bc2 Nd7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nf4 Ng6 14. Nh5 b5 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Qg3 Nc4
17. Nef4 Qb4 18. Nd3 Qa5 19. Bb3 Qd8 20. h4 Nd6 21. Nc5 Bc8
22. Bc2 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. h5 Qf6 26. Rh2 Kh8
27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Rdh1 Rf7 29. Rh6 Rg8 30. Kd2 Re8 31. Qh2 Qe7
32. a3 Bg4 33. Qg3 Bh5 34. Nd3 Qf8 35. R1xh5 gxh5 36. Rxh5 Re6
37. Qh4 b4 38. axb4 Ref6 39. f4 Re6 40. g4 Rfe7 41. f5 Re4
42. Ne5 R4xe5 43. dxe5 Rg7 44. Ke2 Qxb4 45. Qd8+ Rg8 46. Qf6+
Rg7 47. Rg5 Qe7 48. Qxg7+ Qxg7 49. Rxg7 Kxg7 50. b4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 e5 10. e4 Re8 11. Re1 Nc6
12. Bb2 Na5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Nf1 exd4 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Ng3 dxc3
17. Bxc3 Qd8 18. f4 Nd7 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf6+ Nxf6
22. Bxf6 Qd7 23. f5 h6 24. Rf1 Qc6 25. Bd4 g5 26. h4 Kf8
27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Qd2 f6 29. Bxf6 Qc5+ 30. Rf2 Kf7 31. Bxg5
Rg8 32. Be2 Nc6 33. Bh5+ Kf8 34. Bf6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd2 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Qxd4
7. Qe2 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rfe1 O-O
12. Bd3 f5 13. exf6 N7xf6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Ne4 Bf4 16. Neg5 Bd7
17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Qd2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 h6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6
Qxb2 22. Ree1 Qb5 23. Qc2 Nd5 24. Nd4 Qa5 25. Nf5 Qc7 26. Re6
Rf6 27. Rxf6 Nxf6 28. Re1 Nd5 29. Qb2 Qf7 30. Nd6 Qg6 31. Qxb7
Rf8 32. Ne4 Nf4 33. Ng3 h5 34. h4 Nd3 35. Qb3+ Kh7 36. Re6 Nc5
37. Rxg6 Nxb3 38. Rxc6 Rf4 39. Rc7 Rxh4 40. Rxa7 Nd4 41. f3
Kg6 42. Kf2 Ne6 43. Ra5 Nf4 44. Kg1 Ne6 45. Re5 Kf6 46. Rf5+
Kg6 47. Ra5 Nf4 48. Nf5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Nidjat Mamedov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7
7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nf4 e6 11. d5 e5 12. Nd3
Nh5 13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. O-O f4 16. Bf2 Ndf6 17. Bh4
Bh8 18. g4 fxg3 19. hxg3 Qg7 20. Kh2 Qg6 21. Qg5 Bd7 22. Nf2
Qxg5 23. Bxg5 Ng7 24. g4 Nge8 25. Kg2 b5 26. Rh1 bxc4 27. Bxc4
Bb5 28. b3 Rb8 29. Rb1 Rf7 30. Nfe4 Rfb7 31. Nd2 e4 32. Ncxe4
Nxe4 33. fxe4 Rg7 34. Bf4 Rxg4+ 35. Kf3 Rg6 36. a4 Bxc4
37. Nxc4 Bg7 38. Ne3 Rb7 39. Nf5 Bf8 40. Rhg1 Rxb3+ 41. Rxb3
Rxg1 42. Rb8 Rf1+ 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Kf7 45. Rb7+ Kg6
46. Nh4+ Kh5 47. Rxh7+ Kg4 48. Ng2 c4+ 49. Kxc4 Rxe4+ 50. Kd3
Re7 51. Rh4+ Kf5 52. Ne3+ Kg6 53. Rg4+ Kf7 54. Bg5 Rb7
55. Rf4+ Kg8 56. Rc4 Rc7 57. Rxc7 Nxc7 58. Bd8 Na8 59. Nc2 Kf7
60. Nb4 Ke8 61. Ba5 Be7 62. Nxa6 Bd8 63. Bxd8 Kxd8 64. a5 Kc8
65. Kc4 Kb7 66. Kb5 Ka7 67. Nb4 Kb7 68. a6+ Kc7 69. Nd3 Nb6
70. Nf4 Nc8 71. Ne6+ Kd7 72. Ka5 Ke8 73. Nc7+ Ke7 74. Nb5 Kf6
75. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 h6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 Bb4 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. e3 O-O
12. Qe2 Qe7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bh3 Nf6 15. Nd2 Bh7 16. Bg2 a5
17. a4 Bb4 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Ne1 dxc4 21. Qxc4 e5
22. e4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Ne5 24. Qe2 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Rd8 26. Be3 f6
27. Nc2 Bc5 28. Rd1 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Kf8 30. h3 Bg8 31. f4 Rxd1+
32. Qxd1 Nd7 33. Nf5 Qc5+ 34. Kh2 Be6 35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. f5
Bxf5 37. exf5 Ne5 38. Qd8 Qb4 39. Qc7+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kg7
41. Qc7+ Nf7 42. Bf3 Qxb3 43. Bh5 b5 44. axb5 cxb5 45. Bxf7
Qxf7 46. Qxa5 Qd7 47. Qb4 h5 48. g4 Qc7+ 49. Kg2 h4 50. Kf3
Qg3+ 51. Ke4 Qe5+ 52. Kd3 Qg3+ 53. Ke4 Qe5+ 54. Kd3 Qg3+
55. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Ne2 Na6 9. Bf8 Ne7 10. Bxg7 Nb4 11. Qd6
Nc2+ 12. Kd2 Nxa1 13. Bxh8 Qc2+ 14. Ke1 e5 15. f3 Be6 16. Bf6
Ng6 17. h4 Qf5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxh6 Rd8 20. Qc5 Qb1+ 21. Kf2
Nc2 22. h5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qa5 Qd1 25. Nxf4 Rd2+ 26. Kg1
Ne3 27. Qg5 Qxf1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.29"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Gadir Guseinov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd2
Nh7 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bh4 Nd7 15. Be2 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. O-O
Rb8 18. Ra2 Re8 19. Nh1 Qb4 20. Nf2 Ne5 21. Bg3 f5 22. Qd1 Nc4
23. Nd3 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Rxb3 25. Rc1 fxe4 26. Nxc5 Rxb2 27. Rxb2
Nxb2 28. N5xe4 Bd7 29. Bxa6 Ra8 30. Bb5 Bxb5 31. Nxb5 Ra5
32. Nexd6 Nf6 33. Nc7 Nxd5 34. Ne6 Nc3 35. Kh1 Nd3 36. Rf1 Ne2
37. Nxg7 Nxg3+ 38. hxg3 Kxg7 39. Rb1 Ra2 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Rb1
Ke7 42. Ne4 Nf2+ 43. Kh2 Nxe4 44. Re1 Ra4 45. Rxe4+ Rxe4
46. fxe4 Kf6 47. g4 Ke5 48. Kg3 Kxe4 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Kh4 Kf4
51. Kxh5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3 d5 12. e5
Nd7 13. Na4 a5 14. c4 Ba6 15. b3 g6 16. Be3 c5 17. Bf2 d4
18. Qh3 Bb7 19. Bh4 Bxh4 20. Qxh4 h5 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Qd8
23. Qe1 Qc7 24. Nb2 Kf8 25. Nd3 Qc6 26. a4 Kg7 27. Nf2 Nb6
28. Nh3 Qc7 29. Qh4 Qd8 30. Ng5 Nc8 31. f5 exf5 32. e6 Nd6
33. exf7 Qe7 34. Raf1 Nxf7 35. Rg3 Ra6 36. Qf4 Nxg5 37. Rxg5
Rf8 38. h4 Re6 39. Qf3 Kh7 40. g4 hxg4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Baris Esen"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. g3 Nxd5
7. cxd5 d6 8. Bg2 Bg4 9. O-O f5 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Bb6 12. Kh1
Qe7 13. d3 Bh5 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Nc3 e4 17. Na4
Qf7 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rc1 Qf7 20. dxe4 fxe4 21. Rc4 Bf3
22. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 h5 24. Qd1 Qf5 25. Nxb6 cxb6 26. Kg2
Re5 27. Rd4 Qg5 28. h4 Qe7 29. Qc2 Qf7 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Qc2 Qf6
32. Qe2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Qc2 Rb8
12. O-O c5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Qb4 15. Rd2 Ba6 16. Rad1 Rb6
17. Na4 Rd6 18. a3 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Qa5 20. Nc3 g6 21. Qa4 Qxa4
22. Nxa4 Rb8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke1 Bb5 25. Nc3 Ba6 26. h3 Ke7
27. f4 Nd7 28. Kd1 Nc5 29. Kc2 h6 30. h4 h5 31. a4 Rb6 32. a5
Rd6 33. Ne4 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Nb3+ 35. Kc3 Bb7 36. a6 Bxa6
37. Nf2 Nc1 38. Bf3 Na2+ 39. Kd4 c3 40. bxc3 c5+ 41. Kxc5 Nxc3
42. Nd3 Bxd3 43. exd3 a5 44. d4 f5 45. Kc4 Ne4 46. Kb5 Kd6
47. Kxa5 Kd5 48. Kb5 Kxd4 49. Kc6 Ke3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Nc3
Nf5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. g4 fxe5 15. gxf5 e4 16. fxe6 exf3 17. Bxf3
Nxd4 18. Bxd5 Rxf2 19. e7+ Be6 20. Bxe6+ Nxe6 21. Kxf2 Qxh2+
22. Ke3 Qg3+ 23. Kd2 Qg5+ 24. Kc2 Qf5+ 25. Kd2 Qg5+ 26. Kc2
Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.28"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Petter Haugli"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb5 Qb6 6. Be3
Bxe3 7. fxe3 Nc6 8. N1c3 Qxe3+ 9. Be2 Kf8 10. Qd6+ Nge7
11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Rd1 h5 13. Rf1 Rh6 14. h4 Rg6 15. Rd3 Qc1+
16. Nd1 Qxc2 17. Bxh5 Rf6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Bf3 Qc4 20. a3 b6
21. Rc3 Qd4 22. Rxc6 Qg1+ 23. Ke2 dxc6 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Qxe7
Qd4 26. Ne8+ Kg6 27. Bh5+ Kxh5 28. Qxf7+ Kxh4 29. Qh7+ Kg5
30. Qg7+ Kh4 31. Qh6+ Kg3 32. Qh3+ Kf4 33. Qh4+ Ke5 34. Qxf6+
1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luis Galego"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. a4 Qc7 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. b3 b6
12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Re1 a6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd4 Rfe8
17. h3 h6 18. Re2 Qb7 19. Na2 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5
22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. c4 Nf6 24. Bd4 Nd7 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5
27. Rd7 Rab8 28. Nc1 Kf8 29. Kg2 Bf6 30. Re3 Bb2 31. Ne2 Re7
32. Rd2 Bf6 33. f4 h5 34. Kf3 Reb7 35. Rdd3 g6 36. g4 hxg4+
37. hxg4 Ke7 38. Ke4 Rh8 39. g5 Bg7 40. Rh3 Rbb8 41. Ng1 Rxh3
42. Rxh3 Rd8 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Kxd3 e5 45. fxe5 Bxe5 46. Ke4
Kd6 47. Ne2 Bb2 48. Kf4 Ba3 49. Ke4 Bb4 50. Ng1 Bc3 51. Nf3
Bb2 52. Kf4 Bc1+ 53. Kg4 Be3 54. Kh4 Ke6 55. Kg4 a5 56. Ne1
Ke5 57. Nc2 Bc1 58. Ne1 Ke4 59. Nf3 Be3 60. Ne1 Bd2 61. Nf3
Bc3 62. Ng1 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Geetha Narayanan Gopal"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Ne2 Nbd7 6. Nd2 e5
7. f3 Bh5 8. c3 Be7 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nf5 Bxf5
12. Bxf5 Ng8 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O Rad8 16. a4
Kc8 17. Nb3 g6 18. e4 f5 19. a5 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rhf8 21. Rfe1
Rf7 22. Nc5 Rg8 23. exd5 exd4 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Nxb7 Qd7 26. Nc5
Qd5 27. cxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Rf2 29. Ne6 Rxc2 30. Nxd4 Rc4
31. Rxe7 Rxd4 32. Rc1 Kb8 33. h3 Ra4 34. Rc5 h5 35. b3 Ra3
36. b4 Rb3 37. Rxc6 Rxb4 38. Rcc7 g5 39. a6 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4
41. Kh2 g3+ 42. Kh3 Rb6 43. Rb7+ Rxb7 44. Rxb7+ Ka8 45. Rc7
Kb8 46. Rc6 Rg7 47. Kh4 Rg8 48. Kh5 Rg7 49. Rc3 Rh7+ 50. Kg6
Rc7 51. Rxg3 Rc6+ 52. Kf7 Rxa6 53. Rb3+ Kc7 54. g4 Ra1 55. g5
Rf1+ 56. Kg8 Kc6 57. g6 a5 58. g7 Kc5 59. Kh7 Rh1+ 60. Kg6
Rg1+ 61. Kf7 a4 62. Rb8 Kc4 63. g8=Q Rxg8 64. Rxg8 a3 65. Ke6
a2 66. Ra8 Kb3 67. Kd5 Kb2 68. Rxa2+ Kxa2 69. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniele Vocaturo"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qc2 Nbd7
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. O-O a5 14. e4 e5 15. Nh4 g6 16. g3 Nb8 17. f4
Nc6 18. Qf2 Nd7 19. f5 Nd4 20. f6 Qd8 21. Ng2 Re8 22. g4 Re6
23. g5 h5 24. Qh4 Nf8 25. Ne3 Re8 26. Rf2 Nfe6 27. Ng2 Qb6
28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Be2 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Ba6 31. Ne3 Qb3 32. Rc1
Qd3 33. Kf2 Rab8 34. Rd1 Qb3 35. Rc2 Rb6 36. Qh3 Bc8 37. Qf1
Be6 38. Qd3 Qa4 39. Rdd2 Rd8 40. Rc3 Rdb8 41. Qc2 Qc6 42. Kf3
Qb7 43. Rcd3 Rxb2 44. Qxb2 Qxb2 45. Rxb2 Rxb2 46. Rxd6 Rxh2
47. Nd5 Rh3+ 48. Kf2 h4 49. Nc7 Bxc4 50. Nd5 Rg3 51. Rd8+ Kh7
52. Rf8 Rxg5 53. Rxf7+ Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Nb6 Bb5 56. Rc7 h3
57. Nc8 Rg2+ 58. Kf3 g5 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kevin Spraggett"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O
7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e3 a5 11. b3 e5 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nd2 c6 14. e4 Nbd7 15. Be2 Nf8 16. h4 Bd7 17. Qd3 Qd8
18. Qe3 Ng6 19. g3 h6 20. O-O cxd5 21. cxd5 b5 22. Rc1 Ng4
23. Qd3 Rb8 24. Kg2 Nf6 25. b4 a4 26. Nb1 Nh7 27. h5 Ne7
28. g4 Nc8 29. Bd2 Nb6 30. Qg3 Ng5 31. f3 Rc8 32. Be3 Rxc1
33. Rxc1 Qb8 34. Qf2 Na8 35. Bd3 Qb7 36. Qd2 f6 37. Nc3 Nf7
38. Bf2 Rc8 39. Qe3 Rc7 40. Ne2 Rxc1 41. Nxc1 Kf8 42. Ne2 Ke8
43. Nc3 Nd8 44. Qa7 Nc7 45. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Nc6
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e4 d4
12. Ne2 e5 13. Ng3 g6 14. h3 h6 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6
17. Qd2 Rd8 18. a4 a5 19. Ra3 Nd7 20. Ne1 Nb6 21. Rb3 Nc4
22. Qd1 b6 23. Nd3 O-O 24. Re1 Rb8 25. Nf1 Kg7 26. Nh2 Rfc8
27. Qc1 Ne7 28. Ng4 h5 29. Nh2 f6 30. Nf3 Nd6 31. Nd2 g5
32. Qd1 h4 33. c3 dxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Rc8 36. Qc2 Ng6
37. Rb1 Nc4 38. Qa2 Qc6 39. Qxc4 Qxc4 40. Nxc4 Rxc4 41. Rxb6
Rxc3 42. Rd6 Rc4 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. f3 Rxa4 45. Rd8+ Kf7
46. Rd7+ Ke8 47. Ra7 Ra3 48. Nc5 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Nf4 50. Ra8+ Kf7
51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Ra8+ Kf7 55. Ra7+
Ke8 56. Ra8+ Ke7 57. Ra7+ Kd6 58. Rxa5 Rd1 59. Nb3 Ne2 60. Ra2
Re1 61. Rc2 Ke7 62. Rc7+ Ke8 63. Rc8+ Kd7 64. Rc4 Rb1 65. Nc5+
Ke7 66. Nd3 Rd1 67. Nf2 Rf1 68. Nd3 Rd1 69. Nf2 Rd2 70. Ng4
Nf4 71. Ne3 Re2 72. Rc3 Kd7 73. Kh1 Re1+ 74. Kh2 Re2 75. Kh1
Re1+ 76. Kh2 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nc6
12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. Nf3 Bb4 15. O-O a6 16. Qc2 Rc8
17. Qb3 Qa5 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3
Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rc8 23. Rc1 Ng7 24. Kf1 Ne8 25. Ke2 Kf8 26. Kd2
Nc7 27. Nd4 Ke7 28. Rb1 b5 29. h4 Na8 30. h5 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.05"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 exf5 16. Rxe7
Qd8 17. Re2 Ne4 18. g3 Ndf6 19. Nh4 Qd7 20. Qf3 Qd5 21. Bc1
Rfe8 22. Ka1 Nd6 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Re5 Nc4 25. Ree1 Rxe1
26. Rxe1 Nd6 27. f3 Rd8 28. Re5 Nf6 29. Nxf5 Nxf5 30. Rxf5
Rxd4 31. b3 Rd5 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. c4 Nf6 34. g4 Nd7 35. Be3 a6
36. Bd4 f5 37. Kb2 Kf7 38. gxf5 Nf6 39. Kc3 Nxh5 40. Be5 Nf6
41. Kd3 g6 42. fxg6+ Kxg6 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Bd6 h5 45. Kf2 Nh7
46. Kg3 Ng5 47. Bc5 Nf7 48. Bd4 Ne5 49. Be3 Nd3 50. Bd2 Ne5
51. Be3 h4+ 52. Kxh4 Nxf3+ 53. Kh5 Ne5 54. Bc1 Nd3 55. Bd2 Nc5
56. Bc1 Ne4 57. Bb2 Nf2 58. Kh6 Nd3 59. Ba3 c5 60. Kg7 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6
12. Bd2 Be6 13. a3 Bb6 14. b4 Ne5 15. a4 a6 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. a5
Ba7 18. b5 Rac8 19. Bb4 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bc5 21. bxa6 bxa6
22. Qd3 Bxb4 23. Rxb4 Rc6 24. Rb6 Ra8 25. Rfb1 Rac8 26. h4 Rc3
27. Qxa6 Bg4 28. Bg2 d4 29. Rb8 Qe8 30. Qd6 h5 31. a6 Qa4
32. Bb7 Kh7 33. Bxc8 Bxc8 34. Qd5 Kg6 35. R8b5 Bg4 36. Rb7 Qe8
37. a7 Bf5 38. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.07"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Pavel Smirnov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 b6 12. d5
exd5 13. Nxd5 Ne5 14. Bc3 Bg4 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rad1 Ne4
17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd6 19. Qe2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Rb8
22. Bd3 g6 23. Rd2 Re8 24. Rc1 Qa5 25. Rdc2 Qa2 26. Bc4 Nxc4
27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Bxb2 29. R1c2 Red8 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nc6
Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rb6 33. Rxc5 Ba3 34. R5c4 Bd6+ 35. g3 Rbb1
36. Rd4 h5 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Rcd2 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Bb4 40. Rd4 Be1
41. Rf4+ Kg7 42. Nd8 f5 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Nd4 Ba5 45. Nc2 Rc1
46. Rc4 g5 47. Rc6+ Kg7 48. Nd4 Rxc6 49. Nxc6 Bd2 50. Nd4 Kf6
51. Ne2 Kg6 52. h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 Bb4 54. Nf4+ Kh6 55. Nd5 Bc5
56. Kf3 Kg6 57. Nf4+ Kh6 58. Nd5 Kg6 59. Nf4+ Kh6 60. Ke2 Be7
61. Ng2 Kg6 62. Kd3 Kf7 63. Kd4 Ke6 64. Kc4 Bd8 65. Kc5 Ke5
66. f3 Ba5 67. Kc6 Bd2 68. Kc5 Ba5 69. Kb5 Bd2 70. Kc4 Kd6
71. Kd3 Ba5 72. Ke2 Bd8 73. Kf2 Ke6 74. Kg3 Bc7+ 75. Kf2 Bd8
76. Ke2 Kf7 77. Kd2 Ke6 78. Kd3 Kd5 79. Nf4+ Kd6 80. Ng6 Ke6
81. Nf4+ Kd6 82. Ng2 Kd5 83. e4+ fxe4+ 84. fxe4+ Ke5 85. Ke3
Bb6+ 86. Kf3 Bd8 87. Nf4 Kd6 88. Ng6 Ke6 89. Ke3 Kf6 90. Nf4
Ke5 91. Kf3 Kd6 92. Kg3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. O-O Bc6
7. Na3 Ne7 8. Re1 Ng6 9. Be4 d3 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Qc4 Bxe4
12. Qxe4 Nc6 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. b3 Be7 15. Re3 O-O 16. Nb2 Qd5
17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. c4 Rd7 19. Nxd3 Rfd8 20. Nde1 h6 21. g3 b6
22. Kg2 Bg5 23. Re4 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rb1 Kf7 26. Bb2 Nb4
27. a3 Nc6 28. b4 Nce7 29. d3 Nf5 30. h4 h5 31. Bc1 Re8
32. Ng5+ Bxg5 33. Bxg5 e5 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Re2 Re6 36. Reb2
Ra6 37. Rb7 Rxb7 38. Rxb7+ Kg8 39. Bc1 Nd4 40. Nf3 Rd6
41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Ng5+ Ke7 43. Ne4 Rb6 44. Bg5+ Kf7 45. Rxb6
axb6 46. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.10"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6
7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5
12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Bd2 Nf8 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a4 dxc4
17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Ng6 19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Na4 Nd5 21. Ba5 b6
22. Bxb6 Rxa7 23. Bxa7 O-O 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Bxb6 Rb8 26. Ba5
Rxb2 27. Bxc6 Bb4 28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Ra1 c3 30. Rc1 Rb3 31. Be4
Nf8 32. Kf1 Nd7 33. Bc2 Rb2 34. Bd1 Nf6 35. Bf3 Rb3 36. Ke2
Rb2+ 37. Ke1 Rb3 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 Rb3 40. Bc6 Kf8 41. Rc2
Ke7 42. Ke2 Kd6 43. Bg2 e5 44. Kd3 exd4 45. exd4 Ra3 46. Rxc3
Rxc3+ 47. Kxc3 Ng8 48. Kd3 Ne7 49. Be4 f6 50. Ke3 Nc8 51. Kf3
Ne7 52. Ke2 Ke6 53. Ke3 Kd6 54. f4 gxf4+ 55. Kxf4 g5+ 56. Kf3
Kc7 57. Bd3 Nc8 58. Bf5 Nd6 59. Be6 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.11"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. a3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Qd8 11. Bf4 a5 12. Rc1
h6 13. Be3 e5 14. c5 dxc5 15. Nxc5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nb5
Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Nxe4 19. Re5 Nf6 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Rd8
22. Rd1 b6 23. f3 Bd7 24. Nb5 Be6 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Nb5 Be6
27. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.12"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Bukavshin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. d5 Bg7
7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 c6 10. O-O cxd5 11. cxd5 Na6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Bf3 Ba6 16. Re1 Rxe1+
17. Qxe1 Qf8 18. Qd1 Re8 19. Ndb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Nfe4 21. Rb1
a6 22. Nc7 Re5 23. d6 f5 24. Be7 Qf7 25. g3 a5 26. b4 Qa2
27. bxc5 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Nd2 29. Bd5+ Rxd5 30. Qg1 Qxg1+
31. Kxg1 Nxb1 32. Nxd5 Bd4+ 33. Kg2 Bxc5 34. Bd8 Nxa3 35. Bxb6
Bxb6 36. Nxb6 Nb5 37. Nxd7 Nxd6 38. Nc5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Qe4 Qb5 15. Qg4+ Kf8 16. Qd4
Kg7 17. e3 Qxc5 18. Qg4+ Kf8 19. Bxa6 Qa5+ 20. b4 Qxa6 21. Qh4
Kg7 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. Qh4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "2.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rac1 Bf5
12. e3 Rad8 13. Qd1 a6 14. a3 Na7 15. b4 c6 16. Qb3 Nb5 17. a4
Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Ne4 19. Rcc1 Nd6 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Rfe1 Bh3
22. Bh1 h5 23. Nf3 f6 24. Bg2 g5 25. Nd2 Kg7 26. Qd3 h4 27. f3
hxg3 28. hxg3 Rh8 29. Bh1 Rh6 30. Kf2 Bf5 31. e4 Rh2+ 32. Kg1
Rdh8 33. Bg2 Bg6 34. Qf1 dxe4 35. fxe4 Qg4 36. Rc3 f5 37. d5
fxe4 38. dxc6 bxc6 39. Qf2 Qh5 40. Qd4+ Kg8 41. Qxd6 Rxg2+
42. Kxg2 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Rh2+ 45. Kd1 Bh5+ 46. g4
Bxg4+ 47. Kc2 Qxe1 48. Qxh2 e3 49. Qb8+ Kf7 50. Qc7+ Kf8
51. Qb8+ Kf7 52. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4.37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Nbc3 Nxc4 11. b3 Na3
12. O-O Bb4 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e4 e5 15. Qc1 Nb5 16. Nxb5 axb5
17. Nc3 d6 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Be6 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Rfd1 Ra6
22. Rd3 Rc8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Rad1 Rc2 25. f5 Rxb2 26. fxe6 fxe6
27. Rxd6 Nf6 28. Bh3 Kf7 29. Bxe6+ Ke7 30. Rxa6 bxa6 31. Bc8
a5 32. Rd3 Nxe4 33. Re3 Nc5 34. Rxe5+ Kd6 35. Rg5 Rxb3
36. Rxg7 Rxa3 37. Rxh7 a4 38. Rh6+ Kc7 39. Bf5 Rc3 40. Rh8 a3
41. Ra8 Kb7 42. Ra5 Kb6 43. Ra8 Na6 44. Be6 b4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "5.29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "A R Saleh Salem"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4
Nc6 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qxd4 11. Nc3
e5 12. Be3 Qb4 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Qg4 Qc7 15. Qxe4 Qc8 16. f4
Be7 17. Nd5 O-O 18. Qxe5 Re8 19. Qc3 Bf8 20. Rhe1 b6 21. g4
Qb7 22. a3 Rac8 23. Qd3 Na5 24. Kb1 Nc4 25. Bc1 Red8 26. Qe4
Qa6 27. Ne7+ Bxe7 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxe7 Rf8 30. b3 Na5
31. Bb2 Qb5 32. a4 Qc6 33. Rd1 Qa8 34. Qe5 f6 35. Qe6+ Kh8
36. g5 Qf3 37. Qd6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "6.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Nf3 b6
12. O-O Bb7 13. b4 h6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nd2 a6 16. a4 Nf5 17. Qf3
Qg5 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Qg4 axb5 20. axb5 Nf8 21. Bxf5 exf5
22. Qxf5 Qe6 23. Qd3 Ng6 24. Nf3 Qg4 25. Bg3 Qe4 26. Qxe4 dxe4
27. Nd2 Bd5 28. Ra6 Rxa6 29. bxa6 Ra8 30. Ra1 Nf8 31. f3 b5
32. Ra5 Ne6 33. a7 Bc6 34. c4 b4 35. f4 g6 36. Bh4 Kf8 37. Nb3
Ke8 38. g4 g5 39. f5 Nd8 40. Be1 Bd7 41. Nxc5 Nc6 42. Ra6 Nxe5
43. Bxb4 Nc6 44. Bc3 Rxa7 45. Rxa7 Nxa7 46. Nxe4 Bc6 47. Nf6+
Kf8 48. Nh5 Bf3 49. Bg7+ Ke7 50. h3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "7.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexandr Hilario Takeda dos Santos Fier"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6
7. Bg5 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 Re8 10. Nd5 e6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. h4 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qf4 Kg7 16. c5 Bd7
17. Bd3 Be5 18. Qd2 Bf6 19. Kf2 h5 20. Qf4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxg5
22. hxg5 dxc5 23. Rxc5 c6 24. Rhc1 cxd5 25. exd5 Re3 26. Be4
Bb5 27. Rxb5 axb5 28. Rd1 f5 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rxd4 Rxe4
31. fxe4 Ke5 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Rd2 Rc8 34. Rf2 Ke5 35. Rf7 Rc2
36. Re7+ Kf6 37. d6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "8.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Ne5
Qd5 17. c4 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Be1 Rac8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bf2
c5 22. Kb1 Bd6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. g4 a6 25. Rhe1 cxd4 26. Bxd4
Bb4 27. Rf1 b5 28. Bb2 bxc4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nc6 Rd6
31. Nxb4 cxb3 32. axb3 Rb6 33. Nd3 Rxb3 34. Kc2 Rb6 35. Bxf6
gxf6 36. Ra1 Kf8 37. Kd2 Ke7 38. Nc5 Rb5 39. Nd3 a5 40. f4 Kf8
41. Rc1 a4 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Ra8 f5 44. Rxa4 fxg4 45. Ne5 Rb2+
46. Ke3 g3 47. Kf3 Rh2 48. Ra7 g2 49. Rxf7+ Kg8 50. Kf2 Rxh5
51. Rf6 Kg7 52. Rxe6 Rh4 53. Rg6+ Kh7 54. Rg4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "9.29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Chanda Sandipan"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nc3 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc5
12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. e4 g5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Ne5
17. Rd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Qf3 Bd4 21. Qg3
Kh7 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Bh6 Nd5 24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Bxf8 Qxf8
26. exd5 Bxc3 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Qg5+ Kh7 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Qg3+
Kh7 31. bxc3 Bxd5 32. Bd3+ f5 33. c4 Ba8 34. Re1 Qf6 35. Qh3+
Kg7 36. Qg3+ Kh7 37. Qh3+ Kg7 38. Qg3+ Kh8 39. Bf1 Rg8
40. Qh3+ Kg7 41. Qa3 Kh8 42. Qh3+ Kg7 43. Qg3+ Kh8 44. Qf4 Rg4
45. Qb8+ Rg8 46. Qf4 Rg4 47. Qf2 Kg7 48. Rd1 Qe5 49. Kg1 Kf6
50. Qd2 Qc5+ 51. Kh1 Rg8 52. Qh6+ Rg6 53. Qh8+ Kg5 54. Qxa8
1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "10.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. Be3 O-O 9. a3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. Nc3 Re8
12. b3 c6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Ra2 h6 15. Kh2 Ne5 16. Bxc5 dxc5
17. Qc1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bf5 19. e4 Bg6 20. Bg2 Qc7 21. Re1 Rad8
22. Re3 Rd4 23. Qe1 Nd7 24. f4 f6 25. a4 Nf8 26. Ne2 Rd7
27. Rd2 b6 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Ng1 Bh5 30. Nf3 Ne6 31. e5 f5
32. Qb1 Nd4 33. Nxd4 cxd4 34. Qd3 Bf7 35. Re1 c5 36. Bf3 Be6
37. Rg1 Rf8 38. Kg2 Kh8 39. Kf2 Qf7 40. h4 h5 41. Ke2 g6
42. Kf2 Kh7 43. Rc1 Rd8 44. Ra1 Qe7 45. Rc1 Qf7 46. Ra1 Qe7
47. Rc1 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "11.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e4 Be7 6. e5 Nh7
7. Bg3 Bb7 8. Ngf3 Ng5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. c3 d6 11. Qc2 Nd7
12. O-O-O d5 13. Kb1 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Rhf1 g6
17. f4 g4 18. Be2 Rc8 19. Nb3 Ne4 20. Bxg4 b5 21. Qd3 Qb6
22. Qd4 b4 23. cxb4 Ba6 24. Rg1 Bxb4 25. Bf3 Kg7 26. Bxe4 dxe4
27. Qxe4 Rc4 28. Qf3 Bb7 29. Qe2 Rhc8 30. Bh4 Qa6 31. Bf6+ Kg8
32. Qe3 Bf8 33. Nd2 Ra4 34. a3 Rxa3 35. bxa3 Bd5 36. Qh3 Qb6+
37. Nb3 Qxb3+ 38. Qxb3 Bxb3 39. Rd8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "12.17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4
12. dxe4 Bg6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Bxc5
Qxc5 17. Rd2 Nb6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rfd1 Ng4 20. b3 a5 21. Rd4
Re7 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Rc1 Qh5 24. h4 Ne5 25. Rd1 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3
Qxf3 27. Qd3 Qxd3 28. R1xd3 Rc7 29. f4 f6 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Rd8
Rc8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Rd1 Ra8 35. Rd4 Ke6 36. Kf3
Ke7 37. Kg4 Nd7 38. Kf3 Nc5 39. Rd2 Nd7 40. Ke3 Nb6 41. Rd4
Nd7 42. Rd2 Nb6 43. Rd4 Nd7 44. Rd2 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "13.20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergei Yudin"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 f5 6. Be2 Nf6
7. O-O Qe7 8. a4 a5 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Nc2 b6
12. Qb1 Ne4 13. Qb2 Nd7 14. b4 Ba6 15. Qb3 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 g5
17. Rd1 g4 18. Nd2 Ndf6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bf1 Qh4 21. g3 Qe7
22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Rab1 h5 24. c5 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qc7 26. Ne1
Rcb8 27. Qd3 h4 28. Ng2 hxg3 29. hxg3 Kf7 30. Nf4 Rxb1
31. Rxb1 Rh8 32. Rb6 Kf6 33. Ng2 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 Rh2 35. Qa6 Rxg2
36. Rxc6 Qh7 37. Rxe6+ Kg5 38. Rxe4 fxe4 39. Qe6 Qf5 40. Qg8+
Kh6 41. Qh8+ Kg6 42. Qg8+ Kf6 43. Qf8+ Kg5 44. Qg7+ Kh5
45. Qh8+ Kg6 46. Qg8+ Kf6 47. Qf8+ Kg5 48. Qg7+ Qg6 49. Qe5+
Kh6 50. Qh8+ Qh7 51. Qf6+ Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "14.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nf1
h6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5
Qd6 18. d4 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Rae1 Nf6 21. Qf4 cxd4 22. Qxd4
Qc5 23. Qf4 Qd6 24. b3 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Rc8 27. Nd2
Bd7 28. Re3 Ng4 29. Rd3 Bf5 30. Rxd5 Rxc3 31. h3 Rc1+ 32. Nf1
Nf6 33. Rd6 Rb1 34. Rxb6 Bc2 35. Rb5 Bxb3 36. Rxa5 Ra1 37. Rb5
Bxa4 38. Ra5 Ra2 39. Ne3 Bb3 40. Rxa2 Bxa2 41. f4 h5 42. Kf2
Kf8 43. Bf3 Be6 44. Bg2 Ba2 45. Bf3 Be6 46. Bg2 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "15.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mateusz Bartel"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. h5 Ne4 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Nb6
12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. a3 Nd5 15. b4 Qd8 16. Nxd5
Qxd5 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Qc3 Bg8 19. a4 Bf6 20. Rb1 b6 21. Nh3 Qc4
22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Be5 g5 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. Ng1 Kd7 26. Ne2 Rh8
27. Kd2 Rh2 28. Rg1 Ke6 29. Nc3 Bd5 30. Nb1 a6 31. a5 b5
32. Ke1 f4 33. Nd2 f5 34. Nf1 Rh7 35. exf4 gxf4 36. g3 Bc4
37. gxf4 Bxf1 38. Kxf1 Rh4 39. Rg8 Rxf4 40. Ke2 Rf3 41. Ra8
Rc3 42. Kd2 Rf3 43. Ke2 Kd5 44. Rxa6 Rc3 45. Kd2 Kxd4 46. Ra8
Rf3 47. Ke2 Kc4 48. Rc8 Kxb4 49. a6 Ra3 50. Rxc6 f4 51. Kd2
Ra1 52. Re6 e3+ 53. fxe3 fxe3+ 54. Ke2 Kc5 55. Rh6 Ra2
56. Kxe3 Rxc2 57. Kd3 Ra2 58. Kc3 Ra3+ 59. Kb2 Ra4 60. Kb3
Rb4+ 61. Kc3 Ra4 62. Rh5+ Kb6 63. Rh6+ Ka7 64. Kb3 Rxa6
65. Rxa6+ Kxa6 66. Kb4 Kb6 67. Kb3 Kc5 68. Kc3 b4+ 69. Kb3 Kb5
70. Kb2 Kc4 71. Kc2 b3+ 72. Kb2 Kb4 73. Kb1 Kc3 74. Kc1 b2+
75. Kb1 Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2.21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Onischuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6
7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 Nd4 9. O-O d6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 e5
12. Nc1 O-O 13. Nd3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. f4 Bg4 16. Qb1 Be2
17. Re1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qb6 19. b4 Rfc8 20. a3 h6 21. Bf1 Rab8
22. Rac1 Re8 23. Rc2 Bf8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rec1 Qb7 26. Rc6
Qd7 27. Qf3 Re6 28. Rc7 Qd8 29. Bh3 Reb6 30. Qb3 Qe8 31. d3
R6b7 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rc8 Qe7 34. Qc2 Rb6 35. Bc1 Nh7 36. Qc5
Qf6 37. Bf5 g6 38. Bxh6 Qd6 39. Bd7 Ra6 40. Bxb5 Qxc5 41. bxc5
Rxa3 42. c6 Rc3 43. Bc4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "4.22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Qb3 Qc7
7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Ne4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rg1 Rh5 15. Qc2 Rxg5 16. Rxg5
Bxg5 17. Qxe4 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Bf6 19. f4 g5 20. f5 e5 21. c5
Rh8 22. Kb1 Rh4 23. Qc2 exd4 24. Be1 d3 25. Rxd3 Rh8 26. e4 a6
27. Bg3 Ne5 28. Rd6 Rd8 29. Qd1 Rxd6 30. cxd6 Qb6 31. Qe2 Qd4
32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. d7+ Kd8 34. a3 b5 35. Ka2 c5 36. Kb1 c4
37. Bg2 a5 38. Qc2 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Qe2 b3 41. Kc1 Kxd7
42. Qd1 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. f4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Bd2
Ndxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7 14. Rf3 g6 15. Raf1 Rc8 16. Qd1 f5 17. exf6
Rxf6 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. Ne2 Qe7 21. Nf4 Bg5 22. Be1
Rf8 23. Bg3 Kg8 24. a3 a6 25. Bb1 Bh6 26. Qe2 Na5 27. Bd3 Bg7
28. h4 Qe8 29. Rc1 Nc6 30. h5 g5 31. Nh3 Qe7 32. Nf2 e5 33. h6
Bxh6 34. Qh5 Rf6 35. e4 Be8 36. Qh3 Bd7 37. Qh2 g4 38. dxe5
Bxc1 39. exf6 Qxf6 40. exd5 Ne7 41. Qxh7+ Kf8 42. Bh4 Qf7
43. Qh8+ Ng8 44. Qe5 Qe8 45. Qd4 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Be3 47. Qb4+
Qxb4 48. axb4 Ne7 49. Ne4 Nxd5 50. Bg3 Kg7 51. Bd6 Bf4+
52. Bxf4 Nxf4 53. Bc4 Bc6 54. Kg3 Nxg2 55. Nc5 Ne3 56. Bd3 Kf6
57. b5 axb5 58. Kf4 Nd1 59. b4 b6 60. Nb3 Nf2 61. Be2 Bd7
62. Nd4 Nh3+ 63. Kg3 Ke5 64. Nxb5 Ng5 65. Na3 Ne4+ 66. Kg2 Kf4
67. Nc4 Bb5 68. Nxb6 Bxe2 69. Nd5+ Ke5 70. Nc7 Bf3+ 71. Kg1 g3
72. b5 Ng5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Ngf3
b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Nbd7 11. a4 a6
12. Bf1 Re8 13. Bh4 Nf8 14. Nc4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Nfd2 Nxg3
17. hxg3 Rb8 18. Ne3 Bg5 19. Bd3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 e5 21. Qe2 exd4
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. cxd4 Ne7 25. Nc4 Nc8 26. Bf5
Bd5 27. Ne3 Bc6 28. Rc1 Ne7 29. b3 g6 30. Bd3 b5 31. axb5 axb5
32. d5 Bxd5 33. Bxb5 Rb8 34. Bc4 Be6 35. Rd1 d5 36. Bxd5 Nxd5
37. Nxd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Rxb3 39. f3 Kg7 40. g4 h6 41. Kh2 Rb2
42. Kg1 Rb3 43. Kh2 Rb2 44. Kg1 Rb3 45. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 Qc8 10. Rc1 Bh3 11. Bf3 Ne5
12. Bd5 O-O 13. Rg1 Neg4 14. Qd2 Bh6 15. e3 Ne5 16. Bh1 Bg4
17. f3 Bd7 18. g4 Bg7 19. g5 Ne8 20. f4 Nc6 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. h4
Nc7 23. h5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qa5+
27. Qd2 Qxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Bc6 29. Rh1 Rac8 30. e4 e6 31. Bxc6
Rxc6 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Ke3 Rf7 34. Rcd1 a6 35. Rd4 b5 36. Rhd1
bxc4 37. Rxc4 Rfc7 38. Rxd6 Rxc4 39. bxc4 Rxc4 40. Rxa6 e5
41. fxe5 Rc1 42. e6 Kf8 43. Ra7 Rc5 44. Kf4 Rc2 45. Ke5 Rg2
46. a4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8.15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. d5 Nce7 6. a3 Bxd2+
7. Qxd2 d6 8. b3 Nf6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. f3 b5 11. e4 bxc4 12. Bxc4
a5 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Qd3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 c6 16. dxc6 Qb6 17. Rc1
Rfc8 18. Qd3 Nxc6 19. Qxd6 Qxb3 20. Rxc6 Qxb2 21. Kf2 Rd8
22. Qc5 h5 23. Qc3 Rab8 24. Rc1 Rd2 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Qxa3
27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Qxc8+ Qf8 29. Qc3 a4 30. Qxe5 a3 31. Qa5 Nd7
32. Qa4 Nc5 33. Qa5 Nb3 34. Qa4 Qc5+ 35. Ke1 Nc1 36. Nf4 Qe3+
37. Kd1 Qxf4 38. Qxa3 Qxh2 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Kxc1 Qg1+ 41. Kd2
Qxg2+ 42. Ke3 h4 43. Qd5 Qg6 44. Qd7 f5 45. exf5 Qg5+ 46. Ke4
Qh6 47. f6 Qxf6 48. Qg4 Qg6+ 49. Kf4 Qh6+ 50. Ke4 h3 51. Kd4
Qf6+ 52. Ke3 Qe5+ 53. Kf2 Qh2+ 54. Kf1 Qh1+ 55. Kf2 Qh2+
56. Kf1 Qh1+ 57. Kf2 Qh2+ 58. Kf1 g6 59. Qh4+ Kg7 60. Qe7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9.15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. a4 O-O 8. Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bf5 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Nf3 Nbd7
12. a5 Be4 13. b3 b5 14. axb6 axb6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Qd2 g5
17. Rfc1 c5 18. h4 g4 19. Nfe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 b5 21. Nxd7 Qxd7
22. Ne5 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxb3 26. Nxg4
Qe6 27. Ne5 Qd5 28. Qe3 Qe4 29. Qd2 Ra8 30. Nd3 Qe6 31. Bxf6
Qxf6 32. Qb4 Qe6 33. Nf4 Qd7 34. Rc5 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Qxd4
Bxd4 37. Rxb5 Bxf2 38. Kg2 Bd4 39. Rd5 Bb2 40. Rd2 Bc1 41. Rd1
Bb2 42. Rxa1 Bxa1 43. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1.35"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Tahir Abdukaharovich Vakhidov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 f5 6. e3 O-O
7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Nge2 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. b4 Nb6 12. Qd3
Be6 13. c5 Nc4 14. Nf4 d5 15. b5 g5 16. Nfe2 h6 17. Rab1 a6
18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Nb6 Rab8 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Qc2
Qc7 23. Qa4 Rb5 24. Qxa6 Reb8 25. Rxb5 cxb5 26. Nc3 b4 27. Nb5
Qc8 28. Qxc8+ Bxc8 29. Na7 Ba6 30. Nc6 Rb5 31. Rb1 b3 32. axb3
cxb3 33. Bf1 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3.31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexandr Hilario Takeda dos Santos Fier"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nd7
12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Rad1 a6 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Qxd6 Nxc4 16. Qc5 Nxe3
17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Qxe3 Bxb3 19. Kh1 Bd4 20. Qg5 f6 21. Qc1
Bf7 22. b3 g5 23. g3 Ng7 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Ne6 26. Ne2 Bc5
27. Qc3 Nd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Qb3 b6 30. Rd1 Red8 31. Rxd4
Rxd4 32. Qa4 Rd6 33. Qxa6 Kg7 34. Qb7+ Kg6 35. Qc8 Kg7
36. Qc7+ Kg6 37. Qc8 Kg7 38. Kg2 h5 39. h4 Rd2+ 40. Kh1 Rd1+
41. Kg2 Rd2+ 42. Kh1 Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qb3 Qc7
7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 e6 11. Nc3 Be7
12. Bd2 Nb6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1
Kb8 17. Ne2 Ne8 18. Nf4 Nd6 19. Nd3 f5 20. Bc1 Rdf8 21. Ne5
Qe6 22. b3 Nd7 23. f4 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Ne4 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Bb2
Rd7 27. Rdg1 Bd8 28. Rg2 Bb6 29. Qd3 Rh7 30. h4 Rd8 31. h5
gxh5 32. gxh5 Rdh8 33. Rhg1 Qe7 34. Rg6 a6 35. e6 Rxh5
36. Bxh5 Rxh5 37. Bxg7 Rh2 38. R6g2 Rxg2 39. Rxg2 Qxe6 40. Bd4
c5 41. Be5+ Ka7 42. a4 c4 43. bxc4 dxc4 44. Qd1 c3 45. Qc2 Qc4
46. Rg6 Bxe3 47. a5 Qb4+ 48. Ka1 Qxa5+ 49. Qa2 Qxa2+ 50. Kxa2
c2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11.24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Qd1 a6 11. Bd3 Bg4
12. Nge2 e6 13. Rc1 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O
O-O 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qc3 Nc6 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Nc5
Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Ne7 23. Rfc1 g6 24. a4 Rfd8 25. h3 Rd7 26. Qc3
Kg7 27. a5 b6 28. axb6 Qxb6 29. Rc2 Ra7 30. Bd3 Qb4 31. Qxb4
Rxb4 32. Rc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Kf6 34. Bxa6 Rxb2 35. Bd3 h5 36. g3
g5 37. Kg2 Rb8 38. h4 gxh4 39. gxh4 Rg8+ 40. Kh3 Rg1 41. Be2
Rh1+ 42. Kg2 Rxh4 43. Ra7 Nf5 44. Ra8 Nd6 45. Rh8 Kg6 46. Rg8+
Kh7 47. Rg5 Kh6 48. Rg8 Ne4 49. Bf3 Ng5 50. Be2 Ne4 51. Bf3
Nd6 52. Rh8+ Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kh7 54. Rg5 Kh6 55. Rg8 Nf5 56. Be2
Ne7 57. Rh8+ Kg6 58. Bf3 Nf5 59. Rg8+ Kh7 60. Rg5 Kh6 61. Rg8
Nd6 62. Kg3 Nf5+ 63. Kg2 Kh7 64. Rg5 Kh6 65. Rg8 Ne7 66. Rh8+
Kg6 67. Kg3 Nf5+ 68. Kg2 Kg5 69. Rg8+ Kf6 70. Rh8 Kg6 71. Rg8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "12.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nd7 6. Nge2 Ngf6
7. a4 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. h3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Nf6 14. b3 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. c4 Bd7 17. a5 e5
18. Nc2 Bc6 19. Nb4 e4 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Rad1 Re6 22. Bf4 Rd8
23. c5 Bb5 24. cxd6 Qxa5 25. Rfe1 Bf8 26. Nd5 Qxd2 27. Nxf6+
Rxf6 28. Rxd2 Bc6 29. Bxe4 Re6 30. f3 Bxd6 31. Bxd6 Rexd6
32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Ra1 Rd3 35. Kf2 Rxb3 36. Rxa6
Rc3 37. Ra7 c5 38. Rc7 c4 39. Ke2 h5 40. h4 Kf8 41. Kf2 Kg8
42. Ke2 Kf8 43. Kf2 Kg8 44. Ke2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "13.25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Nd7
7. Be2 Ngf6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qc2 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 e4 11. Nd4 Ne5
12. f4 exf3 13. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 O-O 15. b3 Nd7 16. Bb2 Qg5
17. d4 d5 18. e4 Nf6 19. e5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rae1 Bf5
22. Re3 Bg6 23. Rg3 Qh5 24. Qe3 Rad8 25. h3 Qh4 26. Kh2 Qe7
27. Rf4 f6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Bc3 Qf1 31. Qg5 Rf8
32. d5 cxd5 33. cxd5 Qf4 34. Qe7 Qf7 35. Qe5 Re8 36. Qd4 h5
37. d6 Kh7 38. Kg1 Qd7 39. Bd2 Re6 40. Bf4 Rf6 41. Be5 Re6
42. Qd5 a6 43. Rc3 e3 44. Rxe3 Bf7 45. Qd4 Rg6 46. Rc3 b5
47. Kh2 Qb7 48. Bg3 Be6 49. Rc7 Qa8 50. d7 Qd8 51. Qe5 Bxd7
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "16.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Ipatov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d3 Nge7
7. h4 h6 8. Bd2 d6 9. Qc1 Rb8 10. Rb1 Nf5 11. O-O Ncd4
12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne4 O-O 14. g4 Nxh4 15. Bxh6 f6 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Qf4 e5 18. Qg3 g5 19. e3 Ng6 20. exd4 exd4 21. Qxd6
Bxg4 22. Qxd8 Rbxd8 23. Ng3 b6 24. b4 Nf4 25. c5 Rc8 26. Be4
f5 27. Bb7 Rc7 28. Bg2 bxc5 29. bxc5 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Rh8 31. Rh1
Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Rxc5 33. Rb1 Rc2 34. Rb7+ Kg6 35. Rxa7 Rd2
36. Ra6+ Kf7 37. Ra7+ Ke6 38. Ra6+ Kd7 39. Ra7+ Kc6 40. Ra3
Kb5 41. Rb3+ Ka4 42. Nf1 Rxa2 43. Rb8 Be2 44. Rd8 Kb3 45. Rxd4
Kc3 46. Rd5 Bxd3 47. Rc5+ Kd4 48. Rc7 Be4+ 49. Kg1 Ra1
50. Rd7+ Ke5 51. Rd2 Bd5 52. Re2+ Kd6 53. Rd2 Kc5 54. f4 Bc4
55. fxg5 Rxf1+ 56. Kh2 Rf4 57. g6 Rh4+ 58. Kg3 Rg4+ 59. Kf3
Bd5+ 60. Ke3 f4+ 61. Kf2 Rxg6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "15.25"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zaven Andriasian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 f5 5. c4 Bg7 6. Qc2 b5
7. e3 bxc4 8. Bxc4 d6 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Nbc3 Rb8 11. O-O O-O
12. Nf4 Ne5 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Nh5 Bd7 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Ng6
17. Bd3 c4 18. Bxc4 Qb6 19. Rab1 Qxe3+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2
Rfc8 22. b3 e5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Rd1 d5 25. Ne2 dxc4 26. Rxd7+
Kf6 27. Ng3 Nf8 28. Rxa7 cxb3 29. axb3 Rc1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+
31. Nxf1 Rxb3 32. Nd2 Rb4 33. g3 e5 34. fxe5+ Kxe5 35. Nf3+
Kf6 36. Ra6+ Kg7 37. Nh4 Rb5 38. Kg2 Ng6 39. Nxg6 hxg6 40. h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "17.17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. a3 a6 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 Ne7
17. Rac1 Rxc5 18. Rxc5 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. Kf1 Qc7 21. Ne1
Kf8 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Nd6 24. Nb4 Nc4 25. Nd3 Nd6 26. Nb4
Nc4 27. Nd3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "18.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. d3 Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. Qe1 Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 c4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. d4 e5
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. f5 Nd4 15. Qf2 Nc5 16. Ne1 Rb6 17. b4 cxb3
18. axb3 Bb7 19. Nd2 Rd6 20. Rxa7 Qb8 21. Ra2 b4 22. Nd3 Nxd3
23. cxd3 Qd8 24. Nc4 Rc6 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. e5 Rc7 27. Bxb7
Rxb7 28. f6 Bh6 29. Qf3 Rb5 30. Rfa1 Rb8 31. Kg2 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "19.24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. h3 Qc8 10. Kh2 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nh4
Bd7 13. e4 Rf8 14. b4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. a4 Ne8 17. Ba3 b6
18. Bb4 Ra8 19. Nf3 h6 20. Qd3 f5 21. Nd2 Nf6 22. a5 bxa5
23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Bxa5 f4 25. c5 g5 26. c6 Be8 27. Rb1 fxg3+
28. fxg3 Ng6 29. Rb7 Nh5 30. Rxc7 Qa8 31. Qb5 Rf2 32. Nc4 Bf7
33. Qb7 Qf8 34. Rc8 Be8 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. c7 Ne7 37. Nxd6 Qg6
38. Nf5 Kh7 39. Nxe7 Qf7 40. c8=Q Nf4 41. Qf5+ Qxf5 42. Nxf5
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "20.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. c3 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. Nbd2 d6 10. a4 h6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Nfd2
f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Qd7 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Be3
b6 18. Qh5 Kh7 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxg6+ Kxg6
22. Nxe5+ Kf6 23. Nxc6 f4 24. Ne5 Bh3 25. d4 cxd4 26. cxd4
Rac8 27. Re2 Kg7 28. Rf2 fxg3 29. hxg3 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Rc2+
31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. g4 Bg2+ 33. Kg3 Bd5 34. Nh2 Be3 35. Nhf3 Rb3
36. Kh4 Bf4 37. Ng5 Rb2 38. Ngf3 Rf2 39. Ra3 Rf1 40. g5 Be6
41. Ng4 Rh1+ 42. Nfh2 Bxh2 43. Nxh2 Rxh2+ 44. Kg3 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "21.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3
Qxc5 7. e4 d6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Be3 Qc6 10. Nge2 e5 11. Nc1 Be7
12. Be2 O-O 13. a4 Nb6 14. N1a2 d5 15. Bb5 Qd6 16. a5 d4
17. axb6 dxe3 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Nc1 a6 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Nb3 Bb4 23. Ke2 Rfc8 24. Kxe3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3+
26. Kd2 Rc6 27. Na5 Rd8+ 28. Kc1 Rxb6 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Re3 Kf7
31. Rb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kxb1 b6 33. Nb3 Ke7 34. Nd2 Nd7 35. Ra3 a5
36. Kb2 Rc6 37. Rb3 Nc5 38. Ra3 Nb7 39. Rb3 Nd6 40. Kb1 Kd7
41. Rd3 Kc7 42. g3 b5 43. f4 exf4 44. gxf4 Nc4 45. Nb3 Rd6
46. Rh3 a4 47. Nc5 Rd1+ 48. Ka2 Rc1 49. Nxe6+ Kd6 50. Nd4 Kc5
51. c3 b4 52. Rh5+ Kd6 53. cxb4 Rd1 54. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "14.32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vadim Markovich Milov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. e5 Qd8
7. f4 c5 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Na3
a6 13. Nc2 Rg8 14. dxc5 Bxc5+ 15. Ncd4 g5 16. b4 Be7 17. Rab1
g4 18. Ne1 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Kh1 h5 21. Qb2 Bb5 22. Nd3
Bxd3 23. Bxd3 h4 24. f5 Bg5 25. a4 Qc7 26. Qe2 Be7 27. b5 a5
28. b6 Qc3 29. Bb5+ Kd8 30. Qf2 h3 31. fxe6 hxg2+ 32. Qxg2
fxe6 33. Rf7 Qxd4 34. Rbf1 Qxe5 35. Bd3 g3 36. Rh7 Rc3 37. Bb5
Qe3 38. h3 Rc1 39. Rf7 Rxf1+ 40. Rxf1 Qxb6 41. Re1 Rg6 42. Bd3
Rg8 43. Rf1 Qe3 44. Be2 Bd6 45. Bg4 Rf8 46. Rxf8+ Bxf8 47. Qf1
Bc5 48. Qf6+ Kc7 49. Qf1 e5 50. Kg2 Qf2+ 51. Qxf2 gxf2 52. Bf3
e4 53. Be2 Kd6 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Julian Geske"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 e6
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 g5 11. Rb1 Bd6
12. b4 a6 13. a4 e5 14. Bb2 Bxb4 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. Ke2 Nc5 18. Bd4 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nd3 20. f3 Qe7 21. fxe4 Nxe5
22. Qb4 Qe6 23. Qc5 Nd7 24. Qxg5 Qxe4 25. Kf2 f6 26. Qf4 Qc2+
27. Kg3 O-O-O 28. Rb2 Qh7 29. Kg2 Ne5 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Qxe5
Rhe8 32. Qf4 Rf8 33. Qg5 Qe4+ 34. Kh2 Rd7 35. Rc1 Rf3 36. Re1
g6 37. Rg2 Rd3 38. Rge2 Rd7 39. Rg2 Rd3 40. Rge2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrey Zhigalko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7
7. Be3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 Ne7 11. Bf3 Ng6
12. Bd4 Nh4 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bg4 Be7 15. g3 h5 16. Bh3 Ng6
17. Bxg7 Rh7 18. Bd4 h4 19. Qg4 hxg3 20. hxg3 a5 21. Bf1 b4
22. axb4 axb4 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Na4 Bc6 25. c4 bxc3 26. Bxc6
cxb2 27. Bxd7+ Qxd7 28. Bxb2 Qb5 29. Kg2 Bb4 30. Re3 Bd6
31. Bf6 Kf8 32. Rd1 Be5 33. Nc3 Qc5 34. Bxe5 Qxe5 35. Ne2 Qh8
36. f4 Rh2+ 37. Kf3 Qf6 38. Rd5 Ra8 39. Rh5 Ra1 40. Rd3 Rf1+
41. Ke3 Rxh5 42. Qxh5 e5 43. f5 Qb6+ 44. Kd2 Qb2+ 45. Ke3 Qb6+
46. Kd2 Qb2+ 47. Ke3 Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3
e5 7. a3 Be6 8. b4 a5 9. b5 Na7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Qa4 Bxc5
12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qa4 Qd3 15. Nbd2 Bxa3 16. Qxa3
Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Rc1+ 18. Ke2 Rxh1 19. Rxa5 Nc8 20. Ra8 Kd7
21. Ne4 Rb1 22. Nxf6+ Ke6 23. Ne4 Rxb5 24. g4 h6 25. Nfd2 Rb4
26. Nc5+ Ke7 27. Rb8 Rb2 28. Rxb7+ Rxb7 29. Nxb7 Nd6 30. Nxd6
Kxd6 31. Ne4+ Ke6 32. Ng3 Kf6 33. h4 Rb8 34. Kf3 Rb4 35. Ne4+
Ke6 36. Ng3 Kf6 37. Ne4+ Ke6 38. Ng3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3
Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 9. f3 e6 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bf2 Qg5 14. Kh1 Qh5 15. c3 Be5 16. Bg1 Nxd4
17. cxd4 Bf4 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qf1 Kg7 21. Re1
Rc8 22. Qf2 a5 23. Bc2 Qg5 24. Bd3 Bf5 25. Bb5 h5 26. g3 Bd6
27. Qe3 Qf6 28. Bf2 Bb4 29. Re2 Bh3 30. Kg1 Rc7 31. a3 Bd6
32. Be1 b6 33. Bd2 Re7 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Kf2 Qc7
37. Bd3 Bf8 38. Qf4 Qd6 39. Qe5 Bd7 40. Bf4 Qxe5 41. Bxe5 b5
42. Bc7 a4 43. Bb6 Bd6 44. Bc5 Bc7 45. f4 f5 46. Ke3 Kf7
47. Bb4 Bd8 48. h4 Bb6 49. Bc2 Ke6 50. Kd3 Bc6 51. Kc3 Bd7
52. b3 Bc6 53. Bd1 Bc7 54. Be2 Bb6 55. Bd1 Bc7 56. Bc5 Ba5+
57. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Felix Leonidovich Levin"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6
12. Kb1 Ng7 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Rc1 h5 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Na4 Kb8
17. Nc5 Ne8 18. a4 Nd6 19. a5 Nbc4 20. Qc3 Bc8 21. Qb4 Ka8
22. b3 Nxa5 23. Qxa5 b6 24. Qa4 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Bb7 26. Ra5 Nc8
27. Ne2 Qc7 28. Nf4 Qb6 29. Kc2 Rhe8 30. Ra1 Kb8 31. Kd2 Re7
32. Qa3 Rc7 33. b4 Ba8 34. Ra6 Qb7 35. Ne2 Nb6 36. Nc3 Rdd7
37. Ke1 Re7 38. Ke2 Kc8 39. Qa5 Kb8 40. Qc5 Nc8 41. Na4 Re8
42. Rb1 Rd8 43. Qa5 Nd6 44. Nc5 Qc8 45. Rb6+ axb6 46. Qxb6+
Qb7 47. Nxb7 Bxb7 48. Rc1 Kc8 49. f3 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6
7. Nf3 Nge7 8. h4 Bd7 9. h5 h6 10. Rh4 Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O-O
12. Rb1 c4 13. Qc1 Kb8 14. Be2 Ka8 15. Kf1 Qc7 16. Bf4 Nc8
17. Rh3 Nb6 18. Nh4 Na4 19. g4 Rdf8 20. Bd2 Rhg8 21. Kg1 Be8
22. Ng2 Qe7 23. Bf4 Bd7 24. Rg3 Bc8 25. Ra1 Rh8 26. Rb1 Rhg8
27. Ra1 Rh8 28. Rb1 Rhg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Igor Lysyj"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4
Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c3
Qxb2 12. Bd6 Be7 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qd3+ g6 15. Rfb1 Qxa1
16. Rxa1 Bxd6 17. c4 b6 18. Re1 Ba6 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Bb4
21. Re4 Kg7 22. h4 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. h5 Re7 25. Qg5 Re6
26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Qg4 Be7 28. Qf4 Bf6 29. Qd2 Re7 30. g4 Ne5
31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. f4 Re4 33. Qxd7+ Re7 34. Qd3 g5 35. fxg5
Bxg5 36. Qd4+ Bf6 37. Qd3 Bb7 38. g5 Bxg5 39. Qf5 Bf6 40. Qg4+
Kf8 41. Qf4 Kf7 42. c5 bxc5 43. Qc4+ Kg6 44. Qxc5 Re1+ 45. Kh2
Be5+ 46. Kh3 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Be2 b5
12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qb6 14. Qb4 Bb7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxb6
Nxb6 17. Nxa4 Nbd7 18. Nc3 Rfb8 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. Nc4 Nc5
21. Ne5 Be8 22. Ra5 Nb3 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxa6 Nc5 25. Bc4
Rxb2 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. Nd3 Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Rb7 29. Ne4 Nxe4
30. Bxe4 Ra7 31. h3 h6 32. Rb1 Ke7 33. Rb7+ Rxb7 34. Bxb7 Bd7
35. f4 f6 36. Kf2 Bb5 37. h4 Bc4 38. Be4 Bb5 39. Bb7 Bc4
40. Be4 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3
cxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d4 Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 Ne8
12. Qe2 Nd6 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Kg2 Bf6 16. Be1 Ne7
17. b3 Rc7 18. Qb2 Rfc8 19. Ne2 Rxc1 20. Nxc1 Rc7 21. Nd3 Nc6
22. h4 Qc8 23. Nf4 Be7 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bf3 Ne4 26. Rc1 Bd6
27. Nd3 Nb8 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. b4 Nd7 30. Nc5 Kf7 31. Bh5+ g6
32. Be2 Be7 33. a4 Nd6 34. Nxd7 Qxd7 35. Qc2 a6 36. a5 h5
37. Kf1 Nb5 38. Bd3 Nd6 39. Be2 Nb5 40. Bd3 Nd6 41. Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3
Nf6 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5
12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 Qb6 14. Bc3 Rc8 15. Ba5 Qa7 16. Rd1 h6
17. Kf2 Nd5 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rhd1 Be8 21. g3 f5
22. Bd3 Bf7 23. Ke2 h5 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rc5 26. e4 Rxc1
27. Qxc1 fxe4 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Bxe4+ g6 30. Bd2 a5 31. Qf8 b4
32. axb4 axb4 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Bxg6 Nf6 35. Bd3 Qd4 36. Qg5+
Kf8 37. Qf4 Qxf4 38. Bxf4 Nd5 39. Bd6+ Kg7 40. Be5+ Kh6
41. Be4 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7
7. O-O Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Qc2 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qc2 a5 16. b3 a4
17. bxa4 Qa5 18. Rb1 Rfb8 19. Bg5 Qxa4 20. Qxa4 Rxa4 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. dxe5 h6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. exf6 Rxc4 25. Rb6 Kh7
26. Reb1 Kg6 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc2 30. Kg3
Rxa2 31. Rb4 Ra5 32. Rc4 Rg5+ 33. Kf3 c5 34. Ra4 Kxf6 35. Ra7
Rd5 36. Rc7 h5 37. Ke3 h4 38. g3 hxg3 39. fxg3 Kg6 40. g4 f5
41. Rc8 Kg5 42. Rg8+ Kh4 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Kf4 Rd4+ 45. Kf3 c4
46. Re8 c3 47. Rc8 Rd3+ 48. Kf4 Kxh3 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Kxf5
Kg2 51. Ke4 Rh3 52. Kd4 Kf2 53. Rxc3 Rxc3 54. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. Nf3 Qb6 8. O-O Rd8 9. h3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Qa6
12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 Nb4
17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Qc2 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.05"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7
7. Bd2 Ngf6 8. g4 h6 9. Qg3 d4 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Rb1 g5 12. Bg2
Be7 13. O-O h5 14. e5 Nd5 15. c4 h4 16. Qf3 Nb4 17. a3 Nxe5
18. Qe4 Nbxd3 19. b4 O-O 20. Nc1 Nxc1 21. Qxe5 Nd3 22. Qe4 Nf4
23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Qxf4 Qd8 25. b5 Rc8 26. Rfd1 Bg5 27. Qe4 Qf6
28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxd4 Rfd8 30. Rbd1 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxd4
32. Rxd4 Be7 33. Rd7 Bxa3 34. Rxa7 Bb2 35. c5 Bd4 36. Ra4 Bxc5
37. Rc4 Be7 38. Rxc6 Rxc6 39. Bxc6 e5 40. Kg2 Bg5 41. Kf3 e4+
42. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2 Bc5 9. d3 a5 10. Rb1 h6 11. a3 Bb6 12. h3 Ne7
13. e4 c6 14. Be3 Ng6 15. d4 a4 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nd7
18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Kh2 Bd7 21. Bf3 Nf8 22. Bg4 g6
23. h4 h5 24. Bxd7 Nfxd7 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. f3 Rec8 27. Kg2 Nb3
28. Qf2 Qd8 29. Rbd1 Qe7 30. Nc2 Kg7 31. Rd3 Nc5 32. Rdd1 Nfd7
33. Qe2 Nb3 34. Rd3 Nbc5 35. Rdd1 Kh7 36. Rf2 Rg8 37. Rh1 f5
38. exf5 gxf5 39. f4 Qf7 40. fxe5 dxe5 41. Rhf1 f4 42. Rf3 Ra6
43. Kh1 Rag6 44. Ne4 Nxe4 45. Qxe4 Kh8 46. Ne1 Qf6 47. Ng2
Rxg3 48. Rxg3 Rxg3 49. Rf3 Qg6 50. Qxg6 Rxg6 51. b3 Rd6
52. bxa4 Rxd5 53. Rb3 Rd1+ 54. Kh2 Nf6 55. Nxf4 exf4 56. Rxb7
Ng4+ 57. Kg2 Rd3 58. Rf7 Rg3+ 59. Kf1 f3 60. a5 f2 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. h4 Bd7 13. Qd3 d4 14. h5 O-O-O 15. Rb1 Kb8 16. g3 Bc8
17. Bg2 b6 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. g4 Na5 20. Rh3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nb7
22. h6 Nc5 23. h7 Rh8 24. Qg2 Qd7 25. f5 d3 26. Nxc3 Qd4
27. Kd2 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Ne4+ 29. Kd1 Qxd5 30. Ke1 Qa2 31. Rxb6+
axb6 32. Qxe4 Qb1 33. cxd3 Qxc1+ 34. Ke2 Rc8 35. Kf3 Rc2
36. Kg3 Qg1+ 37. Kf4 Rf2+ 38. Kg5 exf5 39. Rh1 fxe4 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tereza Rodshtein"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. Bd2 Bb7
12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 a5 14. e5 Nd5 15. c4 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Ncb4
17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Bb5 O-O 19. a3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Nc6 21. Bf4 a4
22. Bd3 g6 23. Nc5 Rd8 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Be4 Rab8 26. Rb1 Qb6
27. Rh3 Nd4 28. Qg4 Nf5 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Qg3 Qe6 31. Bd2 Qa2
32. Re1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Danny Raznikov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. c6 Nf6 11. a3 a5 12. Rc2
Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Ne5 a4 15. g4 Ne4 16. Nd7 Re8 17. Qd3
Ra5 18. O-O Nd6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. f4 Re7 21. f5 e5 22. f6 Rxd7
23. Qf5 Ra8 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. cxd7 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. g5
Rd8 28. gxf6 Rxd7 29. Rf5 Bd6 30. Rg2+ Kh8 31. Rh5 Bc5 32. Rg7
1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hannes Hlifar Stefansson"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Ne2 Ne7
7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Qd3 Ne7 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Rae1 O-O
12. Ng3 f6 13. Bf4 Na6 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Ng6 16. Qf3 Rae8
17. h3 Ne5 18. Qc3 Ng6 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Qc3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Benjamin Bok"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6
7. Qb3 e6 8. O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Qb5 Qe7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2
Nc7 13. Qc4 b6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Rab1 Na5 16. Qa2 Nc6 17. Bf4
Rfc8 18. Bxc7 Rxc7 19. d4 Rd8 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Rbc1 Qe7
22. e3 Rcc8 23. h4 Be8 24. Rfd1 h6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ne2 f5
27. b4 b5 28. Nd2 Rd6 29. Nb3 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Nc5 Kh8
32. Qc2 a5 33. Nc3 axb4 34. Nxb5 Rd8 35. axb4 Nxb4 36. Qc4
Bxb5 37. Qxb5 Na2 38. Re1 Nc3 39. Qc6 Rd6 40. Qc8+ Rd8 41. Qc6
Rd6 42. Qc8+ Rd8 43. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "5.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ioan-Cristian Chirila"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 Qe7 11. e4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Ng6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Qe5 16. g3 Nh4
17. Bg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Qd4 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Nxe4
Bb4 22. a3 Rfe8 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Bxg5 Bc5 25. Rac1 Bb6 26. Rc2
f6 27. Bf4 Rad8 28. Kg2 Rd3 29. Rb1 Re4 30. b3 h6 31. Kf1 Kf7
32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Kxe2 Rc3 34. Rb2 Ke8 35. Bd2 Rc5 36. Be3 Re5
37. Rd2 Ke7 38. Rd3 a5 39. a4 Bxe3 40. fxe3 Re4 41. Kf3 Rb4
42. Rc3 Kd6 43. Rd3+ Kc7 44. e4 b6 45. Ke3 c5 46. Kf4 b5
47. axb5 Rxb5 48. g5 hxg5+ 49. Kg4 Rb4 50. Re3 Kd6 51. Kh5 Ke5
52. Kg6 Rxe4 53. Rd3 a4 54. bxa4 Rxa4 55. Rd7 Ra6 56. Rxg7 c4
57. Rc7 Kd5 58. g4 Rc6 59. Rd7+ Kc5 60. Rd1 c3 61. Re1 c2
62. Rc1 Kd5 63. Rxc2 Rxc2 64. Kxf6 Rc6+ 65. Kxg5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Michael Roiz"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. Qxc3 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. e4 c5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. Nxd4
Nc5 17. Qe3 Qe7 18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Red1 d5 21. exd5
exd5 22. Qd4 Rd7 23. cxd5 Ba6 24. Nc3 Qd6 25. Bf1 Bxf1
26. Rxf1 Rde7 27. Rfd1 Re5 28. Kg2 h5 29. Qc4 g6 30. Rd4 Kg7
31. a3 Rd8 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Nd7 34. Qc6 Qe7 35. d6 Qe6
36. Re4 Nf6 37. Rxe5 Qxe5 38. Rd3 h4 39. Qxb6 h3+ 40. Kf1 Ng4
41. Qxd8 Nxh2+ 42. Kg1 Ng4 43. Qe7 h2+ 44. Kg2 h1=Q+ 45. Kxh1
Nxf2+ 46. Kg2 Nxd3 47. Qxe5+ Nxe5 48. Nd5 f5 49. b5 Kf7 50. b6
Ke6 51. b7 Nc6 52. Nc7+ Kxd6 53. Na6 Ke5 54. Kf3 g5 55. b8=Q+
Nxb8 56. Nxb8 Kf6 57. Nc6 Ke6 58. Nd4+ Ke5 59. Nc2 Kf6 60. Ne1
Kg6 61. Nd3 Kg7 62. Ke2 Kg6 63. Ne5+ Kf6 64. Nf3 Kg6 65. Kd3
1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Naroditsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. exd5
exd5 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Rab8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qg4
Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qf3 Rbd8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfe8
21. Qc2 h6 22. Rad1 Qa5 23. g3 g6 24. Qxc6 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qxb3
26. Rxa7 Qe6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Rfa1 Red6 29. Ra8 Rxa8
30. Rxa8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.04"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sandro Mareco"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4
7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Nxe5 Qxe5
12. Rc1 Rb8 13. O-O a6 14. a3 Be7 15. Rfd1 f5 16. b4 O-O
17. c5 b6 18. Na4 bxc5 19. Nxc5 d5 20. e3 Qd6 21. Rc2 Rd8
22. h4 Qb6 23. Rdc1 Qa7 24. Nb3 Bd7 25. Na5 Rbc8 26. Nc6 Bxc6
27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Kf7 29. Qe2 Rd6 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Rc8+
Rd8 32. Qxh7 Rxc8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qxc8 a5 35. Bxd5 exd5
36. Qxf5+ Ke8 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qf5+ Ke8 39. Qxd5 axb4 40. axb4
Qb6 41. b5 Bc5 42. Qg8+ Bf8 43. Qc4 Bc5 44. Kg2 Qb7+ 45. e4
Qb6 46. f3 Ke7 47. e5 Bd4 48. f4 Qb7+ 49. Qc6 Qa7 50. Qd6+ Ke8
51. Qa6 Qd7 52. Qc6 Qxc6+ 53. bxc6 Kd8 54. h5 Kc7 55. g4 Bc5
56. g5 Kxc6 57. h6 gxh6 58. g6 Bf8 59. f5 Kd5 60. f6 Ke6
61. Kh3 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Axel Bachmann Schiavo"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5
7. Nf3 Qb6 8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2
Qc7 13. Ne4 h6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rac1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 b6
17. Be4 Rb8 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. h3 Rbc8
22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Nf3 d5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Nd4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Rc8 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Nxc7 30. Kf1 Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.02.24"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aleksandra Goryachkina"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 Nd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6
7. Qa4 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 a6 9. d4 Nf6 10. e4 b5 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. e5
Nfd7 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. h4 Nb8 15. Kf1 Nc6 16. Kg2 Be7 17. Qd1
Qd7 18. b3 b4 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Nf4 Na8 21. Nh5 O-O 22. Bg5 f6
23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Bh6 Rfd8 26. Rhe1 Qd7 27. Bg4
Nc7 28. Qe3 Ne7 29. Bxe6+ Nxe6 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Kf7
32. Rxa6 Ra8 33. Rb6 Rab8 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Rc1 Ra8 36. Bd2 h5
37. Bxb4 Nf5 38. Rc2 Nxd4 39. Rd2 Nc6 40. Bc3 d4 41. Bxd4 Nxd4
42. Rxd4 Rxa2 43. Rf4 Rb2 44. b4 Rb3 45. Kf1 Rb2 46. Ke1 Ke6
47. Kd1 f5 48. Kc1 Ra2 49. b5 Ra5 50. Rb4 Kd7 51. Kd2 Ra3
52. Ke2 Rc3 53. b6 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.02.25"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Huzman"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5
12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qc8 16. Qxc8
Rfxc8 17. Nc3 a6 18. Rac1 b5 19. Nb1 Ne4 20. Be1 f5 21. e3 Kf7
22. Bf1 g5 23. h3 Ndf6 24. Be2 h5 25. Nd2 g4 26. h4 Nd6
27. Nb3 Nfe4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Nc4 30. Rc2 Bd6 31. Nc1 Nb6
32. Rxc8 Nxc8 33. Nd3 Na7 34. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.02.26"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[Round "3.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aleksej Gennadyevich Aleksandrov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. g3 h6 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. Bg2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qxa2
12. Nd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 Nb6 16. dxc5
Nc4+ 17. Kd3 Bf5+ 18. e4 Bh7 19. Kd4 Na5 20. Kxd5 O-O-O+
21. Bd6 b6 22. Ra1 Nb7 23. Rxa7 bxc5 24. Bh3+ f5 25. e5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.02.27"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yuri Vovk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bd2 c5
7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Qc1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c4 11. d4 e5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Qe7 14. O-O Bg4 15. h3 Bd7 16. Rb1 Rab8
17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Nb5 Bf5 19. Rb2 a6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Rb6 Nc6
22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxa6 Qe6 25. h4 Qg4 26. Bf4
Rbd8 27. e3 Qf3 28. Qc2 Be5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Re1 Rd3 31. Rb6
Red5 32. Qe2 Qe4 33. Rxc6 Rd8 34. Rf6 Rxc3 35. Rf4 Qe6 36. h5
g5 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. exd4 Qxe2 39. Rxe2 Rd3 40. Re5 h6 41. d5
Kg7 42. Re4 c3 43. Rc4 Kf6 44. Kf1 Ke5 45. Ke2 Rd2+ 46. Ke3
Rxa2 47. Rxc3 Kxd5 48. Rc7 Ra3+ 49. Ke2 f5 50. Rf7 Ke5
51. Re7+ Kd5 52. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.03.01"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robin van Kampen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 a6 5. Ne2 h5 6. Ng3 Bg4
7. Be2 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 e6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bg5 Qa5+
12. c3 Qb5 13. a4 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[Round "6.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7
12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Ba2 Rg8 16. h4 h6
17. Ke2 Rc6 18. Nb1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. a5 Ke7 21. h5 Bh7
22. Rc4 Rb8 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. b4 Ne5 25. Rxc6 Nxc6 26. Rb1 f5
27. Bc4 fxe4 28. fxe4 Ne5 29. Ke3 Ng4+ 30. Kf4 Rd8 31. Rb2 Nf6
32. Be2 Rc8 33. b5 Rc5 34. bxa6 bxa6 35. Rb7+ Kf8 36. Rb8+ Ke7
37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.03.03"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[Round "7.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hannes Hlifar Stefansson"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6
7. Nc3 Qa5 8. e4 e5 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. d5 cxd5
12. cxd5 b5 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4
Qxa4 17. Rxa4 Bd7 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Bb5 20. Re1 Bh6
21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rc8 23. Rc3 Ra8 24. Bf3 Ra4 25. Rb3 Bd7
26. Kg2 Rd4 27. Rb8+ Kg7 28. Nb3 Ra4 29. Rb6 Nxe4 30. Bxe4
Rxe4 31. Rxd6 Bb5 32. Na5 Re1 33. g4 Rd1 34. Rd8 g5 35. b3 Be2
36. Nc4 e4 37. Ne3 Bf3+ 38. Kh2 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[Round "8.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5
7. a3 Bd6 8. Qc3 Bb7 9. Bg2 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. cxd5
exd5 13. e3 Ne7 14. Bb2 Ng6 15. Qc2 h5 16. Rac1 c5 17. dxc5
bxc5 18. Qf5 a4 19. bxa4 Bc8 20. Qg5 Be6 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. Qxh5 Kg7 23. Ne1 Rxa4 24. Qd1 Ra7 25. Nb1 d4 26. exd4 cxd4
27. Qxd4 Bxa3 28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxa3 Rxa3 30. Nc2 Ra2 31. Nb4
Rb2 32. Nc6 Rdd2 33. Rcd1 Bg4 34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Re1 Bd7 36. h4
Bxc6 37. Bxc6 Ne5 38. Bg2 Nd3 39. Rf1 f5 40. Bf3 Ne5 41. Kg2
Ng4 42. Bxg4 fxg4 43. Ra1 f5 44. Ra6 Rd1 45. Ra2 Rb1 46. f3
gxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Rb4 48. Ra6 Rc4 49. Rd6 Rb4 50. Kg2 Rb2+
51. Kf3 Rb4 52. Rd7+ Kg6 53. Rd8 Kg7 54. Rc8 Ra4 55. Rc6 Rb4
56. h5 Ra4 57. Rg6+ Kf7 58. Rg5 Kf6 59. Rg8 Kf7 60. Rg6 Rb4
61. Kg2 Ra4 62. Kh3 Rb4 63. Ra6 Kg7 64. h6+ Kh7 65. Rf6 Ra4
66. Rxf5 Kxh6 67. g4 Kg6 68. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[Round "9.17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Robert Hovhannisyan"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6
7. Ne5 e6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Qe7
12. Bd2 Nb6 13. b3 O-O 14. g5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. Rg1 e5 18. Rg4 Rfe8 19. O-O-O Nd7 20. Qc2 a5 21. Rxe4 b5
22. dxe5 Nc5 23. Rg4 b4 24. e6 Qxe6 25. Kb1 Ne4 26. Be1 Qe7
27. c5 a4 28. bxa4 Rab8 29. Kc1 Qe5 30. Rd4 Nxc5 31. Bxb4 Ne6
32. Bd6 Qa5 33. Bxb8 Nxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxb8 35. h4 c5 36. Rd5 Qa8
37. e4 Qa6 38. Kd2 Qf1 39. Ke3 Rb1 40. Kf4 Re1 41. Ke5 Qh3
42. Rxc5 Qe6+ 43. Kd4 Qd6+ 44. Kc4 Qe6+ 45. Kd4 Qd6+ 46. Kc4
Qe6+ 47. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[Round "10.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Svetushkin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rad1 O-O
12. Na4 Nd7 13. c4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. h4 Rfe8 16. h5 e5
17. Bg3 Bc5 18. Qf3 Bd4 19. h6 c5 20. exd5 Qxh6 21. Rfe1 g6
22. Bc2 f5 23. Ba4 Re7 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Bxe5 Qd2 26. Qe2 Qxe2
27. Rxe2 f4 28. d6 d3 29. dxe7 dxe2 30. Bc3 Kf7 31. e8=Q+ Rxe8
32. Bxe8+ Kxe8 33. f3 Kf7 34. Kf2 g5 35. Kxe2 h5 36. b4 Bc6
37. Be1 h4 38. Bf2 Ke6 39. Kd3 Ke5 40. a3 Bd7 41. Bd4+ Kf5
42. Bf2 Ke5 43. Bd4+ Kf5 44. Bf2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[Round "11.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aleksandr Shimanov"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Be2 Re8 8. Nd2 Ngxe5 9. Nde4 Bf8 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Qh4
12. Ng3 Be6 13. Qd2 f5 14. Nd5 Rac8 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4
17. O-O Ne7 18. e4 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. Rae1 fxe4 21. f5 e3
22. Qd3 Kf7 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Re8 25. Qxa7 Qb4 26. Qf2
Qa5 27. Qf3 Qxa2 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. f6+ Kh8 30. f7 Bg7
31. fxe8=R+ Bxe8 32. Nh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Gonzalez Vidal"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qf3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. e5 Qxf3 11. gxf3 b4
12. exf6 bxc3 13. Bd4 cxb2 14. Rb1 g6 15. Rxb2 d5 16. Rb6 Ba3
17. h4 Kd7 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Bd6 20. c4 Bc7 21. Rb1 Rb8
22. Rxb8 Bxb8 23. cxd5 e5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Kd6 26. Re7
Rf8 27. Bxh7 Kxd5 28. Bc2 Be6 29. Bb3+ Kd6 30. Kd2 a5 31. f4
Bxb3 32. axb3 Rb8 33. Kc3 Rc8+ 34. Kb2 Rb8 35. Kc3 Rc8+
36. Kb2 Rb8 37. Ka3 Rb4 38. Rxf7 Rxf4 39. Ra7 Kc6 40. Rxa5 Kb6
41. Rg5 Rxf2 42. Rg6 Kb5 43. Rh6 Ka5 44. b4+ Kb5 45. Rh5+ Kb6
46. Rh6 Kb5 47. Kb3 Rf3+ 48. Kc2 Kxb4 49. Kd2 Kc5 50. Ke2 Rf5
51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Rg6 Ke5 53. Rh6 Rxf6 54. Rxf6 Kxf6 55. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "260"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6
7. Ne2 c5 8. d5 O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nec3 Na6 11. a3 c4 12. Be3
exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. d6 Rb8 15. Re1 Re8 16. Nd2 Qxd6 17. Bf4
Be5 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Nde4 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rbe8
22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be3 Re7 25. Rd6 Nc7 26. Bd4+
Kh6 27. Bxb6 Ne8 28. Rd4 axb6 29. Rxc4 Re1+ 30. Bf1 Nd6
31. Rb4 Nc8 32. Kg2 f5 33. Rd4 Re7 34. h4 Rc7 35. Kf3 Kg7
36. Ke3 Ne7 37. Bg2 Kf7 38. Rd6 f4+ 39. Kd3 fxg3 40. fxg3 Nc8
41. Rd8 Ke7 42. Rh8 Kf6 43. Bxb7 Nd6 44. Bg2 Nf5 45. Rf8+ Kg7
46. Rb8 Rd7+ 47. Kc3 Rd6 48. Rb7+ Kh6 49. a4 Nxg3 50. b4 Ne2+
51. Kc2 Nd4+ 52. Kb2 Nf5 53. Be4 Nxh4 54. a5 bxa5 55. bxa5 Nf5
56. Bxf5 Rd5 57. Be6 Rxa5 58. Bg8 Kg5 59. Rxh7 Kf4 60. Kc3 g5
61. Be6 g4 62. Rf7+ Kg3 63. Rg7 Ra4 64. Kd3 Kf3 65. Bd5+ Kf2
66. Rf7+ Kg3 67. Rg7 Kf2 68. Rf7+ Kg3 69. Ke3 Ra3+ 70. Ke2 Ra4
71. Rf1 Ra5 72. Rg1+ Kf4 73. Rd1 Kg3 74. Rd4 Rc5 75. Rd3+ Kh2
76. Ke3 Ra5 77. Kf4 Ra4+ 78. Kg5 g3 79. Rd1 g2 80. Rd2 Rd4
81. Rxg2+ Kh3 82. Bf3 Rd8 83. Kf4 Rf8+ 84. Ke3 Rb8 85. Rg7 Kh4
86. Rg4+ Kh3 87. Rg6 Kh4 88. Be4 Rf8 89. Bf3 Rf5 90. Rg7 Rg5
91. Rb7 Kg3 92. Rb2 Re5+ 93. Be4 Rg5 94. Rb1 Kg4 95. Bf3+ Kg3
96. Rh1 Re5+ 97. Be4 Rg5 98. Rf1 Kg4 99. Rf4+ Kg3 100. Bf5 Rg7
101. Rf3+ Kh4 102. Kf4 Rg4+ 103. Ke5 Rg3 104. Rf1 Kg5 105. Rh1
Re3+ 106. Be4 Rg3 107. Rh8 Kg4 108. Rf8 Kg5 109. Rh8 Kg4
110. Bf5+ Kg5 111. Bg6 Re3+ 112. Be4 Rg3 113. Rh7 Kg4 114. Rf7
Kg5 115. Bf3 Kh4 116. Ke4 Rg5 117. Rh7+ Kg3 118. Rh1 Rb5
119. Rg1+ Kf2 120. Rg2+ Ke1 121. Kf4 Rb8 122. Ra2 Rc8
123. Re2+ Kf1 124. Rb2 Ke1 125. Kg3 Rg8+ 126. Bg4 Re8 127. Kf4
Rf8+ 128. Bf5 Kf1 129. Ra2 Rf7 130. Ke4 Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. Rc1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nd5 14. Nc4 Bc6 15. Qd2 Bb4 16. Qb2 Qg5
17. Bf3 Ne7 18. Ne5 Rfc8 19. h4 Qh6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Rc4 Bf8 23. g3 a5 24. Rfc1 Qh5 25. Qc2 Ra6 26. Bc5
Qf5 27. Qe2 Raa8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 a4
31. Qc4 g5 32. Qb4+ Kg8 33. Rc5 e5 34. e4 Qf3 35. Rxe5 gxh4
36. Rg5+ Kh8 37. Qd4+ f6 38. Rf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Bb7 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5
12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Bb4 14. Bd2 O-O 15. f3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Rfc8
17. Ne4 Bxd2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rxd2 f5 20. b3 Kf8 21. Kf2 Ke7
22. h3 Nd7 23. g4 Nf6 24. gxf5 e5 25. Nc2 Rc3 26. Nb4 e4
27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Nxc2 exf3 29. Bxf3 Ne4+ 30. Ke2 Ng3+ 31. Kf2
Ne4+ 32. Ke2 Ng3+ 33. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6
12. O-O g5 13. Nxe5 gxf4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qc1 Bd6 16. Rd1 Qc7
17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O-O 19. Rd3 a5 20. Qc4 Kb8 21. Rad1
fxg3 22. hxg3 h5 23. Bf3 Be5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8
26. b3 Kc7 27. Kg2 Qd6 28. e3 Kb6 29. Qc2 Qc5 30. Qd1 Qd6
31. Bxh5 Qd5+ 32. Bf3 Qxd1 33. Bxd1 Kc5 34. Kf3 Bc3 35. Kg4
Be1 36. f4 Kb4 37. e4 Kc5 38. e5 fxe5 39. fxe5 Kd5 40. Kf4 Bc3
41. Bf3+ Ke6 42. Bg4+ Kd5 43. e6 Kd6 44. Bf5 Be1 45. Kg4 Ke7
46. Kh3 Kf6 47. g4 Bb4 48. Kh4 Bd6 49. Kh5 Bf8 50. Kh4 Bd6
51. Kh3 Bf4 52. Kg2 Bg5 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Ke2 Kd5 55. Kd3 b6
56. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.27"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ahmed Adly"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. O-O b6
12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Na5 15. Bb5 Bf6 16. h3 Qc7
17. Ba3 Rfd8 18. Rbc1 Qf4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. d5 Rd8 21. e5 Rxd5
22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bc1 Qe4 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Bd2
Nb7 27. Bb4 Bd5 28. a3 Nc5 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Nd2 Kf8 31. f3 f5
32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke3 e5 34. g3 f6 35. Bc4 Bc6 36. Bg8 h6 37. f4
Bd7 38. Nc4 Be6 39. Bxe6 Kxe6 40. Kd3 h5 41. h4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.28"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Postny"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4
Qc8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Rfc8 20. b3 Kf8
21. Ne5 Ne4 22. f3 Nc5 23. Rac1 f6 24. Nd7+ Ke8 25. Nxc5 Bxc5+
26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.02"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c6
12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. a3 Bd6
17. Nb5 Kb8 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Nb3 Bc8 20. Nc5 Nd7 21. Na4 Nb6
22. Nc5 Nd7 23. Na4 Nb6 24. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.03"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Rb8
12. Ne2 h6 13. Bf4 Rb6 14. e4 Bb7 15. f3 d5 16. exd5 exd5
17. O-O Re8 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qe7 21. b5 Rc8
22. Qd4 a6 23. Nc3 axb5 24. Bxb5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. Be3 Ba6
27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Ne6 30. Re1 Rc3 31. Kf2
Ra2+ 32. Re2 Rcc2 33. Rdd2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 35. Bxd2 Kf8
36. g4 Ke7 37. h4 g5 38. Bb4+ Ke8 39. h5 f5 40. Ke3 Kf7
41. Bc3 fxg4 42. fxg4 Nf4 43. Ke4 Ne6 44. Be5 Nc5+ 45. Kf5 Ne6
46. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6
7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 a5 10. Ng5 Ba6 11. Qh5 Qd7 12. b3
h6 13. O-O Bxc4 14. bxc4 Nb6 15. c5 Nxa4 16. Be3 b3 17. Ne4
bxa2 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. f3 Qb3 20. Rxa2 Nc3 21. Qd3 Qxa2 22. Nxc3
Qa3 23. Rb1 Bxc5 24. Bc1 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Qe7 26. Ne4 Nd7
27. Rb7 Rd8 28. Nd6+ Kf8 29. Ba3 Kg8 30. h4 f6 31. Qe4 fxe5
32. Qxc6 Qxh4 33. Nf5 exf5 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Qxf5+ Kg8 36. Qe6+
Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.06"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ivan Bukavshin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Re1 Nd7 10. b3 O-O 11. Na3 e5
12. Nc2 a5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. h4 f6 15. a3 b5 16. Nd2 Na7 17. b4
Nb6 18. bxa5 Na4 19. Bb2 Nc3 20. Bxc3 dxc3 21. Ne4 Qxa5 22. d4
f5 23. Ng5 e4 24. c5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Be6 26. d5 Rfd8 27. d6 Ba2
28. Ra1 Bb3 29. Qb1 Qa4 30. Nd4 Qxd4 31. Qxb3+ Kh8 32. Rac1
Qxc5 33. Qxc3 Qxd6 34. Qc5 Qxc5 35. Rxc5 g6 36. g4 Rbc8
37. Rec1 Rxc5 38. Rxc5 fxg4 39. Bxe4 Re8 40. Bg2 Rb8 41. Bf1
Rb7 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Kg3 h5 44. gxh6+ Kxh6 45. Bg2 Rf7 46. Be4
Re7 47. Kf4 Re6 48. Rc7 Ra6 49. Kxg4 Rxa3 50. f4 Ra4 51. Bb1
Rb4 52. Ba2 g5 53. Rxa7 Rxf4+ 54. Kg3 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.07"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Kd2
Ne6 17. Bd3 Kf8 18. Rac1 h6 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Nxd4
21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. exd4 Ke7 23. g3 g5 24. Ke3 f6 25. f4 Bg4
26. fxg5 fxg5 27. Bc2 Kf6 28. Bb3 Ke6 29. h4 Kd6 30. Ba4 Ke7
31. Bb3 Kd6 32. Ba4 Ke7 33. Bb3 Kd6 34. Ba4 Ke7 35. Bb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.08"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandra Goryachkina"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Qxc4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qb3 Be8 16. Nc4 Bc7
17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Bf3 Bd5 19. Ned2 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nc6 21. Rac1
Rab8 22. Qa3 Qxa3 23. Nxa3 a6 24. Nc4 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2
Rd8 27. a3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Ncd2 Rd5 31. h3
Rb5 32. Rc2 Bb6 33. Nc4 Ba7 34. Ne1 e5 35. Nd2 f5 36. Nd3 a5
37. Nb1 e4 38. Nf4 Rc5 39. Rxc5 Bxc5 40. Nc3 Ne5 41. h4 g5
42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Nh3 Kf6 44. Nd5+ Ke6 45. Nc3 Be7 46. f3
exf3+ 47. gxf3 Nxf3 48. Kxf3 g4+ 49. Kg2 gxh3+ 50. Kxh3 Bf6
51. Kg3 Bxc3 52. bxc3 Ke5 53. Kf3 b5 54. Ke2 Kd5 55. Kd2 Kc4
0-1

[Event "Russian Team Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.08"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Konstantin Yuryevich Landa"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3
Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. g3 e5 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6
12. Bg5 Bb4 13. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 gxf6 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb2
Ke7 17. Rd3 Rhd8 18. Rhd1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Nb8 20. g4 Rg8 21. Rg3
Nd7 22. Kc2 Ke6 23. f3 Rc8 24. Rh3 Nb6 25. Nd2 Nd5 26. Ne4 Nf4
27. Rxh7 Nxe2 28. Rh6 Ke7 29. h4 Nd4+ 30. Kd3 Nxf3 31. Nxf6
Rc5 32. g5 b5 33. Ne4 Rc4 34. Ke3 Ne1 35. Nd6 Rf4 36. Nc8+ Kd8
37. Rh8+ Kc7 38. h5 Ng2+ 39. Ke2 Rf5 40. Ne7 Rxg5 41. h6 Kd7
42. Nd5 Nf4+ 43. Nxf4 exf4 44. Rf8 Rh5 45. Rxf7+ Ke6 46. Ra7
Kd5 47. Rxa6 Rh3 48. Kd2 Rh2+ 49. Kd3 Rh3+ 50. Kc2 f3 51. Kd3
f2+ 52. Ke2 Rh2 53. Rf6 Kc4 54. Rc6+ Kd5 55. Rf6 Kc4 56. Rc6+
Kd5 57. Rb6 Kc4 58. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.08"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Nb3 Bd7 9. e4 Nc6 10. Be2 Bb4 11. f3 O-O
12. a3 Bd6 13. Be3 Qb8 14. g3 Rd8 15. Qc2 b5 16. Nxb5 Nb4
17. axb4 Bxb5 18. Nd4 Bxb4+ 19. Kf2 Rc8 20. Qd1 Bxe2 21. Qxe2
Bc5 22. Rhc1 e5 23. Nf5 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 h5 25. Kg2 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Qb7 27. Rc5 Rb8 28. Rxe5 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 30. Kg1
Rb3 31. Kf2 Rb2+ 32. Kg1 h4 33. gxh4 g6 34. Nd5 Nh5 35. Re8+
Kg7 36. Re7 a5 37. Ra7 Ra2 38. e5 Re2 39. f4 Re4 40. Kf2 Rd4
41. Rxa5 Nxf4 42. Nf6 Nh5 43. Nxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.09"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 d6 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6
12. Nd2 b5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qa5 15. Bc3 Qb6 16. e5 Nh5
17. exd6 Nxg3 18. Qd3 Nxf1 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. dxe7 Nxd2
21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. c5 Qc7 23. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Qxd2 Rd8 25. Qc3
Qf4 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Rd2 28. b3 Rxa2 29. c6 Kg7 30. c7
Bc8 31. Bd5 Rd2 32. e4 f5 33. Rc6 fxe4 34. Bxe4 Kf7 35. Bf3 h5
36. Be4 Ke7 37. Bxg6 Rd6 38. Rxd6 Kxd6 39. h4 Kxc7 40. Bxh5 a5
41. Kf2 Kd6 42. Be8 Be6 43. Bxb5 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.09"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[Round "6.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ivan Bukavshin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. b3 d6 6. c4 b4
7. Bb2 Nd7 8. d4 Ngf6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Bxe5 Rfd8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Qf3 h6 21. g4
a5 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 a4 24. Nd6 axb3 25. axb3 Rb8
26. Nxb7 Rxb7 27. c5 Rc7 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ g6 30. c6 Qc5
31. Rd7 Rxd7 32. cxd7 Qd6 33. Kg2 Qxd7 34. Qxb4 Qd5+ 35. f3 e5
36. Qc3 e4 37. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.09"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Kokarev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6
7. O-O h5 8. h3 Bf5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. b3 Qc8 12. Kh2
Ne5 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rfd1 g5
18. f4 Ng6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. fxg5 Be5 21. Nf3 Bxb2 22. Qxb2
Qa5 23. c5 O-O 24. b4 Qa4 25. cxd6 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Rc8 27. Qb1
exd6 28. Rxd6 Be8 29. Nd4 Qa3 30. Qe4 Qc3 31. Qxb7 Rc7 32. Qd5
Ne7 33. Qe5 h4 34. Rh6 hxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Nf5+ 36. Qxf5 Qxe3+
37. Nf3 1-0

[Event "China - Russia"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.15"]
[EventDate "2015.07.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Chen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7
7. d3 O-O 8. a3 b6 9. Rb1 Bb7 10. b4 d6 11. Na2 Qd7 12. Bb2
Nd4 13. Nac1 e5 14. c4 f5 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nb3 f4 17. Nd2 Kh8
18. Kh1 Ng8 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Bh3 Rf7 21. Bc1 Bh6 22. Ng1 Raf8
23. f3 g5 24. Rb2 Bg7 25. Rg2 Rf6 26. Bf5 Qe8 27. g4 Rh6
28. b5 Ne7 29. Bd2 a5 30. a4 Rg8 31. Be1 Bf6 32. Rff2 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "China - Russia"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.16"]
[EventDate "2015.07.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+
12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Nd4 g5 14. Bg3 Ndxc5 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 f5
17. e3 Ke7 18. Kd2 Bd7 19. Bd3 Kf6 20. Bc2 h5 21. Rh2 Rh6
22. a4 b6 23. a5 b5 24. Rf1 Ke5 25. Rfh1 Rah8 26. Bd3 a6
27. Be2 Kf6 28. Rb1 Nb7 29. Ra1 Nc5 30. Rb1 Nb7 31. Ra1 Nc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "China - Russia"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.17"]
[EventDate "2015.07.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 a5 6. cxd5 a4
7. Qd1 cxd5 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. e3 O-O
12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Rxb7 Bd3 16. Re1
Rab8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Ba3 Qxc3 19. Qc1 Qa5 20. Rd1 Rc8
21. Qc5 e6 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Bf8 25. Bxf8
Kxf8 26. Rb1 Rc2 27. Rb5 Rxd2 28. Rxa5 Rxa2 29. g4 g5 30. Ra7
a3 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. Kg3 a2 33. Kg2 f6 34. h3 e5 35. Kf3 Ke8
36. Kg2 Kd8 37. Kf3 Kc8 38. Ke2 Kb8 39. Ra3 Kb7 40. Kf3 Kc6
0-1

[Event "China - Russia"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.19"]
[EventDate "2015.07.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bg2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4
Bd6 12. O-O Rb8 13. e4 b6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. e5 Bb4 16. Rfc1 Bb7
17. Rc7 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ra8 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. Kf3 Bf8 21. Rb7
Re7 22. Rxe7 Bxe7 23. Rc7 Bf8 24. a4 a5 25. Ke4 Rb8 26. Bc3 h5
27. d5 exd5+ 28. Kxd5 b5 29. axb5 Rxb5+ 30. Kc4 Rb8 31. Bxa5
g5 32. Bc3 g4 33. Kd3 Re8 34. Ke4 Re6 35. Kf5 Bg7 36. Bd4 Re8
37. Rd7 Re6 38. Rd5 Rg6 39. Be3 Re6 40. Bf4 Kh7 41. Kg5 Bh6+
42. Kh4 Bxf4 43. gxf4 Ra6 44. Rd7 Kg7 45. Kxh5 Rh6+ 46. Kxg4
Rxh2 47. e6 Kf6 48. e7 1-0

[Event "China - Russia"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.20"]
[EventDate "2015.07.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4
Bd7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. c4 Bc5 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Rac1
b6 17. h3 h6 18. Bf3 e5 19. Nb5 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Bxb5 21. cxb5 e4
22. Be2 Kf8 23. Bc4 Red8 24. b3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ke7 26. Rf1 Rd8
27. g4 Rd2 28. a4 Rc2 29. Rf5 g6 30. Rf1 Rd2 31. Rf4 Ra2
32. Rf1 Rc2 33. Rf4 Rd2 34. Kh1 Rb2 35. Kg1 Rc2 36. Rf1 Rb2
37. Rf4 Rd2 38. Kh1 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Re1 40. Kf2 Rc1 41. Kg3 Rg1+
42. Kf2 Rd1 43. Kg2 Rc1 44. Kg3 Rg1+ 45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.09"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5
7. O-O O-O 8. a4 c3 9. Nb3 cxb2 10. Bxb2 bxa4 11. Ne5 Nd5
12. Rxa4 a5 13. Qa1 Ba6 14. Rc1 c6 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Bxe2
17. Rxa5 Rxa5 18. Nxa5 Bb5 19. Naxc6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6
21. Rxc6 Qd7 22. Ra6 Nf6 23. Ra7 Qd6 24. Ra6 Qd7 25. Ra7 Qd6
26. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.10"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ivan Bukavshin"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O
7. Bd3 e5 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qc2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 d4
12. Ne2 Qa5+ 13. b4 Qxb4+ 14. Kf1 c5 15. f4 Bd6 16. exd4 Nbd7
17. Rg1 g6 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. f5 g5 20. Qc1 Kh8 21. dxc5 Be7
22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Be4 Rab8 24. Nc3 h6 25. Nd5 Qd8 26. h4 Bxc5
27. hxg5 Bxd4 28. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.11"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4
12. Nd2 Re8 13. a4 Nd7 14. Ra2 Qe7 15. Re1 b6 16. Ne4 h6
17. b3 Ba6 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. Rd1 Rf8 20. Nc3 f5 21. Nb5 g5
22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Ng6 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. e3 Nh4 26. Rg1 Rg8
27. Bh1 Bf6 28. Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. Bb2 Bxb2 30. Qxb2+ Rg7 31. Qf2
Bxb5 32. axb5 Qf6 33. Qb2 Qg6 34. Qf2 Qf6 35. Qb2 Qg6 36. Qf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.12"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rb8
12. Rfd1 c5 13. Na4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 15. Qxa7 Nd5 16. Nc3 Bc6
17. Qd4 Ba8 18. e4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qa3 20. Qxc4 Rb6 21. Rd3 Bc6
22. Qd4 h6 23. e5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rb2 25. Rd2 Rfb8 26. h4 h5
27. Kg1 g6 28. c4 Rb1+ 29. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Rd1 Qxa2 31. Rxb1
Qxb1+ 32. Kg2 Qb7+ 33. Kg1 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qb7+ 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.13"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 h6 12. a5
Bd6 13. Be1 Ne4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe4 Nd7 16. Bd3 Qc8 17. Nd2
Bb4 18. Nf3 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 dxc4 20. Bxc4 c5 21. Bxa6 Qxa6
22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Red1 Nf6 24. Qc4 Qb7 25. Qxc5 Rfc8 26. Qa3
Rc3 27. a6 Qxb3 28. Qe7 Qb6 29. Rdb1 Nd5 30. Rxb6 Nxe7 31. Rb7
Nd5 32. Ne5 Nc7 33. Nd3 Ne8 34. Nb4 Nd6 35. Rd7 Ne4 36. Nd3
Nf6 37. Rb7 Ne8 38. Rab1 Nd6 39. Rd7 Rc6 40. Ra1 Rb6 41. Ne5
Ne4 42. Ra5 f6 43. Nd3 e5 44. Kg2 Rd6 45. Rc7 Ng5 46. Nc5 Ne6
47. Nxe6 Rxe6 48. Rd5 Rxa6 49. Rdd7 g5 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rh7+
Kg8 52. Rxh6 Rb6 53. Rg6+ Kh8 54. Kh3 a5 55. Kg4 Rba6 56. Kh5
a4 57. Kh6 R6a7 58. Rxa7 Rxa7 59. Rxf6 Kg8 60. Rg6+ Kf8
61. Rc6 a3 62. Rc1 g4 63. Ra1 Ke7 64. Kg5 Ra4 65. Kf5 Kd6
66. Rd1+ Rd4 67. Ra1 Ra4 68. e4 a2 69. Kf6 Ra8 70. Kg5 Ra4
71. Kf5 Kc5 72. Kxe5 Kc4 73. Kf5 Kb3 74. e5 Kb2 75. Re1 a1=Q
76. Rxa1 Rxa1 77. Kxg4 Kc3 78. f4 Kd4 79. h4 Kd5 80. Kf5 Ra8
81. Kf6 Ra6+ 82. Kf5 Ra8 83. h5 Rf8+ 84. Kg4 Ke6 85. Kf3 Ra8
86. g4 Ra3+ 87. Kg2 Kd5 88. h6 Ke6 89. Kh2 Rb3 90. Kg2 Ra3
91. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.14"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. Qc2 Qe7
12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Qxe5 17. b4 Bg4 18. Nf3 Qb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Rc7 Bxf3
21. gxf3 Rab8 22. Rb1 Be5 23. Rc5 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Bc2 d4
26. Bb3 dxe3 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. fxe3 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. f4 f6
31. Rc4 b5 32. Re4+ Kf8 33. Kf3 h5 34. Rd4 Ke7 35. Rd5 h4
36. gxh4 gxh4 37. Rh5 a5 38. bxa5 Bxa5 39. Rxh4 Kd6 40. Rh5
Bc3 41. Rd5+ Kc6 42. Rd1 Rh8 43. Kg4 Rh2 44. Rd8 Kc7 45. Re8
Kd6 46. Kf5 Re2 47. Kg6 Rg2+ 48. Kf7 Rh2 49. e4 Rh7+ 50. Kg6
Re7 51. Rd8+ Rd7 52. Rb8 b4 53. e5+ fxe5 54. f5 Kc7 55. Re8
Rd8 56. Re7+ Rd7 57. f6 Kd8 58. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.16"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Lysyj"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Rc1 Qd7
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g4 Nc6 15. g5 Ne8 16. f4 Nd6
17. Qd1 Nf5 18. Qf3 Bb4 19. h4 Rfc8 20. h5 Nce7 21. Bd3 a6
22. Kf2 Rc7 23. Rh3 Rac8 24. a3 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Qa4 26. Qh1 Qb3
27. h6 Rxc3 28. h7+ Kh8 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Qb1
Qc7 32. Qb4 Nd6 33. Rh1 Qd8 34. Qc5 b6 35. Qc2 b5 36. Qc5 Nef5
37. Qc6 Nc4 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxa6 Qb8 40. Kf3 Nxe3 41. Kxe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.17"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nd4 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bg6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bxc6 Qc8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rxe7
Rfe8 17. Qe2 Rxe7 18. Qxe7 Qd5 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Bf4 Nf3+
21. Nxf3 Qxf3 22. Re1 h5 23. c4 h4 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Bd3
26. Rb2 hxg3 27. hxg3 Bxc4 28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Bxb8 Bxa2
30. Bxa7 Bb3 31. Bb6 Ba2 32. Ba7 Bb3 33. Bb6 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. g3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6
12. f4 e6 13. Bg2 Bb4 14. O-O f6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Na2 Be7
17. Qb3 Bf7 18. Qxb7 c5 19. e5 Rb8 20. Qa7 cxd4 21. Bxd4 fxe5
22. fxe5 Rxb2 23. Rfd1 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bh5 25. Be3 Bxd1
26. Rxd1 Qc8 27. Qxd7 Qc2+ 28. Kg1 Bg5 29. Bxg5 Qf2+ 30. Kh1
Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.19"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O
7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c4 Naxc5 11. Bc2 dxc4
12. Rd1 b5 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+
Kg6 17. h4 Rh8 18. Qc2+ f5 19. exf6 Kxf6 20. Qc3+ Kg6 21. Qc2+
Kf6 22. Qc3+ Kg6 23. Qc2+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.20"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ildar Khairullin"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7
12. Nh3 e5 13. Nf2 Nec6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Qa4 Be6 16. Be2 Nd7
17. Rb5 b6 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rd1 Nb7 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Qb4 Qxc3
22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Rxb6 Nc5 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. Rd6
h6 27. Nb4 Nf8 28. Nc6 Ng6 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Rd6
Rxa3 32. g3 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Ra2 34. Kf1 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Ra2 36. Ke3
Ra3+ 37. Kd2 Ra2+ 38. Ke1 Ra1+ 39. Kd2 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Ra3+
41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samvel Ter-Sahakyan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7
7. c3 O-O 8. d4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Be3 a5 11. Rd1 b6 12. Ne1
cxd4 13. cxd4 f5 14. a3 Ba6 15. Nd3 a4 16. Qe1 Na5 17. Nf4 Qd7
18. h4 Nb3 19. Ra2 Bc4 20. f3 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rxc4 dxc4
23. Nc3 Nb3 24. Bxb6 Qc6 25. Be3 Rfd8 26. Nfe2 Bc5 27. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 29. Nf4 Kf7 30. Ra1 Rad8 31. Rb1 Qc6 32. Qe3
Qc5 33. Qe1 Qc6 34. Qe3 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Nxc5 36. Nb5 Rc2 37. g4
Rdd2 38. gxf5 Nd3 39. Nd6+ Ke7 40. Kg3 Nxf4 41. Kxf4 Rxg2
42. h5 Rcd2 43. Ne4 Rd4 44. f6+ gxf6 45. exf6+ Kf7 46. Rc1 Rh2
47. Rg1 Rxh5 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Ra7 Rf5+ 50. Kg3 Rd3 51. Kg4
Rdxf3 52. Ng5 R3f4+ 53. Kg3 Rxg5+ 54. Kxf4 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Rxf6
56. Rxh7 Rf2 57. Rc7 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Samvel Ter-Sahakyan"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd2 e6
7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nh4 Be4 9. Rc1 Be7 10. f3 Bg6 11. g3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. Be2 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. f4 Rac8 16. Bf3
Rfd8 17. Ne2 c5 18. O-O b5 19. Rfd1 Qa7 20. Ba5 Nb6 21. Kg2
Rd7 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. e4 Qd8
26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Qd3 Qc7 28. h4 Bb6 29. Kh3 Nc5 30. Qd2 Qb7
31. Qc2 Qd7 32. e5 Nd3 33. Be4 Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Qd2
36. Kf3 Qxb2 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qxa6 Bc5 39. Qc6 Qa3+ 40. Kg4
Qb4 41. Nc1 Be3 42. Nb3 Qe1 43. Qxb5 Qd1+ 44. Kh3 Qh1+ 45. Kg4
Qd1+ 46. Kh3 Qh1+ 47. Kg4 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Samvel Ter-Sahakyan"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 dxe4
12. Bxe4 O-O 13. Bc2 Nb6 14. Rd1 Nfd5 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Be3 Qf6
17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rac1 Rac8
21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Rc5 Rxc5 23. dxc5 Rd8 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4
Ke7 26. Ke2 b6 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rb4 Rd6 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Rf4
f6 31. Kd4 Rc6 32. Kxd5 Rc5+ 33. Kd4 Rc2 34. b3 Rxa2 35. Rxf6
Ke7 36. Rf3 Rc2 37. Kd3 Rc5 38. Rf4 Ke6 39. Re4+ Kd6 40. Rd4+
Ke6 41. Rc4 Rb5 42. Kc3 Kd6 43. Rf4 Rg5 44. g3 Kc5 45. Rf7 Rh5
46. h4 Kb5 47. b4 Kc6 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. f4 Kc6 50. b5+ Kd6
51. Rb7 Rc5+ 52. Kb4 Rc1 53. Rxb6+ Kc7 54. Rf6 Rg1 55. Kc5
Rc1+ 56. Kd5 Rg1 57. Rc6+ Kb7 58. Rc3 Kb6 59. Rb3 Re1 60. h5
1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samvel Ter-Sahakyan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 d6 8. c3 Bd7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Nh4 Ng6
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. Ne3 Rac8 16. a4 Qb6
17. d5 Qd4 18. f3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Ne8 20. b4 f5 21. Bh3 Rc7
22. exf5 gxf5 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 g6 25. Kf2 Nf6 26. Kf3 Kf7
27. Bf1 Ne4 28. Bb2 Rfc8 29. Bb5 a6 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rac1
Rdc7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. h4 Bf6 34. Bxf6 Kxf6 35. Rh1 Nd2+
36. Ke2 Ne4 37. Rh2 Rc3 38. Kf3 Rb3 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Ng3
41. Rf2 b6 42. Rc2 Nf1 43. Rc6 Nxe3 44. Rxd6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5
12. Be2 Bf6 13. O-O Be4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nd4 Ne6
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f3 Bg6 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Kf7 21. Kf2 Ke7
22. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 bxc5 11. Qxd8
Rxd8 12. Ba3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bb5 Rab8 15. c4 a6 16. Ba4
Nb6 17. Bb3 Rdc8 18. Ne5 a5 19. Rd6 Ba8 20. f3 Kf8 21. Rad1
Ke7 22. R6d3 Rc7 23. Kf2 Ne8 24. Rc3 Nd6 25. Bc2 f6 26. Nd3
Rbc8 27. Nb2 h6 28. Bd3 Bb7 29. Rb3 Nd7 30. Be2 Ba6 31. Rc1
Rc6 32. Na4 R8c7 33. Ke1 Rc8 34. Rc2 R6c7 35. Nb6 Nxb6
36. Rxb6 Ra8 37. Kd2 Nc8 38. Rb1 Nd6 39. Kc3 e5 40. Rd2 Rc6
41. Rd5 Rac8 42. Bc1 e4 43. Bd2 R8c7 44. Be1 Bc8 45. Bg3 Be6
46. Rxd6 Rxd6 47. fxe4 Rcc6 48. Bxd6+ Kxd6 49. Rb7 Rc7 50. e5+
fxe5 51. Rb5 e4 52. Bh5 a4 53. Ra5 Rb7 54. Ra6+ Ke5 55. Rc6
Rb1 56. Rxc5+ Kd6 57. Ra5 Rc1+ 58. Kd2 Rg1 59. Kc3 Rxg2
60. Rxa4 Rxh2 61. Bg6 Ke5 62. Ra5+ Kf6 63. Bxe4 g5 64. Bd5
Bxd5 65. cxd5 g4 66. Ra6+ Ke5 67. Rg6 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4
12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bd1 Ne7 16. Na2 Qa5
17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. Bc2 Bb5 19. Rfe1 Nc6 20. Rcd1 Ne7 21. Nc3
Bc6 22. Rd2 Rb8 23. Rc1 g6 24. Bd3 Kf8 25. Kf1 Bd7 26. Ke1 h5
27. h4 Ke8 28. g3 Nc6 29. Bc2 Ne7 30. Na2 Bb5 31. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1 f5 9. h3 c6 10. Be2 Bf6 11. O-O Qe8 12. Nxe4
fxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. Qd4 Qe7
17. f4 exf3 18. gxf3 Be8 19. Bd3 Bg6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Rc2 Rf5
22. Rg2 Raf8 23. f4 g5 24. Rg4 R8f7 25. Rf3 Kf8 26. Rfg3 gxf4
27. exf4 Ke8 28. h4 Qf8 29. Rf3 Qh8 30. Qf2 Rh5 31. Qg3 Qh7
32. Rg6 Rxh4 33. Rxe6+ Kf8 34. Rd6 Rf5 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rb8
Rfh5 37. f5 Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Rxf5 39. Qxg7+ Qxg7 40. Rxb7+ Ke6
41. Rxg7 Rh2+ 42. Kg3 Rxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Rxb2 44. Rxa7 Rc2 45. Ra5
Kxe5 46. Ke3 d4+ 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Kd2 Kd5 49. a4 Rxc5 50. Ra8
Rc3 51. a5 Ra3 52. a6 Kc4 53. Kc2 d3+ 54. Kb2 Rb3+ 55. Ka2 Rb6
56. a7 Rb7 57. Ka3 Kc3 58. Ka2 d2 59. Rd8 Rxa7+ 60. Kb1 Rb7+
0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1.43"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rasmus Svane"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Rd1 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Ng6
12. O-O a6 13. Be2 Bg4 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Qb3 Nhf4
17. Bf3 b5 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Ne2 Nh4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Nc1 Be5
22. Nd3 Rfe8 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. Rc1 h5 26. Qd4 Bh3
27. d6 Qg5 28. Kf1 Nxf3 29. Nxf3 Bxg2+ 30. Ke2 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "2.28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. Be3 Qa5 8. Nc1 cxd4 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 Qh4+
12. g3 Qh3 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15. b3 a6 16. O-O-O Nd7
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 Rfc8 19. Kb2 Nf6 20. Bf3 Rab8 21. Rde1 b5
22. Bg2 Qh6 23. cxb5 axb5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 b4 26. Nb5 Ng4
27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Qxb4 Kf8 29. Qd4 e5 30. Qd7 Nf6 31. Qe6 Rd8
32. Qxe5 Rxb5 33. Qxb5 Rd2+ 34. Ka3 Rxg2 35. Qc6 Qh3 36. Qa8+
Kf7 37. Qc6 Rd2 38. Qc4+ Kf8 39. b4 Qg2 40. Ra1 Rc2 41. Qd3
Nd5 42. Ka4 Rxa2+ 43. Rxa2 Qxa2+ 44. Kb5 Qa8 45. Qd4 Kf7
46. Qc5 Qb7+ 47. Kc4 Nb6+ 48. Kd4 Qd7+ 49. Ke4 Qe6+ 50. Kd4 h5
51. h3 Qd7+ 52. Ke4 Qb7+ 53. Kd4 e6 54. b5 Qd7+ 55. Ke4 Nd5
56. Ke5 Ke8 57. g4 Qg7+ 58. Ke4 Qb7 59. Ke5 Qg7+ 60. Ke4 Qb2
61. Qc8+ Kf7 62. Qd7+ Ne7 63. gxh5 gxh5 64. Kf3 Qb3+ 65. Kf2
Qb4 66. Kf3 Kf6 67. Qd8 Qb3+ 68. Kf2 Qc2+ 69. Kf3 Qc3+ 70. Kf2
Qc5+ 71. Ke1 Qb4+ 72. Kd1 Kf5 73. b6 Nd5 74. Qg5+ Ke4 75. Qe5+
Kd3 76. Qe2+ Kd4 77. Qf2+ Ne3+ 78. Ke2 Qc4+ 79. Kf3 Qc6+
80. Ke2 Qc2+ 81. Kf3 Qd1+ 82. Kg3 Kd3 83. b7 Qb1 84. Qf3 Kd2
85. Qf2+ Kd3 86. Qf3 Kd4 87. Kf2 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "3.42"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Florian Handke"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nbd7
7. O-O O-O 8. Qc1 c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Qxf4 dxc4
12. e4 b5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. h4 Nb6 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. a4 b4
17. Ne2 a5 18. Rac1 Nfd7 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Nb6 21. Rcc1
Nxa4 22. b3 Nb6 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. e5 Rdc8 25. Nf4 Nb6 26. Nd3
Nd5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Nc5 Bc6 29. Ra1 Bb5 30. Rd2 Ra7 31. Kg2
h6 32. Rda2 Rca8 33. Rb2 Kh8 34. Re1 Bc6 35. Rc1 Bb5 36. Re1
Qd8 37. Rc1 Qg8 38. g4 Qd8 39. g5 h5 40. Qf3 g6 41. Qe3 Kg8
42. Rh1 Rc8 43. Rc1 Rc6 44. Rbc2 Rac7 45. Kh2 Qe7 46. Kg2 Qd8
47. Kh2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4.40"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Nc6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+
7. Qxd2 Ne7 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 a6 11. Kb1 b5
12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Bd7 14. Bc4 Qb8 15. Nge2 Qa7 16. g4
Rfb8 17. h5 Ba4 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. g5 Nc5 20. g6 h6 21. gxf7+
Kxf7 22. f4 Rb4 23. fxe5 Rxc4 24. e6+ Kg8 25. Rhg1 Nxe4
26. Qxh6 Nf5 27. Qg6 Nd2+ 28. Ka1 Nb3+ 29. Kb1 Nd2+ 30. Ka1
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5.40"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bg5 f6
7. Be3 d6 8. Bg2 Nge7 9. a3 a5 10. O-O g5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Nd5
f5 13. Nb1 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 f4 15. Bd2 Bh3 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. e3 h5
18. Ne4 h4 19. Nxg5 hxg3 20. fxg3 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 fxg3 22. hxg3
Rh6 23. Qf3 O-O-O 24. Rf1 Rf6 25. Qg2 Rdf8 26. Rb1 Rg6 27. Ne4
Ne7 28. Nc3 Bh6 29. Be4 Rg7 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Nf5 32. g4
Nh4 33. Qh3 Qxg4 34. Qxg4+ Rxg4 35. Nd5 a4 36. Nb6+ Kb8
37. Nxa4 Rg3 38. Kf2 Rh3 39. Nc3 Rh2+ 40. Ke1 Ng2+ 41. Bxg2
Rxg2 42. Ne4 Kc7 43. Kd1 Kc6 44. Nc3 Bg5 45. b4 Bh4 46. b5+
Kd7 47. a4 Rg1+ 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. Nd5 Bd8 50. Be1 Rxa4 51. Bd2
e4 52. Nc3 exd3+ 53. Kxd3 Ra3 54. Ke2 Ba5 55. Nb1 Rb3 56. Bxa5
Rxb1 57. e4 Rb3 58. Kd2 Ke6 59. Bc3 Rxc3 60. Kxc3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "6.31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Simen Agdestein"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6
7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. Rfc1
Rac8 17. e3 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qc7
21. Bd2 Qc2 22. Be1 Qb1 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. a4 a5 25. Ke2 Qc2+
26. Kf1 Qd1 27. f3 Bb4 28. Qe2 Qxb3 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Qb5 Qc4+
31. Ke1 Qc1+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Kg1 b3 34. Bf1 b2 35. Bd3 Qd2
36. g4 fxg4 37. fxg4 Qxe3+ 38. Kg2 Qxd4 39. h3 h6 40. a5 Ne4
41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Qd8+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kg5 44. Qe7+ Qf6 45. h4+
Kxh4 46. Qxf6+ gxf6 47. a6 Nc5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "7.35"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Vovk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+
12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc3 O-O 15. Qe3 b5 16. Be2 Nd7
17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rhd1 Qc7 20. Qc5 bxa4 21. Rxa4
Rb3+ 22. Kc2 Qb8 23. Ra2 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Qb3+ 25. Kc1 Qxa2
26. Rd7 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Qa4+ 28. Kc1 Qb5 29. Qe7 h6 30. Rxa7 c3
31. bxc3 Qf1+ 32. Kc2 Qxf3 33. Qc7 Qe2+ 34. Kb3 Qb5+ 35. Kc2
e5 36. Rb7 Qe2+ 37. Kb3 Qe4 38. Rb6 Qd5+ 39. Kb4 e4 40. Rxc6
e3 41. Rc5 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "8.33"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bh4 Qb6
7. b3 Qa5+ 8. c3 e6 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O Bd6 11. c4 O-O 12. a3
Ndf6 13. c5 Bb8 14. b4 Qd8 15. Nbd2 Qe8 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. Bg3 Qh5 20. Qc3 Nh6 21. Bf4 Nf5 22. f3
exf3 23. Rxf3 Bd7 24. Raf1 Rf7 25. h3 Nh4 26. R3f2 Ng6 27. Kh2
Raf8 28. g4 Qh4 29. Nf3 Qd8 30. Ng5 Re7 31. Qc2 Be8 32. Bg3
Rxf2+ 33. Rxf2 h6 34. Nf3 Rf7 35. Nd4 Rxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Nf8
37. h4 Bg6 38. h5 Be4 39. Bh4 Qe8 40. Qf4 Nd7 41. Kg3 Nf8
42. Nb3 Nd7 43. Na5 Qc8 44. g5 b6 45. Nb3 hxg5 46. Qxg5 Qb8
47. Nd4 Qxe5+ 48. Qxe5 Nxe5 49. b5 bxc5 50. bxc6 Nc4 51. Nxe6
d4 52. c7 Bb7 53. Nxc5 Bc8 54. exd4 Nxa3 55. d5 Nb5 56. Bd8
Kf7 57. Kf4 Nd6 58. Ke5 Nc4+ 59. Kd4 Nd6 60. Nd3 Ke8 61. Kc5
Nb7+ 62. Kc6 Nxd8+ 63. cxd8=R+ Kxd8 64. Nc5 a5 65. Kd6 Ke8
66. Kc7 Bg4 67. d6 Kf7 68. Kb6 Kf6 69. Kxa5 Bxh5 70. Kb6 Bg4
71. Ne4+ Ke5 72. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "9.30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Milos Perunovic"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7
7. Be2 b6 8. f4 d6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f5 e5 11. Nc2 Nbd7 12. Ne3
Rc8 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 b5
17. Bd2 Qd4 18. a4 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra5 Qxb2 21. Rf3 Qd4
22. Rxb5 Ra8 23. Rb4 Qa1 24. Rb1 Qd4 25. Bb5 Be7 26. Qc2 O-O
27. Be3 Rac8 28. Qxc8 Qxe4 29. Qc1 Nf6 30. Bg5 Qxd5 31. Bxf6
Bxf6 32. Qc4 Qd2 33. Bc6 e4 34. Bxe4 Be5 35. Bd5 Qh6 36. Bxf7+
Kh8 37. Rh3 Qg5 38. Bg6 h6 39. Rhb3 d5 40. Qxd5 Qf4 41. g3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "10.40"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgenij Romanovich Agrest"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8
12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Bb4 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Nd4 Ncd7 16. a4 bxa4
17. Rxa4 a5 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Ra2 Nb3 20. Rd1 Nxd2 21. Rxd2+ Ke7
22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rhc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "11.40"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhong Zhang"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 Bxa3
7. bxa3 Be4 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. Qc1 b5 10. a4 O-O 11. Qc3 Nbd7
12. g4 Nb6 13. axb5 cxb5 14. a4 Nxa4 15. Rxa4 bxa4 16. g5 Nh5
17. h4 Rb8 18. Ba1 Qd5 19. Qe3 Rb3 20. Bc3 a3 21. Ra1 a5
22. Bf1 Bxf3 23. exf3 a4 24. Bh3 Qd3 25. Bg4 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Ng3
27. Kf2 Nf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Kg3 Rd8 30. Kf4 Rd5 31. h5 Kf8
32. Ra2 g6 33. h6 Ke7 34. Ra1 Ke6 35. Ra2 Rd3 36. Bf6 Kd5
37. Bg7 Kc6 38. Ba1 Rd5 39. Bf6 Kb5 40. Bg7 Rdd3 41. Bf6 Rb1
42. Bc3 Rb3 43. Ke5 Rdxc3 44. dxc3 Rxc3 45. Kf6 Kb4 46. Kg7
Kb3 47. Ra1 Kb2 48. Re1 a2 49. Kxh7 a1=Q 50. Rxa1 Kxa1 51. Kg7
Rc1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "12.32"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mikhail Antipov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 d6 10. O-O e5 11. Bg5 Be6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bg5 15. e3 b6 16. f4 Bh6
17. g4 g6 18. g5 Bg7 19. Qd2 exf4 20. exf4 Ne7 21. Ne3 Qc7
22. Nd4 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qc7 24. Nd4 Qc5 25. Nb3 Qc7 26. Nd4 Qc5
27. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "13.33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Bf4
Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nbd7 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 Nh5 10. Bd2 Nxe5 11. Qc3
Qf6 12. Be2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Qe3 Bg5 16. Qxf4
Bxf4 17. Nf1 Rd8 18. Ne3 Ke7 19. Ng2 Bd2+ 20. Kf1 Ng6 21. Rd1
Bf4 22. Ne3 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Ke1 Bc7 25. Bb3 Nf4 26. Kf1
g6 27. Rg1 h5 28. Rg5 Bb6 29. Nc4 Bxf2 30. Re5+ Kf6 31. Ra5
Bb6 32. Ra4 Rd3 33. e5+ Kg7 34. Nxb6 Rxf3+ 35. Ke1 axb6
36. Ra7 Nd3+ 37. Ke2 Nxe5 38. Rxb7 Rh3 39. Rxb6 Rxh2+ 40. Ke3
Rxb2 41. Kd4 Kf6 42. a4 h4 43. Kc3 Rb1 44. Kc2 Ra1 45. Rb4 g5
46. Rb8 h3 47. Rh8 g4 48. Kb2 Rh1 49. a5 g3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qh5 e6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 f5 9. Nge2 Qf6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Nf4 O-O-O
12. Kb1 d4 13. exd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 Bxb2 15. Qxf7 Kb8 16. Qxf6
Bxf6 17. Be2 Be5 18. Nd3 Bg7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Bf3 Nd4 21. c4
Nxb5 22. cxb5 Bd4 23. Nb3 Bxf2 24. Rhf1 Bb6 25. a4 Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Re1 Bc7 28. Kc2 e5 29. g3 e4 30. Be2 b6
31. Bc4 h5 32. Nc1 Rd4 33. Kb3 Rd2 34. Re2 Rd1 35. Kc2 Rd4
36. Kb3 f4 37. gxf4 Bxf4 38. Rc2 Rd2 39. Rxd2 Bxd2 40. Ne2 Kc7
41. Ng3 Bf4 42. Nxh5 Bxh2 43. Nf6 Bf5 44. Bd5 Kd6 45. Bc6 e3
46. Bf3 Kc5 47. Ng4 Bf4 48. Kc3 Be6 49. Be2 Kd6 50. Kd4 Bb3
51. Nxe3 Bxa4 52. Nc4+ Kc7 53. Nb2 Bc2 54. Bd3 Bb3 55. Bc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Pavel Ponkratov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. Nxd4
Nc6 7. Nb3 Qh5 8. Bg2 a5 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. h3 O-O 13. a3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Ne4 15. Qf4 Re8 16. Rd1 Ra6
17. g4 Qg6 18. O-O a4 19. Nbd4 Rb6 20. Nh4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6
22. Nhf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Rxe2 24. g5 Re5 25. gxf6 Rxf5 26. Bxd5
gxf6 27. Rd2 Ne5 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Be4 Rf4 30. f3 f5 31. Kg3 Ng6
32. Bd5 h5 33. Rc1 h4+ 34. Kf2 Rd6 35. Rc7 Kf6 36. Ke3 b6
37. Rxf7+ Ke5 38. Rg7 b5 39. Rg8 b4 40. Re8+ Kf6 41. Rg8 Ke5
42. Rxg6 Rxg6 43. Bf7 Rxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Rg3+ 45. Kf2 bxa3
46. bxa3 Rxh3 47. Rd5+ Kf6 48. Be8 Rxa3 49. Bd7 h3 50. Rxf5+
Ke7 51. Bc6 Kd6 52. Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "1.57"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonardo Valdes"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a5
7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. b3 Re8 10. e4 Ba6 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. a3 Nde7 15. Nc4 f6 16. Rad1 Rad8
17. h4 Qf5 18. Qe2 Qe6 19. Kh2 Qf7 20. Nfd2 Bc8 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Bf5 23. Ne4 Be6 24. Ned2 Bd5 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. dxe4
Nc8 27. b5 N6e7 28. Ne3 Nd6 29. c4 Ra8 30. Ra1 g6 31. Nd5 Nxd5
32. cxd5 Bh6 33. Nc4 Nxb5 34. Nxe5 fxe5 35. Qxb5 Qxf2+ 36. Kh3
Bg7 37. Rf1 Qc5 38. Qxc5 bxc5 39. Rac1 Bf8 40. Rf6 Bd6 41. Rf2
Ra4 42. Re2 Ra2 43. Rcc2 Rb8 44. Kg4 Rb3 45. Bc1 Rxc2 46. Rxc2
h5+ 47. Kh3 Rb4 48. Re2 c4 49. Kg2 c3 50. Kf3 Kf7 51. Rc2 Rc4
52. Ke3 Bc5+ 53. Kf3 Bd4 54. Ke2 Ra4 55. Kd3 Ke7 56. Bg5+ Kd6
57. Bh6 Ra8 58. Be3 Bxe3 59. Kxe3 Ra3 60. Kd3 c6 61. dxc6 Kxc6
62. Kc4 Ra4+ 63. Kd3 Ra3 64. Kc4 Ra4+ 65. Kd3 Rd4+ 66. Ke3 Rc4
67. Kd3 Kb5 68. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 69. Kxc3 Kc5 70. Kd3 Kb4 71. Kd2
Kc4 72. Ke3 Kc3 73. Kf3 Kd3 74. g4 Kd4 75. gxh5 gxh5 76. Kf2
Kxe4 77. Ke2 Kf4 78. Kf2 Kg4 79. Ke3 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "2.39"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Marco Aurelio Zaror Cordeiro"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 f5
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Nge2 Ne7 10. b4 Kh8 11. b5 d5 12. cxd5
Nfxd5 13. O-O Be6 14. d4 e4 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. Re1 a6 20. Bf1 axb5 21. Nxb5 Bxa2 22. Qc2
Bg8 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Nxc7 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rc8 26. Nb5 Bd5
27. Nd6 Rd8 28. Nc4 Bf6 29. Nb6 Bc6 30. Bc4 Rd6 31. Ra8+ Kg7
32. Ra7 Kh6 33. h4 Bd8 34. Nc8 Rf6 35. Bg8 Kg7 36. Bb3 Kh6
37. Ba4 Rf8 38. Bxc6 bxc6 39. Nd6 Bb6 40. Rb7 Bd8 41. Kg2 Bf6
42. Rc7 Ra8 43. Rxc6 Kg7 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. h5 Ra6 46. Rd7 Bg7
47. Rd8+ Bf8 48. Nc4 gxh5 49. Ne5 Rf6 50. Nd7 Rf7 51. Rxf8+
Rxf8 52. Nxf8 Kxf8 53. Kh3 Kg7 54. Kh4 Kg6 55. d5 Kf6 56. Kxh5
Ke5 57. Kg5 h6+ 58. Kg6 h5 59. Kg5 Kxd5 60. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O f5
7. d3 Nf6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5
Ne7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ra1 Qd7 15. Nd2 c6 16. Qc2 Kh7 17. Na4
Rae8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. c5 Bd5 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Nc4 Bxc4
22. Qxc4 Nfd5 23. Nc5 Nb6 24. Qc2 Ra8 25. Rfb1 Nd7 26. Nxd7
Qxd7 27. Bc3 Nd5 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bd2 Ra3 30. Rc1 Ra6 31. Qc4
Qb7 32. h4 h5 33. e4 Ne7 34. exf5 Nxf5 35. Bxc6 Qb6 36. Be4
Qe6 37. Qxe6 Rxe6 38. Rc7 Nd6 39. Bd5 Re8 40. Bg5 Kh8 41. Rd7
Nf5 42. Bf7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "4.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qb3 e6
7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bf4 O-O
12. h3 Rfc8 13. O-O Be8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bc6 16. Rfc1 Nd7
17. Bg3 b5 18. Nf3 c4 19. Bd1 Nb6 20. Nd2 Ra6 21. Rab1 Rca8
22. Bc2 Na4 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. f3 f6 25. Re1 Be8 26. e4 Bf8
27. Re2 Rb6 28. Bc7 Rc6 29. Bg3 Bg6 30. Rbe1 Kf7 31. Bf4 Bh7
32. g4 Rb6 33. Nf1 Rc8 34. Bg3 Rb5 35. Rf2 Rc6 36. Ree2 Rcb6
37. Bc7 Rc6 38. Bg3 Bg6 39. Bf4 Rc8 40. Ng3 Rd8 41. Kg2 Bh7
42. h4 Rd7 43. Nf1 Be7 44. Bg3 Rd8 45. Kg1 Rd7 46. Kg2 Rd8
47. Bc7 Rc8 48. Bg3 Bf8 49. Kg1 Rd8 50. Kg2 Rd7 51. Kg1 Rb3
52. Kg2 Rb6 53. Kg1 Rb5 54. Kg2 Rd8 55. Bc7 Rc8 56. Bg3 Be7
57. Kg1 Rc6 58. Kg2 Bf8 59. Kg1 Rcb6 60. Bc7 Ra6 61. Bg3 Rb3
62. Kg2 Bxa3 63. bxa3 Rxa3 64. Re3 Rb3 65. exd5 a3 66. dxe6+
Rxe6 67. Rxe6 Kxe6 68. Re2+ Kd7 69. Ra2 Rxc3 70. Be1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "5.49"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ramil Hasangatin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. a4 Rb8 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bd2 b6 12. c3
a6 13. b4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ne3 cxb4 16. cxb4 Nb6 17. Nd5
Be6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Be3 Qb7 20. d4 Bc4 21. Re1 Ra8 22. Qd2
Ra4 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bc5 Nxb4 25. Rxa4 bxa4 26. Bxe7 Qxe7
27. Qc3 Be6 28. Nxe5 Rc8 29. Qd2 a3 30. Ra1 a2 31. Nd3 Nc2
32. Rc1 a1=Q 33. Rxa1 Nxa1 34. Qb2 Nb3 35. Nf4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "6.27"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. O-O Nc6
7. d3 h6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb3 10. axb3 e5 11. d4 e4 12. Nfd2
Nb4 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Nb5 Kd7 15. Rfc1 Nc6 16. f3 Bb4 17. g4
exf3 18. exf3 Bd3 19. Nc3 Rhe8 20. Bf2 Bd6 21. Nf1 Bf4 22. Re1
Rxe1 23. Bxe1 Re8 24. Bg3 Bxg3 25. Nxg3 Bc2 26. b4 Nxd4
27. Rxa7 Kc6 28. Kf2 Kb6 29. Ra5 Bb3 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5
32. Nh5 Nxh5 33. gxh5 Rh8 34. Nxd5+ Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Ne6 36. Bh3
Nf4 37. Rd6+ Kc7 38. Rd7+ Kc6 39. Bg4 f5 40. Bxf5 Rxh5 41. b5+
Kxb5 42. Rxb7+ Kc5 43. Rh7 Rh4 44. Rxh4 gxh4 45. Ke3 Nd5+
46. Ke4 Ne7 47. Bg4 Kb4 48. Be6 Ng6 49. f4 h3 50. Bxh3 Nxf4
51. Kxf4 Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "7.35"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Roiz"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. g3 Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3 Qd7
12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Bg2 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O Nc6 16. dxc5 Bxc5
17. Na4 Be7 18. Kh1 Rab8 19. Rc1 d4 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qe7
22. Rcc1 Re8 23. e4 Rbd8 24. Rcd1 Nd7 25. Rfe1 Nde5 26. Bc1
Qc5 27. Bg5 Nxf3 28. Bxf3 Qxg5 29. Qxb7 Ne5 30. Rf1 d3 31. Bg2
Rb8 32. Qxa7 Rxb2 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. Qxf2 Rd8 35. Bf1 Qg4
36. Rd2 Qxe4+ 37. Bg2 Qb4 38. h3 Nc4 39. Rd1 d2 40. Bf1 Nb2
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "8.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 g6 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. Rd1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. f3 Kh7 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Qd2 a5 18. Bf1 Qf6 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. b3 Qe5 21. Ne2 Bd7
22. Nd4 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Nb5 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rc8
27. Qe3 Bd7 28. Qe7+ Qxe7 29. Rxe7+ Kf6 30. Rh7 Bxb5 31. cxb5
h5 32. Kf2 d5 33. Ke3 Ne6 34. Rd7 Ke5 35. g3 d4+ 36. Kd2 g5
37. Bc4 Nc5 38. Rd5+ Kf6 39. Rxd4 Re8 40. h4 g4 41. Rf4+ Ke5
42. fxg4 Ne4+ 43. Ke3 Nxg3 44. Kf3 Nh1 45. Re4+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6
7. c4 Bb7 8. d3 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nc4 Bf6
12. Qc1 Nd4 13. Re1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15. a3 Bxb2 16. Qxb2
Ne7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Nf5 20. b5 Nd4 21. Ra4
Qf6 22. Ne5 Rd8 23. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "10.24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc2 Qa5 11. Nc3 Rfc8
12. Rc1 Rab8 13. Ne3 a6 14. a4 Qh5 15. Qd2 Bh6 16. Ncd5 Nxd5
17. cxd5 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Qd4 f6 21. e3 Bh3
22. Bxh3 Qxh3 23. Qe4 Kf7 24. Bd4 Qd7 25. Bb6 f5 26. Qd3 Bg7
27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Kf3 h5 29. h3 Bb2 30. Rc2 Bf6 31. Rfc1 Rxc2
32. Qxc2 g5 33. fxg5 Bxg5 34. Qc7 Qxc7 35. Rxc7 Bf6 36. Ba7
Rg8 37. Bd4 h4 38. gxh4 Bxd4 39. exd4 b5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Rb7
Rg1 42. Rxb5 Rd1 43. Ke3 Rh1 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. Rb8 Rf1+ 46. Ke3
Re1+ 47. Kf3 Rf1+ 48. Ke3 Re1+ 49. Kf3 Re4 50. Rf8+ Kg6
51. h5+ Kg5 52. h6 Rh4 53. Kg3 f4+ 54. Kg2 Kg6 55. b4 f3+
56. Rxf3 Rxd4 57. Re3 Rxd5 58. Rxe7 Kxh6 59. Kf3 Rd4 60. Re4
Rd3+ 61. Re3 Rd5 62. Rb3 Rb5 63. Ke4 Kg5 64. Kd4 Kf6 65. Kc4
Rb6 66. Kd5 Ke7 67. b5 Kd7 68. h4 Kc7 69. h5 Rb8 70. h6 Rh8
71. Rh3 Rh7 72. b6+ Kxb6 73. Kxd6 Kb7 74. Ke6 Kc8 75. Kf6 Kd8
76. Kg6 Rh8 77. Kg7 Re8 78. h7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. O-O dxc4 6. b3 cxb3
7. Qxb3 Qb6 8. d3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Ngf6 10. Nc4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bb4
12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 Ke7 14. Na5 Rab8 15. Nd4 Rhc8 16. b4 a6
17. Rb1 h6 18. Ndb3 Ne8 19. Nc4 Nd6 20. Nba5 Nb5 21. Raa1 Bg6
22. Rb2 f6 23. Nb3 e5 24. Nc5 Rd8 25. Na5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Rdc8
27. f4 Bf7 28. Kf2 Bd5 29. Bh3 Rd8 30. Ke3 Re8 31. fxe5 fxe5
32. Rf1 Be6 33. Bg2 Bd5 34. Be4 Rf8 35. Rxf8 Rxf8 36. Nxb7 Nc3
37. Rc2 Nd1+ 38. Kd2 Bxe4 39. Kxd1 Bd5 40. Na5 e4 41. dxe4
Bxe4 42. Rc4 Bd5 43. Rd4 Kf6 44. Rf4+ Ke7 45. Rxf8 Kxf8
46. Kd2 Ke7 47. Ke3 Bg2 48. Kd4 Ke6 49. e4 Kd7 50. Nc4 Bf1
51. Na5 Bg2 52. Ke5 Bf3 53. Nc4 Be2 54. Na5 Bd3 55. Kd4 Bc2
56. Nc4 Bb3 57. Ne5+ Kc7 58. Kc3 Be6 59. Kb4 Bh3 60. Nc4 Bg2
61. e5 Kd7 62. Ka5 Ke6 63. Ne3 Be4 64. Kxa6 Kxe5 65. Kb6 Kd4
66. Ng4 Bf3 67. Nf2 Ke3 68. Nh3 g5 69. Ng1 Bg2 70. h4 Kf2
71. hxg5 hxg5 72. Nh3+ Bxh3 73. Kxc6 Kxg3 74. Kd6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "12.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. a3 h6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Nc3 Qd6 16. Nb5 Qe7
17. Nc3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "13.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Na4
Qa5+ 7. c3 Bxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc5 b6 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Nxa5
Nxd4 12. cxd4 bxa5 13. f3 Bb7 14. Bd2 a4 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. Bxc6
dxc6 17. Rc1 Kd7 18. Rc4 Rhb8 19. Bb4 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nb6 21. Rc2
Nc8 22. Ke2 Rb5 23. Rhc1 Ne7 24. Rc4 Rxb2 25. Rxa4 Rb5 26. Kd3
f5 27. Ra6 Rb6 28. Ra5 Rb5 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Rb8 31. Ra5
Rb7 32. a3 fxe4+ 33. fxe4 Nc8 34. Bb4 Rb5 35. Ra6 Rh5 36. h3
Rg5 37. g4 h5 38. Ra5 Rxa5 39. Bxa5 hxg4 40. hxg4 Nd6 41. Bb4
Nf7 42. Bf8 g6 43. Bb4 Nh6 44. g5 Nf7 45. Bd2 e5 46. d5 cxd5
47. exd5 Nd6 48. Bc3 Nf7 49. Bd2 Nd6 50. Bc3 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "14.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Be7 6. c4 O-O
7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 11. Bf1 Bxf3
12. exf3 c6 13. Bd3 Nc7 14. a4 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. a5 bxa5
17. f4 Qf6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qxa5 Rfc8 20. Reb1 Qd8 21. Rb7 a6
22. h4 h5 23. Qe5 Rab8 24. Rab1 Rxb7 25. Rxb7 Ne8 26. Ra7 Ra8
27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Qa5 Qb8 29. Qxa6 Nf6 30. Qa3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Qb7
32. c5 Qb8 33. Qb4 Qa7 34. Qb2 Qa5 35. Kg1 Nd5 36. c4 Qe1+
37. Kg2 Nf6 38. Qe2 Qc3 39. Qe3 Ng4 40. Qe4 f5 41. Qe2 Qxd4
42. Bc2 Qxc5 43. Qd2 Kh6 44. Bd1 Qxc4 45. Bxg4 hxg4 46. Qb2
Qd5+ 47. Kh2 e5 48. Qb8 Kg7 49. fxe5 c5 50. Qd8 Qe6 51. Qc7 c4
52. Kg1 Kf7 53. Qc5 Qc6 54. Qa3 c3 55. Qb3+ Ke7 56. Qc2 Ke6
57. Kh2 Kxe5 58. Qe2+ Kf6 59. Qe3 c2 60. Qg5+ Kf7 61. Qc1 d5
62. h5 gxh5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "15.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1+ Be6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 O-O
12. Na3 Qb6 13. Qa4 Ne4 14. Rd1 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qb4 Rab8
17. Qxb6 Rxb6 18. b3 a5 19. Nd4 c5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. f3 Nf6
22. c4 a4 23. Nb5 axb3 24. axb3 Ra8 25. Nc7 Rab8 26. Rxe6 dxc4
27. bxc4 Rb2 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Rc2 30. Re4 Rbb2 31. Rg4
Rd2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "16.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5
7. c3 Nc6 8. e4 Be7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. a3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7
12. Qe2 Nde5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 O-O 16. Bf4
e5 17. Be3 c4 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bg2 a6 20. h4 b5 21. h5 h6
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Bc8 24. Bf3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qd7 26. Qxd7
Bxd7 27. Be2 Kf8 28. f3 Ke8 29. Kf1 Be6 30. g4 Kd7 31. Ke1 Kc6
32. Kd2 Bc5 33. Bxc5 Kxc5 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Bd1 Ke7 36. a4 Kf6
37. axb5 axb5 38. f4 Bd7 39. Be2 g6 40. g5+ hxg5 41. fxe5+ Kg7
42. hxg6 Kxg6 43. Bd1 Kg7 44. b3 Be6 45. bxc4 Bxc4 46. Bg4 Kf8
47. Kd4 Ke7 48. Bh5 Kd7 49. Bg4+ Kc6 50. Bh5 Be6 51. Bd1 Kb6
52. Bc2 Ka5 53. Bd1 Kb6 54. Be2 g4 55. Ke3 g3 56. Bd3 Bg4
57. Bc2 Kc5 58. Bd3 g2 59. Kf2 Bf3 60. Kg1 b4 61. cxb4+ Kxb4
62. Bb1 Kb3 63. Kf2 Kb2 64. Bd3 Kc3 65. Bb5 Bxe4 66. Be8 Bd5
67. Bxf7 Bxf7 68. e6 Bxe6 69. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "17.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O a6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. fxe4
Nf6 17. e5 Ne4 18. Be1 Ng5 19. h4 Nh7 20. Rc2 Qd7 21. Be2 Kh8
22. Bg4 f5 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qxe6 Qxe6 25. Bxe6 f5 26. d5 cxd5
27. Bxd5 Rab8 28. Rc7 Bf6 29. b3 b5 30. Rc6 Rfd8 31. e4 Bd4+
32. Bf2 Bxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Kg7 34. Rxa6 Nf6 35. Ra7+ Kh6 36. Ra6
Nxd5 37. exd5 Rxd5 38. Re2 Kh5 39. Kg2 Rc8 40. Rb6 Rc3 41. Kh2
Rdd3 42. Rg2 f4 43. gxf4 Rh3+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Rc2+
46. Kg1 Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "18.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7
7. O-O d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6
12. Nf1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa6 14. Qd1 Nc6 15. a3 Na5 16. Bd2 Rc8
17. Bc3 Nc4 18. N3d2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 O-O 20. Qf4 Qd3 21. Re3 Qf5
22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rd3 Bg5 24. g3 f4 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. gxf4 Bh4
27. Rb1 Rd8 28. Ne3 Rc6 29. Nf5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "19.17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxim Matlakov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 d6
7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Ba7 9. O-O h6 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Ne7 12. g4
Ng6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Qd2 c6 15. g5 Nh7 16. gxh6 Qh4 17. Nce4
Bxh3 18. Nxd6 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxg2 20. Ndf5 Qh3 21. hxg7 Nf6
22. Rfe1 Rd8 23. Qg5 Bf3 24. Nh6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "20.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxc3
12. bxc3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. c4 Be6
17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bc4 Rac8 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qf5 Nxf4 21. Qxf4
Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Qa4 a6 24. h3 b5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc2
Ba3 27. Nd4 Qc4 28. Qb3 Bc5 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30. Rc1 Bxd4 31. Rd1
Bf6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stanislav Bogdanovich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nbd7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Bf4 Bxf4
12. Qxf4 Nf8 13. Ne5 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Bf5
17. Qd2 Qd7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Bh3 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qd3
Rab8 22. Na4 Ne4 23. Rac1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Ng5 25. Kg1 Rb4
26. Nc5 Qg4 27. f3 Qxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc2 Rb4 30. Rfc1
Rb6 31. Kf2 Ne6 32. Nd3 Nd4 33. Ra2 Rb3 34. Nc5 Rbe3 35. Re1
Nxf3 36. Rh1 Nd4 37. Re1 Rc3 38. Nd3 g5 39. Rd2 Nb3 40. Rb2
Nc5 41. Nb4 Ne4+ 42. Kf1 d4 43. Rd1 c5 44. Nd5 Ra3 45. Rc1 Rd8
46. Ne7+ Kf8 47. Nc6 Re8 48. Rbc2 Ra6 49. Rxc5 Nxc5 50. Rxc5
Rc8 51. Nb4 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.19"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "2.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Arthur Pijpers"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 6. g4 Bg6
7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. g5 Ne4 11. cxd5 Qxb3
12. axb3 cxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 e6 15. Bg2 f5 16. c4 Bb4+
17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Nb6 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Ra5
Ke7 22. Rxd5 Rac8 23. Ra5 a6 24. Kd3 Rc6 25. b4 Rb6 26. Kc4 f4
27. e4 f3 28. Rc5 Kd7 29. h4 Rf8 30. Rc1 Kd6 31. e5+ Ke6
32. Re1 Rf4 33. Kc3 Kd7 34. Rc4 Rc6 35. Rxc6 bxc6 36. Kd3 Rxh4
37. Ra1 Rh2 38. Ke3 Rh8 39. Rxa6 Rb8 40. Ra7+ Ke6 41. Ke4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitrij Kollars"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 Nf6
12. a5 O-O 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Na4 Bxa4 15. Rxa4 Rfc8 16. c3 b5
17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qe2 Rab8 20. Rb4 Qa5 21. Rxb8
Rxb8 22. Bf1 g6 23. Qxa6 Qxa6 24. Bxa6 Rxb2 25. Re2 Rb6
26. Ra2 Bf6 27. c4 Rb1+ 28. Kg2 Bd4 29. Rd2 Bc5 30. Re2 Kg7
31. e5 Rd1 32. exd6 Rxd6 33. Bb5 Kf6 34. f4 Rd1 35. Kf3 h6
36. h4 Rd3+ 37. Kg4 Rc3 38. Kh3 Be3 39. Kg2 g5 40. hxg5+ hxg5
41. fxg5+ Kxg5 42. Be8 Kf6 43. Bb5 Ke7 44. Re1 Bc5 45. Rf1
Rc2+ 46. Kh3 Bd6 47. Rf3 f5 48. Ba6 Kf6 49. Bb5 Bc5 50. Rf1
Rc3 51. Kg2 Kg5 52. Bd7 Rc2+ 53. Kh3 Re2 54. Bc8 Bd6 55. Rf3
f4 56. Rd3 Be5 57. Bb7 fxg3 58. Bg2 Rb2 59. Rd8 Rb4 60. Rg8+
Kf6 61. c5 Kf7 62. Ra8 Rc4 63. c6 Kf6 64. Rf8+ Ke7 65. Ra8 Bd6
66. Rh8 Kf6 67. Rh4 Rc2 68. Rd4 Be5 69. Rh4 Kg5 70. Rg4+ Kf6
71. Rh4 Kg5 72. Rg4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5
c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nxc5 10. Nge2 Qa5 11. O-O Qb4
12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Rb1 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Bxb2 16. Nf4 Qa3
17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Bxd3 Rab8 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Rb3 Qd6 21. e4 Rfc8
22. g3 Rc3 23. Rfb1 Rxb3 24. Rxb3 Bd4 25. Kg2 Qd7 26. Bb5 Qd6
27. Bd3 Qd7 28. Bb5 Qd6 29. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yannick Pelletier"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 c6 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Rad1 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rd2
Be6 17. Qb4 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. e4 g5 20. h3 c5 21. Qa3 a6
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rc2 Nd7 25. Qa5 b5 26. Bf1 Re4
27. b3 Rb4 28. Re2 Nf6 29. Rde1 Rd4 30. Bg2 Nxd5 31. Re8+ Rxe8
32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. Rd8 Qc7 34. Qxc7 Nxc7 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. b4
Kf6 37. Kf1 d3 38. Ke1 Ke5 39. Kd2 Kd4 40. Bf1 Nd5 41. Bxd3
Nxb4 42. Bb1 Nd5 43. Bc2 a5 44. Bd1 Nc3 45. Bb3 f6 46. h4 gxh4
47. gxh4 Ne4+ 48. Ke2 a4 49. Bf7 b4 50. Bg8 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. Bf4 Na6 8. e4 c5 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. e5 Nh5 11. Rxd4 Be6
12. Rxd8 Bxc4 13. Rxa8 Rxa8 14. Bd2 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Bh8 16. Ke2
Nb4 17. g4 Ng7 18. Nd4 Rd8 19. Be3 h5 20. h3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Ne6
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. a3 Nc6 24. f4 g5 25. Rh5 gxf4 26. Bxf4 b5
27. Nxb5 Rb8 28. a4 a6 29. Nc7 Rxb2+ 30. Ke3 Rb3+ 31. Kf2 Nd4
32. Be3 Rb2+ 33. Kg3 Rb3 34. Kf2 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Rb3 36. Kf2 Rb2+
37. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yinglun Xu"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. a4 Nc6 8. f4 Be7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3
Bd7 13. Nb3 Nb4 14. a5 e5 15. Bb6 Qc8 16. Nd2 exf4 17. Rxf4
Be6 18. Bd4 Nc6 19. Bg1 Ne5 20. Be2 d5 21. Rxf6 Bxf6 22. exd5
Bg4 23. Nde4 Be7 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Qxg4 Nxg4 26. d6 Bf8
27. Bb6 f5 28. d7 Red8 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Nd2 Bb4 31. Nc4 Bxc3
32. bxc3 Rxd7 33. Re1 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Ne4 35. Ne3 g6 36. c4 Nc3
37. Nd5 Nxd5 38. cxd5 Rxd5 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Rh8 Kg7 41. Rb8
Rd7 42. Kf2 Rc7 43. Ke3 Rxc2 44. Rxb7+ Kh6 45. Kf3 Rc3+
46. Kf4 Ra3 47. g3 Rxa5 48. h4 Ra3 49. Ra7 a5 50. Rb7 Ra1
51. Kf3 a4 52. Ra7 a3 53. Kg2 a2 54. Kh2 g5 55. Ra6+ Kh5
56. hxg5 Kxg5 57. Ra7 h5 58. Ra4 h4 59. gxh4+ Kh5 60. Kh3 Rh1+
0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "2.46"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ahuja Rohan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e6
7. e3 Nge7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Nf5 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nfxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qd2 e5 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Ba3 Bg4
17. Bxd6 Rfd8 18. c5 Qa6 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. h3 Be6 21. Rb1 b6
22. b4 Qxa2 23. Rb2 Qa3 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Nxc3 Nxb4 26. Rd2
bxc5 27. Nb5 a6 28. Nc3 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Rxd2 30. Bh6 Rd3 31. Ne4
c4 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Re4 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "3.26"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Natalia Zhukova"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a6 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Ba2 Bf5 11. a5 Nc8
12. Ne4 Be7 13. Re1 Bg6 14. Qe2 Kh8 15. Rd1 h6 16. Ng3 Bd6
17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Re8 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Rdd1
Nc6 22. Bd5 Qh4 23. b4 Be5 24. Rac1 f5 25. Nf1 Qf6 26. Qc4 Bh5
27. f3 Nd8 28. Qd3 c6 29. Ba2 Ne6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Bd4 Rae8
32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Qd4 f4 34. Nd2 Rd8 35. Qf2 Red5 36. Qe1 Qd6
37. Rc2 Bxf3 38. Rdc1 Bh5 39. Nf3 Qg6 40. Rf2 Bxf3 41. Rxf3
Rd2 42. Rf2 Rxf2 43. Qxf2 Qe4 44. Re1 Qc4 45. Qf3 c5 46. Re4
Rd1+ 47. Qxd1 Qxe4 48. bxc5 Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Qxc3 50. Qd8+ Kh7
51. Qd5 Qxa5 52. Qe4+ Kg8 53. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "4.27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M Amin Tabatabaei"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 h6 11. Qe1 Ba5
12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Bc7 14. g4 Ng6 15. Na4 d5 16. Bb6 Be5
17. Nec3 Bd7 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxa4 20. b3 Bb5 21. Nc7+
Bxc7 22. Bxc7 Bxf1 23. Rhxf1 Rc8 24. Bd6 h5 25. gxh5 Rxh5
26. Rfe1 b5 27. Rd2 Ne7 28. Be5 f6 29. Bb2 Rc6 30. g4 Rd5
31. Rde2 Kf7 32. f4 Ng6 33. Rf2 Rc8 34. Re4 Rh8 35. c4 Rd7
36. f5 exf5 37. gxf5 Ne7 38. Ba3 Nc6 39. cxb5 axb5 40. Rd2
Rxd2 41. Kxd2 Ra8 42. Bc5 Rxa2+ 43. Kc3 Ra1 44. b4 Ra3+
45. Kc2 Ne5 46. Bd6 Nc4 47. Re7+ Kg8 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Bf8 Rf3
50. Re7 Kg8 51. Re8 Kf7 52. Rb8 Rxf5 53. Bc5 g5 54. Kd3 Nd6
55. Bxd6 Rd5+ 56. Ke4 Rxd6 57. Rxb5 Rd1 58. Rb8 Re1+ 59. Kf5
Re5+ 60. Kg4 Re8 61. Rb6 Kg6 62. b5 Re4+ 63. Kg3 Rb4 64. Rb8
Kf5 65. b6 Rb3+ 66. Kf2 Kg4 67. b7 f5 68. Ke2 f4 69. Kd2 f3
70. Kd1 Rb2 71. Ke1 Kg3 72. Rf8 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "5.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zhong Zhang"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5 h6 9. Qg4 Qc7 10. Bd2 Nf5 11. Nf3 cxd4
12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. Bb5+ Kf8
16. fxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Ne2 Qc5 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Rf1 Re8 20. Kd2 Re7
21. Rf3 Be8 22. Nf4 Kg8 23. Raf1 e5 24. Rg3 f5 25. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qd5 14. Rd1 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Rac1
Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. h4 c5 20. Rd2 Bf6
21. Rd7 Bc6 22. Rc7 Bd5 23. b3 h6 24. Rd7 Bc6 25. Rc7 Bd5
26. Rd7 Bc6 27. Rc7 Bd5 28. Rd7 Bc6 29. Rc7 Bd5 30. Rd7 Bc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6
7. O-O h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Re8
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 14. h3 Ne7 15. Nh2 c6 16. Nhg4 Nxg4
17. hxg4 d5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. d4 exd4 20. Rxd4 c5 21. Rd2 d4
22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Red1 Nc6 24. f3 g6 25. Nd5 Kg7 26. Qb6 Re6
27. Rxd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4+ f6 29. Nc7 Re7 30. Ne8+ Qxe8 31. Qxd8
Qf7 32. Rd6 g5 33. b3 Re8 34. Qb6 Re7 35. Qd4 Re6 36. Rd7 Re7
37. Rd5 Qe8 38. a4 Qc6 39. Rd6 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Rf7 41. e5 Qc2+
42. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "8.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qb3 Nxc3
12. Qxc3 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qb3 e5
17. Bd2 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. e3 dxe3 20. Rxe3 Bc8 21. Qb5 Qd8
22. Qc6 Bf5 23. b4 Rc8 24. Qb5 a5 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Qa6 Ra8
27. Qb7 Rb8 28. Qa6 Ra8 29. Qb7 Rb8 30. Qa6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.29"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "9.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Bb7 8. e3 O-O 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Qxb4 Na6 11. Qa3 dxc3
12. Qxc3 Nc5 13. Be2 Nce4 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Bxf6
Nxf6 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Ne4 19. Rd4 Kf8 20. Nd2 Nxd2
21. Rxd2 Ke7 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. b3 g5 24. f3 d5 25. Kf2 f6
26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. e4 Bb7 29. Bc4 a6 30. Ke3 b5
31. Bd3 b4 32. Bc4 a5 33. a3 bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Petri Kopsa"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O b5 8. exd5 exd5 9. d4 c4 10. Ne5 Nxd4 11. Qd1 Bc5
12. Be3 Ne6 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Nxb5 O-O 16. Nd4 Re8
17. Re1 Qb6 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 Nce4 20. Nef3 Ng4 21. Rf1 Ba6
22. Rxa6 Qxa6 23. h3 Ngf6 24. Nh4 Nc3 25. Qd2 Nfe4 26. Qc1 Qf6
27. Nhf3 a5 28. g4 a4 29. h4 a3 30. g5 Qb6 31. Qf4 a2 32. Ra1
Qd6 33. Qg4 g6 34. Bh3 Qa3 35. Nf5 gxf5 36. Qxf5 Qc5 37. Ne5
Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Tal Haimovich"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 Kh8 8. a5 a6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. Ne2 c5 13. Nf4 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Ng8 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. e5 dxe5
17. Rxe5 Qd6 18. Nd3 Rac8 19. Qh5 f6 20. Rxc5 Nc6 21. Rd5 Qc7
22. Re1 g6 23. Qh3 Rcd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. b4 Re8 26. Rxe8+
Qxe8 27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Qf3 Qe7 29. b5 axb5 30. cxb5 Ne5 31. Nxe5
fxe5 32. a6 bxa6 33. bxa6 Qc5 34. Qb3 Kh6 35. f3 Qa5 36. Qd3
Qa4 37. Kf2 Kg5 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. f4 exf4+ 40. Kxf4 Qb4 41. Ke4
Qe1+ 42. Kf3 Qa1 43. Ke4 Ke7 44. Kd5 Qa4 45. Kc5 Qa5+ 46. Kc6
Qa4+ 47. Kb6 Qb4+ 48. Qb5 Qd6+ 49. Kb7 d3 50. cxd3 Qxh2
51. Qd5 Qg1 52. a7 Qb1+ 53. Kc6 Qa1 54. Kb6 Qb2+ 55. Qb5 Qa2
56. d4 Qe6+ 57. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6
7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rg8 11. h3 Rc8
12. Rc2 Be7 13. g3 a6 14. Be2 f6 15. Qd3 Rg7 16. Nbd2 fxe5
17. dxe5 Kf8 18. Nb3 Kg8 19. Nc5 Nxb4 20. axb4 Qxb4+ 21. Kf1
Rxc5 22. Kg2 Bb5 23. Qd1 Qe4 24. Rb2 Ba4 25. Qd4 Rc2 26. Rxc2
Bxc2 27. Rc1 Qxe2 28. Qb6 Rf7 29. Ne1 Be4+ 30. Kg1 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniil Lintchevski"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Bf3 Rc8
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rd1+ Ke8 15. Rc1 Kd7 16. Nd2
Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Bd6 18. Ne5+ Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Ne8
21. Rd1+ Kc8 22. e4 f6 23. Bd4 Nc7 24. Bb6 Na8 25. Ba5 b6
26. Bb4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. f3 Nc7 29. Kf2 e5 30. Ke3 Kd7
31. g3 Ke6 32. a4 Ne8 33. Kd3 Nd6 34. Bd2 Kd7 35. h4 h5
36. Bc3 g6 37. Bb4 Ne8 38. Bc3 Ke6 39. Bd2 Kd6 40. Bb4+ Kc6
41. Bf8 Kd7 42. Kc4 Kc6 43. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Davidovich Sutovsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 a6 5. Be3 h5 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. Ne2 c5 10. c4 Nbc6 11. O-O cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxe5 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Rc8 16. Qe2
Nd5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Rfe1 Bxg5 19. hxg5 O-O 20. Rad1 Nf4
21. Qe5 Ng6 22. Nxe6 Nxe5 23. Nxd8 Rfxd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8
25. Rxe5 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Rd2 27. f4 Rxb2 28. f5 f6 29. gxf6 gxf6
30. Re7 b5 31. Re6 Rxa2 32. Rxf6 a5 33. Rb6 Rb2 34. Kg3 a4
35. Kh4 a3 36. Kxh5 a2 37. Ra6 Rxg2 38. Ra7 b4 39. Kh6 b3
40. f6 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. Ng5 h6
12. Nh7 Nxh7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 d5 16. Qd3
dxc4 17. Qxc4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd5 Nc5 20. Rd1 Qxd5
21. Rxd5 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ke2 f6 24. Rc1 Kg8 25. f3 Kf7
26. Bb4 Ne6 27. Rc6 h5 28. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Markovich Mikhalevski"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 a5 10. a3 Re8 11. Rc1 Na6 12. Qc2
Bh7 13. Qb1 Nd7 14. Qa1 Bf8 15. Rfe1 Nac5 16. Red1 Qb8 17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. Bc3 Qe7 21. Bb2 Rec8 22. Rc2
b5 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Rdc1 Qd8 25. Qb1 Be7 26. Nf3 Nc5 27. Bd4
Nd7 28. Bb2 Nc5 29. Nd4 Qd7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Na4 32. Ba1
Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Bg6 34. Nc6 Bd6 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. Bxe5 f6 37. Ba1
Rc8 38. Bh3 Kh7 39. Qc1 Rxc2 40. Qxc2 Bf5 41. Bxf5+ exf5
42. Bd4 Qe6 43. e3 f4 44. gxf4 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Qh3+ 46. Kg1 Qg4+
47. Kf1 Qh3+ 48. Ke2 Qh5+ 49. Ke1 Qxh2 50. Qc6 Qh1+ 51. Ke2
Qh5+ 52. Ke1 Qh1+ 53. Ke2 Qh5+ 54. Kd2 Qf3 55. Qxb5 Qxf2+
56. Kc1 Qa2 57. Qb7 Qa3+ 58. Kc2 Qa2+ 59. Kc1 Qa3+ 60. Kd2
Qa2+ 61. Kc1 Qa3+ 62. Kd2 Qa2+ 63. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Bb7
7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. a3 Ba5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 d5 12. Rd1
Nbd7 13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. Be2 Qc7
17. c4 Nh5 18. Rfe1 Qf4 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qc7 21. Qe3 Rfd8
22. Rc1 Qc6 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. Ne5 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Red1 Rd6
27. g4 Rcd8 28. Nf3 Nc5 29. Re1 Nb3 30. c5 Nxc1 31. cxd6 Nb3
32. Rb1 Bd5 33. Ne5 Rxd6 34. a4 Nxd4 35. Rc1 Nc6 36. Nd3 g5
37. f3 Kg7 38. Nb2 Ne5 39. Rc7 Rd7 40. Rc3 Bc6 41. a5 bxa5
42. Nd3 Nxd3 43. Bxd3 Rd6 44. Bc2 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "9.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nd2 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. e4 O-O
7. Ngf3 Nh5 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. O-O g5
12. Bg3 g4 13. Ne1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e6 15. Rd1 Qg5 16. Nd3 Rb8
17. a4 a6 18. f4 gxf3 19. Nxf3 Qxg3 20. Nxc5 b5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Be2 b4 23. cxb4 Rxb4 24. Nd3 Nd4 25. Qd2 Rb3 26. Kh1 Ba6
27. Qa5 Rb5 28. Qd2 Rh5+ 29. Kg1 Nxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Bd4+ 31. Nf2
Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Nxh1 Rxh1# 0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Arturs Neiksans"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "182"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 Bxc3
12. Qxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Rfd1 Be4 15. Rac1 c5 16. Nh4
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 g6 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Nf3 d5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5
Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. a3 Rd6 24. Kf1 Kg7 25. e3 Kf6 26. Ke2
Ne5 27. Nd2 Ke7 28. Rc3 f5 29. h3 h5 30. b4 Nd7 31. Nb3 Rd5
32. h4 Kd6 33. Nd2 Nf6 34. f3 Kc6 35. a4 Kd6 36. b5 Ke6
37. Nc4 Rd7 38. a5 Nd5 39. Ra3 bxa5 40. Nxa5 Nb4 41. Rc3 Kd5
42. e4+ fxe4 43. fxe4+ Kxe4 44. Rxc5 Nd5 45. Nc6 Rb7 46. Rc4+
Kf5 47. Rc5 Ke4 48. Rc4+ Kf5 49. Kd3 Rd7 50. Rd4 Ke6 51. Kc4
Nb6+ 52. Kc5 Rc7 53. Rd6+ Kf5 54. Rd4 Ke6 55. Re4+ Kf6 56. Re8
Nc8 57. Rf8+ Ke6 58. Re8+ Kf6 59. Rf8+ Ke6 60. Rf3 Nb6
61. Re3+ Kf6 62. Ra3 Nc8 63. Rd3 Nb6 64. Kb4 Ke6 65. Re3+ Kd6
66. Rd3+ Ke6 67. Ka5 Nd7 68. Nd8+ Ke7 69. Nc6+ Ke6 70. Rd4 Nc5
71. Kb4 Nd7 72. Rd1 Nb6 73. Ra1 Nc8 74. Kc5 Kf5 75. Ra4 g5
76. Rd4 Nb6 77. hxg5 Kxg5 78. Rd8 Na4+ 79. Kd6 Rb7 80. Rg8+
Kf6 81. Nd4 Nc3 82. Kc6 Rb6+ 83. Kc5 Ne4+ 84. Kd5 Nd6 85. Kc5
Ne4+ 86. Kd5 Nd6 87. Kc5 Ne4+ 88. Kb4 Nd6 89. Kc5 Ne4+ 90. Kb4
Nd6 91. Kc5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Romanov"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3
Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 8. h4 Bg7 9. h5 c5 10. e3 Qc7 11. Bc4 e6
12. Bb2 Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O-O Ke7 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Be2
Bf6 17. f4 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Rhb8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. c4 Bxg2
21. Rh7 Rxb2 22. Qxb2 Be4 23. Qc3 Rb8 24. Kd2 Rd8+ 25. Kc1 Rb8
26. Kd2 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.01"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Nc4 Ba6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Re1 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qc1
Rfd8 17. Qa3 Bb5 18. c4 Bxc4 19. Qxc5 Qd6 20. Qxc4 Nb6
21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Bb4 Rxc6 24. Bxe7 Rd2 25. Bg5
Rb2 26. Kf1 f6 27. Bc1 Rbc2 28. Be3 Kf7 29. Red1 g5 30. Ke1
Ke6 31. Rdc1 h5 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. a4 Rc7 34. Bxb6 axb6 35. Rb1
Rc6 36. Kd2 Kd5 37. Kd3 Rd6 38. Rb4 Kc6+ 39. Rd4 Re6 40. Re4
Rd6+ 41. Kc4 Kb7 42. f4 Rd1 43. Re6 Rh1 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4
Rxh4 46. Rxf6 Rg4 47. e3 Rg1 48. Rh6 Ra1 49. Kd5 Rxa4 50. f5
Ra5+ 51. Ke6 Ra8 52. Rh7+ Kc6 53. f6 Re8+ 54. Re7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.02"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigoriy Oparin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. h4 Bd7 11. h5 h6 12. Nh4
O-O-O 13. Bg4 Rdf8 14. Qe2 g5 15. Nf3 Ng8 16. O-O Re8 17. Nh2
f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. f4 Ne4 20. Be1 Qd8 21. Bf3 gxf4 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Rxf4 e5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe4 Rhe8 26. Rxe5 Rxe5
27. Qxc4 Rxh5 28. Nf3 Qe7 29. Bf2 Qe6 30. Qxe6 Bxe6 31. Be3
Bd5 32. Kf2 Rf5 33. Bxh6 Ne5 34. Be3 Nxf3 35. gxf3 Rxf3+
36. Ke2 Rg3 37. Bxa7 Rxc3 38. Kd2 Rg3 39. Bf2 Rf3 40. Be3 Rg3
41. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6
7. d4 Be7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. b3 Bb4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. g5 Ne8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd6
17. a4 Nf5 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. a5 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Ba3 Rad8
22. cxd5 exd5 23. Rac1 b6 24. Rfe1 d4 25. Bc6 Ne3 26. Bxc5
Qxg5+ 27. Kh1 bxc5 28. fxe3 Rxe3 29. Bf3 Qf5 30. Kg2 Qg5+
31. Kh1 Rd5 32. Rg1 Qh4 33. Rg2 Rde5 34. Kg1 d3 35. Rc4 Qe7
36. Kf1 dxe2+ 37. Bxe2 Rxh3 38. Rf4 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 Rf5 40. Rxf5
Qh4+ 41. Ke3 gxf5 42. Bf3 Qe7+ 43. Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.06"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 Bb4 8. Bd3 e5 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O d6 11. Bg5 Bc5
12. Ne2 Neg4 13. Qc1 Qe7 14. c3 h6 15. Bh4 Qe5 16. Bg3 Qe7
17. Nf4 O-O 18. h3 Ne5 19. Bc2 Nc6 20. Bf2 Bd7 21. Re1 Ne5
22. Qd2 b5 23. b3 Rfe8 24. Kh1 Rac8 25. Re2 Qd8 26. Rf1 Bb6
27. Re3 Ng6 28. Nxg6 fxg6 29. Bg3 Bc6 30. e5 dxe5 31. Bxe5 Ne4
32. Bxe4 Rxe5 33. Bxc6 Bxd4 34. Rd3 Rxc6 35. Rxd4 Qe7 36. Rd7
Rf6 37. Rxe7 Rxf1+ 38. Kh2 Rxe7 39. Qd6 Re2 40. Qxa6 Rff2
41. Qxg6 Rxa2 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kf8 45. Kg3
Rxg2+ 46. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 47. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.07"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Grigoriy Oparin"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 Bd6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Qxc4 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Rad8
12. e4 e5 13. d5 Na7 14. Qb3 b5 15. Qe3 Ng4 16. Qe2 c6 17. Nb3
cxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Ng5 f5 20. Nd4 Rf6 21. Nge6 Bxe6 22. Nxe6
Rxe6 23. dxe6 Nc6 24. Bxe4 Nxf2 25. Qxf2 fxe4 26. Bg5 Qxg5
27. Rxd6 Rf8 28. Qd2 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Ne5 30. Rd5 Qc7 31. Qd4 Qc4
32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33. Re1 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.09"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a5 11. b5 Nbd7
12. Bb2 Qe7 13. a4 e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. Bxd5 Rad8 18. e4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. Re1 Qc5 21. Rxe5
Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxd5 23. Qg4 Rxe5 24. Qc8+ Qf8 25. Qxc7 Qe7
26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Rc1 g6 28. f3 Re2 29. Rc6 Ra2 30. Rxb6 Rxa4
31. Ra6 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 a4 33. b6 Rb1 34. Rxa4 Rxb6 35. Ra8+ Kg7
36. h4 h5 37. Kg3 Re6 38. Ra7 Rb6 39. Kf4 Rb4+ 40. Kg3 Rb6
41. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Gjakova KOS"]
[Date "2016.05.12"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mert Erdogdu"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nc3 Re8
12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qd3 Nd6
17. Qxd5 Rxe2 18. Ba1 Qf8 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Qg5 f5 21. h3 Ne4
22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23. Qf4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Rxf2 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Rc7
Re2 27. Bxg7+ Qxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qd5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Gjakova KOS"]
[Date "2016.05.13"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vitaly Kunin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5
7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. dxe5 Ne4
12. Ndxe4 dxe4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Re8
16. Rfd1 Kf8 17. Rab1 Rxe5 18. Rd8+ Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 20. c5
b6 21. f3 bxc5 22. fxe4 Be6 23. Rb2 Kd7 24. Kf2 Kd6 25. Bd3
Ke5 26. Bc2 Rd8 27. Ke1 h5 28. Rb7 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Kf2
h4 31. Kf3 f6 32. g3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Be8 34. a3 Bh5+ 35. Kf2 g5
36. Bd3 Bd1 37. Kg2 c4 38. Bxc4 Kxe4 39. Kf2 Ba4 40. Bf1 a5
41. c4 Bb3 42. Bg2+ Kd3 43. Bxc6 Bxc4 44. Bd7 Kc3 45. Ke1 Bb3
46. Bf5 Ba4 47. Bg6 Bc2 48. Bf7 Be4 49. Be6 Bd3 50. Bf7 Bc4
51. Bg6 Bb3 52. Bf5 Kb2 53. Kd2 Kxa3 54. Kc3 Ka2 55. Be4 a4
56. Bf5 Ka1 57. Bg6 Bd1 58. Bf5 Bb3 59. Bg6 Ba2 60. Be8 a3
61. Kc2 Be6 62. Bb5 Ka2 63. Bd3 Bd5 64. Bf5 Bf7 65. Bd3 Be6
66. Be4 Bb3+ 67. Kc1 Bc4 68. Kc2 Be6 69. Bd3 f5 70. Kc3 Ka1
71. Kc2 Ka2 72. Kc3 Bd7 73. Kc2 Ba4+ 74. Kc3 Bd7 75. Kc2 Ka1
76. Kb3 a2 77. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Gjakova KOS"]
[Date "2016.05.14"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[Round "3.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zbynek Hracek"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4
12. Nd2 Rxf4 13. gxf4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. e4 Bh6 16. Qf3 Qf6
17. e5 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 Bxf4 19. Nc4 dxe5 20. Nd6 Nd7 21. Nxc8
Rxc8 22. Rxb7 Nf6 23. d6 e4 24. d7 Rd8 25. Rxa7 c4 26. Ra4 c3
27. Bxe4 Bd2 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Bxa8 Nxd7 30. Be4 Nc5 31. Bc2
Kf8 32. a4 Ke7 33. a5 Kd6 34. Ra1 Na6 35. Rb1 Kc7 36. Rb6 Nc5
37. Rf6 Kb7 38. Kf1 h5 39. Ke2 h4 40. h3 Ka7 41. Rxf7+ Ka6
42. Rc7 Kb5 43. Bd3+ Nxd3 44. Kxd3 Kxa5 45. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Gjakova KOS"]
[Date "2016.05.15"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhailo Oleksienko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nb5 Be7 10. O-O a6 11. Nc3 Bd6
12. Qc2 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Na5 16. Qg4 Nc4
17. Bc3 f5 18. Qg5 Be7 19. Qh5 Nd6 20. Ne5 Ne4 21. Bd3 Nxc3
22. bxc3 Bd6 23. f4 Bxe5 24. fxe5 c5 25. Qe2 cxd4 26. cxd4 Qd7
27. Qb2 Rac8 28. Rac1 Bd5 29. a3 Qb7 30. g3 h6 31. Rxc8 Rxc8
32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 a5 34. g4 fxg4 35. Qc5 Bh1 36. e4 Bxe4
37. Bxb5 Qf7 38. Bc6 Bd3 39. Qc1 Qc7 40. Qc5 Qb8 41. Bg2 Qb1+
42. Kf2 Qb2+ 43. Kg3 Qd2 44. d5 h5 45. d6 g5 46. Qc8+ Kg7
47. Qd7+ Kh6 48. Qxe6+ Bg6 49. Be4 h4+ 50. Kxg4 Qf4+ 51. Kh3
Qxe4 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Gjakova KOS"]
[Date "2016.05.16"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 a5 8. O-O Na6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qf4 d6 11. Rad1 Nd7
12. Rfe1 Qe7 13. e4 Rfd8 14. b3 h6 15. h4 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nf6
17. a3 Na6 18. Qb2 Ng4 19. Nh2 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 Nb8 21. Nb5 Na6
22. Nc3 Nb8 23. Nb5 Na6 24. Kg1 Rab8 25. Nc3 Ra8 26. Rb1 Nb8
27. Nb5 Na6 28. Red1 Rab8 29. Nc3 Ra8 30. Nb5 Rab8 31. Nc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Gjakova KOS"]
[Date "2016.05.17"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ferenc Berkes"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Gjakova KOS"]
[Date "2016.05.19"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Zubov"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Qd6 8. Qg5 Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. d4 e4 11. Ne5
O-O 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. f3 Be6 14. Qe3 exf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Qg5
f6 17. Qxh5 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 19. dxe5 Rxf3 20. O-O-O Rd8
21. Nb5 Re3 22. Rde1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 a5 24. c3 Kf8 25. Nd6 Rb8
26. Kd2 Ke7 27. Ke3 Rf8 28. Bc2 Nc4+ 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Be4 Bf5
31. Bd5 Be6 32. Be4 Bf5 33. Bd5 Be6 34. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Gjakova KOS"]
[Date "2016.05.20"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Hovhannisyan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6
7. Be3 h6 8. Rg1 Bd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 Nf6
12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Be7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. h4 Bxh4
17. g5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Rc6 21. Nxd6+
Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Bc8 23. b3 Qa5 24. Qc6 Ke7 25. Qd6+ Ke8 26. Qc6
Ke7 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Rg2 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxg5 Nxf3
31. Rc5 Bd7 32. Rd3 Rh3 33. Kb2 g5 34. Rc7 Bb5 35. c4 Ba6
36. Rd6 Rh2+ 37. Ka3 Bxc4 38. Rxc4 g4 39. Rc3 Ke7 40. Rdd3 Re2
41. Re3 Rxe3 42. Rxe3 Kd6 43. Kb4 f5 44. exf5 exf5 45. Kc3 Ne5
46. Kd4 Nc6+ 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. a4 f4 49. Re8 g3 50. Rg8 Ne5+
51. Ke2 Ke4 52. a5 f3+ 53. Kf1 g2+ 54. Kg1 Kd5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Gjakova KOS"]
[Date "2016.05.21"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[Round "9.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Emre Can"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 f5 6. Be2 Nf6
7. O-O Qe7 8. a4 a5 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Qc2 Bd7
12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Ne5 Be8 14. f3 Nf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 Nbd7
17. Qc3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. f4 Qb4 20. Qd4 g6 21. Nc2 Qe7
22. Ne1 Bf7 23. Rab1 c5 24. Qc3 Rfc8 25. Nf3 Nf8 26. Ng5 Ne6
27. Nxf7 Qxf7 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Bb5 Qe7 30. Rd3 d4 31. Qe1 dxe3
32. Qxe3 Rxd3 33. Bxd3 Rd8 34. Bc4 Rd4 35. Qf3 Kf7 36. Rd1 Kg7
37. Rxd4 Nxd4 38. Qd5 Qh4 39. g3 Qg4 40. e6 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qd2+
42. Kh3 g5 43. Qxb7+ Kh8 44. e7 g4+ 45. Kh4 Nf3+ 46. Qxf3
Qxh2+ 47. Kg5 Qh6+ 48. Kxh6 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Gjakova KOS"]
[Date "2016.05.22"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[Round "10.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. e4 Ngf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Qe1 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8
12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 Bb4 16. c3 Bf8
17. f3 Bg6 18. Nh4 Nh5 19. Qf2 Qd7 20. Kh2 Bd6 21. Rae1 Bc7
22. Bb6 Bd6 23. Bc5 Bc7 24. Bb6 Bd6 25. Be3 Bc7 26. Bb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Gjakova KOS"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[Round "11.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Onischuk"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 Nfd7
7. Be2 e5 8. d5 f5 9. Ng5 Nc5 10. b4 h6 11. bxc5 hxg5 12. Ba3
Na6 13. c6 Rb8 14. O-O g4 15. hxg4 f4 16. Qd3 bxc6 17. dxc6
Be6 18. Nd5 Rb6 19. c5 Rxc6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qb5 Nb8 22. Rac1
Bd7 23. Qb3 Kh7 24. Qh3+ Bh6 25. Rb1 Kg7 26. Bb5 Qg5 27. Bxc6
Bxg4 28. Rb7+ Kh8 29. Nf6 Rxf6 30. Rxb8+ Kh7 31. Rb7+ Kh8
32. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Biel (Open)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maciej Mroziak"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 c4
7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxc4 Ng4 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be4 Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O
12. h3 Nh6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qe2 f6 15. O-O fxe5 16. fxe5 Nf7
17. Na3 Qa5 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bxa2 21. Ra1
Bb3 22. Nb5 Qb4 23. Nc3 Bc4 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 e6 26. Rxa7
Qxb2 27. Ne4 Rc2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Nxf2 Nh6 30. Qe4 Qe2
31. Qxb7 Nf5 32. Ng4 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qg3+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kh2
Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Open)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[Round "3.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Erdos"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5
7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Open)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[Round "4.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Awonder Liang"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d6 9. d5 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 e5 11. e4 Nd7 12. b4
g6 13. Nb3 Kh8 14. Qc2 Ba6 15. Qd3 f5 16. a4 Nf6 17. Ra2 Bc8
18. a5 Bd7 19. Rfa1 Rb8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Nd2 f4 22. Ra7 fxg3
23. hxg3 h5 24. Nb5 Rc8 25. Nf3 c6 26. dxc6 Rxc6 27. Nc3 Qc8
28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Rxc4 30. Qxg6 Rc7 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+
Kh8 33. Ng5 Bxg5 34. Qxh5+ Kg7 35. Qxg5+ Kf7 36. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Biel (Open)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Axel Bachmann Schiavo"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Bg2 d6
7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne8 14. Qd2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Open)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.31"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Kovchan"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Bb6 Qd7 11. f3 Nh5
12. Be3 Rb8 13. g4 Nf6 14. Nb6 Qc7 15. h4 Be6 16. c4 h5
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. gxh5 gxh5 21. Nd4 e6
22. Rg1 exd5 23. Bh6 Ng6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nf5+ Kg8 26. Qd4
Qe6 27. Rc7 Rbe8 28. Qd2 Nh7 29. Qh6 Qf6 30. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Biel (Open)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.08.01"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Olegovich Baklan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1
Qc7 12. Bf1 Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1
Qc7 17. Qg3 Qxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Open)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ante Brkic"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5 Ba6 9. Rd1 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Rc8
12. Nc3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Nxc4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Ned6 Rc7
17. e4 Nb7 18. Qa4 Nxd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. exd5 Bb7 21. dxe6
Qxe6 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Rad1 Rc7 25. Rc1 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rd1 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Kf8 29. Rd7 Rc2 30. Rxa7
Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Open)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.08.03"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Donchenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bc8
12. Nf3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bc8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6
7. c3 Nh6 8. a4 Nf5 9. a5 a6 10. b4 Be7 11. Bf4 h6 12. h3 Bh7
13. Bh2 g5 14. Nbd2 h5 15. Ne1 Bg6 16. Nd3 Kf8 17. Re1 Kg7
18. Nf1 Rc8 19. Ra2 Qg8 20. f4 Qh7 21. fxg5 Bxg5 22. Bf4 Be7
23. Rb2 Kf8 24. Kh2 Rc7 25. Nf2 Rc8 26. Nd2 Nh4 27. g3 Nf5
28. h4 Qg8 29. Nf3 Ke8 30. c4 dxc4 31. Bxc4 Nh6 32. Nd3 Bf5
33. Nc5 Rc7 34. Ng5 Ng4+ 35. Kg1 Qg6 36. Bf1 Kf8 37. Bg2 Kg7
38. Nge4 Nxc5 39. bxc5 Rd7 40. Nd6 Bxd6 41. cxd6 f6 42. Qd2
Kh7 43. Qc3 Rf8 44. Qb3 Rff7 45. Rbe2 Rf8 46. Rd2 Kh8 47. Bf1
fxe5 48. dxe5 Be4 49. Bg2 Bxg2 50. Rxg2 Kh7 51. Qc4 Rf5
52. Rd2 Kg8 53. Ree2 Qf7 54. Rd4 Kh7 55. Qb3 Qg6 56. Rb4 Qf7
57. Kg2 Kg8 58. Rbe4 Kh7 59. Kf1 Kg8 60. Ke1 Kh7 61. Kd2 Qg6
62. Kc1 Qf7 63. Kc2 Qg6 64. Qd3 Kg7 65. Qd4 Kg8 66. Kb3 Qf7
67. Ka4 Qg6 68. Qc4 Kh7 69. Qb3 Qe8 70. Ka3 Qf7 71. Ka2 Qg6
72. Rb4 Qf7 73. Qc4 Kg6 74. Rb3 Kh7 75. Qd4 Kg6 76. Reb2 Qg7
77. Re2 Qf7 78. Qe4 Kh7 79. Reb2 Kg6 80. Qb1 Qe8 81. Rxb7 Qd8
82. R7b6 Kf7 83. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.17"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qd6 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Be7 16. Rd2
d6 17. Nd3 a5 18. e4 Nd7 19. a4 Rfb8 20. Ne1 Rb3 21. Nc2 Bf6
22. Rxd6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Rxd7 Rxc2 25. Rb1 g6 26. Rbb7
Rf8 27. Rb5 Rxc4 28. Rxa5 Rxe4 29. Rc7 Rc4 30. Raa7 Rc2
31. Rc6 c4 32. Rac7 Rd8 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rd3 35. h4 Ra3
36. Kf1 Ra2 37. Kg2 Ra3 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. Kg2 Ra3 40. Kf1 Ra2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Qd8 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf4 Qe7
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rd8 14. Qc2 b6 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rad1 f5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+
21. Qxd1 Qc7 22. g3 Qe5 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qd8+ Kg7
26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Kokarev"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Nf3 c6 11. h3 Qd6
12. Qd2 Bf5 13. e3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 h5 16. O-O h4
17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd5 19. Qa3+ Kg8 20. Qe7 Qe6 21. Qxe6
fxe6 22. Nd6 e5 23. Nxb7 exd4 24. Rfe1 Rh5 25. Nd6 Ne5
26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28. Nc4 Bf6 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rd3
Kf7 31. Kf1 Ke6 32. Ke2 Kd5 33. Rf3 Kxc4 34. Rxf6 c5 35. Kd2
g5 36. Rg6 Rf8 37. f3 Rf5 38. Ra6 Rf7 39. Rg6 Rf5 40. Ra6 Rf7
41. Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Goganov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nb6
7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Qxc4 Nd5 10. O-O Nxf4 11. exf4 Be7
12. Rad1 O-O 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Rfe1 f6 15. Nd3 b5 16. Qb3 Qxd4
17. Re4 Qb6 18. f5 Rd8 19. Nf4 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Qc5 21. Ne3 a5
22. Nxe6 a4 23. Nxc5+ axb3 24. Nxb3 Kf7 25. a3 c5 26. Kf1 Bd6
27. Ke2 Bd7 28. h3 Rc8 29. Nc1 Ra8 30. g4 Ra6 31. Kd2 Bc6
32. Re6 Bd7 33. Re4 Bc6 34. Re6 Bd7 35. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 exd5
7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Nh5 11. Nxh5 gxh5
12. Be2 Bd4 13. Bf4 Rg8 14. g3 Ne5 15. Qd2 Bh3 16. Bxe5 dxe5
17. Bf1 Bd7 18. Ne2 h4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Kf2 Rc8 21. Bd3 Qf6
22. Rhg1 h5 23. Ke2 Rg6 24. a5 Kf8 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Kg7
27. gxh4 Qxh4 28. Rxg6+ Kxg6 29. Qg1+ Qg5 30. Qxg5+ Kxg5
31. b3 Kf6 32. h4 Bb5 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. b4 Ke7 35. Ke1 Kd6
36. Kd1 Ke7 37. Ke1 Kd6 38. Kd1 Ke7 39. Ke1 Kd6 40. Kd1 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O d5 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. Qe2 c5 11. a3 Bxd2
12. Nxd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. f4 Rfe8 15. Rae1 Nf8 16. Nf3
Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 f6 19. Ng4 Ng6 20. Qf2 b5 21. cxb5
Qc2 22. b4 Qd3 23. Ne3 Ne7 24. Qe2 Nd5 25. f5 Nxe3 26. Qxe3
Rc2 27. Rf2 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 exf5 30. d5 f4 31. Re1
Bxd5 32. Bd4 e3+ 33. Kg1 Re4 34. Bxa7 Rc4 35. g3 g5 36. gxf4
gxf4 37. Rd1 Bf3 38. Rf1 Bb7 39. Rd1 Bf3 40. Rf1 Bb7 41. h3
Kf7 42. Bc5 Kg6 43. a4 Kg5 44. Re1 Kh4 45. a5 Kg3 46. a6 Bd5
47. Bxe3 Rc2 48. Bxf4+ Kxf4 49. Rd1 Bf3 50. b6 Kg3 51. b7 Rg2+
52. Kf1 Rf2+ 53. Kg1 Rg2+ 54. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.24"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e3 Nbd7
12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rfe1 d5 16. cxd5 exd5
17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Bf5 Rc7 19. e4 Re8 20. Bg3 Rcc8 21. e5 d4
22. Qb3 Qc6 23. Nf3 c4 24. Qd1 Qc5 25. Bh3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rcd8
27. exf6 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Nxf6 29. Qe5 Nd5 30. Bf5 c3 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigoriy Oparin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 f6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Nbd2 Nf8
12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd6 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Qc4+
Qf7 17. Qd3 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. c4 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. f3
Re8 22. Ba3 Bd7 23. Rfe1 Ng6 24. Bd6 Kf7 25. Kf2 h5 26. Rad1
Nh4 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Bc5 Bc8 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Bb6 Rd6 31. Bc5
Rd8 32. Bb6 Rd6 33. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.26"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. h3 h6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2
Bb7 13. a3 Nb8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Bd3 c6 16. b3 g6 17. Bb2 Bg7
18. Qc2 Nh5 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Bf1 Qb6 21. b4 Nf4 22. dxe5 Nxe5
23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Nb3 Ne6 25. Bc1 Qc7 26. Be3 Bf8 27. f3 Red8
28. Qf2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 c5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Nxc5 Nxc5 32. Bxc5
Bxc5 33. bxc5 Qxc5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Qb6 Ba8
37. Qa5 Bc6 38. c4 bxc4 39. Qxe5+ Kg8 40. Bxc4 Qd8 41. Kh2 h5
42. Bd5 Be8 43. f4 Kf8 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qd4 Kf8 46. Kg3 Qd6
47. e5 Qe7 48. Qb6 h4+ 49. Kh2 Bd7 50. Qd6 Bf5 51. Qf6 Qxf6
52. exf6 Be6 53. Bc6 Kg8 54. Kg1 Kh7 55. Kf2 g5 56. Be4+ Kh6
57. Ke3 Bb3 58. f5 Kh7 59. Kd4 Kg8 60. Ke5 Kf8 61. Bd3 Kg8
62. Kd4 Ba4 63. Ke3 Bc6 64. Be4 Ba4 65. Kd2 Bb3 66. Kd3 Ba4
67. Bd5 Bd1 68. Kc3 Ba4 69. Kd2 Kf8 70. Ke3 Kg8 71. g3 hxg3
72. Kf3 g2 73. Kxg2 Bc2 74. Kg3 Bxf5 75. h4 gxh4+ 76. Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bg6 15. Na3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 Nxc3
17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rc5 Re8 20. Rec1 Qd7 21. h4 h5
22. a4 Re5 23. axb5 axb5 24. d4 Rf5 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Bc2 Rf6
27. Bb3 Rf5 28. Bc2 Rf6 29. Bb3 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.06"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Michail Feygin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 Bxf2+
12. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 O-O 14. Rhe1 Nc5 15. Ke3 Bd7 16. Ne2
Rac8 17. Ned4 Na4 18. Rab1 Na5 19. Kf2 Rc7 20. g4 Rb8 21. f5
Rb6 22. h4 b4 23. f6 Bb5 24. g5 Nc5 25. Ke3 Nc6 26. Nb3 Nd7
27. Kd2 Bc4 28. Ra1 a5 29. Nbd4 Nc5 30. h5 Rb8 31. Rg1 Bxd3
32. cxd3 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Nd7 34. Rae1 Nf8 35. Rc1 Rbc8 36. Rxc7
Rxc7 37. h6 gxh6 38. gxh6+ Ng6 39. Nf3 Kf8 40. Ng5 Kg8 41. Nf3
a4 42. Rg4 b3 43. Rxa4 Rc2+ 44. Ke3 Rxb2 45. Ra8+ Nf8 46. axb3
Rxb3 47. Rc8 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vlastimil Babula"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nge7
7. Be3 a6 8. Nb3 b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5
12. Qf2 Nc8 13. Bg2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. g5 Bd8 16. f5 b4
17. Ne2 exf5 18. exf5 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Nb6 20. Bd4 Qd5 21. Rad1
Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rc8 23. c3 Re8 24. Nf4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nc4 26. h4
Bb6 27. Bxb6 Nxb6 28. Rfe1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Kf8 30. Rb1 Nd7
31. Rb7 Ke8 32. Ra7 Rc5 33. c4 Ne5 34. Nh5 Rxc4 35. Nxg7+ Kd8
36. Rxa6 Rxh4 37. Rxd6+ Kc8 38. Rd5 Rg4+ 39. Kh3 Rxg5 40. Ne8
f6 41. Nxf6 Rxf5 42. Ng4 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Ra3 44. Nxe5 Rxa2+
45. Kf3 Ra7 46. Rd6 Ra4 47. Rh6 Kc7 48. Ke3 Rb4 49. Nf3 Rg4
50. Nd4 Kd7 51. Kd3 Rg6 52. Rxh7+ Kd6 53. Ra7 Rg1 54. Nf5+ Ke6
55. Ra5 Kf6 56. Ne3 Rh1 57. Ng4+ Ke6 58. Ke4 Kd6 59. Nf2 Rh4+
60. Kd3 Ke6 61. Ne4 Rh1 62. Ra8 Ke5 63. Re8+ Kd5 64. Nc3+ Kc5
65. Rd8 Rh3+ 66. Kc2 Kc4 67. Ne2 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. axb5 axb5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qd5 Qc8 17. b4
Be6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. bxc5 Kd7 20. Na3 Kc6 21. Rab1 Rhb8
22. Rfd1 Nc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Ra1 Rb2 26. Bd1
Kxc5 27. Kf1 Bg4 28. Ra5+ Kb6 29. Ra8 Kb7 30. Ra4 Bd7 31. Ra1
Bc6 32. Be2 Bb5 33. Bd1 Kb6 34. Ke1 Be7 35. Be2 Rc2 36. Nxe5
Bf6 37. Nxc4+ Kc5 38. Ra7 Bxc3+ 39. Kd1 Rxe2 40. Kxe2 Bxc4+
41. Kf3 Kd6 42. g3 Be6 43. Kg2 Ke5 44. f3 g5 45. Rc7 Bd4
46. Rb7 Bc5 47. Rb5 Kd4 48. h3 h5 49. h4 Bc4 50. Rb8 g4 51. f4
Bd3 52. e5 Be4+ 53. Kh2 Ke3 54. Rb5 Bd4 55. Rb3+ Ke2 56. Rb4
Kd3 57. Rb3+ Ke2 58. Rb4 Ke3 59. Rb3+ Bd3 60. Rb4 Bc5 61. Rb2
Kf3 62. Rb3 Ke2 63. Rb2+ Kf1 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. a3 Be7 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 c5 15. e3 Qe7 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qf5 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rc6 20. b4 Bc8 21. Qg5 h6
22. Qh4 Rc7 23. bxc5 Bg4 24. c6 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Rxc6 26. Rd3
Rdc8 27. Rad1 Rc1 28. Qh3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rc3 30. a4 Rc4
31. Qf5 Qe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. f5 exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Huzman"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. e5 dxe5
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. d3 c4 10. h3 cxd3 11. cxd3 Be6
12. Qa4 Nf6 13. Nxe5 Rc8 14. Bf4 Qb7 15. Qa3 O-O 16. Na4 Qb5
17. Nc5 Bd5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Bd2 Re8 20. b3 Nh5 21. d4 Rcd8
22. Rc2 Ra8 23. Qc1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Ng7 25. Qb2 Ne6 26. Nxe6
Bxe6 27. Rec1 Rac8 28. Qd4 Rc7 29. Be3 Rd7 30. Qf4 Rc8 31. Kh2
a6 32. Rc5 Qb7 33. Qh4 Rd5 34. Bg5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Re8 36. Qa4
Rc8 37. Ra5 Ra8 38. Qh4 Re8 39. Qh6 Qc7 40. f4 Qd8 41. Rxa6 f6
42. Rxc6 fxg5 43. Rxe6 Qd7 44. Ra6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
7. Qc2 b6 8. Bd2 a5 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. cxd5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 exd5
12. Rc1 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rc2 c6 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. Be1 Re8
17. Na4 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Nf1 h6 20. f3 Bc7 21. Bh4 Qd6
22. Bg3 Qd8 23. Bh4 Qd6 24. Qb3 Qe6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qd3 Kh8
27. a3 Qd7 28. Nc3 Bd6 29. Ne2 c5 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. Qc3 Qe6
32. Qxa5 Nf5 33. Qd2 Nxe3 34. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Rd1
Rd8 37. Ng3 Bf8 38. Ne4 d4 39. Kf1 Rb8 40. Nd2 h5 41. Nc4 Reb3
42. f4 Kh7 43. Rcd2 Kg6 44. Rd3 Rxb2 45. Nxb2 Rxb2 46. R3d2
Rb5 47. Ke2 Kf5 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Kc4 Rxa3 50. g3 Ke6 51. Re2+
Kd6 52. Re8 Rc3+ 53. Kb5 Be7 54. Re1 Rb3+ 55. Kc4 Rc3+ 56. Kb5
Rb3+ 57. Kc4 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2016.12.03"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3
Qc7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Qa4 e6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxg4 Nxg4 11. h3 Nf6
12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Bf4 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Re1 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 e5
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qa4 b6 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Rd1
Qe7 22. Qd4 Qc5 23. Be2 Re8 24. Bf3 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Re1+ 26. Kh2
g6 27. g4 h6 28. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2016.12.04"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Adam Horvath"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6
18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Reb1 Qc7 22. Qg5 Nh7
23. Qe3 Rab8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 Ra8 26. Rba1 Rxa7 27. Rxa7
Qb6 28. Ra2 Qf6 29. Ra5 Qb6 30. Ra2 Qf6 31. Ra5 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "1.21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jacky Fargere"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Ne7 8. Ne4 O-O 9. Nxc5 d5 10. d4 Rb8 11. b3 Qb6
12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bf6 Kh8 16. Qh6 Rg8
17. Ng5 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "2.22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Timur Baliasnyj"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. Nge2 h5
7. O-O h4 8. d3 hxg3 9. hxg3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Ne2 Bc5
12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qe7 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. a3 g6 16. Nd4 O-O-O
17. b4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Ne7 19. Bg5 Rh5 20. Bf6 Re8 21. Rad1 d6
22. Qc3 Nc6 23. f4 Kb8 24. Rd5 Rh7 25. c5 Ne7 26. Rd2 dxc5
27. bxc5 Ng8 28. cxb6 axb6 29. Rd7 Qc5+ 30. Qxc5 bxc5 31. Be5
Nh6 32. Bf3 Re6 33. Rc1 Rc6 34. Be2 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "3.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yuri Krupenski"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. Nb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Nc3 a5
12. O-O Re8 13. f3 c6 14. Be3 a4 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Kh1 b6
17. g4 Bf8 18. g5 Nfd7 19. Nf5 Ne5 20. Ng3 Ba6 21. Bxc5 bxc5
22. Nxa4 g6 23. b3 Bc8 24. f4 Nd7 25. Bf3 Bg7 26. Bg2 Nf8
27. Qd3 Bd4 28. Ne2 Bg4 29. Bf3 Bh3 30. Rg1 Bxg1 31. Nxg1 Be6
32. f5 Bc8 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Nd7 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Bg4
Ne5 37. Bxc8 Rexc8 38. Nxc5 Rxa3 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Nf3 Ra2+
41. Rd2 Rca8 42. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 43. Kg3 Nxf3 44. Kxf3 Rxh2 45. Kf4
Kf8 46. Nd7+ Ke7 47. Ne5 c5 48. Nd3 Kd6 49. e5+ Kc6 50. e6
fxe6 51. Ke5 Rh3 52. Nf4 Re3+ 53. Kf6 Rf3 54. Ke5 Kd7 55. Nxg6
Rf5+ 56. Ke4 Rxg5 57. Ne5+ Kc7 58. Nf3 Rg3 59. Kf4 Rxf3+
60. Kxf3 Kb6 61. Ke4 Ka5 62. Ke5 Kb4 63. Kd6 e5 64. Kd5 Kc3
65. Kxc5 e4 66. Kb6 e3 67. c5 e2 68. c6 e1=Q 69. c7 Qe8
70. Kb7 Qb5+ 71. Ka7 Qc6 72. Kb8 Qb6+ 73. Kc8 Kd4 74. Kd7 Qb5+
75. Kd8 Qd5+ 76. Ke7 Qc6 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "5.29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vjatseslav Soskov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nd2 Nbd7 5. Ngf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7
7. c3 O-O 8. Qe2 Qb6 9. Rb1 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 fxe6
12. O-O Nde5 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 a5 16. c4 b6
17. Bg3 Qe7 18. b3 Ba6 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. e4 c5
22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Rfe1 Rae8 24. Qc2 Qg7 25. exd5 exd5 26. cxd5
Bxd5 27. Bc4 Qf7 28. Rbd1 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rd8
31. h4 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Qd3 Qe6 34. g3 b5 35. cxb5 c4
36. Qb1 Qb6 37. a4 c3 38. Qb3+ Kg7 39. Qc4 Qd6 40. Kg2 Qd1
41. Qc7+ Kh6 42. g4 Bxh4 43. Qxc3 Qxa4 44. Nxh4 Qxg4+ 45. Qg3
Qe4+ 46. Nf3 Qb7 47. Qe5 Qd7 48. Kg3 Qa7 49. Nd4 Qd7 50. Ne6
Qd3+ 51. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6.20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matas Narmontas"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. a3 Bb7
12. Qe2 Be5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qc5+ 15. Kh2 d6 16. e5 dxe5
17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxd7
Bc6 22. Qd2 Rad8 23. Qf2 Qxf2 24. Rxf2 Rd4 25. Rd1 Rxd1
26. Nxd1 Rd8 27. Ne3 Rd4 28. c3 Re4 29. Ng4 Bd5 30. Rd2 a5
31. Kg3 Kf8 32. Kf2 Rf4+ 33. Ke3 Re4+ 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Rf2 Ke8
36. Kd2 Bc4 37. Kd1 Bb3+ 38. Kd2 Bc4 39. Kd1 Kf8 40. g3 Bb3+
41. Kd2 Bc4 42. Kd1 Bb3+ 43. Kd2 Bc4 44. Kd1 Bb3+ 45. Kd2 Bc4
46. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "7.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Arturs Bernotas"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 h5 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O-O Bd6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. h4 Nbd7 11. e4 Bb4
12. Nge2 Nb6 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Ka1 Nh7 15. Bc1 O-O-O 16. b3 Nb6
17. Nb1 Nf6 18. e5 Nfd7 19. Kb2 Kb8 20. a3 Be7 21. Bd2 Qb5
22. Qxb5 cxb5 23. Nf4 Rc8 24. Nc3 a6 25. Nce2 g6 26. Bb4 Bxb4
27. axb4 Rcg8 28. Nh3 Nf8 29. Nef4 Kc8 30. Ng5 Rg7 31. g4 Kd7
32. Rdg1 Ke7 33. Rh2 Nbd7 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. Rhg2 Rh6 36. Kc3
Ng6 37. Ngxe6 fxe6 38. Nxg6+ Ke8 39. Kd2 Rf7 40. Ke3 Rhh7
41. Nf4 Nf8 42. Rg8 Ke7 43. R1g5 b6 44. Rxh5 a5 45. bxa5 bxa5
46. Rxh7 Rxh7 47. h5 Kf7 48. Rg1 Ke8 49. Nd3 a4 50. bxa4 bxa4
51. Ra1 Ra7 52. Nc5 a3 53. Kd3 a2 54. f4 Rh7 55. Rxa2 Rxh5
56. Ra8+ Ke7 57. Ra7+ Ke8 58. Kc3 Rh3+ 59. Kb4 Rf3 60. Nd3 Ng6
61. Kc5 Nxf4 62. Nxf4 Rxf4 63. c3 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "8.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexej Cherepov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7
7. e3 h6 8. Bf4 d6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O g5 12. Bh2 g4
13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. Bg3 h5 15. e4 Qe7 16. d5 O-O-O 17. Rc1 h4
18. Bf4 Rdg8 19. Nd4 h3 20. g3 Bxd4 21. Bxg4 Be5 22. Be3 f5
23. exf5 Nf6 24. Bf3 exf5 25. Ne2 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Be5 27. Nd4 f4
28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. dxc6 fxe3 30. Qa4 Kd8 31. Qxa6 Ke8 32. fxe3
Rxg3+ 33. Kh1 Kf7 34. Bd5+ Kg7 35. Rg1 Ng4 36. Rbf1 Rxg1+
37. Kxg1 Rf8 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Ne4 Be7
7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. d5 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Bc4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 b5
12. Bxb5 Qa5 13. Rb1 Ba6 14. a4 Bxb5 15. axb5 Qxc3+ 16. Qd2
Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rg8 18. g3 d6 19. Ne2 Nd7 20. Ra1 Ke7 21. Ra6
Rgb8 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Rha1 Rb7 24. Ke2 Kd7 25. dxe6+ fxe6
26. Na4 Nc8 27. c4 h5 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. h3 Rab8 30. Kf4 h4
31. Rg1 hxg3 32. Rxg3 Kf7 33. h4 Rd7 34. h5 Ne7 35. Nc3 Rh8
36. Rh3 Kf6 37. e4 Ng6+ 38. Ke3 Ne5 39. exf5 Kxf5 40. Rh4 Ng4+
41. Kf3 Ne5+ 42. Ke3 Ng4+ 43. Kf3 Ne5+ 44. Ke3 Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "10.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Saric"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Nf1
Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. a4 Bb7 15. d5 g6 16. Bg5 c4 17. Bc2 Be7
18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Ra3 Nfd7 20. h4 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Qf6 22. Re3 Qe7
23. Rf3 f6 24. Nh3 Nf8 25. h5 Bc8 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Nf5 gxf5
28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. exf5 Nd3 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 Bd7 32. Qe4
Qf7 33. c4 bxa4 34. Rg4 Rab8 35. Rag3 Rxb2 36. Rh4+ Nh7
37. Rg6 Rg8 38. Rhh6 Rg7 39. Qh4 Bxf5 40. Rxf6 Qg8 41. Rxf5
Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5
7. O-O Ba6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Bd2 Re8
12. Rac1 Bf8 13. Ne2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ng3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Qb7
17. Be1 Nc7 18. b3 Rad8 19. Qa5 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Ne6 21. Qa4 Re7
22. Qg4 Qa6 23. Qf5 g6 24. Qc2 Bg7 25. b4 Rc7 26. bxc5 Rxc5
27. Qb3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 d4 29. exd4 Bxd4 30. Qc4 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "1.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marina Lupik"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Qc7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. d5 Rfe8
12. Ne1 e6 13. dxe6 Rxe6 14. f3 d5 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Bh4 Nf4
17. Qf2 Rf8 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bxd5 N6xd5 21. Ne4
f5 22. Ng5 Re2 23. Qg3 Be5 24. c4 Nh5 25. Ne6 Bxg3 26. Nxc7
Nxc7 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "2.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Marina Lupik"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 a5
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 c6 9. f3 O-O 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. g4 Bg6
12. Ng3 dxc4 13. e4 b5 14. h4 h5 15. g5 Ne8 16. Be2 c5 17. Rd1
Qc8 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Ra6 20. a4 b4 21. Qxc4 Rb6 22. b3 Nd6
23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Qf4 Rb6 25. Bc4 Re8+ 26. Kf2 Ne5 27. Rhe1
Nxc4 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qxc4 Qe5 30. Qxc5 Rd6 31. Qd4 Qe7
32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Qa7+ 34. Qe3 Qd7 35. Qe4 Qa7+ 36. Kg2
Qd7 37. Rd2 g6 38. Qe5 Kh7 39. Kg3 Qc7 40. Kg2 Qd7 41. Rd4 Qc7
42. Rc4 Qd7 43. Rc5 Ra6 44. Rc7 Qf5 45. Qxf5 gxf5 46. Rxf7+
Kg6 47. Rc7 f4 48. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "3.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Silvia-Raluca Sgircea"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Bb7
12. O-O Rac8 13. Bf5 a6 14. a4 Rc7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Ne5 g6
17. Bh3 Rd8 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. e4
Nf6 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. g3 Qe7 24. Bg2 Nb4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8
26. Qe2 Qd7 27. b3 Kg7 28. Qe5+ f6 29. Qe3 Qd6 30. h4 Nd5
31. Qd2 Rd7 32. Rd1 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "4.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Silvia-Raluca Sgircea"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. c4 h6
7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Bb4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. Re1 Bh7
12. Nh4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bh1 Be7 15. Ng2 Bf6 16. Qd2 Qb6
17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. Nf4 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Nxe5 21. Bd4 b6
22. Rad1 Rad8 23. h3 Nd7 24. Kf2 Be7 25. b4 c5 26. bxc5 Nxc5
27. Bc3 Rc8 28. Nd5 Bf8 29. Rc1 Bf5 30. g4 Be6 31. Bb4 Bd7
32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Bxc5 Bxc5 34. a4 Re6 35. a5 bxa5 36. Ra1 Bb4
37. Nd5 Bxe1+ 38. Kxe1 a4 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Valeriy Kazakovskiy"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 Qc8 12. a5
h6 13. Be1 Rd8 14. Nbd2 Bb4 15. axb6 axb6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4
Be7 18. Bc3 Bb7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Ne5 c5 21. Qe2 Rxa1
22. Bxa1 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qb7+ 25. Kg1 Ra8 26. Qf3
Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Ra3 28. Rb1 Nd7 29. Ne1 Bc5 30. Bc3 Ra2 31. Nd3
Rc2 32. Be1 Bd4 33. Rc1 Ra2 34. b4 Nb8 35. Bc3 Bxc3 36. Rxc3
Nc6 37. b5 Nd4 38. Kg2 Kf8 39. c5 bxc5 40. b6 Ra1 41. Nxc5 Rb1
42. b7 Ke7 43. Rd3 e5 44. f4 Kd6 45. Ne4+ Kc7 46. fxe5 Nc6
47. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Valeriy Kazakovskiy"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. Nc3 a6 6. d5 Bb7
7. dxe6 fxe6 8. Be2 b5 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Qd2 d5
12. Rad1 Nc6 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Nce4 Rad8 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Nf3
Kh8 17. e4 d4 18. Bg3 Bd6 19. Nh4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qg7 21. Qf4
Ne5 22. Rfe1 Qg5 23. Bf1 Qg7 24. b3 Ng6 25. Nxg6+ hxg6 26. a4
e5 27. Qh4+ Qh7 28. axb5 Qxh4 29. gxh4 axb5 30. Bxb5 Ra8
31. Bd3 Ra3 32. Ra1 Rfa8 33. Rxa3 Rxa3 34. Rb1 Ra2 35. f3 Bc8
36. Kf1 Be6 37. Ke1 Kg7 38. Kd2 f5 39. g3 Kf6 40. Bc4 Bxc4
41. bxc4 Ra3 42. Rb6+ Kf7 43. Rb3 Ra4 44. Kd3 Ra1 45. Rb7+ Kf6
46. Rb6+ Kf7 47. Rc6 Rf1 48. Ke2 Rc1 49. Kd2 Rf1 50. Rxc5 Rxf3
51. Rxe5 fxe4 52. Rxe4 Rxg3 53. Rxd4 Ke6 54. c5 Ra3 55. Rd6+
Kf5 56. c6 Ra4 57. Kd3 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "7.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. Rb1 Bg7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. b4 Rfe8
12. Na4 Qa6 13. c3 b5 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. bxc5 Nd7 16. a4 bxa4
17. Rb4 e5 18. Bg3 a3 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Rxa4 a5 21. Rxa3 Ra7
22. Bd1 Rb8 23. Ba4 Ra6 24. Rfa1 Rb7 25. Bd1 exd4 26. exd4 Bh6
27. Be2 Ra8 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Bd2 30. Ra3 Nf6 31. Be5 Kg7
32. Ra6 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "8.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. c4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bh6
Nfg4 13. Bg7 Rg8 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. e5
dxe5 18. fxe5 Qc7 19. Rae1 Rf8 20. Qe3 O-O-O 21. Na4 Kb8
22. Nb6 Nb4 23. Bb1 h6 24. a3 Nc6 25. c5 Bg5 26. Qg3 Na7
27. Rd1 Bb5 28. Rfe1 Nc8 29. Nxc8 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxc8 31. Be4
Ba4 32. Rd3 Rd8 33. h4 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Be7 35. Be4 g5 36. hxg5
hxg5 37. Qc3 Qd8 38. Nd4 Qc7 39. c6 b6 40. Nf3 g4 41. Nd2 Bc5
42. b4 Bf2 43. g3 Be1 44. Qd4 Bxc6 45. Kh2 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Renier Castellanos Rodriguez"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 Nc6 5. c3 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5
7. e4 Nxg3 8. hxg3 Bg7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Ne2 h5 11. Qb3 Bd7
12. O-O-O Rb8 13. f4 g4 14. e5 Ne7 15. Ne4 Bc6 16. Qc2 Nd5
17. Qd2 b5 18. Rh2 Qe7 19. Rdh1 Kd7 20. Rxh5 Rxh5 21. Rxh5 Rh8
22. Rxh8 Bxh8 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nb6 25. Bd3 f5 26. exf6
Bxf6 27. Qa5 Qg7 28. Qb4 a5 29. Qxa5 Bxd4 30. Qd2 Bxe4
31. Bxe4 Bc5 32. Nc3 Nc4 33. Qd3 Ne3 34. Qb5+ Ke7 35. Qb8 Bb6
36. a4 Qd4 37. Qg8 Nc4 38. Qh7+ Kd8 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40. Qh7+ Kd8
41. Qg8+ Ke7 42. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Renier Castellanos Rodriguez"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bd2 h5 12. f4
Nf6 13. Kh1 b5 14. Rae1 Bb7 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. a4
bxa4 18. Nxa4 Ncxe5 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Nc3 Nxd3 21. Bxd6 Qxd6
22. cxd3 h4 23. Na5 Bd5 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. dxc4 h3 26. Ne4 Qc7
27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "11.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kacper Piorun"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Qd2 Nh5
7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Be2 Qc7 11. h3 e5 12. d5 Nf4
13. Bf1 g5 14. g3 Ng6 15. Rd1 Bf8 16. Be2 Be7 17. b3 Nf6
18. Bc4 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Qd3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bg4 22. Rd3 h5
23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qe7 25. Qe3 h4 26. Kd2 hxg3 27. Rxh8+
Nxh8 28. fxg3 Ng6 29. Kc1 Rd8 30. Kb2 Bc8 31. Qb6 Kf8 32. dxc6
bxc6 33. Qxc6 Kg7 34. Nb5 Bb7 35. Qb6 Bxe4 36. Rxd6 Rh8 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "12.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kacper Piorun"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Nd4 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 a6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. Nc2 Qd6
17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Rc2 Rc5 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Qd1 g6 21. Nce2 b6
22. d3 e5 23. Nf3 exf4 24. Nxf4 Qe7 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Qd2 h6
27. b4 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 g5 29. Ne2 g4 30. Nfd4 gxh3 31. gxh3 Nh5
32. Nf5 Qf6 33. Nd4 Ng7 34. Rc6 Re6 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. e4 dxe4
37. Nxe6 Qxf5+ 38. Nf4 Nf6 39. Rc4 Ne6 40. dxe4 Nxe4+ 41. Rxe4
Qxe4 42. Nxe6 fxe6 43. Qd7+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kg5 45. Qd8+ Kf4
46. Qxb6 Qf3+ 47. Ke1 Qe3+ 48. Qxe3+ Kxe3 49. a4 Kd4 50. Kd2
Kc4 51. b5 axb5 52. axb5 Kxb5 53. Kd3 Kc5 54. Ke4 Kd6 55. Kd4
e5+ 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. Ke3 Kf5 58. Kf3 h5 59. Ke3 e4 60. h4 Ke5
61. Ke2 Kf4 62. Kf2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "13.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 a6 6. b3 b6
7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 a5 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nb5 Nb4 14. Bb1 Be7 15. e4 Ba6 16. Re1 c6
17. Nc3 Nf6 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Ne4 h6 20. Ng3 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5
22. Qd2 Ne7 23. Qf4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 Qxd3 25. Rc3 Nd5 26. Rxd3
Nxf4 27. Rd7 Nd3 28. Re2 Rfd8 29. Ra7 Nb4 30. Rd2 Rxd2
31. Nxd2 Rd8 32. Nge4 Be2 33. h4 Nd3 34. Bc3 Bd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4
36. Ng3 Bd1 37. Nc4 Bxb3 38. Nxb6 Bxa4 39. Rxa5 Bc6 40. h5 Nf4
41. Nc8 Bxg2 42. Nd6 Bf3 43. Rc5 Nxh5 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Nxf7
Nf4 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Nd6 Nh3+ 48. Kh2 Nxf2 49. Rf8 Ng4+
50. Kh3 Nxe5 51. Ne8 Bg4+ 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kf1 Nf3 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "14.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "David Anton Guijarro"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. h3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 cxd6
7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. c3 Ne4 11. Na3 f5 12. Nd2
Qe7 13. f3 Nd6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Nc2 h6 16. Nb3 a5 17. Nd2 Kh8
18. Na3 f4 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 e5 21. d5 Na7 22. Qf2 Nac8
23. Rfe1 Rf6 24. Nf3 Rg6 25. Qh4 Qe8 26. Qf2 Rg3 27. Rad1 Qe7
28. Nb1 Nf7 29. Nbd2 Ng5 30. Nxg5 Rxg5 31. Nf1 Rg6 32. Be2 Rb8
33. Bh5 Rg5 34. Bf3 Ba6 35. Nh2 Nd6 36. Bg4 Rg6 37. Bh5 Rg3
38. Bg4 Kh7 39. Bf3 g6 40. Bg4 h5 41. Bf3 Kh6 42. b3 Qg5
43. c4 Rxh3 44. Nf1 Rh4 45. Rc1 Ne8 46. Qb2 Nf6 47. Kf2 Ng4+
48. Ke2 Ne3 49. Nxe3 fxe3 50. Kd3 d6 51. Qe2 Bc8 52. Qxe3 Rf4
53. Rh1 Rf6 54. Qxg5+ Kxg5 55. Ke3 Bd7 56. Rb1 Rbf8 57. b4
Bxa4 58. bxa5 bxa5 59. Ra1 Bb3 60. c5 dxc5 61. Rxa5 c4 62. Rc1
h4 63. d6 Rxd6 64. Rxe5+ Kh6 65. Rd5 Rdf6 66. Rh1 g5 67. Rc5
Rd8 68. Rd5 Rc8 69. Bg4 Rc7 70. e5 Rf4 71. Rd6+ Kg7 72. Be6
Re7 73. Ra1 Rf8 74. Kd4 Rfe8 75. Bxc4 Bxc4 76. Kxc4 Rxe5
77. Ra7+ R8e7 78. Rxe7+ Rxe7 79. Kd3 Re1 80. Kc2 Rg1 81. Rd2
Kg6 82. Kd3 Re1 83. Rf2 Kh5 84. Re2 Rf1 85. Ke3 Kg4 86. Ra2
Kg3 87. Ra5 g4 88. Rg5 Re1+ 89. Kd2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "15.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vojtech Plat"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. e3 Bd6
7. Nd2 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bf8
12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nf4 Bd7 15. Nb3 f5 16. Nc5 Bc8
17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Na4 Nb6 19. Nc3 Nc4 20. d5 c5 21. d6 Nxd6
22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Rac1 Be6 26. Nf4 Qe7
27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Bxb7 Rab8 29. Bf3 c4 30. Qxc4 Rxb2 31. Qc6
Rb6 32. Qa4 Reb8 33. Rc6 Be5 34. Kg2 Rxc6 35. Qxc6 h6 36. Rd7
Qf6 37. Rxa7 Rb2 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Qe8 Bc3 40. Bh5 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "16.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vojtech Plat"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. a3 Bd6 11. h3 Ne5 12. Nxe5
Bxe5 13. Qe2 d6 14. f4 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 O-O 16. Bd2 e5 17. fxe5
Bxe5 18. Rac1 g6 19. g4 Nd7 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Bh6 Qh4 22. Qe3
Bxd5 23. cxd5 Bd4 24. Qxd4 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Qh4+
27. Kg2 Qxg4+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Ke2 Qxh6 30. Rh1 Qg7 31. Qxg7+
Kxg7 32. Rc6 Ne5 33. Rxb6 Rfb8 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. b4 Rc8
36. Bxa6 Rc2+ 37. Kd1 Ra2 38. Rh3 g5 39. b5 g4 40. Rc3 Nd7
41. Bc8 Nc5 42. b6 Rb2 43. Rxc5 dxc5 44. b7 g3 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "17.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Rakhmanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6
7. Bg5 c6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Nf4 Nf8 10. h4 Ne6 11. Be2 Nxf4
12. Bxf4 Be6 13. d5 Bf7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Rd1 cxd5 16. cxd5 Rc8
17. h5 h6 18. Qd4 a6 19. Qb4 b5 20. a4 a5 21. Qd4 b4 22. Nb5
Nxd5 23. Bg3 Rc2 24. Rd2 Bf6 25. Rxc2 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 f4 27. Bh4
Qd7 28. Kd2 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Nb5 Kh7 32. Bd1
fxe3+ 33. fxe3 Qf5 34. Nxd6 Qd7 35. Nxf7 Nf4+ 36. Ke1 Nd3+
37. Kd2 Nxc1+ 38. Kxc1 Qxf7 39. Be2 Qd5 40. Bg3 Qb3 41. Bf4
Qxa4 42. Bc4 b3 43. Bf7 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aleksandr Rakhmanov"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 e5 5. e4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Be6
7. Qd2 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Ne5 10. b3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 d5
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5
16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Kf2 f6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Bd6 20. Be3 Ke7
21. Rac1 Rac8 22. h3 a6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1
Be5 26. Ba3+ Kd7 27. Ke3 Kc6 28. Bf8 g6 29. Kd3 b5 30. Be7 Kd7
31. Bc5 Ke6 32. a4 f5 33. exf5+ Kxf5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Be3 h5
36. Bd2 g5 37. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "19.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ivan Saric"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qd2 Bg4
7. Be2 O-O 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. Qd3 Re8
12. Rd1 Qd6 13. O-O a6 14. a3 e6 15. Qc4 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Rxd5 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Qd3 Bf6 20. g3 c6 21. Rd7 Rxd7
22. Qxd7 Rd8 23. Qxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Bg4 a5 26. Bc8
b6 27. Bb7 c5 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Bd5 f6 31. Kd3 Kd6
32. Kc4 h6 33. h4 g5 34. h5 Kc7 35. Bf7 Kd6 36. Bg6 Kc6
37. Be8+ Kd6 38. Kb5 Kc7 39. Bg6 Be7 40. a4 c4 41. Kxc4 Bc5
42. Kd5 Bxf2 43. g4 Kd7 44. Bf5+ Ke7 45. Kc6 Bd4 46. c3 Be3
47. b4 axb4 48. cxb4 Bd4 49. a5 bxa5 50. bxa5 Kd8 51. Kb7 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "20.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Saric"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O
Nbc6 7. c3 Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. a4 b4
12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. a5 c5 16. Qe2 Bb7
17. cxb4 Rbd8 18. Rac1 Qd6 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 cxb4 21. Qc4
Qb8 22. a6 Bd6 23. e5 Be7 24. Qc7 Rd3 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. a7 Re8
27. Bc5 Bxc5+ 28. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "21.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 c4 12. Bc2 b5
13. a6 Bc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 f6
18. Nf3 fxe5 19. fxe5 Qc5 20. Qd2 Rab8 21. Nd4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1
Nxe5 23. Nxe6 Qd6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bf5 Rf8 26. Rf4 Rf6 27. Bxd7
Nxd7 28. Nxb5 Qc5 29. Rxf6 Nxf6 30. Nd4 Qa5 31. h3 Qa1+
32. Kh2 Qxa6 33. Qf2 Qb6 34. Nf5 Kh7 35. Qg3 Qb7 36. Kg1 a5
37. Kh2 a4 38. Kg1 Ne4 39. Qe5 Qf7 40. Kh2 Nf6 41. Nd4 Qb7
42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Nf3 Qxb2 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kh8 46. Qc8+
Kh7 47. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "22.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1
Qc7 12. Bf1 Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1
Qc7 17. c4 Bd7 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Kf8 21. f3 h5
22. Kf2 g6 23. Rd3 a5 24. Red1 Ke7 25. Be2 Be8 26. R3d2 Rdc8
27. Nc2 Bc6 28. Nd4 Be8 29. Nc2 Rc7 30. Ne1 Nd7 31. Nd3 a4
32. b4 Nb6 33. c5 Nd5 34. a3 Nc3 35. Rc1 Nxe2 36. Kxe2 Bb5
37. Ke3 Rd7 38. Ne5 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Rd8+ 40. Ke3 Rd5 41. Nc4 f6
42. Nd6 Re5+ 43. Kd4 Rd5+ 44. Kc3 Bc6 45. Re1 e5 46. Nc8+ Kd8
47. Nd6 Ke7 48. Nc8+ Kd8 49. Nd6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "23.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bc8
12. Nf3 Bf5 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Rc1 h6 15. h4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 b5
17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Nh2 a5 19. e4 Bc8 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Nh2 Bc8
22. Nf3 Bg4 23. Nh2 Bc8 24. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "24.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bb5+ Nc6
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nb3 Nd7 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. dxc5
Qxc5 12. Qd4 Qf8 13. Nf3 f6 14. O-O Qe7 15. e4 e5 16. Qd3 Be6
17. Qa6 Rc8 18. Nd2 O-O 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 20. h3 Bf7 21. Nf1 Qc5
22. Ng3 Qb6 23. Qe2 a5 24. Nf5 Qc7 25. b3 Be6 26. Ng3 Qb6
27. Rac1 Rd7 28. Kh2 Rcd8 29. Rcd1 Qa7 30. Rd2 a4 31. Red1
axb3 32. axb3 d4 33. cxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Rc1 Qb6
36. Qa2 Rd8 37. Rc3 h6 38. Qc2 Kh7 39. Rxc6 Qxb3 40. Qxb3 Bxb3
41. Rc7 Rf8 42. Nf5 Rf7 43. Rc8 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "25.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Zoran Jovanovic"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. Be3 c6 6. Nc3 Qa5
7. Qd2 cxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd7 11. a4 a5
12. Bb5 Bd8 13. Ne2 Ke7 14. Rhe1 Bb6 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. f4 Nxd5
17. c4 Nb4 18. Nc3 f6 19. c5 Rd8 20. cxd6+ Rxd6+ 21. Kc1 Be6
22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rxe5 Rf8 24. Ne4 Rd5 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Ng3
Rf2 27. Ra3 Rc2+ 28. Kd1 Rxg2 29. Re3+ Kd6 30. Nf5+ Kc5
31. Rc3+ Kb6 32. Ne7 Bc6 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Rh3 h6 35. Rg3 Rxb2
36. h4 Ra2 37. Rxg7 Rxa4 38. Rh7 Ra1+ 39. Kd2 a4 40. Kc3 Kb5
41. Nc8 Rc1+ 42. Kb2 Rc2+ 43. Kb1 Rh2 44. Rb7+ Kc4 45. Nd6+
Kb3 46. Kc1 a3 47. Ne4 a2 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "26.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoran Jovanovic"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nge7 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Be3 Nge5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Bd4 Ng6 13. Re1 f6 14. Nd5 Kf7 15. Ne3 h5 16. h4 Ne5
17. f4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Bf3 Qa5 20. e5 Bc5 21. Bxc6 dxc6
22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kg2 Rad8 24. Qe2 Rd4 25. exf6 Qd5+ 26. Kh3
Rd2 27. Qe4 gxf6 28. Rac1 a5 29. Re3 f5 30. Qf3 a4 31. b3 Qxf3
32. Rxf3 Ra8 33. bxc4 Rb8 34. Rd3 Re2 35. a3 Rb2 36. Rd6 Ra2
37. Rxc6 Rxa3 38. Ra6 Ree3 39. Rg1 Rec3 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Rh7
Kg6 42. Re7 Kf6 43. Rh7 Kg6 44. Re7 Kf6 45. Rh7 Kg6 46. Re7
Re3 47. Ra7 Re2 48. Rc1 Re4 49. c5 Rc3 50. Ra5 Ree3 51. Rg1 a3
52. Rg2 Kf6 53. Rg1 Rxc2 54. Rd1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1.48"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Parham Maghsoodloo"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O c6
7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ne5 a5 10. a3 Bh7 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. f4
Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Qc1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qb6
17. Rf3 a4 18. b4 c5 19. Rb1 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Rxb4 Rfc8
22. Bd1 Rc7 23. Kg1 Nc5 24. Rf1 f6 25. Nf3 Re8 26. Nd4 e5
27. Nb5 Rc6 28. Bh5 Rd8 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Na7 Rc7 31. Nb5 Rc6
32. Na7 Rc7 33. Nb5 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "2.33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Das Debashis"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7
7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Bg3 Nb4 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. a3
Nbd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bh4 Qd8 20. Nb1 Re8 21. Nd2 Rc7 22. Nb3
g5 23. Bg3 Ne4 24. Qh5 Bf8 25. Ng4 Rce7 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Nxh6+
Kg7 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "3.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2
c6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Ne5 Nf6
12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Nf6
17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Nb3 Nfd7 19. f3 g6 20. Qf2 h5 21. h4 Rhg8
22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qb4 25. Bc4 Nxc4 26. bxc4
Nb6 27. Qg3+ Ka8 28. Qd6 Qa4 29. Qc5 Nd7 30. Qe7 Rcd8 31. Nd6
c5 32. d5 a6 33. Qxf7 Rb8 34. Re3 Rgf8 35. Qe7 Nb6 36. Nb5 Qb4
37. Ra3 Na4 38. Rxa4 Qxa4 39. Nc7+ Ka7 40. Qxc5+ b6 41. Qe7
Rb7 42. Qxf8 Rxc7 43. d6 Rd7 44. Qc8 Rb7 45. Re1 Qb3 46. Qc6
Qd3+ 47. Ka2 Qf5 48. Re7 Qa5+ 49. Kb3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "4.32"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aryan Tari"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c3 Nc6
7. Nd2 g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. Ngf3 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb5 Qb6
12. Qb3 Re8 13. Ba4 c4 14. Qc2 e5 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Bxc6 bxc6
17. b3 Bf5 18. Qd1 Bd3 19. Re1 Ne4 20. Qc1 Qa5 21. bxc4 dxc4
22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Rd1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rd4
Rh5 27. h4 Qf5 28. Rf4 Qe6 29. Qc2 Rd8 30. Qe4 Qh3 31. Qxc4
Rhd5 32. Qf1 Qe6 33. Kg2 Rd2 34. Qc4 R8d5 35. Re1 Rc2 36. Re2
Rc1 37. Rd4 Qd7 38. Rb2 h5 39. Rxd5 Qxd5 40. Qd4 Qxd4 41. cxd4
Rc4 42. Rb7 a5 43. Rc7 Kg7 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Ra7 a4 46. a3 Ke6
47. Ra5 f6 48. Kf4 Kd6 49. Ra7 c5 50. Ke4 cxd4 51. exd4 Rc2
52. Ra6+ Ke7 53. Rxa4 Rxf2 54. Ra7+ Ke6 55. d5+ Kd6 56. Ra6+
Ke7 57. Ra7+ Kd6 58. Rf7 f5+ 59. Kf4 Kxd5 60. Rf6 Rh2 61. Kg5
Rg2+ 62. Kf4 Rh2 63. Kg5 Rg2+ 64. Kh6 Rg3 65. a4 Rxf3 66. Kxg6
f4 67. Kf5 Ra3 68. Kxf4 Rxa4+ 69. Kg5 Ke5 70. Rf8 Rg4+
71. Kxh5 Rg1 72. Kh6 Ke6 73. h5 Ke7 74. Rf5 Rg2 75. Kh7 Rg1
76. h6 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "5.28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rasmus Svane"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 Nb6
7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qe2 b4 11. Na4 Qa5
12. b3 Ba6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Be3 Be7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. f3 Bb5
17. Nc5 Qc7 18. O-O-O a5 19. Kb1 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Nd7 21. Nxd7
Qxd7 22. Rd2 f5 23. e5 f4 24. Bf2 Qf7 25. Qc2 Ra8 26. Rc1 a4
27. Qe4 axb3 28. axb3 Ra3 29. Rb2 Qa7 30. Kc2 Rxb3 31. Rxb3
Qa2+ 32. Kd1 Qxb3+ 33. Ke1 Bd3 34. Qxc6 Qa2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "7.19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3
d5 7. e3 Qe7 8. Rc1 a6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5
12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Ke2 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. f3
Rfd8 17. Rhd1 Kf8 18. e4 Ke7 19. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "10.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6
7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Nh4 Be4 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. g4 Na5 16. Qd1 b5
17. g5 Nh5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Ne2 Rc7 21. Ng3 Rfc8
22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. g6 Nxd2+ 24. Qxd2 f5 25. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "12.35"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sandro Mareco"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 cxd4 6. e5 g5
7. Bg3 Nd5 8. h4 gxh4 9. Rxh4 Nc6 10. Ngf3 d6 11. Bb5 Rg8
12. Qe2 Bd7 13. exd6 Rc8 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxd4 Bxd6 16. O-O-O
Be7 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rc4 Qc8 19. Rxc6 Qxc6 20. Nf3 Qa4 21. a3
Rg4 22. Ne5 Rg5 23. Qd3 Rf5 24. Re1 h5 25. Nc4 h4 26. Bxh4 b5
27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. Qxf5 Bf4+ 29. Kb1 Be3 30. Qh7 Bd2 31. Qg8+
1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "6.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7
12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Rxc4 Nxe5 15. Re4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3
Qc7 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 c5 19. Bd5 Rb8 20. Qh5 Bb7 21. Bxb7
Rxb7 22. Rd1 c4 23. Rg4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rd4 Rd7
26. Qxb5 Rxd4 27. exd4 Qxd4 28. g3 g6 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qe2 c3
31. bxc3 Qxc3 32. Qa6 Qd4 33. h4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. a4 Qd1+
36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "8.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3
Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 f5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nb3 Qc7
12. Qc2 O-O 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. Rac1 a5 16. Bb5 Rfc8
17. Qa4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Ne4 19. c6 Rab8 20. h3 Nd6 21. cxb7 Qxc1
22. bxc8=Q+ Qxc8 23. Qxa5 Rxb2 24. Qa3 Rb6 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Nb3
Ne4 27. Qa4 Bf8 28. Qe8 Kg7 29. Rc8 Qe7 30. Qa4 Qb4 31. Qxb4
Bxb4 32. Rc4 Nc3 33. a3 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Bxa3 35. Nfd2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "9.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Onischuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nd4
7. Bg2 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Ne7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Ne2 e5 11. Qg4 h5
12. Qh3 d6 13. f4 Bc8 14. f5 a5 15. Nc3 a4 16. Bf1 axb3
17. axb3 Nd4 18. Nd5 Bd7 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Kb2 Be7 21. Bd3 b5
22. Ra1 Rc8 23. Qf1 Bf6 24. Bxb5 d3+ 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6+ 26. e5
Qxe5+ 27. c3 Bxb5 28. Re1 O-O 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. f6 g6 31. Qf2
Rfe8 32. g4 hxg4 33. Qh4 Re6 34. Rf1 Rcc6 35. Qxg4 e4 36. c4
Ba6 37. Qg5 e3 38. Qh6 Rxf6 39. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "11.29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "A R Saleh Salem"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6
7. Bg5 c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Nge2 Re8
12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Nf4 Nf8 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Bf5
Nc7 17. f3 Nb5 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. Na4 Nd6 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. e4 Bf8
22. Be1 Qd8 23. Bg3 Rc8 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. e5 Bf8 26. Bh7+ Kh8
27. Bf5 Rc7 28. f4 b5 29. Nc3 Nb6 30. Rhe1 c5 31. dxc5 Rxc5
32. Qd3 Qc7 33. Ne2 Rc4 34. b3 Rc5 35. Rc1 Rb8 36. Nd4 Nc4
37. g3 Qa5 38. e6 fxe6 39. Bxe6 Nd2+ 40. Ka1 Ne4 41. Rf1 Rc3
42. Rxc3 Nxc3 43. Rf2 Re8 44. Rc2 b4 45. Qg6 Qd8 46. Nc6 Qf6
47. Qxe8 Nb5+ 48. Ne5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "13.31"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6
7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 Ne5 12. f3
Ned7 13. Nc2 Qc7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Qd2 Rfe8
17. Rfd1 Qb8 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. b3 Ba8 20. Bf1 Bd8 21. Bg1 Bc7
22. b4 Rcd8 23. Qc2 h5 24. Bf2 Ng6 25. Qa4 d5 26. cxd5 exd5
27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. Qxc6 Bf4 31. Rb1
Re6 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qc2 Rd6 34. Bg1 b5 35. Re1 h4 36. Qf5
Rd5 37. Qe4 Re5 38. Qb1 Rxe1 39. Qxe1 Qd5 40. Qe2 Ne5 41. Qc2
Nc4 42. a4 h3 43. gxh3 Nd6 44. axb5 axb5 45. Be2 Qe5 46. Bd3
Qe1 47. Qc5 g6 48. Bxb5 Nf5 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qc4 Be3 51. Qf1
Qxb4 52. Bd3 Bxg1 53. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "14.26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "192"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 d6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Qc2 Nb8 11. Be2 Nxa6
12. O-O e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bf4 d5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nfxd5
17. Be5 f6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc3 Nxa2 20. Rad1 Bb3 21. Qxd8
Rfxd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ba5 Re8 24. Re1 Bf7 25. Bd2 Rb8
26. Be3 Bf8 27. Nd2 f5 28. b3 Nc3 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Rb2
31. Ra1 Na2 32. Rb1 Rb4 33. Ra1 Rb2 34. Rb1 Rxb1+ 35. Nxb1 Kf7
36. Kf1 Ke6 37. Nd2 Nc3 38. Nb3 Na4 39. Ke2 Kd6 40. Kd3 Kc6
41. Kc2 Bg7 42. Na5+ Kb6 43. Nb3 Bf6 44. f3 Be5 45. Kd3 Bb2
46. Kc2 Ba3 47. g4 Kc7 48. h4 Kd6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bf4+ Ke6
51. gxh5 Nb6 52. Kd3 Nd7 53. Be3 Kd6 54. Bf4+ Kc6 55. Na5+ Kb6
56. Nb3 Bb2 57. Bd6 Kc6 58. Be7 Ne5+ 59. Ke2 Ba3 60. Na5+ Kb6
61. Bd8+ Ka6 62. Bc7 Nd7 63. Nb3 Nf6 64. h6 Kb7 65. Bd8 Nd7
66. Ke3 Nf8 67. Bf6 Ne6 68. Kd3 Bb4 69. Be7 Kc6 70. Bf6 Kd6
71. Ke3 Ba3 72. Bc3 Ke7 73. Kd3 Kf7 74. Na5 Bc1 75. Nc6 Bxh6
76. Ne5+ Ke8 77. Nc6 Bf4 78. Be1 Bc7 79. Na7 h5 80. Nb5 Be5
81. Bf2 Kd7 82. Bh4 Nf4+ 83. Kd2 Ng2 84. Bf2 h4 85. Ke2 h3
86. Kf1 Nf4 87. Bg3 Nd3 88. Bxe5 Nxe5 89. Kf2 h2 90. Kg2 Nxf3
91. Nc3 Ke6 92. Nd1 Nd2 93. Nb2 Ke5 94. Kxh2 Kd4 95. Kg3 Nxc4
96. Na4 Nd6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "15.37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alireza Firouzja"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3 a6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5
12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Rb8 14. a3 Ne5 15. f4 Nc6 16. Qd2 b4
17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. g6 fxg6 21. h5 Rfc8
22. Bb3 g5 23. f5 Qa5 24. fxe6 Bb5 25. Qf2 Rf8 26. Qg3 h6
27. Kb1 Rbc8 28. Rxd6 Qc7 29. e5 Bc4 30. Rd7 Qc6 31. Rg1 Bxb3
32. cxb3 Qxe6 33. Qg4 Rf1+ 34. Bc1 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "1.28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tobias Hirneise"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
c6 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7
12. Qc2 Qe7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Kb1 Be6 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. Nb3
Kb8 17. Rhe1 h5 18. Bf5 Qf6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. e4 h4 21. exd5
exd5 22. gxh4 gxh4 23. Nc5 Rhe8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. a4 a5
26. Qb3 Qf5+ 27. Ka2 Ka7 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Qb5 Re6 30. Qxa5+
Kb8 31. Qb5 Rc6 32. a5 Qc2 33. Rd3 Qc4+ 34. Rb3 Qxb5 35. Rxb5
Bxd4 36. Nb3 Bxf2 37. axb6 Rxb6 38. Rxd5 Rg6 39. Rf5 Rxg2
40. Rh5 Kc7 41. Ka3 Kd6 42. Kb4 Ke6 43. Kc4 Kf6 44. Nd2 Kg6
45. Rh8 Kg7 46. Rh5 Bg3 47. Ne4 Kg6 48. Rh8 Kf5 49. Kd5 Rxb2
50. Rf8+ Kg4 51. Rg8+ Kf3 52. Ng5+ Kg2 53. Ke4 Re2+ 54. Kf5 h3
55. Ne4 Rxe4 56. Kxe4 h2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "2.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aleksej Gennadyevich Aleksandrov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5
7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Qh5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qb6
12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Rhe1 a6 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5
Bb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Bd4 Qc6 19. Kb1 Qxg2 20. Qxb5 Rfc8
21. Rg1 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd3 g6 24. Rh3 h5 25. c3 b5
26. a3 Rd8 27. Nc1 Rd5 28. Nd3 Rc8 29. Rf3 Ne4 30. Re3 Nd6
31. Nb4 Rf5 32. f3 Nc4 33. Rd3 h4 34. Ka2 Ne5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5
36. Rg2 Rf5 37. Kb3 Kg7 38. Nc2 Bf6 39. Rg4 Re5 40. Re3 Rd5
41. Nb4 Rd2 42. h3 Rcd8 43. Nc6 R8d5 44. a4 bxa4+ 45. Rxa4 Rh2
46. f4 Rdd2 47. Ra7 Rxb2+ 48. Kc4 Rbf2 49. Rxe6 Rxf4+ 50. Kc5
Rxh3 51. c4 Rc3 52. Re8 Rfxc4+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "3.28"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 a6 6. Bf4 b5
7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1 Nge7 9. Bd6 Ng6 10. Bxf8 Rxf8 11. Nf3 b4
12. Ne2 Qc5 13. Ned4 f6 14. Be2 Nce7 15. g3 Kf7 16. h4 Kg8
17. Nb3 Qc7 18. h5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. h6 g6 21. f4 a5
22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rhf1 Nc6 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qf3+ Ke7 26. Rf1
Kd8 27. Nd2 Kc7 28. Nc4 Qg5 29. Qf8 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Nxe7 31. Rf7
Nc6 32. Rxh7 Ba6 33. Rg7 Bxc4 34. Bxc4 Kd6 35. Bb5 Ne5 36. g4
Rh8 37. g5 Nf3 38. Rxd7+ Ke5 39. Rg7 Nxg5 40. Rxg6 Nxe4 41. a3
bxa3 42. Ba4 axb2 43. Kxb2 Kf5 44. Rg2 Rxh6 45. Bb5 Nd6
46. Bd3+ Kf6 47. Rf2+ Nf5 48. Ka3 Rh4 49. Rg2 Ke5 50. Rg8 Ne3
51. Ra8 Nd5 52. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "4.26"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Bxe4
Bxf4 7. exf4 dxe4 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nge2 f5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O
a5 12. h3 a4 13. a3 b5 14. d5 exd5 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. Rxd5 b4
17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Rc5 a3 19. bxa3 Rxa3 20. Kb2 Ra7 21. Nd4 Rb7
22. Kc1 Na6 23. Rb5 c5 24. Nb3 Rxb5 25. Nxb5 Be6 26. Nc3 Bxb3
27. cxb3 Rb8 28. Kc2 Nb4+ 29. Kd2 Nd3 30. f3 Nxf4 31. fxe4
fxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxb3 33. Nxc5 Rg3 34. Ne4 Rxg2+ 35. Ke3 Nd5+
36. Kf3 Ra2 37. Rd1 Ra3+ 38. Kf2 Nf4 39. h4 h6 40. Ng3 Nd3+
41. Kg2 Ne5 42. Rd5 Ng6 43. Rd4 Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Nh5+ Ke5
46. Rxg7 Nxh4+ 47. Kh2 Nf5 48. Rg8 Ra2+ 49. Kh3 Ra3+ 50. Kh2
Ra4 51. Re8+ Kd6 52. Nf6 h5 53. Re4 Ra2+ 54. Kh3 Ra3+ 55. Kh2
h4 56. Ne8+ Kc6 57. Nf6 Ng3 58. Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "5.26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alireza Firouzja"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5
7. Bg5 d4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd4 exd4
12. Na3 Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Kh1 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nc5 b5 18. Nd2 Be7 19. Ndb3 a5 20. Nd3 Re8 21. f4 a4
22. Nbc5 Na5 23. b4 Nc4 24. Qh5 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 d3 26. Rfd1 d2
27. Rc2 Qd4 28. Qe2 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Qxe4 30. Rcxd2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "6.20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Rasmus Svane"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7
7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Nf4 e5 11. Nd3 Bd7 12. Be2
h5 13. Qc2 h4 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. O-O Ke7 16. a3 Bh6 17. b4 e4
18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. exf4 b6 20. Nd1 cxb4 21. axb4 Nxd5 22. Qd2
Nf6 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Qd4 Rhb8 25. Rbc1 a5 26. c5 axb4 27. c6
Ra5 28. Qxb4 Rc5 29. Ra1 Rxc6 30. Ra3 Kf8 31. Qb2 Kg7 32. g3
hxg3 33. hxg3 b5 34. Kg2 b4 35. Raa1 Rh8 36. Qxb4 Rb6 37. Qd2
d5 38. Qd4 Qb8 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Rxh1 Rb4 41. Qc5 Qb6 42. Qe7
Qb7 43. Qc5 Qb6 44. Qe7 d4 45. Rh8 Kxh8 46. Qxf6+ Kg8 47. Nxf5
Bxf5 48. Qxf5 d3 49. Bh5 Qe6 50. Qg5+ Kf8 51. Qd8+ Kg7
52. Qg5+ Kf8 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qg5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "7.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maksat Atabayev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 d4 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Ng4 16. e5 Bxf3
17. exd6 Qh4 18. h3 Ndf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Nd7 21. Re7 Qg5
22. Bf1 Bc6 23. Rae1 Qd5 24. Ba3 Qxd6 25. Bd3 h6 26. Bf5 Rac8
27. Qd3 Qd5 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Be4 Qd6 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Qf5 Nf6
32. R7e5 Rfd8 33. Rxc5 Qb7 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Qxc8 Rxc8 36. Rd1
Rc2 37. Rxd4 Rxa2 38. Be7 a5 39. Bxf6 gxf6 40. Rd6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "8.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2
cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6
exf4 12. Nd4 d5 13. g3 Bd6 14. Kf2 Nh5 15. gxf4 Nxf4 16. e3
Ne6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Nge2 g6 19. h4 h5 20. Nxe6+ Bxe6 21. Nd4
Ke7 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Bc2 Kf6 24. Bb3 Ra5 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. Ne2
Be5 27. Nf4 Rd8 28. Ne2 Ke7 29. Rd2 Bf6 30. Nf4 Rc5 31. Nd3
Ra5 32. Nb4 Rd6 33. Kg3 Be5+ 34. f4 Bf6 35. Rhd1 Kf8 36. e4
Be7 37. e5 Rd7 38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Bxd5 Rd8 40. a3 Rd7 41. Bf3
Rxd2 42. Rxd2 Rc5 43. Bxb7 Ke8 44. a4 Bf8 45. Ba6 Be7 46. Bb5+
Kf8 47. Rd7 Rc8 48. Rb7 Rd8 49. Rxb6 Rd2 50. Bc4 Rd1 51. Rb8+
Kg7 52. Rb7 Kf8 53. a5 Rg1+ 54. Kf3 Ra1 55. a6 Bxh4 56. Rxf7+
Ke8 57. Rb7 Be7 58. a7 Bd8 59. Bb5+ Kf8 60. Bc6 h4 61. Rd7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "9.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. Qc2 Qe7
12. O-O-O Nb6 13. c5 Nd7 14. e4 g4 15. Nh4 Bxd4 16. exd5 Nxc5
17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Ne2 O-O-O 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Bf5 Rhd8
21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Rd1 Qg5+ 23. Rd2 Ne4 24. f4 Rxd2 25. Qxe4
Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Qd8 27. Qe3 Rd3 28. Qe5 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "10.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Falko Bindrich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. Bh2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. c3 Re8 11. Qe2 Bf8
12. Ba6 Qc8 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. a4 a6 15. e4 b5 16. axb5 axb5
17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 h6 21. Nfd2 Qb5
22. Qg4 N7b6 23. Bg3 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Qb4 25. Qe2 Reb8 26. Rxa8
Rxa8 27. Rc1 Qb3 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. Rxc2 Be7 30. f3 Ra1+ 31. Kh2
h5 32. Bf2 h4 33. Ne3 Nf4 34. Rc4 Nd3 35. Bxh4 Bxh4 36. Rxh4
Nxb2 37. Re4 Re1 38. Kg3 c4 39. Nc2 Rxe4 40. fxe4 Nd3 41. Kf3
Nxe5+ 42. Ke3 g5 43. Kd4 f6 44. Ne3 Kf7 45. Ng4 Nd3 46. Kxc4
Nf4 47. Ne3 Ke7 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. Nc4+ Kc6 50. Ne3 Ne2+ 51. Kd3
Nf4+ 52. Kd4 Nh5 53. Ng4 Kd7 54. Ke3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "11.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2
cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Qxd4 d6 9. e4 e5 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bg5 Be6
12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bb5 Bh6 15. Ne2 Ke7 16. Ng3
Rhg8 17. Nc4 Rgc8 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. exf5 d5 20. Bxd7 Rxc4
21. Bb5 Rc5 22. Bd3 e4 23. Bc2 exf3 24. gxf3 d4 25. Bb3 dxc3
26. bxc3 Rxc3 27. Ke2 Ra5 28. Rhe1 Rxf5 29. Kf1+ Kf8 30. Rad1
Rcxf3+ 31. Kg2 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Rd2 33. Rxd2 Bxd2 34. Rd1 Be3+
35. Kg2 Rf2+ 36. Kg3 Rd2 37. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "12.21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Be7 6. Nc3 d6
7. Be3 Nf6 8. g4 a6 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 b5 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. a3
Nc6 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. f4 b4 15. axb4 O-O 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5
Nxb4 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Re8 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. f6+ Kh8 23. fxe7 Qxe7 24. Nd5 Qe5 25. h5 a5 26. g6 a4
27. gxf7 Rf8 28. Rde1 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nd2 Nce5 31. Kb1
Nc5 32. Ne7 Rcd8 33. Nf5+ Kxf7 34. Nxd6+ Rxd6 35. Rxe5 Nd7
36. Rf5+ Rf6 37. Rhf1 Ke6 38. Rxf6+ Rxf6 39. Re1+ Kd5 40. Ne4
Rf5 41. Nc3+ Kc6 42. Re6+ Kc7 43. Rh6 Rf7 44. Ka2 Nb6 45. Nb5+
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "13.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Pablo Salinas Herrera"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "193"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6
7. Ne5 e6 8. Nd2 Nfd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Qb3 Qb6
12. O-O O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nc3 Nbd7 16. Be3 Qc7
17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nf8 20. Qe2 Qa5 21. a3 Qa6
22. g5 N6d7 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 cxd5 26. Nxd5
Bd6 27. Red2 Ne5 28. Bxa7 Nc4 29. Rc2 b5 30. Nc3 Ne6 31. Bc6
Rf8 32. Bxb5 Ne5 33. Be2 Nxg5 34. Kg2 Ne6 35. Rcd2 Ra8 36. Be3
Be7 37. Nd5 Bd8 38. Bb5 Rb8 39. a4 f5 40. f4 Nf7 41. Kf3 g5
42. Rg1 gxf4 43. Nxf4 Ne5+ 44. Ke2 Ng5 45. Nd5 Ne4 46. Rc2 g5
47. Bd4 Ng6 48. Kd1 Kh7 49. Kc1 Nh4 50. Rf1 Kh6 51. Rc6+ Kh7
52. Bd3 Ng3 53. Rg1 Nf3 54. Rxg3 Nxd4 55. Rc4 Nb3+ 56. Kc2 Na5
57. Rc5 Nb7 58. Rb5 Rc8+ 59. Kb1 Nd6 60. Rb4 Kh6 61. Rb3 f4
62. Rf3 Re8 63. Nc3 Bf6 64. Rb6 Re1+ 65. Ka2 Rd8 66. Nb5 Be7
67. Rf1 Re3 68. Rd1 Kh5 69. Nxd6 Rxd6 70. Rxd6 Bxd6 71. a5 f3
72. a6 Bc5 73. Kb3 f2 74. Kc4 Ba7 75. Rf1 Rxh3 76. b4 Rh4+
77. Kb5 Rd4 78. Be2+ Kh4 79. Rc1 Re4 80. Bd3 Re5+ 81. Kc6 g4
82. Kb7 Re7+ 83. Ka8 Be3 84. Rh1+ Kg5 85. b5 g3 86. Rh8 Ra7+
87. Kb8 Rg7 88. Bf1 Kg4 89. Re8 Ba7+ 90. Ka8 Bc5 91. Rc8 Be3
92. Re8 Kf3 93. Rf8+ Ke4 94. Re8+ Kf4 95. Rf8+ Kg5 96. Rf3 Bb6
97. Rxg3+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "14.24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Na4
Qa5+ 7. c3 Bxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc5 Nc6 10. Qd6 b6 11. Nb3 Qe5
12. Qxe5 Nxe5 13. f3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. c4 Nf6
17. Bc3 Ng6 18. Nd4 O-O 19. O-O-O Rfd8 20. Rd2 e5 21. Nf5 Rxd2
22. Bxd2 Rd8 23. Be2 Bc8 24. Ng3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Nf1 Re8
27. Kd1 Bf5 28. Nd2 Bc2+ 29. Kxc2 Rxe2 30. Rg1 Kf8 31. Kd1 Re5
32. Re1 Rg5 33. Re2 b5 34. b3 bxc4 35. bxc4 Nd7 36. Nb3 h5
37. Kc2 h4 38. h3 f6 39. Kc3 Kf7 40. Kb4 Ne5 41. c5 a6 42. Rd2
Ke7 43. Nd4 Kd7 44. Nf5+ Kc7 45. Nd4 Nc6+ 46. Nxc6 Kxc6
47. Rd6+ Kc7 48. Rd2 Kc6 49. Rd6+ Kc7 50. Rd2 Kc6 51. Rd6+ Kc7
52. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "15.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Cristobal Henriquez Villagra"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Ne4 6. c4 e6
7. Nd2 Nxc5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. Qxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 a6
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nxc6 Bd7 14. Nd4 Bb4+ 15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Ngf3
f6 17. Rhc1 Ke7 18. a3 Ba5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Bg3 g6 21. Nd2 Bxd4
22. exd4 Bb5+ 23. Ke1 Nc3 24. f3 Rhe8 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Re1 Rxe1
27. Rxe1 Na4 28. Nb3 Nb2 29. Nc5 Nd3+ 30. Nxd3 Bxd3 31. Bd6
Re8 32. Rc1 Re2+ 33. Kg1 Bc4 34. Ra1 g5 35. a4 Ke6 36. Bc5 Kd7
37. b5 axb5 38. a5 Ra2 39. Rxa2 Bxa2 40. a6 Kc6 41. a7 Kb7
42. g4 Bb1 43. Kf2 f5 44. h3 fxg4 45. hxg4 Bg6 46. Ke3 h5
47. gxh5 Bxh5 48. Be7 Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "16.25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. c3 O-O 8. Na3 d5 9. Qe2 b6 10. e5 Ba6 11. Nc2 b5 12. d4 Qb6
13. b4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15. Bf4 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Ra4
18. Qd2 Rfa8 19. h4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 21. Nxa1 Qa7 22. Nb3
Qa3 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Bg5 Nf5 25. Be3 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxe3
27. fxe3 Nxb4 28. Bf1 Nc2 29. Kf2 Bh6 30. Ng5 b4 31. Bd3 Na3
32. Ke2 Bf8 33. Kd2 Nc4+ 34. Bxc4 dxc4 35. Nge4 Bxc5 36. Nxc5
Kf8 37. e4 Ke7 38. d5 exd5 39. exd5 Bf5 40. d6+ Ke8 41. Ke3 b3
42. Na4 c3 43. Nxc3 b2 44. Kf4 b1=Q 45. Nxb1 Bxb1 46. Kg5 h5
47. g4 hxg4 48. Kxg4 Kd7 49. h5 gxh5+ 50. Kxh5 Ke6 51. Kg5 Be4
52. Kf4 Bc6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "17.15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 d6 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 e5
7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4 Ngf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Rb8
12. Bf4 Ne5 13. b3 c5 14. Nde2 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rb1 b4
17. Na4 Bb7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nf4 Bc6 21. Nb2 Ra8
22. Nbd3 Ra2 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Nd3 Qc3 25. Re2 Bb5 26. Bf1 d5
27. e5 c4 28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nxb4 Bxe2 30. Nxa2 Qxe5 31. Bxe2
Qxe2 32. Qxe2 Rxe2 33. Rd1 Rxc2 34. Nb4 Rc4 35. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "18.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rfd1 Nd7
12. b4 a5 13. b5 g6 14. e3 Bg7 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5
17. Nd3 g5 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 d5 20. Ne2 Qe8 21. c6 Nb6
22. Nc5 Nc4 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Qc2 f4 25. exf4 gxf4 26. Nxf4
Rxf4 27. gxf4 Qh5 28. Ne4 Rf8 29. b6 cxb6 30. c7 Qg4+ 31. Kf1
Qxf4 32. Qxc4 Qf3 33. Rd8 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Qf3+ 35. Kd2 Bh6+
36. Kc2 Qf4 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8 38. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "19.21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. O-O e6 6. d4 Nf6
7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxc4 O-O 11. Qb3 Nb6
12. Na5 Qd7 13. Rd1 Nfd5 14. g4 Bg6 15. e4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 f6
17. c4 Qc7 18. c5 Nc8 19. Qxb7 Qxa5 20. Qxa8 Qa4 21. Bf4 e5
22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxc5 24. Qb7 Ne7 25. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "20.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 b6 11. Be2 Qd6
12. Ne5 h6 13. g4 Bh7 14. Bf3 Rd8 15. g5 hxg5 16. Rxh7 Kxh7
17. Nxf7 Qh2 18. Qc2+ Kg8 19. Nxd8 Qg1+ 20. Ke2 Qxa1 21. Nxd5
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "21.21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 e6
7. g3 Qd5 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nxe5 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe5 f6
12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 b6 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Bxb7
Rxb7 17. Rhe1 Kf7 18. d4 h5 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxd5 h4 21. g4 h3
22. Re3 c4 23. b4 Re7 24. Kd2 Rxe3 25. Kxe3 Ke6 26. Rd2 Bd6
27. f4 Bc7 28. a4 b5 29. a5 Rd8 30. Re2 g6 31. Kf3+ Kf7 32. f5
gxf5 33. gxf5 Rg8 34. Re6 Bd8 35. Rxa6 Rg2 36. Ra7+ Ke8
37. Ra8 Kd7 38. a6 Rxc2 39. Bd4 Rd2 40. a7 Rd3+ 41. Ke4 Ra3
42. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "1.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Siva Mahadevan"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6
7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. Qc1 Nd7 11. Rd1 Rac8
12. Nh4 Nxd2 13. Bc3 Qa6 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Bxd2 Bxd4 16. Bh6
Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Nf6 18. Qe5 Rfe8 19. Bh3 Rcd8 20. Bxf5 c5
21. Be6 Kh8 22. Bxf7 dxc4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qg5 Nh5 25. Bxh5
Qf6 26. bxc4 Qxg5 27. Bxg5 Rd4 28. Bf3 Rxc4 29. Bxb7 Rb4
30. Bd5 Rd4 31. e4 c4 32. Bxe7 Kg7 33. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6
7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Nf1 g4 11. N3d2 h5 12. Nc4
b5 13. Nce3 Ne7 14. d4 Bb7 15. Nd5 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Nxd5 17. Re2
Kf8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Qe2 g3
22. Bg5 h4 23. h3 Qd7 24. Be6 Qc6 25. Ne3 Re8 26. Bxf6 Rxe6
27. Rd1 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 Bxe3 29. Bxh8 Qe6 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. hxg4
h3 32. Rg1 hxg2+ 33. Rxg2 c5 34. Be5 Bf2 35. b4 c4 36. Bd6+
Kg7 37. Bc5 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Donchenko"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 Nf6
7. O-O d6 8. f4 b4 9. Ne2 Be7 10. Nf2 Nc6 11. g4 Nd7 12. a3 a5
13. Ng3 Qb6 14. axb4 axb4 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. g5 Nd4 17. c3
bxc3 18. bxc3 Nb5 19. Bd2 g6 20. h4 h6 21. Qa1 Bc6 22. Be3
hxg5 23. hxg5 Qa7 24. Qxa7 Nxa7 25. d4 Nb6 26. dxc5 dxc5
27. Rb1 Nd7 28. e5 Kd8 29. Ra1 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nc8 31. Nge4 Kc7
32. Ng4 Ncb6 33. Ngf6 Kb7 34. Kg3 Bf8 35. Rd1 Kc6 36. Nxd7
Nxd7 37. Nf6 Nb6 38. Rd8 Bg7 39. Rd6+ Kb5 40. Ne4 Nc4 41. Rd3
Bf8 42. Bf2 Be7 43. Rd7 Re8 44. Rc7 Nb6 45. Nf6 Bxf6 46. Rxc5+
Ka6 47. gxf6 Na8 48. Rc6+ Kb7 49. Rd6 Rc8 50. Bd4 Rc6 51. Rd7+
Rc7 52. Re7 Rxe7 53. fxe7 Nc7 54. Kg4 Kc6 55. c4 Kd7 56. Bc5
Na8 57. Kg5 Ke8 58. Kf6 Nc7 59. Bd6 Na6 60. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emil Davidovich Sutovsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g6 16. N3d2 c6 17. Qf3 Bg7
18. Ne3 Qb6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. b4 c5 22. Nb3 cxb4
23. cxb4 Rad8 24. Nc5 Rd4 25. a3 Red8 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. hxg4
Bc8 28. Bb3 Qf6 29. Bd5 Qf4 30. Nb3 R4xd5 31. exd5 Bxg4
32. Qxf4 exf4 33. Rac1 Bb2 34. Rc5 Bxa3 35. Re4 g5 36. Na5 Bb2
37. Nc6 Rd6 38. Ne7+ Kf8 39. Rc6 Rd7 40. Rxa6 Rc7 41. Nc6 Rd7
42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Rd8 Rxd8 44. Nxd8 Bf5 45. d6 Bc3 46. Nc6 Kf6
47. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "5.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Huzman"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nd5 Nge7 8. Re1 Ng6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. Be2 Bc7
12. b3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ba3 Bb6 15. Bd3 Nf4 16. Bc2 Re8
17. g3 Ne6 18. Nh4 g6 19. Ng4 Nc7 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Qf3 Bxg4
22. Qxg4 Nf6 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Qf4 Ned7 25. Re1 Bc7 26. Qg5 Bd6
27. Bf5 Nh5 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Rc8
Nf6 32. Nf3 Ne4 33. Kf1 c4 34. Bb2 Rc7 35. Rd8 Kf6 36. Ke2 Ke7
37. Rh8 h5 38. Nd4 Bc5 39. f3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "6.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kateryna Alexandrovna Lahno"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3
Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. O-O e6 9. c4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Re1 Re8
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 a4 15. Ne5 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa6
17. Bg5 Rad8 18. h4 Qa5 19. Qe2 Bb4 20. Rf1 Be7 21. Rfe1 Bb4
22. Rf1 Be7 23. a3 c5 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. h5 cxd4
27. hxg6 Nf6 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rd3 Qc5 30. Ne4 Qe5 31. Re1
Qxe4 32. Qxe4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Red7 34. f4 Rd6 35. c5 Rd5 36. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "7.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Ne4 9. Ne1 f5 10. f3 Nf6 11. Qe2 d6 12. e4
fxe4 13. fxe4 e5 14. Nc2 Qe8 15. c5 bxc5 16. Rb1 Bc8 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Nf5 Nbd7 20. Rb7 Kh8 21. Rxc7 a6 22. Rc6
a5 23. Bb5 Qf7 24. Rc7 Rad8 25. Bg5 Qg6 26. Bh4 Rf7 27. Rc6
Nf8 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Rd2 30. Bg3 h6 31. Nh4 Qh5 32. Rxc5
Rd1 33. Rxe5 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Qg4 35. Qf3 Qd7 36. Rf5 Kg8
37. Be5 N8h7 38. Qe2 Qb7 39. Bd4 Qb1+ 40. Rf1 Qxe4 41. Qxe4
Nxe4 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43. Kf1 Ke6 44. Ke2 g5 45. Nf3 g4 46. Nd2
Nxd2 47. Kxd2 h5 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. a4 Ng5 50. Bb6 Ne4 51. Kd4
Nd2 52. Kd5 h4 53. c4 Nf1 54. Bg1 Kf6 55. c5 Ke7 56. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "8.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Rb7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfe1 Re7 16. Rxe7
Qxe7 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Na4 Kf8 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Nc5
g6 22. c4 Rc7 23. Rc1 Ke7 24. Na6 Rb7 25. Nc5 Rc7 26. Na6 Rb7
27. Nc5 Rc7 28. Na6 Rb7 29. Nc5 Rc7 30. Na6 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "9.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Bogdan-Daniel Deac"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qd6 11. Nh4 Bc8
12. Bd3 g6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. Na4 b6 16. Ne5 Be6
17. O-O Rfc8 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Nf3 f6 20. Rfc1 Nf8 21. Rc3 Bf7
22. Qc2 Ne6 23. Qe2 Be8 24. b3 Bxa4 25. bxa4 a5 26. Ba6 Rcb8
27. Bb5 c5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Rd1 f5 30. Ne1 Qe5 31. Rc2 c4
32. g4 Rb6 33. Nf3 Qf6 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Rcd2 Kh8 36. Rxd5
Nxd5 37. Rxd5 c3 38. Ne5 Qg7 39. f4 Rb7 40. Qc2 Rc8 41. Rd7
Rxd7 42. Bxd7 Qg3 43. Nf3 Nd4 44. exd4 Rg8 45. Ne5 Qe1+
46. Kh2 Qh4+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "10.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4
cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 Qc7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 Be7
12. Rfd1 Nf6 13. Nd2 b5 14. a3 O-O 15. Nf1 Qb7 16. Ne3 Rc5
17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. c3 Bg5 21. Rc2
Bxe3 22. fxe3 a5 23. e4 a4 24. bxa4 bxa4 25. c4 Qb3 26. Kf2
Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Qxb3 axb3 29. Ke3 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5
31. Rd2 Kf7 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. h3 h5 34. Re2 Bd3 35. Rd2 Be4+
36. Ke3 h4 37. Ba1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.02.21"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Parham Maghsoodloo"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7
7. d3 O-O 8. Bf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Qd2 Re8
12. Rfd1 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. e4 Nc7 16. Bh3 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne2 Nb5 19. b4 Rac8 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Bf4
Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bg2 Ba6 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 Rc6 26. Be3
Rd8 27. e5 Rb6 28. Bg5 Rdb8 29. Bf6 Kh7 30. Rc2 Rb2 31. Rdc1
Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Bb7 33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. Qf4 Rb1 35. Qe4 Qb7
36. Qxb7 Rxb7 37. Kg2 a5 38. Bg5 a4 39. Bc1 Bxe5 40. Rxc5 Bb2
41. Be3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[Round "2.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexandr Predke"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. e5 dxe5
12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 b6 16. Be4
Rb8 17. Nb5 Bb7 18. Rhe1 a6 19. Nc7 a5 20. Rd7 Ng6 21. Nb5 Bc8
22. Rd6 Nxe5 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxe5 Ba6 25. a4 Rfd8 26. b3
Rxd6 27. Nxd6 Kg8 28. Re3 Kf8 29. g3 Rd8 30. Ne4 Ke7 31. Ng5
Bb7 32. h4 Rd6 33. Nh3 f6 34. Nf4 e5 35. Nd3 Bc8 36. Nf2 Rd4
37. Rc3 Bd7 38. Rc7 f5 39. Nd3 Kf6 40. Nb2 f4 41. gxf4 exf4
42. Nd3 Kf5 43. Kd2 Kg4 44. Kc3 Rd5 45. Rc4 Rf5 46. Rc7 Rd5
47. Rc4 Rf5 48. Rc7 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.02.23"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[Round "3.17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Babu M R Lalith"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4
7. a4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 b6 10. Qe2 Ba6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Rfd1
Rc8 13. Nd2 Bb4 14. Nxc4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Rdc1
Nxf4 18. gxf4 Qh4 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxf4
22. Rd1 Nxe5 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Qg5 26. c6 Nf4
27. Qf3 Nxg2 28. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Kf8 30. c7 Ke7 31. Ra1
Rc8 32. Rxa7 Kd7 33. Kf3 Rxc7 34. Ra3 Rc4 35. Rb3 Ke7 36. Kg2
h5 37. f3 g5 38. h3 Kf6 39. Kf2 Kg6 40. Ra3 f6 41. Rb3 Kf5
42. Ra3 e5 43. Rb3 g4 44. hxg4+ hxg4 45. fxg4+ Rxg4 46. Ke2
Rg3 47. Kd2 Kf4 48. Rb8 Rg2+ 49. Kd1 e4 50. c4 e3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. h3 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Ned4 Bxc5 11. O-O Qb6
12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Be7 14. c4 Bf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Be2 Rd8
17. Rb1 g5 18. Bh2 Be6 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 f4
22. h4 h6 23. Bf3 Bf5 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxe4 dxe4
27. hxg5 hxg5 28. d5 Rd8 29. Qd2 e3 30. Qe2 Rxd5 31. fxe3 fxe3
32. Re1 Rd3 33. Qh5 Qg6 34. Qe2 Be4 35. Rd1 Qb6 36. Kh1 Qd4
37. Rxd3 Bxd3 38. Qh5 Qd5 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Be5 e2 41. Qh5+ Kg8
42. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[Round "5.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rainer Buhmann"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. h3
Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Bf4 b5 16. cxb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5
Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Qd3 a6 20. b3 Qa8 21. Bxd6 Nxd5 22. Qc4
Nb6 23. Qc2 Qc6 24. a4 Nxa4 25. bxa4 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Qxd6
27. Qc4 Bd4 28. Rb7 Qf4 29. Kf1 Re1+ 30. Kxe1 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Be1 d5 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7
12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bh3
Rfd8 17. bxc5 Rac8 18. Qa4 Nxc5 19. Qxa7 Rc6 20. Rab1 Qd6
21. Qa3 d4 22. Bg2 Ra6 23. Qb2 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Na4 25. Qd2 Nc3
26. Rb2 g6 27. Rc1 Ra3 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Rcc2 Qe6 30. Qg5 Rc8
31. Qf4 Ra4 32. Qd2 Rc5 33. h4 h6 34. Qd3 Qe5 35. Rb7 Qe6
36. e3 Qf6 37. Rd7 dxe3 38. Qxe3 Rac4 39. Rcd2 Re5 40. Qd3
Rcc5 41. Rb2 Nb5 42. a4 Rc3 43. Qd1 Rf5 44. axb5 Rfxf3 45. Qd4
Kf8 46. Qxf6 Rxf6 47. b6 Rc8 48. b7 Rb8 49. Rc7 Re6 50. Rc8+
Re8 51. Rxb8 Rxb8 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kd4 h5 55. Ke4
f6 56. Rb6+ Kc5 57. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.02.27"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 c6 11. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.02.28"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6
7. Be3 e6 8. g4 h6 9. h4 b5 10. Bg2 Ne5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 Nc4
13. Qe2 Nxb2 14. e5 Rb8 15. g6 Nc4 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Ba7 Rb7
18. Bd4 Ndb6 19. O-O d5 20. Rae1 b4 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxc4 Rc7
23. Qe2 g6 24. h5 Rg8 25. Rf2 Nc3 26. hxg6+ Rxg6 27. Qh5 Kg7
28. Bb6 Bb7 29. Bxc7 Qxc7 30. Kh2 Bxg2 31. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2
Nd5 33. Qg4+ Kh7 34. Kh1 Qxc2 35. Qxe6 Qd3 36. Qg4 h5
37. Qxh5+ Bh6 38. Nc5 Qc4 39. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.03.01"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7
7. Qd3 b6 8. O-O Ba6 9. b3 O-O 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 b5 13. Ned2 bxc4 14. Nxc4 c5 15. Bb2 cxd4 16. Nxd4
Ne5 17. Qe3 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Qb6 19. Rab1 Rxc4 20. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2017.03.18"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5
12. e4 Bf6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Bxb2 16. Rb1
Bf6 17. Re1 Na6 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Qg4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nf5+
Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2017.03.19"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniel Grigoryevich Fridman"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Bh7+ Kh8
17. Be4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 21. Nb3
Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Qb7 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. g3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rd8
26. Qc6 Qb8 27. b3 Rd2 28. a4 Qd8 29. Qc8 Kh7 30. Qxd8 Rxd8
31. Rc6 b5 32. axb5 Rd5 33. Rb6 f5 34. Kg2 g5 35. h3 h5 36. g4
fxg4 37. hxg4 h4 38. Rxe6 Rxb5 39. Rf6 Rxb3 40. Rf5 Kg6
41. Rxa5 Rb4 42. Kh3 Rb3 43. Ra6+ Kf7 44. Ra4 Kg6 45. Ra6+ Kf7
46. Ra2 Kg6 47. Kg2 Rc3 48. Kf3 Rc4 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Re6 Ra4
51. Re4 Ra2 52. Re5 Kg6 53. Kg2 Ra4 54. Kh3 Ra3 55. Rf5 Rb3
56. Kg2 Ra3 57. Kh2 Ra2 58. Kg1 Ra1+ 59. Kg2 Ra3 60. Re5 Ra4
61. Kh3 Ra3 62. Re6+ Kg7 63. Rb6 Rc3 64. Rb2 Kg6 65. Kg2 Ra3
66. Re2 Rb3 67. Kh2 Rb4 68. Kh3 Rb3 69. Kg2 Ra3 70. f3 Ra4
71. Kf2 Kf6 72. Rd2 Kg6 73. Rd6+ Kg7 74. Rd2 Kg6 75. Kg2 Ra3
76. e4 Kf6 77. Rd6+ Kg7 78. Rd2 Kf6 79. Rb2 Kg7 80. Kf2 Kf6
81. Rb6+ Kg7 82. Rb2 Kf6 83. Rc2 Kf7 84. Rc7+ Kf6 85. Rc6+ Kg7
86. e5 Ra5 87. Rc7+ Kg6 88. Re7 Ra2+ 89. Kg1 Ra1+ 90. Kg2 Ra2+
91. Kh3 Re2 92. Re6+ Kg7 93. Re7+ Kg6 94. Re6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.13"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sven Horn"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. c5 Re8 10. Nb3 h6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd2
d6 13. Qc1 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Kh7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rd1 e5 17. Bg5 Nd4
18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. N5e4 Qb6 20. e3 f5 21. exd4 fxe4 22. Nd5 Qa7
23. Nc7 Bd7 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. Qc7 Bf5 26. g4 Rc8 27. Qe7 exd4
28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Rac1 Rg8 30. Qe6 Rf8 31. Rc7 d3 32. Qe5 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bernhard Sinz"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. f4 g5 11. Nd2 gxf4
12. Bxf4 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Rae1
Qc7 17. Qxd5 O-O-O 18. Qh5 Qc5+ 19. Qxc5+ Bxc5+ 20. Kh1 Bc6
21. Ne4 Rxd3 22. Nxc5 Rd2 23. Ne4 Rxb2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Nxf2
Rg8 26. Ne4 Rg4 27. Ng3 Ra4 28. Re2 Bd5 29. Kg1 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Francesco Sonis"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. Nc3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 Qd7 11. h3 Be6 12. Nd5
Bd8 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. a4 Na5 15. Ba2 c6 16. Bxd8 Qxd8 17. Ne3
Nf6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. b4 Nb7 20. c3 Qc7 21. Qb3 d5 22. Rfe1
Rae8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 Qb8 25. Ra6 Nd8 26. Ng4 Nxg4
27. hxg4 Rf4 28. g5 Qd6 29. Qa2 d4 30. Qd2 Ref8 31. Rc1 Rg4
32. Kf1 Qc7 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Rc5 Rgf4 35. Nxd4 Qd6 36. Nf3
Qd7 37. Qe3 Qf7 38. Ra8 Qh5 39. Kg1 Qg4 40. Ne1 R4f7 41. d4
Rd7 42. Rc1 Rdf7 43. Nd3 Rf3 44. Qd2 R3f7 45. Ne5 Qf4 46. Qxf4
Rxf4 47. f3 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrey Sumets"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Thai Dai Van Nguyen"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc2 cxd4
7. exd4 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Nf3 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Nd4 Bd6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Nxe6
fxe6 17. Bd3 h6 18. Kb1 Ne5 19. Be2 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. f3
Qf2 22. g3 Rac8 23. f4 Nc4 24. Rd4 Qg2 25. Re1 Qxh2 26. Bg4
Qxg3 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Rh1 Rce8 29. f5 Rxe6 30. fxe6 Rf2
31. e7 Rxc2 32. Rxh6+ gxh6 33. e8=Q+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qe6+
Kh8 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8
40. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Viktor Erdos"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5
c6 7. e4 Bg7 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. d5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Nge2 O-O
12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Na4 Qf6 14. Rd1 Be5 15. Be2 Qh4 16. Qe3 f5
17. Nc3 f4 18. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabor Papp"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. e5 c5
12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rb8 14. O-O Be7 15. b3 Bc6 16. Bb2 O-O
17. Ne1 Rfd8 18. f4 Nh4 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Rc1 Qxa2 21. Bc4 Bd5
22. Rc2 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Rb3 24. Bd4 Qa6 25. Bf2 Nf5 26. Ra2 Qb7
27. Nf3 Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Rd1 d3 30. Qf1 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 Rb2
32. Rxb2 Qxb2 33. Ne1 d2 34. Nd3 Qd4 35. Rxd2 Qxc4 36. h3 Be3
37. Rd1 g6 38. g3 Qc2 39. Nf2 Rxd1 40. Nxd1 Bd4 41. Qf3 Qd2
0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 a6
7. Bf4 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7
12. e3 Nb6 13. Qb3 f5 14. h4 a5 15. a3 c6 16. h5 a4 17. Qc2
Bd7 18. Bf3 Be8 19. Rh3 Qe7 20. O-O-O Rc8 21. Kb1 c5 22. d5
Kh8 23. Ng6+ Bxg6 24. hxg6 h6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Rg3 Be7
27. Nd5 Bf6 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Rgg1 Rfd8 30. Bxb7 Rxd1+
31. Rxd1 Rb8 32. Qxc5 Rxb7 33. Rd6 Qe7 34. Qe5 Qf8 35. Qd4 Rb8
36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. Qxb6 Qe8 38. Kc1 h5 39. e4 h4 40. Kd2 h3
41. Qe3 Qd7+ 42. Ke1 fxe4 43. Qxe4 Qc8 44. f5 Kg8 45. Qd5+ Kh8
46. Kd2 Qe8 47. Qd3 h2 48. Qh3+ Kg8 49. Qxh2 Qd7+ 50. Ke1 Qe8+
51. Kf1 Qb5+ 52. Kg1 Qxf5 53. Qb8+ Qf8 54. Qxf8+ Kxf8 55. Kf1
1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anton Shomoev"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. d5 Nd7
7. O-O Ngf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 a6 11. Be2 Qc7
12. Bf4 Rfe8 13. Qc2 e6 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. Bd3
Ne5 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nd5
Qxd2 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxd2 h5 24. Rc2 Rc8 25. Rec1 Bg5
26. Rf1 Rf6 27. Be2 Rf4 28. Bd3 Rf6 29. Re2 Rc5 30. Rfe1 Re6
31. b4 Rc7 32. Kf1 Bf6 33. Rb1 h4 34. Reb2 b6 35. Rb3 Kg7
36. Ra3 Ra7 37. Ke2 g5 38. Bc2 Be5 39. Kd3 Rf6 40. Ke2 Re6
41. Rf3 Ree7 42. Rf5 f6 43. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.04"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. Rxd4
Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 h6 19. Ne5 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. f3 a6 23. a4 Qc7 24. h4 Bc5 25. Rd3 Rd8
26. g4 Rxd3 27. Nxd3 Be7 28. Qe5 Qd7 29. Qe3 Qc7 30. g5 hxg5
31. hxg5 Nd7 32. Qd4 Bf8 33. b4 Qc6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Qc7
36. f4 Qb7+ 37. Kg3 Kh7 38. Bc3 Kg8 39. Bb2 Kh7 40. Bc3 Kg8
41. Kh2 Kh7 42. Ba1 Kg8 43. Bb2 Kh7 44. Qe3 Nc5 45. Ba3 Nd7
46. Bxf8 Nxf8 47. Ne5 Kg8 48. Qd4 f6 49. Nc6 Qd7 50. Qxd7 Nxd7
51. g6 Kf8 52. Kg3 Nc5 53. f5 Ne4+ 54. Kf4 exf5 55. Nd4 Nd6
56. Ne6+ Ke7 57. Nxg7 Nxc4 58. Nxf5+ Kf8 59. Ke4 Na3 60. Nd6
Kg8 61. Kf4 Kf8 62. Kg4 Kg8 63. Kf4 Kf8 64. Kg4 Kg8 65. Kf5
Kg7 66. Ne8+ Kg8 67. Nxf6+ Kf8 68. Kg5 Kg7 69. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.05"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6
12. Nf3 dxc4 13. Ng5 Bh6 14. h4 cxb3 15. Qc3 Bxg5 16. hxg5 f6
17. axb3 Qb6 18. b4 Rad8 19. e4 Nb8 20. Rfd1 Na6 21. d5 cxd5
22. exd5 Bf5 23. Rd4 Nc7 24. Qb3 Nb5 25. Rf4 e5 26. d6+ Rf7
27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Bd5 Nxd6 29. gxf6 Kf8 30. Bxf7 Nxf7 31. Qf3
f4 32. gxf4 Qxf6 33. Rxa7 Qg6+ 34. Kh2 Qh6+ 35. Kg2 exf4
36. Rxb7 Qg6+ 37. Kh2 Qh6+ 38. Qh3 Qc6 39. Qg2 Qh6+ 40. Qh3
Qc6 41. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.07"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 c5 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. a4 d5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4
Re8 13. Bb5 cxd4 14. exd4 Qc7 15. Re1 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5
Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qg6 Qd7 22. Bg3
Bxg3 23. Qxg3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. f3 exf3
27. Qxf3 Ra6 28. h4 b4 29. Qg3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rc6 31. h5 Qc8
32. Re3 f4 33. Qxf4 Rxc3 34. Re1 Qd7 35. Rb1 Rc4 36. Rb8+ Rc8
37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. Qe5 Kf7 39. Qf4+ Kg8 40. Qe5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.08"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5
7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Rae1 Nxe3
17. Rxe3 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Qb4 Rfe8 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Na4
Qe7 22. Rb3 Qxb4 23. Rxb4 Re7 24. f4 Ba5 25. Rb3 f6 26. h4 Rf8
27. g3 Kf7 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. Rff3 Rd8 30. Kh3 Rf8 31. Kg4 Rfe8
32. Rf2 Kf7 33. Rd3 Ra8 34. a3 Bd8 35. Nc5 Bb6 36. e6+ Kg8
37. f5 gxf5+ 38. Kxf5 Rae8 39. Re2 Kh7 40. h5 Kh6 41. Rdd2 Rd8
42. Nd7 Bc7 43. Rh2 Rde8 44. Rde2 Bd8 45. b4 a5 46. g4 Bc7
47. Rhg2 axb4 48. axb4 Bd8 49. Nc5 Bb6 50. Nb3 Kh7 51. Rgf2
Kh6 52. Nc5 Kh7 53. Rb2 Kh6 54. Rfe2 Ra8 55. Ra2 Rd8 56. Rad2
Rde8 57. Nd7 Bc7 58. Rb2 Kh7 59. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.10"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandr Predke"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Nc3 d6
12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Bf4 g6 14. h3 a6 15. Bg3 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rc1 b5 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Qf4 Nf6 21. Bh4 Bg7
22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Nd5 24. Bxd8 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxd8 26. Rc6
h6 27. Re4 Rd5 28. g3 a5 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5
Rad7 32. Rc5 Rxd4 33. Rxb5 a4 34. h4 Kg7 35. Kg2 Rc7 36. Rec5
Rxc5 37. Rxc5 Rd2 38. Rb5 f5 39. Rb4 g5 40. Rxa4 Rxb2 41. Ra7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Chess Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Adham Fawzy"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qc1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Ne4
12. Nb5 Na6 13. Ng5 d5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rd1 f5 16. d5 exd5
17. cxd5 Bd6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Qe3 Rc8 20. a3 b5 21. Rac1 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 a4 23. f3 Re8 24. Qa7 Qa8 25. Qxa8 Bxa8 26. fxe4 fxe4
27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Rxa8 Nc5 30. Bxd6 Nd7 31. Ra7
Ke8 32. Kf2 Rd4 33. Bb4 Rxd5 34. e4 Rh5 35. Kg2 Re5 36. Kf3
Rh5 37. h4 g5 38. Kg4 Nf6+ 39. Kf5 gxh4+ 40. Ke6 Kd8 41. Bd6
Kc8 42. Rc7+ Kd8 43. Rb7 1-0

[Event "World Team Chess Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mustafa Yilmaz"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1
gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. e5 fxe5 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Qg5+
Kf8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bxd7 Qd8 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Qh6+ Kf7
21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Kf7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Chess Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Ne7 9. Bg5 Ng6 10. Nh4 Nxh4 11. Bxh4 h6 12. d4
Ba7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Rad1
Nd7 18. a5 Nf8 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Nc4 f6 21. Kh2 Ng6 22. b3 Bc5
23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Qc6 26. Qg4 Ne7 27. h4
Kf8 28. Qf3 Ke8 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Qf3 Ke8 31. Qh5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Chess Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kirill Stupak"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Nb3 Bb4+
7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxb4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nc6 10. Bc3 cxb3 11. axb3
Ne4 12. Ke1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Bxc6+ Bxc6 16. f3
Ke7 17. Kf2 Rhc8 18. c4 a5 19. Nc3 a4 20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. Rxa4
Rxa4 22. bxa4 Rxc4 23. Rb1 Rxa4 24. Rxb6 Kf6 25. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Chess Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Frode Elsness"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5
7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. Bxf5 Qxf5
12. O-O Be7 13. dxc5 Rd8 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rb1 Rd7 16. Bd4 Rc8
17. Re1 Rdc7 18. Rb2 Nd8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rb6 Ne6 21. c6 bxc6
22. Rxa6 Nf4 23. Be3 Nd3 24. Rf1 c5 25. Qc2 d4 26. cxd4 cxd4
27. Nxd4 Qe4 28. Qb1 Bc5 29. Ra4 Rb7 30. Nf3 Qd5 31. Qc2 Rbc7
32. Qb3 Qxb3 33. axb3 Bxe3 34. fxe3 h6 35. h3 Rc3 36. Ra7 Rb8
37. e6 fxe6 38. Nd4 Ne5 39. Nxe6 Rc6 40. Nxg7 Rxb3 41. Nh5 Ng6
42. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "World Team Chess Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 h6
12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Ra7 14. f5 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 d4 16. Ne4 exf5
17. Ng3 f6 18. e6 Nde5 19. Bxf5 Re7 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
fxe5 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxf8 Qxe6 24. Qd3+ e4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4
26. Qxe4+ Rxe4 27. Rxc8 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Ke2 Rxa2 30. b3
Ra1 31. Rc6 h5 32. h4 g6 33. g3 Kh6 34. Kf3 a5 35. Rc5 a4
36. Rxb5 a3 37. Ra5 a2 38. Ke2 Kg7 39. Ra6 Kf7 40. b4 Ke7
41. b5 Kd7 42. Kd2 Kc7 43. Ke2 Kb7 44. Kd2 d3 45. Kc3 dxc2
46. Kxc2 Rg1 47. Rxa2 Rg2+ 48. Kb1 Rxg3 49. Ra6 g5 50. hxg5
Rxg5 51. Rh6 Rxb5+ 52. Kc2 Rd5 53. Kc3 Kc7 54. Kc4 Ra5 55. Kd4
Kd7 56. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Chess Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3
O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 c5
12. Rac1 c4 13. Bb1 a6 14. a4 Nc6 15. f4 Nb4 16. Rce1 Rac8
17. Qe2 Rc7 18. g4 Ne4 19. g5 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Nf3 Kh8
22. Kh1 Qg7 23. Rg1 Qh6 24. Rg2 Qh5 25. Rf1 Bc8 26. Bxe4 dxe4
27. Nd2 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Bg4 29. Rg2 Bh3 30. Ndxe4 Re7 31. Rf3
Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nd3 33. Nd6 Ne1+ 34. Kf2 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 f5
36. Nxc4 Re6 37. d5 Rh6 38. d6 Rxh2 39. e4 b5 40. axb5 axb5
41. Nxb5 fxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Rh4 43. Ne5 Rhxf4+ 44. Kd5 Kg8 45. d7
Rf1 46. Nd4 Rd1 47. Nc6 h5 48. d8=Q Rxd8+ 49. Nxd8 h4 50. Nc6
h3 51. Ne7+ Kf7 52. Nf5 Kg6 53. Ng3 Kg5 54. Ke4 Kg4 55. Nde2
Re1 56. Ke3 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sigmund Lunde"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7
7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O h5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rb1 Rb4
12. f3 d5 13. Qd3 Bd6 14. h3 h4 15. b3 Nh5 16. Na2 Rb8 17. c4
dxc4 18. Qxc4 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Ng3+ 20. Kxh2 Nxf1+ 21. Kg1 Nxe3
22. Qc3 Qb6 23. Kh1 O-O 0-1

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Torben Kyhl Sorensen"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nd2 Qb6 4. Ngf3 Qxb2 5. e4 d6 6. Nc4
Qb4+ 7. c3 Qxc3+ 8. Bd2 Qxa1 9. Qxa1 Nxe4 10. Bf4 d5 11. Bd3
Nf6 12. Nce5 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. O-O g6 15. Re1 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Ng7 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Qb2 O-O-O 20. Qa3 Ne8
21. Qxa7 Nc7 22. Bf4 Bg7 23. Ba6 Nxa6 24. Qa8+ Kd7 25. Qxb7+
Ke8 26. Qxc6+ Rd7 27. Qc8+ Rd8 28. Qxa6 Rf8 29. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tom Petri Petersen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bf5
7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4
12. Qb3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 a5 14. b3 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Qb2 Rc7
17. e3 Rfc8 18. Bf1 h6 19. Ne1 a4 20. b4 Na5 21. Rxc7 Rxc7
22. Rc1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Rc3 Qb5 25. Qe2 Qd5 26. Qf3 Be4
27. Qf4 Rd7 28. f3 Bg6 29. Kf1 b5 30. h4 Qb7 31. g4 h5 32. g5
Rd5 33. Ke2 Qd7 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. f4 e5 36. Nf3 Qg4 37. Kf2 e4
38. Ng1 Qxh4+ 39. Kf1 Qg3 40. Ne2 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 h4 0-1

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2017.07.24"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Andrey Kvon"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. e4 Nxe4 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Nxb5 exd5 10. cxd5 d6 11. Nh4 O-O
12. Nf5 a6 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Qf3 Bc8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7
17. Qg3 Rd8 18. Qh4 Re8 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Rae1 Qf8 21. Bg5 Nbd7
22. Bf5 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rf1 Re5 25. Bc2 h6 26. Bf4 Re8
27. Qg3 Nh5 28. Qd3 g6 29. Bc1 Ne5 30. Qd2 g5 31. Qd1 Nf4
32. Bf5 Qe7 33. g3 Nfg6 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 Nc4 36. Qd3 Nh4
37. Bh3 Ne3 38. Rf2 f5 39. Re2 Qg7+ 40. Kf2 c4 41. Qd2 Nhg2
42. Kf3 Nh4+ 43. Kf2 Nhg2 44. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2017.07.25"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Qc2 exd4
12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. O-O Ng4 14. Nexd4 Nge5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3
O-O 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Bc3 Qe8 19. e5 Ne6 20. Bd3 h6 21. Qe2 Rd8
22. Bc2 Bb7 23. Qe4 g6 24. h4 h5 25. Bd2 Kg7 26. Ng5 Bc8
27. Nxe6+ Bxe6 28. Qf4 Rh8 29. Bc3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 b5 31. Rd6 c5
32. cxb5 Qxb5 33. Bd3 c4 34. Bc2 Rf8 35. Qe3 Qb7 36. a4 a5
37. Kh2 Re8 38. Be4 Qb8 39. Qd4 Qc8 40. Bd5 Rf8 41. Bxa5 Bxd5
42. Rxd5 Qc6 43. Bc3 Qe6 44. a5 Ra8 45. Rd7 Kh7 46. Rb7 Bd8
47. a6 1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6
7. Be2 c5 8. d5 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 g6 12. b4
b6 13. Bb2 Ng7 14. Kh1 f5 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Bf6 17. Bxf6
Nxf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qd6 20. Nd3 Re8 21. Rf1 Bd7 22. bxc5
bxc5 23. Nb3 Rac8 24. Qd2 Ne4 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. Nxf4 Ba4
27. Na5 Nd6 28. Bd3 g5 29. Ne6 Nxe6 30. dxe6 Rxe6 31. Bxf5
Nxf5 32. Rxf5 h6 33. Kg1 Rc7 34. Rf3 Rb6 35. Re1 Rd7 36. h3
Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Axel Delorme"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. Bf4 Nge7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O Be6 11. Rac1 Bd6
12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qd6 14. Na4 Bf5 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nd3 Nd8
17. Nfe5 a5 18. g4 Bc8 19. Qc3 c6 20. Nf4 f6 21. Neg6 Nxg6
22. Nxg6 Re8 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Nh4 Nf7 25. Bd3 Ng5 26. Bg6 Rf8
27. Nf5 Qe6 28. Qb3 Rab8 29. Qa3 Kh8 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Nxe7 c5
32. dxc5 bxc5 33. Rxc5 Rxb2 34. f3 a4 35. Rf2 Rb7 36. Nxd5 f5
37. gxf5 Bxf5 38. Nf4 Bb1 39. Ra5 Rd8 40. Rd2 Nf7 41. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Saric"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
h6 13. Ba2 Nb8 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Qc2 c5 16. d5 c4 17. b3 cxb3
18. Nxb3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Rac1 a5 21. Qb1 a4 22. Na1 Nbd7
23. Nc2 Nc5 24. Nb4 Nb3 25. Bxb3 axb3 26. Qxb3 Qc4 27. Qc2
Rxa3 28. Nh2 Nd7 29. Nf1 Nc5 30. Ne3 Qb3 31. Rb1 Qa4 32. Red1
Qa7 33. Bc1 Ra4 34. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 c6 6. f3 d5
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5 Ne8 9. h4 f6 10. f4 h5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bxg6
Bg4 13. Nge2 Bh6 14. Qd2 Ng7 15. Bc2 e6 16. O-O fxe5 17. fxe5
Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Bf5 19. Ba4 Qxh4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nf4 Rab8
22. b3 Rb7 23. Qe1 Qg5 24. Qe3 Bh3 25. Nce2 Bg4 26. Ng3 Nf5
27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Rf2 Rg7 29. Rc1 Rf8 30. Rcf1 h4 31. Qc1 Bf3
32. Nxe6 Qxg2+ 33. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Rc2+ 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. e3 Bg4
7. Bxc4 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. Ne5 Bh7 12. g5
Nfd7 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nd5 15. Rg1 Nd7 16. h5 hxg5 17. Nxg5
N7f6 18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. h6 Bd3 21. hxg7 Bxg7
22. Qf4 Rc8 23. Nf3 Nh5 24. Qh2 Rh7 25. Ne5 Bf5 26. Nb5 Bf8
27. Bd2 Nf6 28. Qf4 Ne4 29. Rg8 f6 30. Nf3 Rh1+ 31. Rg1 Rxg1+
32. Nxg1 Nxd2 33. Kxd2 Rc2+ 34. Kd1 Qc6 35. b3 Bb4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kaido Kulaots"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6
7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. f4 Rc8 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bf3 Na5
12. g4 b4 13. Nce2 e5 14. g5 Nc4 15. Qd3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ng4
17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rde1 Bd7 19. h4 Qa5 20. Kb1 Bb5 21. Qd1 g6
22. f5 Be7 23. Bc1 Bd7 24. h5 Rf8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh7 Qc5
27. f6 Bd8 28. Reh1 Ba4 29. Rh8 Rxh8 30. Rxh8+ Kd7 31. Rh7 Ne5
32. Bf4 Ke8 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Rh7 Ke8 35. Rh8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Kaido Kulaots"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd3 e6
12. O-O Nd7 13. a4 Qc7 14. a5 bxa5 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfc8
17. Rdc1 Qd6 18. Rcb1 Qc6 19. Nd2 a4 20. Bf3 Nb6 21. e5 Qd7
22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxa4 Qd7 24. Ra5 Nd5 25. Ne4 Rab8 26. Rba1
Rc7 27. Bg5 Rbc8 28. Qa3 Qc6 29. Rxa7 h6 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. Rcxc7
Nxc7 32. Nd6 Rb8 33. Be3 Nb5 34. Nxb5 Qxb5 35. Kh2 Qb1 36. Qd6
Rf8 37. Qc6 Qd3 38. Rd7 g5 39. Rb7 Qf5 40. Rb3 Rd8 41. g4 Qg6
42. Kg2 Kh7 43. Kf3 Rf8 44. Ke2 Rd8 45. Rb7 Ra8 46. Kf3 Rf8
47. Ra7 Kg8 48. Kg2 Kh7 49. Qf3 Kg8 50. Rd7 Rb8 51. Bd2 Rb2
52. Bc1 Rb1 53. Ba3 Re1 54. Bb4 Re4 55. Bd2 Bh8 56. Rd8+ Kh7
57. Be3 f5 58. exf6 Bxf6 59. Rf8 Bg7 60. Qf7 Qxf7 61. Rxf7 Kg6
62. Rxg7+ Kxg7 63. Kf3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6
7. Bg5 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 c5 10. d5 Qa5 11. cxb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Ba6 14. a4 Rfb8 15. Rb1 Ne8 16. b3 Rb7
17. Kd1 h5 18. Na3 h4 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. Rf1 c4
22. bxc4 Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 Rxa4 24. Kc2 Rxc4+ 25. Nbc3 f5 26. Bf4
Nd7 27. Kd3 Rb4 28. Be3 Ne5+ 29. Kc2 Nc4 30. Bc1 Kf7 31. Nf4
Nc7 32. g4 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ne5 34. Bd2 Nc4 35. Bc1 Ne5 36. Bd2
Rc4 37. Kb3 Na6 38. Ne6 Bf6 39. Bg5 Nc5+ 40. Nxc5 Rxc5
41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. f4 Ng4 43. Ra1 Kf7 44. Ra4 Nf6 45. exf5 gxf5
46. Rc4 Ra5 47. Ra4 Rxa4 48. Kxa4 Kg6 49. Kb5 Kh5 50. Kc6 Kg4
51. Ne2 Kf3 52. Nd4+ Ke4 53. Ne6 Nxd5 54. Kd7 Kf3 55. Nd4+ Ke4
56. Ne6 Kd3 57. Ng5 Kc3 58. Ke6 Ne3 59. Kxe7 d5 60. Ke6 d4
61. g4 fxg4 62. f5 Nxf5 63. Kxf5 d3 64. Kxg4 d2 65. Ne4+ Kc2
66. Nxd2 Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 b4 10. h3 Rb8 11. a5 Qc8 12. Re1
O-O 13. c3 Be6 14. Ba4 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb7 16. Nbd2 Nb4 17. d4
Nd3 18. Re3 Nxb2 19. Bxb2 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qa2 21. Ra1 Qb2 22. d5
Bxd5 23. Rb1 Qa2 24. Ra1 Qb2 25. Rb1 Qa2 26. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O Re8 8. b3 a5 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bb2
e5 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bc8 15. Nd2 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. e4 h5
18. Rae1 h4 19. f4 hxg3 20. hxg3 Ng4 21. Nf3 c6 22. dxc6 Bxc6
23. Nh4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Ne5 25. Rd1 Ra7 26. Nf5 Rd7 27. Qe2 Qg5
28. Qe3 Red8 29. Rdf1 Ncd3 30. Bd4 Nc5 31. Bb2 Ncd3 32. Bd4
Nc5 33. Qe2 Kf8 34. Rh4 f6 35. Be3 Qg6 36. Bf4 Ne6 37. Be3 Nc5
38. Bf4 Ne6 39. Bc1 Kf7 40. Rd1 Nc5 41. Bf4 Nxb3 42. Rb1 Nc5
43. Rxb6 Rb7 44. Rxb7+ Bxb7 45. Bxe5 dxe5 46. Rg4 Rd2 47. Qxd2
Qxg4 48. Nd6+ Ke7 49. Nf5+ Kf7 50. Nd6+ Kg6 51. Nxb7 Nxb7
52. Qd5 Qc8 53. Kh2 Qc7 54. Bh3 Kh7 55. Bf5+ g6 56. Bd7 Kg7
57. Qe6 Qc5 58. Bc6 Qf2+ 59. Kh3 Nc5 60. Qe7+ Kh6 61. Qf8+ Kg5
62. Qd8 Qf1+ 63. Kh2 Nd3 64. Qb6 Qe2+ 65. Kg1 Kg4 66. Bd7+
Kxg3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Be2 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. Qd2 O-O
12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Rfd1 Nb4 14. Ne5 Nfd5 15. Bf3 f6 16. Nd3 Nc6
17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 f5 19. Rac1 Bg5 20. Qf2 Kh8 21. Ne2 Bh4
22. g3 Bf6 23. a3 Rb8 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Nf4 Nd8 26. d5 b6 27. d6
Qf7 28. Ncd3 e5 29. Rc7 Qb3 30. d7 Bb7 31. Nc1 Qa4 32. Nd5 e4
33. Nxf6 exf3 34. Rd4 Qb5 35. Ne8 Ne6 36. Nd6 Nxd4 37. Nxb5
Nxb5 38. Rc2 Nd6 39. Nb3 Rbd8 40. Rc7 Rf7 41. Nd4 Rfxd7
42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Nxf3 Ne4 44. Qc2 g6 45. Nd4 Kg7 46. Qb3 Rd6
47. Qc4 Bd5 48. Qxa6 Kh6 49. Qc8 Kh5 50. Qc7 h6 51. a4 Kg4
52. Nb5 Rc6 53. Qf4+ Kh3 54. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2017.10.08"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tero Kokkila"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nb3 d6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nc6 9. Nc3 a5 10. Rb1 Be6 11. Bg5 Nd7
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nc1 Nc5 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Ne2 Qg5
17. a3 a4 18. f4 exf4 19. Nexf4 Qe5 20. Re1 Na5 21. Qe2 Bxd5
22. Nxd5 Nc6 23. Qf2 g6 24. Nc3 Qe6 25. Nd5 Ra5 26. Rbd1 Ne5
27. Rd4 Rc8 28. Red1 Ra6 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rf1 Ncd7 31. Nf4 Qf6
32. Qd2 Qh4 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Qxd6 Rxc4 35. Bd3 Rc6 36. Qd4
Rf6 37. Nd5 Rxf1+ 38. Bxf1 Qg3 39. Bb5 Nf6 40. Qe3 Qxe3+
41. Nxe3 Nxe4 42. Bxa4 Nd6 43. Bb3 Nd3 44. Nd1 Kf6 45. Bc2 Nf4
46. Kf2 Ke5 47. h4 Kd4 48. Kf3 Nd3 49. Bxd3 Kxd3 50. Kf4 Kc2
51. Ne3+ Kxb2 52. Ke5 Nf5 53. Nc4+ Kc3 54. g4 Kxc4 55. gxf5
gxf5 56. Kxf5 Kb3 57. h5 Kxa3 58. Kf6 b5 59. h6 b4 60. Kg7 b3
61. Kxh7 b2 62. Kg7 b1=Q 63. h7 Qxh7+ 64. Kxh7 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2017.10.09"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dennis Wagner"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 Na5 12. Ba2
c5 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bc4 Qc8 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Bxe6
Qxe6 18. c4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qg6 22. a5
f5 23. Ra4 Bh4 24. Re2 f4 25. Re4 h5 26. Qf3 b3 27. Bd2 Rf8
28. Rb4 Rxb4 29. Bxb4 Rb8 30. Bd2 Bf6 31. Re1 Kh7 32. Rc1 Be7
33. Ra1 Qf5 34. Ra4 g6 35. Kf1 Qd7 36. Ra3 Kg7 37. Qd1 Qb7
38. Kg1 Qd7 39. Kh2 Kh7 40. Qe2 Qf5 41. Ra4 Qd7 42. Rb4 Rxb4
43. Bxb4 Kg8 44. Ba3 Kf7 45. Qd1 Qb7 46. Qe1 Qb8 47. Bb4 Qb7
48. Ba3 Qb8 49. Kg1 Qb7 50. Kf1 Qb8 51. Ke2 Qb7 52. Bb4 Qb8
53. Bd2 Qc8 54. f3 Qd7 55. Qa1 g5 56. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2017.10.10"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 d6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. e5 d5 10. O-O g5 11. Be3 c5 12. Na4
d4 13. Bd2 Nh6 14. b3 Nf5 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Nb2 Bb7 17. Bxb7
Rxb7 18. Qh5 Qd5 19. Rae1 h6 20. Nc4 Rg8 21. Qg4 Rg6 22. h3
Kf8 23. Qe4 h5 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nh4 26. f3 Rb8 27. Re2 Kg7
28. Be1 Rh8 29. Bg3 Rgh6 30. Rff2 Ng6 31. Rh2 Rxh2 32. Rxh2
Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2017.10.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Casper Schoppen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4
7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. c3 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6
12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bg5 e6 14. Qe2 a5 15. Rad1 a4 16. c4 h6
17. Bh4 Qd6 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. f4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qb4 21. Bd3 a3
22. b3 b5 23. Rc1 g5 24. Bf2 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qe7 26. Rec1 Rfc8
27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Rab8 29. Qc2 Rb7 30. Rc6 Qd7 31. Qe4 Rb4
32. Be3 Rb6 33. R6c4 c6 34. h4 gxh4 35. Qxh4 Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kh8
37. Rf1 Qe7 38. Qf3 Rb4 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Qxc6 Rb8 41. Qf3 Qh4
42. Qxf7 Qe4 43. Qf3 Qg6 44. Qh3 Kh7 45. Rc1 Rb7 46. Rc6 Re7
47. Kh2 Qb1 48. Rxe6 Rxe6 49. Qxe6 Qxa2 50. Qf5+ Kg8 51. Qc8+
Kh7 52. Qf5+ Kg8 53. Qg6 Qxb3 54. Bxh6 Qb7 55. Bc1 Qe7 56. Qe4
a2 57. Bb2 Qb4 58. Qd5+ Kh7 59. Qxa2 Bxe5+ 60. Kh3 Bg7
61. Qb1+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2017.10.13"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4
7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxc4 Nb6 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Bxc5
12. O-O Bd6 13. Nd3 Nfd5 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rd1 Bc6
17. e4 Nb4 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Be3 e5 20. Rac1 Be7 21. a3 Rfd8
22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf2 a6 25. Bf1 Bd7 26. Bc4 Rc8
27. Bd5 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Bb6+ 29. Ke2 Bb5+ 30. Ke1 Bc6 31. Bxc6
bxc6 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Kd3 g6 34. Bd2 h5 35. h3 Kd6 36. Kc4 Bf2
37. g4 c5 38. Bh6 Kc6 39. Bg7 Bg3 40. Bf8 Bf2 41. Be7 Be3
42. b3 Bf2 43. Bd8 Be3 44. a4 Bf2 45. Bg5 Kd6 46. Bf6 Bg3
47. Bd8 Kc6 48. Bg5 Bf2 49. Be7 Be3 50. Bh4 Bg1 51. Bg3 Kd6
52. Kd3 Ke6 53. gxh5 gxh5 54. f4 exf4 55. Bxf4 Kd7 56. Ke2 Bd4
57. Kd3 Bg1 58. Ke2 Bd4 59. Kf3 Ke6 60. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.28"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6
Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14. Rh3 Qb4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Kg1
Qd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rb1 Rd8 19. Qe3 Ba4 20. Nb3 Bb5 21. Bxb5+
axb5 22. Rg3 b6 23. Qe2 b4 24. Na1 Ke7 25. Nc2 Qd2 26. Re3 b3
27. axb3 h5 28. Na3 Ng4 29. Nc4 Qb4 30. Rd3 b5 31. Nb2 Ne5
32. Rdd1 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qxb3 34. Qd2 Kf8 35. Rc1 Kg7 36. Rc3
Qa2 37. Rg3+ Ng6 38. Kh2 Rc8 39. Qd7 Qa8 40. e5 fxe5 41. Nd3
Rd8 42. Qxb5 Rd5 43. Qb4 Qd8 44. Qe4 f5 45. Qc4 Kh6 46. Qc1+
f4 47. Nc5 Rd1 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.30"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Bd3 d5 16. exd5 exd4 17. Rxe8
Qxe8 18. Nxd4 Bxd5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Bf1 b4
22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Nc4 Bc5 24. Be3 Qb7 25. Qc1 Qb4 26. Nf5 Be4
27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Nfe3 Nb6 29. Qc3 Nbd5 30. Qe5 Qe7 31. Qxe7
Nxe7 32. f3 Bb7 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Ne5 Nc6 35. Nxc6 Bxc6 36. Bc4
g6 37. h4 Ke7 38. Ke2 Nd7 39. Kd3 Bb7 40. b4 Ne5+ 41. Kd4 Kd6
42. Bb3 Bc8 43. f4 Nc6+ 44. Kc3 Nd8 45. g3 Bd7 46. Nc4+ Ke7
47. Ne3 h5 48. Bc2 Nb7 49. Kd4 Nd6 50. Ke5 Be6 51. f5 gxf5
52. Nxf5+ Bxf5 53. Bxf5 f6+ 54. Kf4 Ne8 55. Bd3 Ng7 56. Bc4
Kd6 57. g4 hxg4 58. Kxg4 Ke5 59. b5 Nf5 60. Bd3 Ne3+ 61. Kf3
Nd5 62. h5 f5 63. h6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qc2 d5 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Nc3 dxc4
12. e4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qe2 Bb4 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Qxc4 Bb7
17. Rfe1 Nd6 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Rad1 Rae8 20. Bf4 Kh8 21. a3 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 f5 23. Rc1 Nb5 24. Qc4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bd5 26. Qd3 Bxe4
27. Qxe4 Qxd4 28. Qc6 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Bxc7
Nxc7 32. Rxc7 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. Rc6 b5 35. Rc5 b4 36. axb4
axb4 37. Rxd5 Re2 38. b3 Rb2 39. Rd3 Kf7 40. h4 Ke6 41. g4 Ke5
42. Kf3 g6 43. g5 Rb1 44. Re3+ Kf5 45. Kg2 Kf4 46. Rd3 Ke4
47. Rg3 Kf5 48. Re3 Kf4 49. Rd3 Ke4 50. Rd7 Rxb3 51. Rxh7 Rc3
52. Rb7 b3 53. Rb6 Kf5 54. f3 Rc2+ 55. Kg3 b2 56. Rb5+ Ke6
57. f4 Kd6 58. Kg4 Rg2+ 59. Kf3 Rh2 60. Kg3 Rc2 61. h5 gxh5
62. f5 Rc4 63. g6 Rg4+ 64. Kf3 Rg5 65. Kf4 Rg4+ 66. Kf3 Rg5
67. Rxb2 Rxf5+ 68. Ke4 Rf8 69. Rb6+ Ke7 70. Ke5 Ra8 71. Rb7+
Kf8 72. Kf6 h4 73. Rf7+ Kg8 74. Rg7+ Kf8 75. Rf7+ Kg8 76. Rg7+
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kacper Piorun"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Nd5 Na5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. Ba2 Re8 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. a4 Rb8
17. c3 d5 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qd3 21. Re1 Rd6
22. Qc1 Nd8 23. Be3 Ne6 24. Nd2 Bg5 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Nd2 Bg5
27. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Marin Bosiocic"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6
7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 c6 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Ne4 12. Nxg6
hxg6 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15. Bg2 Nb6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4
Rc8 18. Kf1 Bd6 19. Re1 O-O 20. Bc1 Nc4 21. Kg2 Be7 22. Qd1
Nd6 23. Bf3 Bh4 24. Re5 Nc4 25. Rc5 Qd6 26. Be4 Rfe8 27. Qf3
Re6 28. Bf4 Qe7 29. Bd3 Nb2 30. Bc2 Re2 31. Re5 Rxe5 32. dxe5
Nc4 33. Re1 Nb6 34. Bb3 c5 35. Rd1 c4 36. Bc2 Rd8 37. Rd6 Nd7
38. Qd5 Nf8 39. Be3 Rxd6 40. exd6 Qe6 41. Be4 Bf6 42. Qxe6
Nxe6 43. Bb7 Bxc3 44. Bxa6 Bb4 45. Bxb5 c3 46. d7 Kf8 47. Ba4
Ke7 48. Bb6 g5 49. Kf3 f6 50. Ke2 c2 51. d8=Q+ Nxd8 52. Bxc2
Ba3 53. Kd3 Ne6 54. Ke4 Kd6 55. Bb3 Nf8 56. Kf5 Kc6 57. Bd4
Kd6 58. f3 Kc6 59. Bf2 Kd6 60. Bg3+ Kc6 61. Bf7 Kd7 62. Bd5
Ke7 63. Bb3 Kd7 64. Be1 Kd6 65. h4 gxh4 66. Bxh4 Ke7 67. Ke4
Kd6 68. Bg3+ Kc6 69. Kd4 Kd7 70. Bd5 Ng6 71. Be4 Ne7 72. Kc4
g6 73. Kb3 Bc5 74. a4 f5 75. Bd3 fxg4 76. fxg4 g5 77. Bb5+ Ke6
78. Bc4+ Kd7 79. Bb5+ Ke6 80. Kc4 Bb6 81. Be8 Bd8 82. Kc5 Nc8
83. Kc6 Ba5 84. Bd7+ 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.06"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Matthias Bluebaum"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Ng7 12. h3
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 c6 14. O-O Bd6 15. Rc1 h5 16. e4 g4 17. exd5
cxd5 18. g3 h4 19. hxg4 hxg3 20. fxg3 Qg5 21. Qf3 Bxe5
22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Rh4 25. Be2 Bxg4 26. Nxd5
Bxe2 27. Rfe1 Kf8 28. Rxe2 Rd8 29. Re5 Ne6 30. Rf1 Rg4+
31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Kh3 Rg6 33. Rh5 Ng5+ 34. fxg5 Rxd5 35. Kg4 Rd2
36. b3 Rxa2 37. Rf3 Rb6 38. Rhh3 Rg2+ 39. Rhg3 Rxg3+ 40. Kxg3
Kg6 41. Kg4 Rb4+ 42. Kg3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga -18"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[EventDate "2017.11.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6
7. a4 Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. a5 e6 10. Be3 exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Nd4
Bd7 13. Bf3 Re8 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Bg5 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rfe1
Qf8 18. Na4 Nfd5 19. c3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Nb6 Rxe1+
22. Qxe1 Qe8 23. Qxe8+ Bxe8 24. Nc4 Nd3 25. Nxd6 Bd7 26. Nc4
c5 27. Nb3 Be6 28. Be2 Nxb2 29. Nxb2 Nxc3 30. Bc4 Ne4 31. Bxe6
Bxb2 32. Bc4 Nxg5 33. Bxa6 Ne4 34. Bb7 Nd6 35. a6 Nb5 36. Bd5
c4 37. Bxc4 Na7 38. f4 Kf8 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. g4 h6 41. Ke3 f6
42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Bf7 g5 44. Nd4 gxf4 45. Nf5+ Kc5 46. Nxh6 Kb6
47. Bc4 Nc6 48. Nf7 Na5 49. Be2 Bc1 50. h4 Nb3 51. h5 Nc5+
52. Kf5 Nb3 53. Bf3 Nd4+ 54. Ke4 Ne6 55. h6 Nf8 56. Be2 Ka7
57. Bc4 Kb6 58. Nd6 1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga -18"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[EventDate "2017.11.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniel Sorm"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6
7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Ne2 b6 12. Ne5
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qe2
Rac8 18. Rc2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Rc8 21. Qb2 Nf7
22. b4 Qc7 23. b5 Qe7 24. a4 Ba8 25. Ra1 Qc7 26. f4 Nd8 27. a5
Nb7 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra7 Qd8 30. Qa3 Nc5 31. Bf1 Qf8 32. h3
Rb8 33. Rc7 Rc8 34. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5
12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd7
17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qb5 Bd7 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qb5 Bd7
22. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Romanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6
7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 Ba7 9. a3 h6 10. b4 Be6 11. d3 Qd7 12. Bb2
Rae8 13. Rac1 Nh7 14. Ne2 Bg4 15. c5 Qf5 16. Ne1 Ng5 17. f3
Bh3 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Qh5 21. f5 dxc5 22. bxc5
Bxc5 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. Rc4 e4 25. dxe4 Ng5 26. Ngf4 Nf3 27. Nxh5
Nxd2 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Rc1 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxc6 Nxe4
32. Nd4 Nd6 33. g4 Rxe3 34. Rxc7 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nb3 Be4 16. Qc3
Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Rac8 18. Nh4 Bg6 19. e3 Rfd8 20. Nxg6 hxg6
21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Kg7 24. a3 b4 25. axb4
Bxb4 26. Bf1 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Rc8 9. d3 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qf3 Bc6
12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Be5 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. Be5 Nd7
17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Ne5 g6
12. Bd3 Be6 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Rc1 Nfd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ka1 Qe7
17. h4 h6 18. g3 Qf6 19. Rhf1 g5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. f4 gxf4
22. gxf4 O-O-O 23. f5 Bd7 24. a4 Kb8 25. a5 Na8 26. Na4 Nc7
27. Qb3 Bc8 28. Rc3 Rhe8 29. Nc5 Rxe3 30. Ba6 Rxc3 31. bxc3
Nxa6 32. Nxa6+ Ka8 33. Nc7+ Kb8 34. Na6+ Ka8 35. Nc7+ Kb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Matlakov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7
12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxe6+
Kh8 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc5
21. Ba3 Rxf3 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 Raf8 24. Rc7 Rxf2 25. Rxa7
Rc2 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Kg8 28. Kg1 Rxc3 29. Ra8+ Kf7
30. Ra7+ Kg8 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Ra7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7
7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Qc2 e6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. e4 Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Qe2 b5 15. a3 Nc6 16. Ba2 O-O
17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bb1 Qb6 20. Qc2 f5 21. exf6 g6
22. Ba2 Bf5 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Qe2 Rd7 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Bh6
Bd3 27. Qe5 Bd6 28. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7
7. Bf4 c6 8. Qc1 Re8 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nb6 11. Qc1 Bg4
12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nc3 Nfd5 14. Bh6 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc4 16. Re1 e5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bh3 20. e4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qc7 22. c4 exd4 23. Qxd4+ Qe5 24. Rad1 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rad8
26. Red1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 c5 28. Rd7 Rxe4 29. Rxb7 Rxc4 30. Rxa7
Rc2 31. a4 c4 32. a5 c3 33. Rc7 Ra2 34. Rxc3 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Nce4 11. Qe5
Qxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd5 13. Bc1 Bd7 14. f3 Nc5 15. e4 Nb3 16. Rb1
Nb6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. g4 Ba4 19. g5 Ke7 20. Rg1 Rhd8 21. Rg4 Nd7
22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Rh4 Rc2 24. Rxh7 Nd2 25. Bxd2 Rdxd2 26. Rxg7
Rf2 27. Bd3 Rcd2 28. b3 Be8 29. Rh7 Ra2 30. Ra1 Rab2 31. Rb1
Ra2 32. Ra1 Rab2 33. Rb1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4
7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. c3 c5 11. Bc2 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Qe4 Qc8 15. Bb3 e6 16. Bf4 Bf5
17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rfd1 Nxb3 21. axb3
e5 22. Be3 b6 23. f4 Qe6 24. Qc4 Qg6 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bf4
Rfe8 27. Rf1 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Re2 29. Rf2 Rae8 30. Raf1 Rxf2
31. Qxf2 Re4 32. Qxf5 Qxf5 33. Rxf5 Re2 34. Rf2 Re1+ 35. Rf1
Re2 36. Rf2 Re1+ 37. Rf1 Re2 38. b4 Rxb2 39. Ra1 Rb3 40. Rxa7
Rxc3 41. Rb7 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Volkov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4
7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Be2 Bg4
12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Be3 Bd6 14. O-O-O Rxe3 15. Bxg4 Rxc3+ 16. Qxc3
Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Qxg4 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. g3 a6 20. Rhe1 Nhf6 21. Nd2
b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qa5 Rb8 24. Ka2 Be5 25. Rb1 Qd4 26. Qc3
Nxd5 27. cxd5 Qxd5+ 28. Qc4 Qxd2 29. Red1 Rxb2+ 30. Ka3 Qb4+
31. Qxb4 cxb4+ 32. Kxa4 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Tiebreak)"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg3 exd4 11. exd4 Re8
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Nd4 Nfe4 16. N2f3
Bf6 17. Nb3 Na4 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rad1 b5 20. a3 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Nb6 22. Nbd4 Nc4 23. Ne2 Qb7 24. Nf4 Rcd8 25. Nh5 Be7 26. Nd4
g6 27. Nf4 Bf6 28. Rfe1 Re4 29. Nf3 a5 30. Nd2 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1
b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Nxc4 dxc4 34. cxb4 Qxb4 35. Rc1 Rd4
36. Qe2 Kg7 37. Rc2 h5 38. Kh2 h4 39. Qf3 hxg3+ 40. fxg3 Qd6
41. Rf2 Qe5 42. Re2 Qf5 43. Rf2 Be5 44. Qe3 Qe4 45. Nh5+ gxh5
46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Qh6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Tiebreak)"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 Nce7 6. Nd4 d6
7. f3 Ng6 8. fxe4 f4 9. g3 fxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. Bh3 Ng4
12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 N4e5 14. Bf5 c6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qb3 Ne7
17. O-O-O b6 18. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxim L Devereaux"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qf3 Nf6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Rb8 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qh3 Rxb2
12. Na4 Rb4 13. Nc5 Qa5 14. Nb3 Qh5 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. f4 e5
17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Rab1 Nf6 19. Bc5 Ra4 20. Nd2 d6 21. Ba7 O-O
22. Nc4 Be6 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Bc5 Rc8 25. Rb4 Rxa2 26. Bd6 c5
27. Rb7 c4 28. Be2 Rxc2 29. Bd1 Rc1 30. Bxe5 Nxe4 31. Bf4 Ra1
32. Bc2 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Nc5 34. Ra7 h6 35. Be3 Nd3 36. Ke2 Nb4
37. Ba4 c3 38. Rb7 a5 39. Bc1 c2 40. Bd7 Bxd7 41. Rxd7 Na2
42. Kd2 Nxc1 43. Kxc1 Rc5 44. Ra7 f5 45. h4 Kh7 46. h5 f4
47. Rf7 Rxh5 48. Rxf4 Rc5 49. Re4 Kg6 50. Rd4 Kf5 51. Rh4 Kg5
52. Rd4 h5 53. Re4 h4 54. Rd4 Kh5 55. Re4 g5 56. Rd4 Rc3
57. Re4 Rc5 58. Rd4 g4 59. Rd8 Kg5 60. Rf8 Rf5 61. Rg8+ Kf4
62. Kxc2 Kg3 63. Kb3 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Shardul Gagare"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qc8 16. N3d2 a5 17. d5 c6
18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ne4 Nf4 22. Bg3 Ra6
23. Qg4 h5 24. Qf3 Nc5 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Qxh5
Be4 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Nf5 Ng5 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. h4 Qe4 32. Nd4
Ne6 33. Qxb5 Rd6 34. Nf3 Rd5 35. Qf1 Bc5 36. Re1 Qa4 37. a3
Qb3 38. Qe2 a4 39. Rc1 Rd6 40. Kh2 Qa2 41. Rc2 Qb1 42. Nd4 f3
43. Qxf3 Bxd4 44. Qg3+ Kh7 45. Qd3+ Kh6 46. cxd4 Rxd4 47. Qe3+
Kh7 48. Rc7 Rxh4+ 49. Kg3 Re4 50. Rxf7+ Kg6 51. Qa7 Qd3+
52. f3 Qd6+ 53. Kf2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "3.52"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anita Gara"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4
7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 O-O-O
12. Be4 e6 13. b3 f5 14. Bc2 g6 15. bxc4 e5 16. d3 Bg7 17. Qe2
Nd7 18. Rd1 Rhe8 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nbd2 g5 22. Qf1
g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Re1 Rg8 25. g3 e4 26. dxe4 Nde5 27. Nd4
Nxd4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Nb3 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Qh6 31. Qh1 Nxe1+
32. Rxe1 Qxh1+ 33. Rxh1 Rxc4 34. Bb1 fxe4 35. Nd2 Rb4 36. Nxe4
Rf8 37. Rc1+ Kb8 38. Nd2 Rd4 39. Nf1 Bf3+ 40. Kg1 h5 41. Re1
Bc6 42. Bc2 h4 43. Bb3 hxg3 44. Nxg3 a5 45. Re2 a4 46. Bc2 Re8
47. Rxe8+ Bxe8 48. Nf1 Rb4 49. Bf5 Bf7 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "4.24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Lukas Cernousek"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Be2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rd8
12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Ne1 Be8 15. Bf3 Bb4 16. Nc4 Rxd1
17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Nd3 Be7 20. Na5 Nd5 21. Bd4 Bb5
22. Bxd5 Bxd3 23. Bf3 Bb1 24. a4 Bc2 25. Bb6 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8
27. Nxb7 Nxb7 28. Bxb7 Bxb3 29. Bc6+ Kf8 30. Ke2 Bc4+ 31. Kf3
f5 32. e4 Bg5 33. Be3 Be7 34. exf5 exf5 35. Kf4 g6 36. Ke5 Bb4
37. Bd5 Bd3 38. Ke6 Ke8 39. Bg5 Bc5 40. Bc6+ Kf8 41. Bh6+ Kg8
42. Bd5 Bd4 43. Ke7+ Kh8 44. Kf7 Bc2 45. a5 Bd3 46. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "5.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fernando Peralta"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6
7. d5 h6 8. e4 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O d6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 14. Qd1 a6 15. a3 Ba5 16. Re3 Ne5 17. Bc2
b5 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Rg3 Nh5 20. Rf3 Ne5 21. Rf5 Nf6 22. Ng3 g6
23. Rf4 Nfd7 24. a4 c4 25. Ra3 b4 26. Re3 Bb6 27. Nf5 Bxe3
28. Nxh6+ Kg7 29. Bxe3 Rh8 30. Ng4 b3 31. Bb1 Rh4 32. Bd4 f6
33. Qd2 Nxg4 34. Rxg4 Rxg4 35. hxg4 Ne5 36. f4 Nxg4 37. Qe2
Qd7 38. e5 dxe5 39. fxe5 Nxe5 40. Bxe5 Qe7 41. Qg4 Qxe5
42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. d6 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Re8 46. g3 Qg5
0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniele Vocaturo"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
O-O 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 c5
12. dxc5 g5 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. c6 bxc6 15. Nxc6 Qe8 16. Bg3 Nc5
17. Qb5 Nfe4 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Qxe8 Rfxe8 20. Rc1 h5 21. f3 Nxg3
22. hxg3 Rxe3 23. Kf2 Re7 24. Nb3 Bd3 25. Bd1 Bg6 26. Nxc5
Rxc5 27. Bb3 f6 28. Rhe1 Rec7 29. Re6 Kg7 30. Rd6 Bf7 31. Ke2
d4 32. Rxd4 Bxb3 33. axb3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Rd7+ Kg6
36. Rxa7 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.29"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nils Grandelius"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5
12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. a4
Rad8 17. axb5 axb5 18. f3 Ng5 19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7
21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Be7 23. Qf3 c4 24. Rd1 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Rd8
26. b3 g6 27. h3 Kh8 28. Kh2 Qe6 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Rd2 d4
31. cxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Bxd4 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qb7+ Kh6 35. Qb4
Kg7 36. Qb7+ Kh6 37. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.30"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "8.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Benjamin Gledura"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4
12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Rb1 c5 16. d5 Nc4
17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Bc8 19. Ng3 Ng6 20. Rf1 Nb6 21. Nh5 Bc3
22. f4 f5 23. exf5 Nh4 24. f6 Bxf6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Bb2 Qf7
27. f5 Nxd5 28. Qg4 Ne3 29. Qxh4 Nxc2 30. f6 Ne3 31. Rf2 Bb7
32. Qg3 Re6 33. Re1 Rae8 34. fxg7 Qe7 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. Ng4
1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Ngf6
7. Qe1 e5 8. e4 Bd6 9. exd5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 O-O 13. a4 a5 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qc4+ Kh8
17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 f4 19. Raa1 Nb6 20. Qe4 Nd5 21. c4 Nf6
22. Qe2 fxg3 23. fxg3 e4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxg3+ 26. Qg2
Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Rae8 28. Rab1 h6 29. Rg1 Re7 30. Rbf1 Rff7
31. Qg4 Rf2 32. Rxf2 Qxf2 33. Rg2 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Qg3 g5
36. Rf2 Kg7 37. Kg2 Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Re3+ 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Rf1
Kh5 41. Rf6 Re1 42. Rf7 Kh4 43. Rxb7 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rxc2 45. Rh7
h5 46. Ke4 Rh2 47. c5 Rxh3 48. Rh6 Rh1 49. Rxc6 g4 50. d4 Re1+
51. Kf5 Rd1 52. Ke5 Re1+ 53. Kf5 g3 54. Rg6 Kh3 55. d5 Rc1
56. c6 g2 57. Ke6 h4 58. Kd7 Kh2 59. d6 g1=Q 60. Rxg1 Kxg1
61. c7 h3 62. c8=Q Rxc8 63. Kxc8 h2 64. d7 h1=Q 65. d8=Q Qc6+
66. Qc7 Qxa4 67. Qc5+ Kf1 68. Kc7 Qb4 69. Kc6 Ke1 70. Qc1+ Ke2
71. Qc2+ Ke3 72. Qc1+ Kd3 73. Qd1+ Kc3 74. Qc1+ Kb3 75. Qb1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mikhail Antipov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7
7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Qc2 e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. b3 b5 11. Be2 bxc4
12. bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O Rc7 16. Bb2
O-O 17. Rac1 h6 18. Na4 Bd6 19. Qb3 Rb7 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxd5
Rb4 22. Nc5 Qe7 23. Nb3 Bb7 24. Qd2 Nc6 25. Bxa6 Ba8 26. Bc4
Rd8 27. Qe2 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Rfd1 Rb6 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8
31. Qh5 Qf6 32. Bxf7+ Kh7 33. Bg8+ Kh8 34. Bc4 Rb8 35. Be2 Be4
36. Qg4 Rf8 37. Bf3 Bf5 38. Qb4 Rd8 39. Qa5 Bg6 40. Rc6 Qg5
41. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Matthias Bluebaum"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. c5 e5 10. b4 Be7 11. b5 O-O
12. Qa4 Re8 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Be2 exd4 15. exd4 Nxc5 16. dxc5
d4 17. O-O dxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc5 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Bxc6 Re2 21. Bf3
Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxc3 24. Qxa7 Ne4+ 25. Kg1 Ra3
0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4
8.b5 Na5 9.Bxh6 gxh6 10.cxd4 Bd7 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.a4 Qc7 13.Bd3
Qc3 14.Ke2 Be7 15.Rc1 Qxc1 16.Qxc1 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Bd8 18.Nf1 Bb6
19.Rc3 Ke7 20.Ng3 a6 21.Ke3 axb5 22.axb5 Nc4+ 23.Bxc4 Rc8
24.Nd2 Ba5 25.Rc2 dxc4 26.Nge4 c3 27.Nb1 Rg8 28.Nbxc3 Rxg2
29.Nd6 Rxh2 30.Nxb7 Bb6 31.Nc5 h5 32.Nxd7 Kxd7 33.Ne4 h4
34.Rc6 Bd8 35.Nc5+ Ke8 36.b6 Rh1 37.b7 h3 38.b8=Q h2 39.Rc8
1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.Bg5
Ba7 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Bh4 Bd7 10.Nf1 g5 11.Bg3 Ne7 12.Ne3 Ng6 13.Nf5
Ne7 14.Ne3 Ng6 15.Bb3 Qe7 16.Qc2 O-O-O 17.O-O-O Nf4 18.Rhe1
N4h5 19.Nd2 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Ng4 21.Ndf1 Nxe3 22.Nxe3 Bxe3+
23.Rxe3 h5 24.d4 h4 25.Ba4 Bxa4 26.Qxa4 hxg3 27.Rxg3 Rh4
28.Re3 Rdh8 29.dxe5 Qxe5 30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.cxd4 Rf4 32.Rd2 Rh1+
33.Kc2 Rf1 34.Ree2 Kd7 35.Kd3 c6 36.Ke3 d5 37.exd5 cxd5 38.f3
Rf6 39.Kd3 Re6 40.Rc2 Rd1+ 41.Red2 Ree1 42.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 43.Rd2
Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7
7. O-O Ng6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Nf4
12. Nb3 a5 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 d4 15. bxa5 Bxa5 16. Nxa5
Rxa5 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 18. Rfe1 Rd5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Nc6 bxc6
21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc3 c5 23. d4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Rd8
26. Bb6 Rd6 27. Bc5 Rd5 28. Be3 Bd7 29. h3 Ba4 30. Rc1 Rd1+
31. Rxd1 Bxd1 32. f3 e5 33. h4 h5 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke1 Ba4
36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ke1 Ba4 38. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Ng3
a5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 a4 21. Bd5 Bxd5
22. Qxd5 a3 23. bxa3 Rxa3 24. Rab1 Qc4 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Rxb5
Rxa2 27. Nf5 Rc2 28. Ne3 Rxc3 29. Ra1 Rcc8 30. Rb7 Rb8
31. Raa7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 h6 33. Nd5 Ra8 34. Kh2 g6 35. f3 Kg7
36. Nc7 Rc8 37. Nd5 Ra8 38. Nc7 Rc8 39. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.06"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Qa4 Bg7 6.cxd5 O-O 7.dxc6
Nxc6 8.Nf3 Nd5 9.e3 Nb6 10.Qd1 e5 11.O-O Bg4 12.dxe5 Qxd1
13.Rxd1 Nxe5 14.Nbd2 Rfd8 15.Rf1 Nd3 16.Nb3 Nxc1 17.Raxc1 Bxb2
18.Rc2 Bf6 19.Nfd4 Rac8 20.Rfc1 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Nd5 22.Rc5 Nb4
23.Bxb7 Nxa2 24.Ra5 Nc3 25.Rxa7 Ne2+ 26.Nxe2 Bxe2 27.Kg2 Bc4
28.Na5 Be6 29.Bf3 Rd2 30.Nc6 Ra2 31.Rc7 Bg5 32.Nb4 Rd2 33.Rc3
Bf6 34.Rc2 Rxc2 35.Nxc2 Kf8 36.Nb4 Bc3 37.Nc6 h6 38.Nd4 Ke7
39.Bb7 Kf6 40.f4 g5 41.Kf3 gxf4 42.gxf4 Bb2 43.Ne2 Ke7 44.Ng3
f5 45.Ne2 Kf6 46.Nd4 Bc4 47.Bc8 Bd3 48.Kf2 Bc3 49.Bb7 Bb2
50.Bg2 Ba6 51.Bf1 Bc8 52.Bh3 Bc3 53.Nb5 Bd2 54.Nd4 Bc3 55.Ne2
Bd2 56.Ng3 Bc1 57.Ne4+ fxe4 58.Bxc8 h5 59.h4 Ba3 60.Bd7 Be7
61.Be8 Kf5 62.Kg3 Bc5 63.Kf2 Be7 64.Bxh5 Bxh4+ 65.Ke2 Bg3
66.Bf3 Bxf4 67.Bxe4+ Kxe4 68.exf4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3
Nb6 7. Qc2 g6 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bd2 Nd5
12. Qc1 a5 13. Bh6 Bg4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne5 Be6 16. d4 Nf6
17. Rd1 Qb6 18. e4 Rfd8 19. Qc3 Kg8 20. Rd3 Rd6 21. Rad1 Rad8
22. b3 Qb4 23. Qa1 a4 24. h3 axb3 25. axb3 Nd7 26. Nxd7 R6xd7
27. d5 cxd5 28. exd5 Bf5 29. Re3 Be6 30. Rde1 Bxd5 31. Bxd5
Rxd5 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Rd1+ 34. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kg2 b6
36. Kf3 Rd3+ 37. Re3 Rd2 38. Re4 Rd3+ 39. Re3 Rd2 40. Re4 Rd3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3
O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Re1 h6 10.Nbd2 Bb6 11.Nf1 d6 12.Ng3 Be6 13.h3
Bxb3 14.axb3 d5 15.Qe2 Bc5 16.b4 Bf8 17.Nd2 a5 18.bxa5 Rxa5
19.Rxa5 Nxa5 20.exd5 Qxd5 21.Nde4 Nxe4 22.dxe4 Qc4 23.Qf3 Qe6
24.Nf5 Nc4 25.h4 Kh7 26.h5 g6 27.Ne3 Nxe3 28.hxg6+ fxg6
29.Bxe3 Bd6 30.Qe2 Qc4 31.Qxc4 bxc4 32.Ra1 Rb8 33.Bc1 Rb6
34.Ra4 Rc6 35.Be3 h5 36.Kf1 Kg7 37.Ke2 Kf6 38.Kd1 Ke6 39.Kc2
Be7 40.f3 Bh4 41.Ra5 Bg3 42.Bc5 g5 43.Bb4 g4 44.fxg4 hxg4
45.Ra8 Kf7 46.Rc8 Bf4 47.Kd1 Kg7 48.Ke2 Kf7 49.Rf8+ Kg7 50.Rd8
Kf7 51.Kf2 Kg7 52.Rd7+ Kf6 53.g3 Bc1 54.Rd1 Bg5 55.Ke2 Ke6
56.Rh1 Ra6 57.Ba3 Rb6 58.Rh7 Rb7 59.Kd1 Rb8 60.Kc2 Rd8 61.Rg7
Rd2+ 62.Kc1 Bf6 63.Kxd2 Bxg7 64.Bc5 Kd7 65.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Qd7 6.Bd3 Nc5
7.Be2 g6 8.Nb3 Ne6 9.Be3 c5 10.Ng5 b6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.a4 Bb7
13.O-O Nc6 14.f4 Bh6 15.a5 Ne7 16.Bg4 d4 17.Bc1 O-O 18.Qd3 Bd5
19.Qh3 Bg7 20.Nd2 Nf5 21.c4 dxc3 22.bxc3 Rad8 23.axb6 axb6
24.Re1 b5 25.Ne4 Qe7 26.Ng5 h6 27.Nf3 Bc6 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.Be3
Rd3 30.Rac1 Ra8 31.Qh4 Qxh4 32.Nxh4 c4 33.Kf2 Bf8 34.Nf3 Bd5
35.Nd4 Bc5 36.Nxf5 Ba3 37.Nxh6+ Kg7 38.f5 Bxc1 39.Bxc1 Rxc3
40.f6+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.02"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Nf1 Ba7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Ne7 14. h3 Ng6 15. g3 Qd7 16. N1h2 Rf7
17. Qb3 b6 18. Rf1 Raf8 19. h4 a5 20. a4 Kh8 21. Qd1 Kg8
22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Qd1 Kg8 24. Nd2 Qe8 25. Kg2 Rd7 26. Ng4 Rdf7
27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rf3 Rxf3 29. Nxf3 Ne7 30. Nh2 Kh8 31. Ng4
Ng8 32. d4 Nf6 33. dxe5 Nxg4 34. Qxg4 dxe5 35. b3 Qf7 36. Qe2
Qe7 37. Rd1 Kh7 38. Qc4 Qf6 39. Qe2 Qe7 40. Rd3 Kg8 41. Qd2
Qf6 42. b4 Qg6 43. f3 Qf6 44. bxa5 bxa5 45. c4 Ra8 46. Qb2 Kh7
47. c5 Rd8 48. Rxd8 Qxd8 49. Qxe5 Qd7 50. Kh3 Qxa4 51. Qxe6
Qd1 52. Qf5+ Kh8 53. Qf7 a4 54. e5 a3 55. e6 Qf1+ 56. Kg4 Qc4+
57. Kh3 Qf1+ 58. Kg4 Qc4+ 59. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.03"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Ndf6 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. e3 Qa5
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. f3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. e4 Nxe5 16. exf5 Nd7
17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qxe7 Qd2 19. Qxd7 Qxb2 20. cxd5 Rae8
21. Rae1 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qxd5 24. Qxb7 Qd2 25. Rf1
Re8 26. f4 Bd4 27. f5 Re1 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Qxc6 Kg7 30. Qb7+
Kh6 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Be4 Bg7 34. Qf3 Rxf1+
35. Qxf1 Qxa2 36. Qh3+ Bh6 37. Qe6 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Qb2+ 39. Kf3
Qg7 40. h4 Qg8 41. Qxg8+ Kxg8 42. Bxg6 Kg7 43. Be8 Bd2 44. Ke2
Bb4 45. g4 Kf6 46. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.04"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Paravyan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. a3 Be7 8. f4 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. g3 Bc5 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. O-O-O Qxd4 15. Rxd4 b6 16. Bg2 Bb7
17. Rhd1 O-O-O 18. b3 Kc7 19. Kb2 Nb8 20. h4 h5 21. Ne2 Nc6
22. R4d3 Ne7 23. Nd4 Kb8 24. Bh3 g6 25. a4 Rc8 26. Nf3 Nc6
27. Ng5 Rc7 28. R3d2 Re8 29. Rh2 a5 30. g4 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Ba6
32. h5 gxh5 33. Bxh5 Rf8 34. Rf2 Nb4 35. Rdd2 Bc8 36. f5 exf5
37. c3 Nc6 38. Rxd5 Re7 39. Re2 f6 40. exf6 Rxe2+ 41. Bxe2
Rxf6 42. Kc1 Kc7 43. Kd2 Rg6 44. Nh3 Be6 45. Rb5 Na7 46. Nf4
Nxb5 47. Nxg6 Nd6 48. c4 Ne4+ 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. Bd3 Nc5 51. Bc2
Bd7 52. Nh4 Ke5 53. Ng6+ Kd6 54. Nh4 Be6 55. Kf4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.05"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3
Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. f4 e5
12. Nb3 exf4 13. Qxd6 Qe8 14. Rhe1 Qe5 15. Bf2 Qxd6 16. Rxd6
Re8 17. Bf3 g5 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Nc5 Bg4 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nd3
Re6 22. Rxe6 Bxe6 23. e5 Ng4 24. h3 Ne3 25. g3 Bc4 26. gxf4
gxf4 27. Nxf4 Bxe5 28. Nfd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Re8
31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Bxb7 Bxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Rb8 34. c4 Rxb7+ 35. Kc3
Ke7 36. Rd1 f5 37. c5 Rb5 38. Kc4 Rb2 39. a4 Rc2+ 40. Kd5 Kd7
41. Rg1 Rd2+ 42. Ke5 Kc6 43. Rg6+ Kxc5 44. Rxa6 Rd5+ 45. Kf4
Rd4+ 46. Kg3 h5 47. Ra5+ Kd6 48. Rxf5 h4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.08"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vitaly Shinkevich"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6
7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Nd4
12. Bg4 c6 13. Ne2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bg5 15. Bc5 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qc7
17. g3 Rad8 18. h4 Be7 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Rac1 Nf6 21. Bh3 Bd6
22. Qc2 Ra8 23. Kg2 h6 24. Re1 a5 25. Rcd1 a4 26. d4 exd4
27. Bxd4 Nh7 28. f4 c5 29. Bf2 Nf8 30. e5 Be7 31. Kh2 b5
32. Rd5 Rad8 33. Red1 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Rd8 35. Qd1 c4 36. Rxd8
Bxd8 37. Qd5 Be7 38. Qxb5 c3 39. bxc3 Qxc3 40. Qxa4 Qb2
41. Qd4 Qxa3 42. f5 Qf3 43. Bg4 Qc6 44. Bd1 Qc8 45. Qe4 Qc3
46. Kh3 Qd2 47. Qd4 Qa2 48. Bf3 Qb1 49. Be4 Qf1+ 50. Bg2 Qe2
51. Qe3 Qc4 52. Qe4 Qa2 53. Bd4 Qc4 54. Be3 Qc8 55. Kh2 Qc3
56. Bf4 Qc8 57. Qb7 Qxb7 58. Bxb7 Nd7 59. Bc6 Nc5 60. Bb5 Kf8
61. Kg2 Nb3 62. f6 gxf6 63. Bxh6+ Kg8 64. exf6 Bxf6 65. Bc4
Nd4 66. Bc1 Kg7 67. Kh3 Nf3 68. Be3 Bd4 69. Bc1 Ne5 70. Be2 f6
71. g4 Bf2 72. g5 fxg5 73. hxg5 Bd4 74. Bf4 Nf7 75. Kg4 Nxg5
76. Kxg5 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.09"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. d4 e6 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. Bd2 a5 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. Qh4 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 b4 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. a3 Qd8 20. Qxd8 Rcxd8 21. axb4
Nd3 22. bxa5 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxd2 25. b4 Rxf2
26. a6 Rb2 27. Rc4 Ra2 28. b5 Ra5 29. Rb4 Rb8 30. Bb7 Kf8
31. b6 Ke7 32. Rc4 Rxa6 33. Bxa6 Rxb6 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Bc4 Rb1
36. Bd3 Rb8 37. Kg3 g6 38. Kf4 Rd8 39. Bc4 Rd2 40. Bb5 Rd8
41. e4 g5+ 42. Ke3 h5 43. e5+ Kxe5 44. Rxf7 Rb8 45. Be2 Rb3+
46. Kf2 h4 47. Ra7 Rb4 48. Ra8 Kf4 49. Re8 Ke5 50. Rh8 Rb2
51. Rh6 Kf5 52. Ke3 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 Rb2 54. Rh8 Kf4 55. Rf8+ Ke5
56. Ra8 Rb4 57. Kg1 Rb2 58. Bg4 Rb4 59. Ra5+ Kf6 60. Be2 Rb2
61. Bc4 g4 62. Rh5 g3 63. Rxh4 Rb1+ 64. Bf1 Kg5 65. Re4 Ra1
66. Rxe6 Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.10"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5
7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 a5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nb3
dxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14. Qe4 a4 15. Bxh6 axb3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Qg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Nd5 Bc5 8. e3 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 e4 11. h3 exf3 12. hxg4
fxg2 13. Kxg2 dxc5 14. f3 Ne5 15. e4 Nxc4 16. Qc2 Nxd5
17. Qxc4 Nb4 18. Qxc5 Nd3 19. Qc3 Nxc1 20. Raxc1 c6 21. Rfd1
Qe7 22. Rd4 Rad8 23. Rcd1 h6 24. a3 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 c5 26. Qd7
Kf8 27. Qb5 a6 28. Qa5 Rc8 29. Rd5 Kg8 30. Qd2 c4 31. Rd7 Qf6
32. Qb4 b5 33. Qc3 Qc6 34. Rd5 Qf6 35. e5 Qe7 36. f4 Qc7
37. Kh2 Rd8 38. Qd4 Rxd5 39. Qxd5 Qb6 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexey Sarana"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Nb6
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rfc1 h6
17. h4 Rfd8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Nxa4 20. Rxa4 Qb7 21. Bf1 Rc6
22. Bd3 d5 23. Qe2 d4 24. Rca1 Be7 25. Bxa6 Qc7 26. Bd3 Rc8
27. Ra7 Qd8 28. Ba3 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. R1a5 Rc5 31. R7a6
Qe7 32. Kg2 Rc3 33. Ra7 Qf6 34. Rb5 g5 35. h5 Re8 36. Kg1 Rcc8
37. Raa5 Bd7 38. Rd5 Bh3 39. Ra6 Be6 40. Rb5 Ra8 41. Rba5 Rxa6
42. Rxa6 Rc8 43. b4 Qe7 44. b5 Qb4 45. Kh2 Kg7 46. f4 exf4
47. gxf4 gxf4 48. e5 Qe7 49. Qg2+ Kh8 50. Ra8 Qh4+ 51. Kg1
Qe1+ 52. Bf1 Qe3+ 53. Kh1 Qxe5 54. Rxc8+ Bxc8 55. Qc6 Be6
56. Bg2 Kg7 57. b6 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qg3+ 59. Kg1 Qe3+ 60. Kh2 Qg3+
61. Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.27"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigoriy Oparin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. d3 Na6 9. f4 Qe8 10. b3 Bd8 11. Qd2 Bb6 12. Na4
Bc7 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Rae1 Rd8 15. h3 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Nac3
Bb6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Kh2 Nc5 21. b4 Na4 22. Ba1
Bc7 23. Bg2 Nb6 24. Nc3 Bb8 25. e4 Qg6 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. g4
Bd7 28. f5 Qf7 29. Ne4 Bc8 30. Kh1 d5 31. Ng5 Qf6 32. Re2 d4
33. Bb2 Nd5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Ne4 Qe7 36. Bc1 Rdd8 37. Qe1 Bb7
38. Kg1 Rc8 39. g5 Qd7 40. Ref2 Kg8 41. f6 Qxh3 42. f7+ Kh8
43. g6 Rc6 44. Rg2 Qh5 45. Rf6 Rxf6 46. Nxf6 Qf3 47. Ne4 Bxe4
48. dxe4 Qh5 49. Qe2 Qh4 50. Bg5 d3 51. Qxd3 Qh5 52. Be7 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Be7 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Re1 Nc6 13. Bb1 Re8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd4 16. Bc3 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qd5 19. Re5 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxf3
21. gxf3 f6 22. Re4 Kf7 23. Ra4 Red8 24. Re1 Rd7 25. Ree4 Rb8
26. Ra6 Bd8 27. Rc6 Bb6 28. a4 Rc7 29. Rd6 c4 30. Kg2 Bc5
31. Rd5 Bb4 32. Rdd4 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Rb3 34. Rxc4 Rxc3 35. Rxc3
Rxc3 36. Rb4 Rc7 37. Rb5 g5 38. Ra5 Rc4 39. Rxa7+ Kg6 40. Ra8
h5 41. a5 Ra4 42. a6 Kf5 43. a7 Ra1 44. Kh3 Ra3 45. Kg3 Ra4
46. h4 gxh4+ 47. Kh3 Kf4 48. Rf8 Rxa7 49. Rxf6+ Kg5 50. Rf8
Ra4 51. f4+ Rxf4 52. Rxf4 Kxf4 53. Kxh4 Kf3 54. Kxh5 Kxf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.29"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nd2 Be7
7. g3 e5 8. Bg2 exd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. Nxb6 axb6
12. O-O Be6 13. Bg5 Ra5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5 cxd5 16. Qd3 O-O
17. Rfd1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd6 19. Rd4 Rc8 20. Qd2 h6 21. b4 Ra4
22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5
Rxb4 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 f6 29. Rxb7 Ra4 30. Rxb6 Rxa2 31. h4
Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Ra2 33. Rb5 Ra1 34. Rb8 Ra2 35. Rc8 Ra1 36. Rc6
Ra2 37. Rc1 Ra3 38. Rc2 Ra1 39. Rb2 Ra3 40. Rd2 Ra1 41. Rd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.30"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Denis Khismatullin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. a3 a5 11. Na4 Nd5
12. Bc5 b6 13. Bxe7 Ndxe7 14. Ng5 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nf3
Qd7 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 e4 20. Qc2 exf3
21. Rxc6 fxe2 22. Re1 Qxd3 23. Rxe2 Qf3 24. Rxc7 Rd6 25. Rc8
g6 26. Rc3 Qf6 27. Kg2 Re6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Re3 Qd5+ 30. Qe4
Qxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Rc8 32. Re5 Kg7 33. Rb5 Rc6 34. a4 Kf6 35. b4
axb4 36. Rxb4 Kg7 37. Rb5 Rc4 38. Rxb6 Rxa4 39. h4 h5 40. Rb3
Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.01"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. h3
Be6 13. Ba4 Nxa5 14. d4 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 c4 17. Qe2
Rc8 18. Ndf3 Qb6 19. Bf4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Bc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8
22. Bg3 Nh5 23. Bh2 Nf6 24. Bg3 Nh5 25. Bh2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.02"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bf3 c6
12. Nc3 Be6 13. Rc1 Re7 14. e4 Rd7 15. Qd2 a6 16. Rfd1 b5
17. Ne2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb8 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. g3 c5 21. Bc3 h5
22. Bg2 Ng4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. f4 e5 26. f5 Rb6
27. Rb1 Rdb7 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. h3 Nf6 30. Bf3 Nh7 31. fxg6 Ng5
32. Qg2 Kxg6 33. Rf1 Ne6 34. h4 Nd4 35. Bd1 Rb8 36. Qd2 Rg8
37. Kh2 Rg7 38. Qe3 Rg8 39. Qf2 Rh8 40. Kh3 Kg7 41. Kg2 Kg6
42. Qd2 Rb8 43. Kh3 Rh8 44. Rf2 Rg8 45. Kh2 Rh8 46. Kg2 Rg8
47. Qc1 Rg7 48. Kh3 Rg8 49. Kh2 Rg7 50. Qe3 Rg8 51. Rf1 Rb8
52. Bxh5+ Kxh5 53. Rf7 Kg4 54. Rxe7 Rb2+ 55. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.03"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nc3 Qe8 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 Qe5 15. e4 dxe4 16. axb5 axb5
17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra6
21. Nxb5 Ne5 22. Nxc7 Ra2 23. Rb1 Nd3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Rd1
Rxb2 26. Rxd3 g6 27. Nd5 Kg7 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Kg2 Rb4 30. Rd1
Kg7 31. Kg1 h5 32. h4 Rb5 33. Kg2 Rb3 34. Kg1 Rb4 35. Kg2 Rb3
36. Kg1 Rb5 37. Kg2 Rb6 38. Kg1 Rb5 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. Kg1 Rb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.04"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a4 Nge7 9. Ba3 b6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O c4 12. Be2
O-O 13. Nh4 f6 14. f4 Rf7 15. Qd2 f5 16. g4 g6 17. Qe3 Rg7
18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Bd6 Qb7 20. Rg1 Rag8 21. Qh3 Qc8 22. Ba3 Qe8
23. Nf3 fxg4 24. Rxg4 Nf5 25. Ng5 Nd8 26. a5 bxa5 27. Bc5 Nb7
28. Ba3 Nd8 29. Bc5 Nb7 30. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.05"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O
7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8
12. Re1 c5 13. d5 Bg4 14. b3 Ba5 15. Re3 c6 16. dxc6 d5
17. exd5 Rxe3 18. fxe3 Qxd5 19. Bb2 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qxc6 21. Ng5
Rd8 22. Qc4 Rd7 23. Rf1 Bd8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Ne4 Bd4 26. exd4
Qxe4 27. dxc5 Qxc4 28. bxc4 Kf8 29. Rb1 Rc7 30. Rb6 Rxc5
31. Rxa6 Rxc4 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Ra7+ Ke6 34. Ra6+ Ke7 35. Ra7+
Ke6 36. Ra6+ Ke7 37. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.24"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walter Okas"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. b3 Nbd7
7. Nxd7 Nxd7 8. d4 e6 9. Qd3 Bg6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6
12. Nd2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb4 14. Bb2 Qd5 15. f3 O-O 16. c4 Qd7
17. Qe3 Rad8 18. a3 Be7 19. Rae1 b6 20. Qc3 f6 21. Kg2 Rfe8
22. Rf2 f5 23. d5 e5 24. Qxe5 Bf8 25. Qd4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.25"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Conor O'Donnell"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bd3 Bxc5 6. Qg4 Ne7
7. b4 Bb6 8. Nf3 a5 9. b5 Ng6 10. h4 f5 11. Qg3 O-O 12. h5 Nh8
13. Bh6 Qe7 14. Bg5 Qb4+ 15. Nbd2 Qg4 16. Qh2 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nc5
18. Be2 Ne4 19. Rf1 Nc3 20. Ng1 Nxe2 21. Nxe2 g6 22. hxg6 Qxg6
23. a4 Bd7 24. Ra3 Qf7 25. Rh1 Rfe8 26. Rh3 Re7 27. Nf3 Qg7
28. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "3.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Giga Quparadze"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
Qf4 d5 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Nxc3
15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rxc3 Ne7 17. Ke2 Nd5 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rhc1 Kf8 20. Nd2 Nf6
21. f3 Rc5 22. e4 Rdc8 23. Ke3 Nd7 24. Nb3 R5c7 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Bb5 Rxc2 27.
Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Nxc2 Ke7 29. Kd4 f6 30. Ne3 g5 31. Be2 Nc6+ 32. Kc3 Ne5 33. Kd4
Nc6+ 34. Kc3 Ne5 35. g3 Kd6 36. b4 axb4+ 37. axb4 Ke7 38. Bd1 Kd6 39. Be2 Ke7
40. Bd1 Kd6 41. Kd4 Nc6+ 42. Kc4 Ne5+ 43. Kc3 Kd7 44. b5 Kd6 45. Kd4 Ke7 46. f4
gxf4 47. gxf4 Ng6 48. Nc4 Nxf4 49. Nxb6 e5+ 50. Ke3 Ng2+ 51. Kf3 Nf4 52. Ke3
Ng2+ 53. Kf3 Nf4 1/2-1/2


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "5.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Cristhian Cruz"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. a3 Qa5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 f5 17. f3 g5 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. dxc5
Rac8 22. Bg3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rxc5 24. Rf6 Rc6 25. Be5 Bd5 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. Kf2
Kf7 28. Ke1 Ke6 29. Bg7 h5 30. Kd2 Bb5 31. g3 Kf5 32. h4 Kg4 33. Bf6 1/2-1/2


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Santosh Gujrathi Vidit"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Qe1 a5 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Ra2 Nb3 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Rxa4 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 Qxe5 21.
Re1 Qf6 22. Qa1 Rad8 23. Rxa5 Kh8 24. Qd1 c5 25. Qf3 g6 26. Ra7 Rf7 27. Rd1 Qb6
28. Ra2 Qe6 29. Bd3 c4 30. Bf1 Bf6 31. Ra5 Rfd7 1/2-1/2


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "7.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milan Zajic"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15.
Rae1 Qd7 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. Nd1 Nh5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qg3 1/2-1/2


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.02"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "8.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kirill Stupak"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "300"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rfd1 d6 13. Nb3 a5 14. Rac1 a4 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxh4 18. Qc3 Bd7 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Qc7 21. Nd6
Bc6 22. Qb4 Bg5 23. Rc3 Bf6 24. Rcd3 Rab8 25. Bf3 b6 26. cxb6 Qxb6 27. Qxb6 Rxb6
28. Nc4 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rb4 30. b3 Bb5 31. g3 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Bd1 Be7 34.
a3 g6 35. h4 h5 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Rd7 Bxa3 38. Ra7 Bc5 39. Rxa4 Rc1 40. Be2 Rb1
41. Rc4 Bb6 42. Rc2 Kf6 43. Bf3 Ke7 44. Rd2 Rb4 45. Bc6 Bd4 46. Ra2 Rb6 47. Be4
Kd6 48. Bd3 Rb3 49. Be2 Rb4 50. Rc2 Bb6 51. Bf3 Ke5 52. Re2+ Kf6 53. Bc6 Rc4 54.
Bb5 Rc5 55. Rb2 Rc7 56. Be2 Bd4 57. Ra2 Kg7 58. Bf3 Kh6 59. Rd2 Rc4 60. Be2 Rb4
61. Rc2 Bb6 62. Bf3 Rb3 63. Bc6 Kg7 64. Ba4 Ra3 65. Bc6 Bd4 66. Rd2 e5 67. Bd5
Ra5 68. Bc4 Ra4 69. Bd5 f5 70. Ra2 Rb4 71. Rc2 Bb6 72. Ba2 e4 73. Rd2 Bd4 74.
Rc2 Bb6 75. Rd2 Bd4 76. Rc2 Rb7 77. Bd5 Rd7 78. Bc6 Rd6 79. Ba4 Rb6 80. Rc4 Be5
81. Rc5 Re6 82. Bb3 Re7 83. Rb5 Bd6 84. Rb6 Bc5 85. Rc6 Bd4 86. Rd6 Bc5 87. Rc6
Ba3 88. Ra6 Bb2 89. Rb6 Rc7 90. Ba4 Bd4 91. Rd6 Rc4 92. Rd7+ Kh6 93. Bb3 Rb4 94.
Bg8 Bg7 95. Ra7 Rb2 96. Ra2 Rb8 97. Bd5 Rb6 98. Bc4 Rb4 99. Bg8 Bd4 100. Rc2 Bb6
101. Bd5 Kg7 102. Kf1 Kf6 103. Kg2 g5 104. hxg5+ Kxg5 105. Be6 Rb5 106. Bd7 Rd5
107. Bc6 Rd6 108. Bb5 Rd5 109. Be2 h4 110. gxh4+ Kxh4 111. Rb2 Rd6 112. Rb5 Rg6+
113. Kf1 Kg5 114. Bc4 Kf4 115. Bd5 Bd4 116. Bb7 Rg8 117. Bc6 Rg7 118. Rd5 Be5
119. Bd7 Rh7 120. Kg2 Rh6 121. Bb5 Rh8 122. Bd7 Rg8+ 123. Kf1 Ra8 124. Rb5 Ra2
125. Kg1 Rd2 126. Be6 Rd6 127. Bc8 Rd8 128. Be6 Re8 129. Bd7 Re7 130. Bc8 Rf7
131. Kg2 Bd4 132. Rd5 Bb6 133. Rb5 Bc7 134. Kf1 Be5 135. Kg2 Re7 136. Kf1 Rc7
137. Be6 Rc6 138. Bd7 Rc2 139. Kg1 Rc3 140. Kg2 Rc1 141. Be6 Rc7 142. Kf1 Re7
143. Bc8 Kg5 144. Bb7 Re8 145. Bc6 Re6 146. Bd5 Re7 147. Bb7 Kg4 148. Bc8 Rc7
149. Be6 Kf3 150. Rb3+ Kf4 1/2-1/2


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alessio Valsecchi"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. f4 Qa5 12. a3 Rac8 13. Kb1 Rfd8 14. Bf3 Kf8
15. Qe3 b5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf6 21.
Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Qxe7 Qc6 24. Qxa7 Qxg2 25. Qg1 Qd2 26. f5 b4 27. axb4
Nd5 28. Rd1 Nxc3+ 29. bxc3 Qxc3 30. Qd4+ Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Kf6 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Kb2
Ke5 34. Rd1 f5 35. Kb3 f4 36. Re1+ Kd4 37. c4 f3 38. c5 Kd3 39. Rd1+ Ke2 40. Rc1
f2 41. Rc2+ Kf3 42. Rxf2+ Kxf2 43. Kc4 Ke3 44. b5 Ke4 45. c6 Ke5 46. Kc5 Rh8 47.
c7 Rxh2 48. Kc6 Rc2+ 49. Kd7 Rd2+ 50. Ke7 Rc2 51. b6 Rc6 52. Kd7 Rd6+ 53. Ke8
Rxb6 54. c8=Q Rf6 55. Ke7 Rf5 56. Qe6+ Kf4 57. Qxg6 Re5+ 58. Kf6 Re2 59. Qd3 Re3
60. Qd4+ Kf3 61. Kf5 Re2 62. Qd3+ Kf2 63. Kf4 Re8 64. Qa3 Re2 65. Qb4 Kg2 66.
Qd4 Rf2+ 67. Kg4 Kh1 68. Kg3 Rg2+ 69. Kf3 Kh2 70. Qd5 Kg1 71. Qe5 Kh1 72. Qe4
Kh2 73. Qe1 1-0


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gawain C B Jones"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. h3 Bh5
15. d5 Bg6 16. Bf4 c6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Rfe8 21.
Bg5 h6 22. Bh4 Qd5 23. Ne4 Qxd1 24. Raxd1 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Bf8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27.
Ra1 d5 28. Rd1 Re2 29. Rxd5 f6 30. Bg3 Rxb2 31. Rd8 Kf7 32. Bd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 a5
34. Ra6 Rxb3 35. Rxa5 Ke7 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Rb7 h5 40.
g3 h4 41. Kg2 Rb2 42. Kf3 Rb4 43. Rb8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5
7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. Nb3 O-O
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Nxc5
Bxc5 17. Rc1 Be7 18. h3 Re8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Bb1 a4 21. h4 Bg4
22. Qd3 g6 23. Nh2 Bf5 24. Qd2 Qa5 25. Qd1 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Bg7
27. Nf3 Qb6 28. Qd2 Qa5 29. Qd3 Qa6 30. Qd2 Qa5 31. Qd3 Qa6
32. Qd2 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard A Bates"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2
Bd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bh4 c6 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Nxe6 Rxe6 14. Qf5 Qc7 15.
Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Rae8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qf4 h5 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. Ne2
Qb4 22. Nf4 R6e7 23. Rc2 N8h7 24. a3 Qd6 25. b4 Rh8 26. Rfc1 Ng4 27. Bxa6 bxa6
28. Rxc6 Qd7 29. Nxd5 Re4 30. Nf4 Rhe8 31. Nxg6 Qxd4 32. Nf4 Rxe3 33. Nxh5+ Kf8 0-1


[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6
7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. f4 c5
12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. h3 Bc5+ 16. Kh1
Nh6 17. Bd3 Qh4 18. Be4 Nf5 19. Be1 Qe7 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Bf2
Rad8 22. Rad1 Bxf2 23. Qxf2 Qb4 24. Kh2 h6 25. Rfe1 Rfe8
26. h4 Bc6 27. e6 Rxd1 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxd1 Re6 30. h5 Kg8
31. Rd4 Qe7 32. b4 Qf7 33. Qh4 Re3 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Bxg2
36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Nd1 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Bd2 Bg4 9. f3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxe4 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qd2 Rad8
16. Qc3 Rd5 17. Rf2 Rc5 18. Qd4 Rxc2 19. Qxa7 c5 20. Raf1 Rxf2
21. Rxf2 Qb1+ 22. Rf1 Qxb2 23. Qxc5 Qxa2 24. Qxc7 h6 25. Qc3
Re8 26. Re1 Qa7+ 27. Kf1 Qa6+ 28. Kg1 Qb6+ 29. Kf1 Qa6+
30. Kg1 Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lothar Vogt"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. c3 Nge7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 Na5
12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Be4 Bxe4
17. Nxe4 Nh4 18. g3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 g5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Qd5+
Rf7 22. Bxg5 Qc8 23. a4 Rb8 24. g4 Qb7 25. Qe6 Nc6 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Johan Salomon"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O a5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Ndf3 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qb8
12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Kg1
Bf8 17. Nc6 Nd5 18. Qd3 b5 19. Bd2 Ra6 20. Nxa5 Qa8 21. Nb3
Rxa2 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qb7 24. Rc1 c6 25. h4 h6 26. Qc2
Qd7 27. Nc5 Qa7 28. Kg2 Nf6 29. f3 Nd7 30. Nb3 Nb6 31. Ra1 Qd7
32. Be1 Na4 33. Bf2 h5 34. Rc1 Qd8 35. Nd2 Nb6 36. Ne4 Be7
37. Nc5 Nd7 38. Nd3 Bd6 39. e4 Bf8 40. Qc3 Be7 41. Nf4 g6
42. Nd3 Qf8 43. Qa5 Qe8 44. Qa6 Nb8 45. Qa7 Qd7 46. Ra1 Qe8
47. Qb7 Bd6 48. Ra8 Rd8 49. Be3 Qe7 50. Qxe7 Bxe7 51. Ne5 Kg7
52. Bh6+ Kg8 53. Bf4 Kg7 54. Bh6+ Kg8 55. Ra7 Re8 56. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. e3 dxc4 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5
12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15. O-O Qd7 16. h4 Rfe8
17. a3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Rxd5 22. Rxc7 Bxb2 23. Rxb7 Bxa3 24. Rxa7 Bb4 25. Re2 Rd1+
26. Kh2 Re1 27. Rxe1 Bxe1 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Bxe7 Bxf2 30. Bf6
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5
12. b4 a6 13. a4 Qd6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Nb6 16. Qb3 Rb8
17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Bd7 20. Ne1 Ra8 21. Qc2
Ra3 22. Nd3 Rfa8 23. Nc5 Ra2 24. Qd1 Be8 25. Rc2 Bf8 26. Qd2
Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qc7 28. g3 Qa7 29. Rc1 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qxc5
31. Rxc5 Kf8 32. g4 Bd7 33. Kg2 Ke7 34. h4 Ra1 35. Rc2 Ra5
36. Kg3 Ra1 37. Rb2 Rg1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Bf3 Ra8 40. Kg3 Kd6
41. Rb1 Be6 42. Rb7 g5 43. Rb1 Rc8 44. Rc1 c5 45. dxc5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
O-O 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7
12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 g5
17. Bg3 Qxc5 18. Qd8+ Kg7 19. Be5 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qc4+ 21. Ke1
Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc4+ 23. Ke1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd2 Bg7 6. Ngf3 O-O
7. O-O a5 8. b3 a4 9. Ba3 Re8 10. e3 Bf5 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Ne4 Nc7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 axb3
17. axb3 Bxb3 18. Qb2 Bc4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Rb1 Ba6 21. Nf3
Qc8 22. Ne5 Ne6 23. Bb6 Nf8 24. Rc1 Qf5 25. h4 Nd7 26. Nxd7
Qxd7 27. Qa3 Bb5 28. d5 h5 29. dxc6 Bxc6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Qa4
Rc8 32. Bd4 e5 33. Bc5 Qd2 34. Rd1 Qe2 35. Rc1 Qf3 36. Bd6 Qg4
37. Qa6 Qe6 38. Qb7 e4 39. Ba3 Be5 40. Kg2 Qg4 41. Qe7 Qf5
42. Kg1 Kh7 43. Bd6 Bg7 44. Rc5 Qf3 45. Bf4 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qf3+
47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nc5
12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Bf5 Ne6 16. N2b3 Rfd8
17. Be3 Bf8 18. h4 Re8 19. Bf2 Bg6 20. Bg4 h5 21. Bh3 Ncxd4
22. cxd4 Bb4 23. Re2 Qd8 24. a3 Bf8 25. g3 a5 26. f4 a4
27. Nc1 f5 28. Qd3 c5 29. Bxf5 c4 30. Qc2 Bxf5 31. Qxf5 Qb6
32. Qg6 Qa7 33. Rd2 Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. f5 Nc7 36. Ne2 b4
37. axb4 Bxb4 38. Rdd1 Nb5 39. Nf4 Red8 40. Kf1 a3 41. bxa3
Rxa3 42. Rxa3 Nxa3 43. Ra1 c3 44. Ke2 c2 45. Be3 Nb5 46. Kd3
Rc8 47. Nxd5 Ba3 48. Bc1 Bxc1 49. Rxc1 Rd8 50. Kc4 Na3+
51. Kc5 Rb8 52. Nb6 Rb7 53. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7
12. Ne2 f5 13. g3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nf6 15. Bh3 Nh5 16. b4 Ke7
17. Kd2 a6 18. a4 Kd6 19. Ra3 Rhe8 20. Rha1 h6 21. b5 axb5
22. axb5 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 f4 24. exf4 cxb5 25. Rb3 Nf6 26. f3 Ra8
27. Nc3 Ra1 28. Ke3 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Rc1 30. Nxb5+ Kc6 31. Na7+
Kc7 32. Nb5+ Kc6 33. Na7+ Kc7 34. Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Be5 13. Qd2 d4 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bf3
Be6 17. Rad1 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rac8 19. Bd4 b6 20. Rd2 Bf5 21. Be3
Be4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rfd1 Kf8 24. h3 Re6 25. Rd4 h6 26. Ra4
Re7 27. Rdd4 Ke8 28. g4 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. g5 Ng8
31. Bxb6+ axb6 32. Ra8+ Kd7 33. Rxg8 hxg5 34. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Ne5 c5
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. dxc5 dxc4 14. cxb6 cxb3 15. Qxb3 axb6
16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Nb5
Rec8 21. h3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rc4 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Nd7
25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nc3 Nf6 27. Qd4 Qc7 28. f4 Kg8 29. a4 h5
30. Kh2 Nd7 31. Ne4 Qc6 32. Ng5 f6 33. Ne4 Kf7 34. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7
7. Nb5 Ne8 8. e3 Ndf6 9. Rc1 c6 10. Nc3 b6 11. Qa4 Bb7
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 b5 14. Qc2 Nc7 15. Bd3 Ne6 16. Bg3 c5
17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxb5 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. O-O
Re8 22. Nf3 Rc8 23. Bc7 Qd5 24. Rfd1 Bb6 25. Bxh7+ Nxh7
26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Qd2 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Bxf3 29. Rc1 Bg4 30. h3
Be6 31. Rc6 Nf6 32. Qb4 Nd5 33. Qd6 Bd4 34. Rc2 Bb6 35. Rc6
Bd4 36. Rc2 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5
12. a4 Ne4 13. Ba3 Rxa4 14. Bb4 Ra6 15. Ne5 f6 16. Rxa6 Nxa6
17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Na5 Kf7 19. f3 Nxb4 20. cxb4 Nd6 21. Nb3 Qc6
22. Nc5 h6 23. e4 Nc4 24. e5 fxe5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Qd4 Ng6
27. f4 Re8 28. f5 exf5 29. Rxf5+ Kg8 30. Qxd5+ Qxd5 31. Rxd5
Nf4 32. Rf5 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nd4 34. Rf4 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8
36. Nd3 Ke7 37. Ke3 Nc6 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. h4 Kd6 40. g4 Ke6
41. Nf4+ Kf7 42. Nd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7
12. Bf4 Ne4 13. c3 Bg5 14. Qc1 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6
17. f3 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Kf2 d5 20. a4 a5 21. Nd2 Kf8
22. Bd3 Nd6 23. b4 Bc6 24. b5 Bd7 25. Nf1 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Nxf5
27. g4 Ne7 28. Ne3 Rd8 29. h4 Rd6 30. h5 Rd7 31. Rb1 h6 32. f4
g6 33. Kf3 Rd6 34. Rc1 Rd7 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Kd3 Ng8 37. hxg6
Kxg6 38. c4 dxc4+ 39. Nxc4 f6 40. Ne3 Ne7 41. Ke4 Kf7 42. d5
Kf8 43. Rc2 Kg8 44. Rc3 Kf8 45. Nf5 Nxf5 46. Kxf5 Rxd5+
47. Kxf6 Rd4 48. f5 Rxg4 49. Rxc7 Ke8 50. Rb7 h5 51. Rxb6 h4
52. Rb7 Rxa4 53. Rh7 Rb4 54. Ke6 Re4+ 55. Kd5 Rb4 56. Kc5 Kf8
57. f6 Kg8 58. f7+ Kf8 59. b6 Rb1 60. Rxh4 Kxf7 61. Re4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lars Stark"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. d4 Nb4 8. Qd1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. Be2 g6 11. O-O Bg7
12. Qb3 c5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nc2 a5
17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 O-O 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Re1
b5 22. e4 c4 23. Qc2 b3 24. Qb1 Qb4 25. Rf1 Qa4 26. a3 b4
27. Bg5 c3 28. Qe1 cxb2 29. Rb1 bxa3 30. Bxd8 a2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1.68"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Nxd7 Nbxd7 8.
O-O a6 9. Be2 Qc7 10. d4 Bd6 11. g3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Ne4 Be5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Qe4 Nc5 16. Qf3 Rfd8 17. c3 Rac8 18. Rb1 b5 19. h4 Nd7 20. Bf4 Be5 21. Bg5
Bf6 22. Bf4 Be5 23. Be3 Nb6 24. Rbd1 Nd5 25. Bc1 Rb8 26. h5 h6 27. Bd3 Nf6 28.
a3 Rd5 29. Bb1 Rbd8 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qd6 33. Qxd6 Bxd6 34.
Bd3 Nxh5 35. b4 Bc7 36. c4 bxc4 37. Bxc4 a5 38. Bd2 axb4 39. Bxb4 Bb6 40. Kg2
Nf6 41. a4 Ng4 42. a5 Ba7 43. Be1 Kf8 44. Be2 f5 45. a6 Ke7 46. Bb4+ Kd8 47. Bc4
Nxf2 48. Bxe6 Ng4 49. Bd6 g6 50. Kf3 Nf6 51. Bf4 g5 52. Be5 Nd7 53. Bg7 f4 54.
Bxd7 Kxd7 55. g4 Kc6 56. Bxh6 Kb5 57. Bxg5 Kxa6 58. Bxf4 Kb5 59. Be3 Bb8 60. Bf4
Ba7 61. g5 Kc6 62. g6 Bd4 63. Ke4 Bg7 64. Be5 Bf8 65. Kf5 Kd7 66. Kf6 Ke8 67.
Bf4 Bc5 68. Kg7 Bd4+ 69. Kh7 Ke7 70. Bh6 Ke6 71. Bg7 Bc5 72. Bb2 Bf8 73. Ba3 1-0


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Qb5 Bd7 13. Qb4 Bg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15.
Qb5 Nf6 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Re1 Rfc8 18. a3 Ra6 19. h3 h6 20. Be3 g5 21. Nd3 Nbxd5
22. Nc5 Rb6 23. Qe2 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Nd5 25. Nxa4 Nxc3 26. Qg4 Rbc6 27. Nxc3 Rxc3
28. h4 gxh4 29. Rab1 b6 30. Rb5 Qg6 31. Qxh4 R8c7 32. d5 Bf6 33. Qh3 Bd4 34. d6
Qxd6 35. Qg4+ Bg7 36. Rxb6 R7c6 37. Bf4 Qg6 38. Qxg6 fxg6 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Rxe7
Ra6 41. Bc1 Rc6 42. Bd2 Rc2 43. Be3 Ra2 44. Ra7 Be5 45. g3 h5 46. a4 Bc3 47. Kg2
Bb4 48. Kf3 Be1 49. Bd4 Bd2 50. Bb6 g5 51. a5 h4 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. Kg4 Be1 54.
a6 Ra4+ 55. Kh3 Bc3 56. Ra8+ Kf7 57. a7 Ra3 58. Rf8+ 1-0


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.50"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Pavel2 Anisimov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nh6
9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Na4 Qd8 11. Bd3 Nf5 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Nc5 Rc7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. O-O
Bc8 16. Qb3 Nb8 17. Rc2 b6 18. Na4 Bd7 19. b5 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Qc8 21. Nc3 h5 22.
Rc1 Qb7 23. Qd2 a6 24. bxa6 Nxa6 25. Ne2 Rc8 26. Rb1 Nc7 27. Nf4 g6 28. g3 Bb5
29. Bc2 Qa6 30. Kg2 Ba4 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. e6 Nxe6 33. Nxd5 Bd8 34. Nb4 Qb7 35.
d5 Nf8 36. Re1 f6 37. Qe3 Qd7 38. Nd4 Qf7 39. Ndc6 Bxc6 40. dxc6 b5 41. Qc5 Qc4
42. Qd6 Qf7 43. Nd5 Kg7 44. Nxf6 Bxf6 45. Bxf6+ Kh6 1-0


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "4.37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dinesh K Sharma"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3
Ne4 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Qb3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. e3 c5 14. Be2 c4 15.
Qb4 Qd8 16. Nd2 Ndf6 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Re8 19. Rce1 Re6 20. Rb1 Rb6 21. Qc5
Rc6 22. Qb4 Rb6 23. Qc5 Ra6 24. g4 Ra4 25. Ra1 Bd7 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27. Bxc7 Rc8 28.
Be5 Bc6 29. h4 Nd7 30. Bf4 Nf8 31. Bd6 Ra6 32. g5 Bd7 33. Be5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Bf5
35. Bd1 Rb6 36. Kc1 Ng6 37. Bg3 Re8 38. Bf2 Nf8 39. Re1 Nh7 40. Ba4 Re7 41. e4
dxe4 42. d5 e3 43. Rxe3 Rxe3 44. Bxe3 Rd6 45. Bb5 Bd3 46. g6 Rxg6 47. Bxa7 Rd6
48. a4 Rxd5 49. Kd2 Ng5 50. Ke3 Re5+ 51. Kf2 Rf5 52. Re1 Rxf3+ 53. Kg2 Rf4 54.
Re8+ Kh7 55. Be3 Rg4+ 56. Kf2 Ne4+ 57. Ke1 Rg2 58. Bd4 Rb2 59. Bd7 Rb1# 0-1


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "5.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. O-O Ba5 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Nb3 Bb6
15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Rac1 c6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 g6 20. Qd2 Ng7 21.
Rc3 Qe7 22. h3 Ne6 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Rce3 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. Qh6
Rfe8 28. Nh2 Qf8 29. Qd2 d4 30. Ng4 Kh8 31. Nf6 Re7 32. Re4 g5 33. h4 Qh6 34.
Rg3 d3 35. hxg5 Qg6 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Qxd3 Rc7 38. Qd2 Rc8 39. Rh4 Rd8 40. Qc1
Nf8 41. Kh2 Kg7 42. Qc7 Rd2 43. e6 Nxe6 44. Qe5 Kf8 45. Rh6 Qc2 46. Rxh7 Rd8 47.
Rh8+ Ke7 48. Rxd8 Kxd8 49. Qd6+ Kc8 50. Qd7+ Kb8 51. Qe8+ Qc8 52. Qxc8+ Kxc8 53.
Ne4 Kd7 54. Kg3 Kc6 55. f4 Nd4 56. Kg4 Kd5 57. Nf6+ Ke6 58. Nh5 b5 59. Ng7+ Kd5
60. Nf5 Nc2 61. Nh6 Ke6 62. f5+ Ke7 63. Kh5 Ne3 64. g4 1-0


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. g3 cxb4 5. a3 e6 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. O-O a5 8. axb4 Bxb4 9. Ne1 Nge7 10. Nd3 O-O 11. Nxb4 Nxb4
12. Ba3 Ra6 13. d3 e5 14. Nd2 Rh6 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Qa4 Nc6
17. Qb5 Qe7 18. Rfb1 Bg4 19. Re1 Bh3 20. Bd5 Bg4 21. Ne4 Bf5
22. Qc5 Qd7 23. Ng5 Rf6 24. Reb1 h6 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Re8
27. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5
7. c3 d3 8. Qe3 Be7 9. b4 Ne6 10. O-O d5 11. exd6 cxd6
12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. cxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxb4
d5 17. Rb2 dxc4 18. Qxd8 Nxd8 19. Nxc4 Be6 20. Re1 Bf6
21. Nce5 Re8 22. Ree2 Rc8 23. Rbc2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Bf5 25. Rd2
Ne6 26. h3 h5 27. Bb2 Be4 28. Nc4 Be7 29. Nfe5 f6 30. Nf3 Bb4
31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Ne3 Bf8 33. Nd4 Nf4 34. f3 Bg6 35. Nb3 Ra8
36. Ra1 Re8 37. Bc1 Bb4 38. a3 Bc3 39. Ra2 Bf7 40. Nd1 Re1+
41. Kf2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "8.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigoriy Oparin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb4 8. Qb1 Nb6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. a3 N4d5
12. b4 f5 13. Nc5 O-O 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Qc2 a5 16. b5 Bd6
17. Rc1 cxb5 18. Bxb5 e4 19. Nd4 Kh8 20. O-O Nf6 21. f4 Nbd5
22. Qc4 Nb6 23. Qc2 Nbd5 24. Rfe1 Ng4 25. h3 Ngf6 26. d3 exd3
27. Nxd3 Bxa3 28. Bxa3 Qxa3 29. Ne5 Nxe3 30. Qf2 Ned5 31. Bc4
Qc5 32. Red1 Qb6 33. Kh2 Ne4 34. Qh4 Qf6 35. Qh5 Ne3 36. Rd3
Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Be6 38. Nxe6 Qxe6 39. Rc7 Rac8 40. Rxb7 Rb8
41. Ra7 Ra8 42. Rc7 Rac8 43. Re7 Nf6 44. Ng6+ Kg8 45. Rxe6
Nxh5 46. Nxf8 Nxf4 47. Rf3 Nxe6 48. Nxe6 g6 49. Ra3 Rc6
50. Nd8 Ra6 51. Nb7 a4 52. Nc5 Ra5 53. Nxa4 Kg7 54. Ra2 Kf6
55. Nc3 Rc5 56. Ne2 Rc4 57. Ra6+ Kg5 58. Ng1 Rc7 59. Nf3+ Kh6
60. Nd4 Rf7 61. Kg3 Kg5 62. h4+ Kh5 63. Ne6 Re7 64. Nf4+ Kh6
65. h5 Rg7 66. Ne6 Rb7 67. hxg6 hxg6 68. Kf4 Rb2 69. Ra3 Kh7
70. Ng5+ Kh6 71. Ne6 Kh7 72. Kg5 Rxg2+ 73. Kf6 Rh2 74. Ra8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "9.43"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Denis Pershin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6
7. c3 e6 8. O-O Qb6 9. Nd2 Rc8 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4
12. Qb3 Ne7 13. Bd2 Nec6 14. Rfc1 Be7 15. a3 Na6 16. Qd3 h6
17. b4 Nc7 18. Nf4 Kd7 19. Nh5 g6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Nb5
22. Rc5 a6 23. a4 Nd6 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Nxd4 26. Ne5+ Kd8
27. Rxc8+ Kxc8 28. Ra8+ Kc7 29. Rxh8 Ne4 30. Bf4 Qc5 31. Nc6+
e5 32. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "10.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4
7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. h4 h6 12. h5
Nc8 13. Qe1 Nb6 14. Bd1 O-O-O 15. Nh4 Be7 16. f4 Rhg8 17. Bc2
Kb8 18. Ndf3 Qc8 19. Qg3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Ng6 Bd6 22. Qh4
f5 23. Nfe5 Be8 24. Bd2 Nb3 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Rf2 Nd7 27. Rbf1
Bxg6 28. Nxg6 Nf8 29. Ne5 Nh7 30. Ng6 Nf8 31. Ne5 Nh7 32. Ng6
Qf7 33. g4 fxg4 34. f5 g3 35. Rg2 exf5 36. Bxh6 Ka8 37. Bxf5
Rde8 38. Ne5 Bxe5 39. dxe5 Qc7 40. Bg6 Qb6+ 41. Kh1 Rxg6
42. hxg6 Qxg6 43. Rxg3 Qc6 44. Kg1 a5 45. Be3 Nf8 46. Rg8 Ne6
47. Qh8 Nc7 48. Rff8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "11.43"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Prasanna Vasanthan Vishnu"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. h3 Bf5
7. g4 Be4 8. g5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nh5 10. Bh2 Nd7 11. h4 e5
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Be2 f5 14. Qh3 Qe7 15. Rhg1 Rae8 16. Bxh5
gxh5 17. Qf3 Qf7 18. Ne2 f4 19. exf4 exf4 20. Kb1 Re4 21. c3
c5 22. Ka1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Nb6 24. a3 Nc4 25. Nxf4 Rxf4 26. Bxf4
Qxf4 27. Qxd5+ Qf7 28. Qe4 Qxf2 29. Qxb7 Ne3 30. Rc1 Ng4
31. Rge1 Qxd4 32. Re7 Be5 33. Ka2 Ne3 34. Rc8 Nd5 35. Ree8 Bd6
36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Qb3 Kg7 38. Qb7+ Be7 39. Rc2 Qe4 40. Qb3
Ne3 41. Rc7 Nf5 42. Rc8 Kg6 43. Rc4 Qe6 44. Qd3 h6 45. gxh6
Kxh6 46. Ka1 Qe1+ 47. Ka2 Qe6 48. Kb1 Bxh4 49. Re4 Qf6 50. Qd5
Ng7 51. Rc4 Qf1+ 52. Ka2 Qf2 53. Qd3 Bf6 54. Rc2 Qf4 55. Rg2
Qf5 56. Qd2+ Kh7 57. Rf2 Qe6+ 58. Ka1 h4 59. Qf4 Nh5 60. Qf3
Kg6 61. Qd3+ Kh6 62. Re2 Qg4 63. Qd2+ Qf4 64. Qe1 h3 65. Rf2
Qe5 66. Qc1+ Kg7 67. Qh1 Qg3 68. Rh2 Qxa3+ 69. Kb1 Qd3+
70. Ka1 Nf4 71. Qg1+ Kh6 72. Qxa7 Ne2 73. Qb6 Kg6 74. Rf2 Qd1+
75. Ka2 Qa4+ 76. Kb1 Qe4+ 77. Ka1 Qe5 78. Qa6 Qxb2# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "12.53"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Popov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Qb6 7. b3 e6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. Be2 h6 10. h4 b6 11. h5 Bb7 12. Rh4
Ne7 13. Rg4 g5 14. hxg6 Nxg6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb2 Bg7
17. Qe3 h5 18. Rg3 h4 19. Rg4 h3 20. gxh3 Rxh3 21. Bg3 Bh6
22. Qd3 Bc6 23. Qa6+ Kb8 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Rxg5 Rdh8 26. Bd3
Ne7 27. Rg7 Rf8 28. Qc4 Rhh8 29. Qg4 a5 30. Qg5 Nd5 31. Bc4
Qb7 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. c4 Bc6 34. a4 Rh1 35. Rxh1 Bxh1 36. Qe7
Qc8 37. Rxf7 Rxf7 38. Qxf7 Be4 39. Bh4 Bf5 40. Be7 Kb7 41. Bd6
Ka6 42. Qg7 Ka7 43. Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "13.53"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Oleg Vastrukhin"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nc6
7. b4 c4 8. a4 f5 9. Be2 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. O-O O-O-O
12. Na3 Rg8 13. Qd2 Be8 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Nc2 Qg7 16. Rg1 Be7
17. a5 a6 18. Qe1 Na7 19. Ne3 Kb8 20. g3 Nb5 21. Ng2 Bh5
22. Nf4 Qf7 23. Nd2 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 f4 25. gxf4 Rxg1+ 26. Qxg1
Rg8 27. Qb1 Bh4 28. f5 Qh5 29. Nf4 Qg5 30. Qg1 Qd8 31. Qf1 Qg5
32. Qg2 exf5 33. Nf3 Qd8 34. Qh3 Bxf2 35. Ne2 Rg4 36. Rf1 Be3
37. Ng3 Qc8 38. Qh5 f4 39. Nf5 Rg5 40. Nxg5 Qxf5 41. Qxh6 f3
42. h4 f2 43. Qf6 Qg4 44. Rxf2 Qxh4+ 45. Rh2 Qxg5 46. Qf8+ Ka7
47. Qc5+ Kb8 48. Qf8+ Ka7 49. Qc5+ Kb8 50. Qf8+ Ka7 51. Qc5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "14.51"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aram Hakobyan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Rc1 c6
12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Bf6 16. Be5 d6
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. e4 b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Re1 Ba6
22. e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 Qb6 24. Nxc5 Qd6 25. Ne4 Qb6 26. Qh5 Nxd5
27. Rc5 Nb4 28. Rec1 h6 29. Rc7 Rac8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+
Bxc8 32. Qxe5 Be6 33. Nc5 Qb5 34. Bf1 Bc4 35. Bxc4 Qxc4
36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Nd7 g6 38. Qe7 Nc6 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Ne8+ Kg8
41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Ne8+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[Round "15.51"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Andrey Drygalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Bh6
Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nc5 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. Bd3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4
Ndc5 18. O-O Nxd3 19. cxd3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. f5 gxf5
22. Rxf5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qd4 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Rf1+ Ke8 26. Qxe6
Qxd3 27. Qb6 Bc6 28. Qa6 Kd8 29. Qb6+ Ke8 30. Qa6 Kd8 31. Qb6+
Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 Bxf4 6. exf4 O-O 7. Bd3 b6
8. Qe2 a5 9. Ne5 c5 10. c3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14.
Rfe1 a4 15. g3 Qa6 16. Qe3 Qb5 17. Rb1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Na6 19. Ndf3 Nc5 20.
Qd1 Nfd7 21. Nd4 Qa6 22. Nec6 Qb7 23. f5 Rae8 24. Nb4 Nf6 25. fxe6 fxe6 26.
Nd3 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 e5 28. Nb5 Qd7 29. Rbd1 e4 30. Qe2 Ng4 31. Rf1 Ne5 32.
Kg2 Nf3 33. Nd4 Qg4 34. h3 Qg5 35. Qe3 Qg6 36. Ne2 Nh4+ 37. Kh1 Nf5 38. Qf4
e3 39. f3 Nd6 40. Qd4 Nf5 41. Qxd5+ Kh8 42. g4 Qh6 43. Kh2 Nh4 44. f4 Qf6
45. Rd4 Ng6 46. Qf3 Qe7 47. Rfd1 a3 48. b3 Qc7 49. Kg1 Ne5 50. Qg2 Ng6 51.
f5 Ne5 52. Qg3 Qc6 53. Rf1 h6 54. Kh2 b5 55. h4 h5 56. gxh5 Qh6 57. Qg5 Kh7
58. Kh3 Rf6 59. Qxh6+ Kxh6 60. Re4 Rff8 61. Rxe3 Nd7 62. Rxe8 Rxe8 63. Ng3
Re3 64. c4 bxc4 65. bxc4 Nf6 66. Kg2 Rc3 67. Rf2 Rxc4 68. Re2 Nxh5 69. Re8
Nf4+ 70. Kf3 g6 71. f6 Nd5 72. Rh8# 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Artyom Zubritskiy"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4  d5  2. c4  dxc4  3. Nf3  Nf6  4. e3  Bg4
 5. Bxc4  e6  6. Nc3  a6  7. h3  Bh5  8. g4
 Bg6  9. Ne5  Nbd7  10. Nxg6  hxg6  11. Qf3  c6  12. Bb3  Qb6  13.
Bd2  Be7  14. O-O-O  Nd5  15. Kb1  Rf8  16. Ne2 
a5  17. e4  Nb4  18. a3  a4  19. Bc4  Na6  20.
Rc1  Nc7  21. Ka1  Nb5  22. Qd3  Nd6  23. Ba2 
Qa6  24. Qxa6  Rxa6  25. f3
 Nb5  26. h4  Nb6  27. h5  gxh5  28. Rxh5 
Kd7  29. Rh7  g6  30. Be3  Ke8  31. f4  Nd6  32.
Ng3  Kd7  33. e5  Nb5  34. f5  gxf5  35. gxf5 
Nd5  36. Bxd5  cxd5  37. f6
 Bd8  38. Bh6 Rg8  39. Rxf7+
 Ke8  40. Rh7  1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henrik Teske"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. Nf3  d5  2. d4  Nf6  3. c4  e6  4. Nc3  c6
 5. Bg5  h6  6. Bxf6  Qxf6  7. e4  dxe4  8.
Nxe4  Bb4+  9. Ke2  Qf4  10. Qc2  f5  11. Nc3 
c5  12. g3  Qg4  13. h3  Qh5  14. a3  Bxc3  15.
Qxc3  cxd4  16. Qxd4  O-O  17. Bg2  Nc6  18. Qh4 
Qf7  19. Rhd1  e5  20. Rac1
 e4  21. Nd4  Ne5  22. Kf1  Kh7  0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 e5 11. Nf3 Qe7
12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5
17. Ba3 Qe8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 e4 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Nh2
Bxe2 22. Qxe2 b5 23. Nd2 Ba5 24. Bc1 Nb4 25. Ndf1 Qd3 26. Qb2
Qc2 27. Qxc2 Nxc2 28. Ng4 Nd5 29. Ne5 Bc3 30. Nc6 f5 31. g4
fxg4 32. hxg4 Ndb4 33. Nxb4 Nxb4 34. a3 Nd3 35. Bd2 Bb2 36. a4
Nc5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ng3 Be5 39. Ne2 Nxb3 40. Bb4 Kf7 41. Kg2
Ke6 42. f4 exf3+ 43. Kxf3 Kd5 44. Bf8 Nd2+ 45. Kf2 Kc4 46. Nf4
b4 47. Bxb4 Ne4+ 48. Ke2 Bxf4 49. exf4 Kxb4 50. Ke3 Nf6 51. g5
Nh5 52. Ke4 Kc5 53. Ke5 Nxf4 54. Kxf4 Kd6 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. Kf4
Kd5 57. Kf5 Kd4 58. g6 h6 59. Ke6 h5 60. Kf5 Ke3 61. Kg5 Ke4
62. Kxh5 Kf5 63. Kh4 Kxg6 64. Kg4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Tang"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 Bxf4 6. exf4
O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qe2 a5 9. O-O Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Rfe1 c5
12. c3 a4 13. Qd3 Nc7 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. Rac1 Qa6 16. Qb1 Nb5
17. Ndf3 a3 18. b3 Nd6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. c4 Nde4 21. Nd3 Qa5
22. Qc2 d4 23. Nfe5 Nc3 24. h3 Qc7 25. f3 Rfc8 26. Qf2 Ne8
27. Rc2 Nd6 28. Qd2 Rab8 29. Ng4 Qa7 30. Ngf2 Rc7 31. Ne4
Ndxe4 32. fxe4 Qb7 33. e5 h6 34. Nc1 Qc6 35. Qd3 Rd7 36. Ne2
Nxe2+ 37. Rcxe2 g6 38. Rf2 h5 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. Ree2 h4 41. Rd2
Rh8 42. Rde2 Rh5 43. Rd2 Rb7 44. Qc2 Qc7 45. Qc1 Qc6 46. Qxa3
Rf5 47. Qc1 Ra7 48. Rd3 Qe4 49. Rdf3 Qa8 50. a4 Rb7 51. Qc2
Rb4 52. Rd3 Qb7 53. Rff3 Qb6 54. Qf2 Rh5 55. Qa2 Qa5 56. Rf1
Kg8 57. Qe2 Qb6 58. Ra1 Qa5 59. Qg4 Kg7 60. Ra2 Kg8 61. Re2
Qb6 62. Ra2 Qa5 63. Ra1 Kg7 64. Rf3 Kg8 65. f5 exf5 66. Qf4
Rb6 67. e6 Rxe6 68. Qb8+ Kg7 69. Qb5 Qc7+ 70. Kh1 Rg5 71. a5
Re2 72. Rg1 Rg3 73. Rxg3 Qxg3 74. Qb7 d3 75. a6 d2 76. Qd5 Qe3
77. a7 Re1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2889"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bg7 6. c4 f5
7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Be2 Ne4 11. O-O Nxc3
12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Rb1 Qxc3 14. Qd1 b6 15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Nh5 Bh6
17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Qe2 Kd8 19. Rfe1 Kc7 20. g3 e6 21. Rbc1 Qh8
22. Qf3 Rg5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Nf4 Rgg8 25. Bf1 Bxf4 26. Bg2
Rab8 27. exf4 Rge8 28. Rcd1 Qf8 29. Qa3 a5 30. Rd2 Bc6
31. Bxc6 Kxc6 32. Rde2 Qf7 33. Qa4+ Kc7 34. Rb1 Qd7 35. Qc2 d5
36. Rd1 d4 37. a4 Qc6 38. Re5 Rbd8 39. Rd3 h5 40. h4 Rg8
41. Qd1 Rg4 42. Kh2 Rdg8 43. Rf3 d3 44. Qxd3 Rd8 45. Qe2 Rd6
46. Rfe3 Kd7 47. Rd3 Rxd3 48. Qxd3+ Kc7 49. Qe2 Kd7 50. Re3
Ke7 51. Qb2 Rg8 52. Rb3 Kf7 53. Rxb6 Qf3 54. Rb7+ Kg6 55. Re7
Qe4 56. Rc7 Qd4 57. Qe2 Qd6 58. Rb7 Rd8 59. Rb5 Qc6 60. Rb3
Rd4 61. Re3 Rd6 62. Qb2 Rd1 63. f3 Qd6 64. Re2 Rd3 65. Qh8 Rd2
66. Qg8+ Kf6 67. Qg5+ Kf7 68. Qxh5+ Kg7 69. Qg5+ Kf7 70. Qh5+
Kg7 71. Qg5+ Kf7 72. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 73. Kh3 Qd1 74. Qh5+ Kg7
75. Qg5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2846"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Nf3 Bd6
12. c4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Rd1 Rad8 15. h3 c5 16. b3 Bc6
17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Rd2 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 h6 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 a6
22. g3 Nf8 23. Ne1 Qc8 24. Nd3 Nh7 25. Nxc5 Nf6 26. Qf3 Bxc5
27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Qa8+ Kh7
31. Qxa6 Ne5 32. Qb7 Qd4 33. a4 g6 34. a5 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Qxa5
36. b4 Qa2 37. c5 Kg7 38. b5 Nd3 39. Qe4 Qxf2+ 40. Kh1 Qxg3
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5
e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nd2 c3 9. bxc3 Qd5 10. Ngf3 Qxc5 11. Ba4 Bg7
12. Ne4 Qa5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qd6 Qd5 15. Rd1 Qxd6 16. Nxd6+
Ke7 17. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 18. Ke2 Rcb8 19. Rb1 Rb6 20. Rb3 f5
21. Rc1 Rab8 22. Rxb6 Rxb6 23. Rc2 Ra6 24. Nd2 Ra3 25. Nb1 Ra4
26. Nd2 Kd6 27. Kd3 c5 28. g3 Kd5 29. c4+ Kc6 30. Nb3 Ra3
31. Ke2 Ra4 32. Kd3 Rb4 33. Ke2 Be5 34. h3 Bc7 35. g4 fxg4
36. hxg4 a5 37. g5 a4 38. Nc1 Rb1 39. f4 Bd6 40. Nd3 Rh1
41. Kf3 h6 42. gxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. a4 Nd7
7. a5 Be4 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 a6 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Qc7
12. d4 Ngf6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxb7 O-O 16. Qxc6
Qxd4 17. Rfd1 Qa7 18. Qb7 Ne5 19. Bg2 Qxb7 20. Bxb7 Ra7
21. Bg2 g5 22. Na4 Rc8 23. Rdc1 Rac7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nb6 Rc5
26. Bb7 Nc6 27. Na4 Rc2 28. Bxa6 Nxa5 29. Bd3 Rc7 30. Nb6 Nb3
31. Ra3 Nc5 32. Bc2 Ncd7 33. Nxd7 Rxd7 34. Ra5 h6 35. Kg2 Kg7
36. Ra4 Rc7 37. Bd3 Nd5 38. h4 Rc5 39. Rd4 Nf6 40. f4 gxh4
41. gxh4 Nd5 42. Kf3 Ra5 43. Bc4 Ra3+ 44. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. e3 d5 6. Nc3
Be6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Qd7 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. exd4
Bd6 12. Qd2 Rac8 13. Ne2 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. Nf4 Kg7 16. c3
Re7 17. Re2 Rce8 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Nxe6+ Rxe6 20. g3 a6 21. Qd1
Qb6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 f5 24. f4 Kf6 25. b4 Rxe2 26. Rxe2
Rxe2 27. Bxe2 h5 28. Kg2 h4 29. b5 axb5 30. Bxb5 hxg3 31. hxg3
Ke6 32. Kf3 Be7 33. Ba4 g5 34. Bb5 gxf4 35. gxf4 Bd6 36. Ba4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Matlakov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5
11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ilya Yulyevich Smirin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. e4 b6
7. Nc3 bxc5 8. Bc4 d6 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. Nd5 e6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6
12. Bxd6 Qxb2 13. Bxf8 Qb4+ 14. c3 Qxc4 15. Bd6 Rd8 16. Bc7
Rc8 17. Bd6 f6 18. Rb1 Na5 19. O-O Kf7 20. Ng3 Rhd8 21. e5 f5
22. Qc1 h6 23. Rf2 Bc6 24. Qa3 Nb7 25. Qxa7 Rd7 26. Qa3 Nxd6
27. exd6 Rxd6 28. Re1 Kg8 29. Rfe2 Rcd8 30. Qc1 Bd5 31. Nh5
Qh4 32. Nf4 Bc4 33. Rf2 Qf6 34. a4 e5 35. Nh5 Qf7 36. Ng3 Bb3
37. Rff1 Bxa4 38. Rxe5 Rd1 39. Qf4 Rxf1+ 40. Nxf1 Bd7 41. h4
Rc8 42. Ng3 c4 43. Qd4 Re8 44. Rxe8+ Bxe8 45. Qe5 Bd7 46. Ne2
Kf8 47. Nf4 Kg8 48. Kf2 Kh7 49. h5 Bc6 50. Qd6 Qa7+ 51. Kg3
Be8 52. Qe6 Qd7 53. Qe5 Bf7 54. Qb8 Qd2 55. Qe5 Qd7 56. Kh2
Qd2 57. Qxf5+ Kg8 58. Qe5 Qf2 59. Nh3 Qh4 60. Qb8+ Kh7 61. Qf4
Qxh5 62. Kg1 Qc5+ 63. Nf2 Kg8 64. Kf1 Qb5 65. Ne4 Qd5 66. Kf2
Qe6 67. Nd6 Bg6 68. Qxc4 Qxc4 69. Nxc4 Kf8 70. Ke3 Ke7 71. Kd4
Kf6 72. Ne3 Kg5 73. Ke5 Kh4 74. Kf4 Bd3 75. g3+ Kh5 76. c4 g5+
77. Ke5 Kg6 78. c5 h5 79. c6 h4 80. gxh4 gxh4 81. Ng2 Kg5
82. c7 Ba6 83. Nxh4 Kxh4 84. f4 Bc8 85. f5 Kg5 86. f6 Kg6
87. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[Round "13.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 e6 8. Nc3
Qa5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. exf3 Nb6 11. f4 Bb4 12. Ne2 Nxc4 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. a3 O-O 15.
Be3 Be7 16. b4 Qf5 17. Qb3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. a4
Nfd5 22. a5 Nc8 23. Bd4 a6 24. g4 Qg6 25. Be5 f6 26. Bd4 Qf7 27. Bc5 Be7 28. Qc4
Bxc5 29. bxc5 Na7 30. Ng3 Nb5 31. f5 e5 32. Ne4 Nf4 33. Qc2 Nxg2 34. Kxg2 Qd5
35. f3 h6 36. h4 Kf8 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Nd4 40. Qb2 Qb3 41. Qh2
Nxf5+ 42. Kg4 Ne3+ 43. Kh5 Qf7+ 44. g6 Qe6 45. Qd2 Qf5+ 46. Kh4 Qf4+ 47. Kh3
Qxf3+ 48. Ng3 Qg4+ 49. Kh2 Qh4+ 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[Round "14.24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Demchenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Qc7 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. c3 b6 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Na5 Bd5 15.
Qe2 Rab8 16. h3 h6 17. Re1 Ba8 18. Be3 Nbd5 19. Nc4 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bc5 21. Qe5
Qc6 22. Bf1 Rfc8 23. b4 Bb6 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Ra6 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Ne5 Nd5
28. Rea1 f6 29. Nd3 Nxc3 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Bd5 32. Rc7 Na2 33. f3 Nxb4 34.
Nxb4 Rxb4 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Bd3+ f5 37. Rd8 Kg6 38. Kf2 Kf6 39. Rc8 Rb2+ 40. Be2
Bb7 41. Rb8 Ke5 42. g3 Kd6 43. Ke3 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 Rb2 45. Ke3 e5 46. f4 Rb3+ 47.
Kf2 e4 48. Bd1 e3+ 49. Ke1 Rb1 50. Rd8+ Kc7 51. Rd3 Bf3 52. Rc3+ Kd6 53. Rd3+
Kc5 54. Rd8 e2 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[Round "15.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Bd3 g6 5. c3 e5 6. Nd2 Bg7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. b4 c6 11. Nb3 Nb6 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Ned4 Re8 14. a4 Nbd7 15.
c4 Ne5 16. cxd5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxd5 18. Rac1 Ng4 19. Bg3 h5 20. Rfd1 a6 21. Nc5
Qd8 22. Nf3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 a5 24. b5 cxb5 25. axb5 a4 26. Nd4 Bf8 27. b6 Ra5 28.
Ne4 Bf5 29. Nxf5 Rxf5 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Rcd1 Rc5 32. h3 Nf6 33. Nxb7 Rxd3 34. Rxd3
Rc1+ 35. Kh2 a3 36. Be5 Ne4 37. Rd8 f6 38. Bd4 Kf7 39. Ra8 Nxf2 40. Nd8+ Ke7 41.
b7 Rb1 42. b8=Q Rxb8 43. Nc6+ Kd7 44. Nxb8+ Ke6 45. Nc6 Bd6+ 46. Kg1 Ne4 47. Na5
Kd5 48. Nb3 Kc4 49. Nc1 Bb4 50. Rc8+ Kd5 51. Kf1 f5 52. Ke2 g5 53. Kd3 Nf2+ 54.
Ke2 Ne4 55. Na2 Bd6 56. Nc3+ Nxc3+ 57. Bxc3 g4 58. hxg4 hxg4 59. Kd3 Ke6 60. Ra8
Kd5 61. Bd2 Kc6 62. Bc1 Kd5 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[Round "16.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. h4 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 c5 15. Bg2
f5 16. gxf6 gxf6 17. a3 Ba5 18. Qxb6 Bxb6 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bc6 cxd4
22. b4 dxe3 23. c5 Bd8 24. Bxe3 Rc8 25. Ba4 Ke7 26. Bg5+ Nf6 27. Rad1 Rc7 28.
Bf4 Rc8 29. Bg5 Rc7 30. Rd6 Kf7 31. Bb3 Kg7 32. Rhd1 Be7 33. Rxe6 a5 34. Kf3
axb4 35. axb4 Rb8 36. Bf4 Rxb4 37. Bxc7 Rxb3+ 38. Re3 Rxe3+ 39. fxe3 Bxc5 40.
Be5 Kf7 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Rc1 Bb4 43. Rc6+ Kf7 44. Kf4 Be7 45. h5 gxh5 46. Kxf5
h4 47. e4 Kg7 48. e5 Bb4 49. Rg6+ Kf7 50. e6+ Kf8 51. Rg4 Be1 52. Re4 Bf2 53.
e7+ Ke8 54. Ke6 Bc5 55. Rxh4 Bxe7 56. Rh8+ Bf8 57. Rg8 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[Round "17.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Mustafa Yilmaz"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6 7. c4 a6 8. Ba4
Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Qxc5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Ngf3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 f5 14. Rb1 b5 15.
Bc2 Bb7 16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh5 18. Nb3 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Rbc1 Bf8 21. Rc3
b4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Re3 a5 24. Nc1 Rc7 25. Nd3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Qxe2 27. Nxe2 Bxe4
28. Nxb4 Bg6 29. Na2 Rd2 30. Nf4 Rxb2 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Nc3 Rb3 33. Ne4 Rxe3 34.
fxe3 Rc4 35. Nd6 Rc7 36. Ra1 Rc6 37. Nb7 Rc3 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 g5 40. Rxa5 f5
41. h3 Kg7 42. Ra6 g4+ 43. hxg4 fxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. Nc5 Rf2+
47. Ke4 Rf5 48. Rxe6+ Kg5 49. Re5 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[Round "18.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandr Predke"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Nge7 9. Nc2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxb2 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qf4 Bd7 14. Rab1 Qc7
15. Ne3 f5 16. h4 O-O 17. h5 Rab8 18. g3 Na5 19. Rfc1 Qd8 20. Ng2 b5 21. Qd2 Nc4
22. Qb4 a5 23. Qc5 Rc8 24. Qa7 Nc6 25. Qa6 Nb4 26. Rxb4 axb4 27. Nf4 Re8 28. Rb1
Ra8 29. Qb7 Na5 30. Nxe6 Nxb7 31. Nxd8 Nxd8 32. Rxb4 Ra3 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[Round "19.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Saveliy Golubov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
a5 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. a3 c6 12. Qd3 Qe7 13. b4 Re8 14. b5 Ne4 15. Rab1
g5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rb6 Qc7 18. Rfb1 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Bd7 20. Rb7 Qd8 21. Na4 Rc8
22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qxf5 h6 26. Qf3 Rc8 27. Bh3 Rd8 28.
Bg2 d5 29. c5 Rb8 30. Qf5 a4 31. Qc2 Rxb1+ 32. Qxb1 Qc8 33. Bf1 h5 34. Qb6 h4
35. Qa6 Qe6 36. Qxa4 f5 37. Qd1 f4 38. Qd3 fxe3 39. Qxe3 Qf6 40. a4 Qxd4 41.
Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qxc6 hxg3 43. hxg3 Be5 44. Qd7+ Kg6 45. Qe6+ Kg7 46. Qf5 g4 47. Kg2
Qb2 48. c6 Qc3 49. Bd3 Bd4 50. Qxg4+ Kf6 51. Qf5+ Ke7 52. a5 Qxa5 53. Qd7+ Kf6
54. Qd6+ Kf7 55. c7 Qc3 56. Qd7+ 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[Round "20.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. dxc5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. Be3
Qxe5 9. Qd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 Qxd4 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. cxd4 Ne7 13. Nf3 Ng6 14. h4 h5
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rb8 17. Kd2 f6 18. Bd4 O-O 19. f3 Ba6 20. Rhe1 Kf7 21. Re3
f5 22. Rb3 Bc4 23. Rb4 Rxb4 24. axb4 a6 25. Be3 Kg6 26. Bg5 Kf7 27. Kc3 Kg6 28.
Bf4 Bb5 29. Kd4 Rf7 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[Round "21.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 1/2-1/2


[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yuliya Shvayger"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Bh6 Nxb3
12. axb3 Qb6 13. O-O-O a5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. g4 a4 16. g5 Nh5
17. bxa4 Bxa4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. b3 Bd7 20. Kb2 e6 21. Ne3 e5
22. Ne2 Be6 23. Ng3 Qxg5 24. Nef5+ Kf6 25. Nxh5+ Qxh5 26. Nxd6
Ra6 27. Nxb7 Rfa8 28. Qc3 Ra2+ 29. Kb1 Kg7 30. Nc5 Bh3 31. Na4
Ra3 32. Qb4 R3xa4 33. bxa4 Qxf3 34. Kb2 Bg2 35. Rhe1 Qf2
36. Rd5 Rc8 37. Rc1 Qf4 38. Qe7 Rb8+ 39. Rb5 Rxb5+ 40. axb5
Qxe4 41. Rd1 Qe2 42. Rd3 e4 43. Rb3 Qd2 44. Qe5+ f6 45. Qe7+
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.23"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7
7. a3 Ng6 8. O-O Nd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. g3 Nc5 11. Nc3 Nxd3
12. Qxd3 b6 13. h4 Bb7 14. Nb5 h6 15. Nfd4 Nf8 16. Bd2 Nd7
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. b4 Qe8 21. Qg4 h5
22. Qf4+ Kg8 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. c3 Rc8 25. a4 a5 26. Be3 Kh7
27. Qf3 Rf8 28. Qe2 Kg8 29. Reb1 Qg6 30. Rb2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.24"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Tan Zhongyi"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Nge2 Nd7 8. h4 h5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6
12. e4 dxe4 13. Ngxe4 Ngf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Nb6 16. Qe3+
Kd7 17. Be5 Re8 18. Qh3+ Re6 19. O-O Ke7 20. Rae1 Kf8 21. Kh1
Nc4 22. f4 Nd6 23. Bxd6+ Qxd6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qd3 Kf7
26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd8 28. Re1 Qd5 29. Qe3 Rd6 30. f5 Qxf5
31. Re2 Qg4 32. Rf2+ Ke7 33. Rf4 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd5 35. Qa3+ c5
36. Qxa7 Qc1 37. Qxb7+ Rd7 38. Rf7+ Kxf7 39. Qxd7+ Kf6
40. Qd8+ Kf5 41. Qc7 c4 42. Qe5+ Kg4 43. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.25"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Lagarde"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qe2 c5 11. a4 b6
12. Nd2 Nf8 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. Qh5 Bf8 15. g3 Bd7 16. f4 exf4
17. gxf4 f5 18. exf5 Nh4 19. f6 Qxf6 20. Ne5 Bc6 21. Ne4 Bxe4
22. dxe4 Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Qd5+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. e5
Be7 27. c4 Rh8 28. Kg2 Ke6 29. Bf2 Rhf8 30. Bg3 Rfd8 31. Rfd1
Rd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Kf3 d3 34. Ke4 Rd8 35. Rd1 d2 36. Bf2
Bb4 37. Be3 a5 38. h4 Kf7 39. Kf3 Rd3 40. Ke4 Rd8 41. Kf3 Rd3
42. Ke4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.26"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Bh6 O-O 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. h4 b5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. e5 dxe5
12. dxe5 Ng4 13. h5 b4 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nb1 Nc5 16. Qf4 Be6
17. Nd4 Qxa2 18. Be2 Na4 19. Bxg4 Qxb2+ 20. Kd2 Rh8 21. Bxe6
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.28"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. Be2 O-O 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne4 10. Qd3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6
12. f3 Nc5 13. h4 Bb7 14. Bd2 f5 15. h5 h6 16. O-O-O Rae8
17. Rde1 Rd8 18. Qh4 Qf7 19. Rhg1 Ne6 20. Bc3 d5 21. Rd1 f4
22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. e4 Bxa2 24. g3 Bb3 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Kxd2
Qd7+ 27. Ke1 Rf7 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Qg3 Rf7 30. Qe5 Ng5
31. Rxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Qe7 33. Qg3 Qd6 34. Be5 Qc5 35. f4 Qc1+
36. Kf2 Qc2 37. Ke3 Qc5+ 38. Bd4 Qc1+ 39. Kf3 Bd1 40. f5 Qd2
41. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 42. Ke3 c5 43. Bc3 Rd7 44. Kf4 Qxh5 45. f6 g5+
46. Ke3 Kf7 47. e5 Qd1 48. e6+ Kxe6 49. Qe5+ Kf7 50. Qf5 Qg1+
51. Ke2 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.29"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ivan Saric"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. h3 Bf5
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. cxd3 Nbd7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Ne8 11. h4 c5
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. d4 Ne4 14. h5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Qd2 Qf5
17. Nh4 Qe6 18. Kf1 a5 19. Rb1 b5 20. Rxb5 Qa6 21. Qe2 Nc7
22. Rb1 Rfb8 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Qxa6 Nxa6 25. Ke2 Rb2+ 26. Kd3
a4 27. Ra1 Nc7 28. Be3 gxh5 29. Nf5 e6 30. Ng3 h4 31. Nh5 h6
32. Nf4 f6 33. exf6 Bxf6 34. Nh3 Bg5 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Bxg5
Rxf2 37. Bxh4 Rxg2 38. c4 dxc4+ 39. Kxc4 Nd5 40. Kb5 Rd2
41. Be1 Rxd4 42. a3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 d6
7. h3 h6 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. c3 O-O 11. Ng3 Ba7 12. Bb3
Re8 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. c4 c6 16. a5 d5 17. Qc2 Qd7
18. c5 Rd8 19. Be3 Bb8 20. Rad1 Bc7 21. b4 Ree8 22. Bc1 Qe6
23. Nf5 Ne7 24. Ng3 Ng6 25. Kh2 Rd7 26. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.31"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Suri Vaibhav"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7
7. a3 Ng6 8. O-O Nc6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Re1 a5 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. b5
Ne7 13. a4 O-O 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Nbd2 Rc8 16. Ra3 Bxe3 17. Raxe3
g5 18. h3 h6 19. Rd3 Be8 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. c3 Bg6 22. Rde3 Rc7
23. h4 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxd4 25. Rf3 Nf5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Nb3
Qxa4 28. Qd2 g4 29. Qf4 Qxb5 30. Qxg4 Qe8 31. Rh3 b6 32. Rc1
Qf7 33. Nd2 b5 34. Nf3 Nh6 35. Qd4 Be4 36. Qb6 Ng4 37. Rc7 Qf5
38. Qa7 Qg6 39. Rg3 d4 40. Nh2 Rxf2 41. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2019.03.01"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "9.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. Be2 O-O 8. d4 Ne4 9. Qc2 exd4 10. exd4 Qb4+ 11. Bd2
Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 d6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rhe1 Rfe8
16. Bd3 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rc1 Ne7 19. b4 a6 20. Rc3 c6
21. a4 f6 22. Ra3 Be6 23. Ne1 Kf7 24. Nc2 Ra8 25. Na1 a5
26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Nb3 Ra7 28. Kc3 b6 29. a5 c5 30. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. h3 Bd7
12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 Qd7 15. a5 Qe6 16. Bd4 Nh5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 f5 19. Re1 Nf6 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Bd3 Qc5+
22. Qe3 Qb4 23. Qxe7+ Rf7 24. Qe3 Qxb2 25. Na4 Bxa4 26. Rxa4
Nd5 27. Qe6 Re7 28. Qxc8 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Re7 30. Re4 Qf6 31. g3
Rc7 32. Qb8 Qc3 33. Qd8 Qf6 34. Re8 Re7 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. Qf8+
Qxf8 37. Rxf8 Kg7 38. Rd8 Nb4 39. Rxd6 Nxc2 40. g4 Nb4 41. Bc4
Re4 42. Rd7+ Kh8 43. Rc7 Rxf4 44. Kg3 g5 45. Be6 h5 46. h4 Rf6
47. Re7 gxh4+ 48. Kxh4 Nc6 49. Kg5 Rf8 50. Rc7 hxg4 51. Kxg4
Nxa5 52. Kg5 Nc6 53. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4
7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe1 Qc8 9. Ng3 h5 10. f3 Bd7 11. Bf4 h4 12. Ne2
Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. h3 e6 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Bh2 Nd7 17. a4 a5
18. Kh1 Qc2 19. b3 Nb6 20. f4 Rh5 21. Rf3 Qh7 22. Nc1 Nc8
23. Nd3 Nd6 24. Re3 Nf5 25. Rf3 Nd6 26. Re3 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Hotel Don Giovanni Prague"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Bg7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. d5 Re8+ 9. Be2 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Bf4 Re8
12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bg5 Qf8 15. O-O d6 16. Bd3 Re8
17. Rae1 Bd7 18. b4 b6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Rc1 Ra8 21. Bf1 a5
22. Be3 axb4 23. axb4 Qd8 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Bxc5
Be6 27. Rd1 Bg4 28. Be2 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Qd7 30. h3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Hotel Don Giovanni Prague"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5
Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. Qd3 c6 11. a5 Be6
12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Ne2 Bf5 14. Qc3 Be7 15. Bh6 d4 16. Nxd4 gxh6
17. e6 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 Rg8 19. Nf4 Qf5 20. Ra4 Qf6 21. Qd3 Rd8
22. Qxh7 Rg7 23. Qe4 Qxb2 24. Re1 Rd7 25. a6 Rg5 26. h4 Rb5
27. axb7 Rbxb7 28. Qxc6 Kf8 29. Qxh6+ Qg7 30. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4
Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Bh6
Bf6 12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Qf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nd5 16. Bc1
Bd7 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ba4
21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc1 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxd1 25. f4
Bg4 26. Bd6 Be6 27. a4 b6 28. Bb8 a6 29. Bc7 b5 30. axb5 axb5
31. Bd6 h5 32. Kf2 Kh7 33. g3 Kg6 34. Bf8 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8
12. Nc2 Bg5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Qd3 a5 16. Rfd1 b4
17. Nce3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne7 19. a4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rb2 21. Rab1
Qb8 22. c4 g6 23. Rxb2 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qa2 25. Qd1 Bxd5 26. exd5
e4 27. Ra1 Qb2 28. Rb1 Qa3 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Bd2 31. Rb7
Bb4 32. Re7 f5 33. c5 Bxc5 34. Bb5 Rf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Kf1
Kf6 37. Ke2 Ke5 38. Bc6 Bb6 39. Bb7 Bd8 40. Bc6 Bg5 41. Bb7
Bf4 42. h3 Bg5 43. Bc6 Bd8 44. Bb7 h5 45. Bc6 h4 46. f3 Bb6
47. fxe4 Kxe4 48. Bb7 Kf4 49. Bc6 Bc5 50. Be8 g5 51. Bd7 g4
52. Be6 gxh3 53. gxh3 Ke4 54. Bd7 f4 55. Bc6 f3+ 56. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
c6 7. h3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. e3 Nd5 11. Be5 f6
12. Bg3 Bb4 13. a3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 O-O 15. Be2 Be6 16. O-O Qd7
17. Rfc1 f5 18. Be5 Qf7 19. b4 f4 20. exf4 Nxf4 21. Bf1 Rad8
22. Rc3 Ng6 23. Bg3 Qf6 24. Rd1 a6 25. a4 Bd5 26. b5 axb5
27. axb5 Qe6 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Qb2 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 cxb5 31. Bxb5
Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Qa3 h6 34. Qd6 Qe6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Kh2
Bc6 37. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Be7 8. e3 b5 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8
12. f3 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Bc3 Nd3 16. b3 O-O
17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 Bh3 19. Nxc4 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rd8 21. Bd4
Bf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Nd2 Nc1 25. Qe1 Nd3 26. Qe2
Nc1 27. Qe1 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6
12. a5 Rc8 13. Ra4 Rc6 14. f4 Qd7 15. Rb4 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Bc4
17. h3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. Be3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Qc7 21. Kh1 b5
22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Rxb6 Qxb6 24. Bxd6 Qxb2 25. Nd5 Rxc2 26. Ba3
Qb5 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. Rxf6 b4 30. Bxb4 Rc1+
31. Kh2 Rc4 32. Rb6 Rxe4 33. Bc3 Re8 34. Bf6 h6 35. h4 Kh7
36. Rd6 Re4 37. g3 Re2+ 38. Kg1 Re3 39. Rd8 g5 40. h5 Rxg3+
41. Kf2 g4 42. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6
7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. e3 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 e5 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Bxd2 exd4
12. Rc1 O-O 13. Rxc4 Nd5 14. exd4 Qd7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Rc5 Nce7
17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bg2 Rxb2 20. Qc1 Qxd4 21. Rxc7
Ng6 22. Rc4 Qb6 23. Rc6 Qd4 24. Rc4 Qb6 25. Rc6 Qd4 26. Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.15"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nf5 14. Re1 Nh4 15. Be2 Re8 16. Nxh4
Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Qxh4 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Nd4 g6 20. g3 Qf6 21. Kg2
h5 22. Qf3 Qg5 23. Nxc6 Qxd2 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Qxb2
26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxc3 28. Qxb7 Qd4 29. h4 Kg7 30. Qa6
Qe4+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Premier)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[EventDate "2019.05.01"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qe4
O-O-O 12. Qxe5 Nb4 13. d4 Bd6 14. Qa5 Kb8 15. Nc3 Rhe8 16. Nb5
b6 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Bf4+ Bd6 19. Bxd6+ Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Rxd6
21. d5 Rd7 22. h3 Bh5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Rfd1 f6 25. a4 Rd6 26. a5
Re7 27. Rd4 bxa5 28. Rxa5 Rb7 29. Rd2 Rdb6 30. d6 Rxb2
31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. d7 Kc7 33. Rxa7+ Kd8 34. Bc6 Rb8 35. f4 h5
36. Kf2 hxg4 37. hxg4 Bd3 38. Ra3 Bc4 39. Re3 Kc7 40. Re8 Rd8
41. Kg3 Rxd7 42. Bxd7 Kxd7 43. Re1 Bf7 44. Kh4 Kd6 45. g5 Kd7
46. Kg4 Be6+ 47. f5 Bc4 48. gxf6 gxf6 49. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Premier)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[EventDate "2019.05.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ilia Iljiushenok"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2
Nf6 7. h4 h6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 a5
12. a3 a4 13. Ba2 Nbd5 14. c4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 e6 16. d5 cxd5
17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Rac1 Be7
21. Rfe1 Kf8 22. h5 Bf6 23. Be5 Bg5 24. Rc7 Kg8 25. Rd1 Rd8
26. f4 Bh4 27. Ne2 Bf5 28. g3 Bg4 29. Re1 d4 30. Bxd4 Bxg3
31. Nxg3 Rxd4 32. f5 Rd3 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34. bxc3 Kh7 35. Re7 Rc8
36. Rxf7 Kg8 37. Rxb7 Rxc3 38. Ne4 Rb3 39. Ra7 Bxf5 40. Ra8+
Kh7 41. Rxa4 Rh3 42. Nd6 Bc2 43. Ra5 Bd1 44. Kg2 Rd3 45. Nc4
Rc3 46. Nd6 Bf3+ 47. Kf2 Bc6 48. Nf5 Rh3 49. Ng3 Rh4 50. Ne2
Rh2+ 51. Ke3 Rh3+ 52. Kf4 Rf3+ 53. Kg4 Rf1 54. Kg3 Rf3+
55. Kg4 Rf2 56. Nf4 Rf1 57. Kg3 Rf3+ 58. Kg4 Re3 59. Ng6 Bf3+
60. Kf4 Rc3 61. Nf8+ Kg8 62. Ng6 Kh7 63. Nf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Premier)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.04"]
[EventDate "2019.05.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nde2 b5
12. Nd5 Rb8 13. c3 b4 14. c4 e6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rb1 Ne5
17. b3 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Bc6 19. Ng1 Nxg1 20. Kxg1 Qe7 21. Qd3 Rfd8
22. Rbd1 a5 23. Rfe1 a4 24. Bd4 Ra8 25. Re2 axb3 26. axb3 Bxd4
27. Qxd4 e5 28. Qd2 Qb7 29. h4 h5 30. Qe3 Qa7 31. Qh6 Qa3
32. Qe3 Qa7 33. Qxa7 Rxa7 34. Red2 Ra3 35. Rd3 Kg7 36. c5 Bb5
37. Rd5 Rxb3 38. cxd6 Bc6 39. Rc5 Rc3 40. Rxc3 bxc3 41. Rc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Premier)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[EventDate "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. Nd5 Qd6 13. e3 c6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nxc8 Rbxc8
17. d4 Bf8 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Rd3 Re6 20. Rfd1 Rd6 21. Rxd6
Bxd6 22. Qd3 Be5 23. Qxd7 Bxb2 24. c5 Be5 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qh3
Rd8 27. Qxh6 Bf6 28. Be2 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Qd7 30. Bc2 Qg4 31. h3
Qc4 32. Bb3 Qe4 33. Qf4 Qxf4 34. gxf4 Be7 35. a4 Bxc5 36. Bc4
Be7 37. Kg2 Bh4 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. e4 Be7 40. Kg4 Bc5 41. f3 f6
42. f5 g5 43. e5 Be7 44. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Premier)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[EventDate "2019.05.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Usmanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. c3 Na6
7. b4 c5 8. a4 bxa4 9. b5 Nc7 10. c4 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc3
d6 13. Rxa4 a6 14. bxa6 Bc6 15. a7 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Qd7 17. Qa2
Na6 18. Qxa6 Rxa7 19. Qb5 Rb7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Ba1 Ra7 22. d4
Rfa8 23. Bb2 Rb8 24. Nb5 Ra2 25. Bc1 Rxe2 26. Be3 Rc2 27. Nxd6
cxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Rd2 30. Ba7 Rxd6 31. c5 Ra6
32. Bxb8 Nxb8 33. Bb7 Ra5 34. c6 Rc5 35. Ra1 Nxc6 36. Ra8+ Kg7
37. Rc8 Na5 38. Rxc5 Nxb7 39. Rc6 Na5 40. Rc3 Nb7 41. h4 h5
42. Kg2 Nd6 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Rc5 e5 45. Rc6 Ke6 46. Ra6 Kd5
47. Ke3 Nf5+ 48. Kf3 Nd6 49. Kg2 Ke6 50. Kh3 Kd5 51. Kh2 Ke6
52. Kg2 Kd5 53. Kh3 Ke6 54. g4 hxg4+ 55. Kxg4 f6 56. f3 Kd5
57. Ra5+ Ke6 58. Ra7 Nf5 59. Ra6+ Kf7 60. Ra7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. b3 e5 6. Bb2 Nge7
7. e3 d6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. d3 Rb8 10. h4 h6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. O-O-O
a6 13. f3 Be6 14. h5 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Kb1
Qe7 18. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5
12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Ne2 Rad8 16. f3 Ng5
17. Be3 d4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Bxg5 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1
Rde8 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. Qxb3+ Qe6 24. f4 Qxb3 25. axb3 Re6
26. Rfd1 Bxb2 27. Ra2 Bc3 28. Rd6 Rfe8 29. Raxa6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6
h6 31. Bd8 Kf7 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33. Rd6+ Kf7 34. g3 Re6 35. Rd5
Ra6 36. Rxb5 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Ra2+ 38. Kh3 Bd2 39. Rb7+ Ke8
40. Bb6 g5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Bc5 g4+ 43. Kh4 Bc1 44. Kh5 Rxh2+
45. Kg6 Rc2 46. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.12"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Ng4 9. Ne4 f5 10. Be2 h5 11. h3 fxe4
12. hxg4 Bc5 13. Nc3 Qd4 14. O-O Rf8 15. Qe1 hxg4 16. g3 Bf5
17. d3 Rh8 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Kg2 O-O-O 20. Rh1 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Rxh1 22. Qxh1 exd3 23. cxd3 Bxd3 24. Bxg4+ Kb8 25. Qh4 Nc4
26. Re1 Rf8 27. Bf3 Bf1+ 28. Kg1 Rxf3 29. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1
Qd3+ 31. Kg1 Qxe3+ 32. Kh2 Qh6 33. Qxh6 gxh6 34. Kh3 Nxb2
35. Kg4 Kc7 36. Kh5 Nc4 37. Kxh6 Ne3 38. Kh5 Kd6 39. g4 Ke6
40. g5 Nf5 41. g6 c5 42. Kg5 c4 43. Ne4 Ne7 44. g7 Kf7
45. Nd6+ Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nb6
7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Qxc4 Nd5 10. Bg3 Qb6 11. Qe2 Bb4
12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rab1 Qd8 15. Rb3 Ba5 16. e4 Bc7
17. Bh4 Qd7 18. Rd1 O-O 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Bf6 Bd8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bb5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 O-O
12. h3 Bh5 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxh5 Nc6
17. Be2 Be5 18. Rc1 Ne4 19. Qe1 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxa2 21. Bb5
Nxc3 22. Qxc3 d4 23. exd4 Nxd4 24. Bc4 b5 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Votkinsk RUS"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Bb7
12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6
17. O-O-O Bxg2 18. Rhg1 Bc6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rad8
21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxg6+ Kh7 23. Rg3 a5 24. Kc2 a4 25. h4 h5
26. e4 f5 27. Rdg1 fxe4 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. R7g6 Rxf2+ 30. Kc3
Rd7 31. Rh6+ Rh7 32. Rhg6 Rb7 33. Rh6+ Rh7 34. Rhg6 Rb7
35. Rh6+ Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Votkinsk RUS"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5
Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe3+
Be7 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bc3 Qf5
17. Qg3 Qg6 18. Qc7 Bd5 19. Qxe7 Rae8 20. Qg5 Bxe4 21. Qxg6
Bxg6 22. Bb4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. c4 Bc2 25. a5 f6 26. f3
Rd1 27. Rxd1 Bxd1 28. Kf2 Bb3 29. c5 Kf7 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Kd4
Kf5 32. Be1 h5 33. Bg3 Ba4 34. Bb8 a6 35. h4 Bb5 36. b4 Bf1
37. g3 Be2 38. Ke3 Bd1 39. Bd6 Ke6 40. Bf8 Kf7 41. Bd6 Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Izhevsk RUS"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5
7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Qb3 Qd6
17. O-O h6 18. a4 Be4 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Bg4 Na5
22. Qd1 c6 23. g3 Qg6 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Qg4 Bc7 26. Qxf5 Rxf5
27. Kg2 Re8 28. Rab1 Rf7 29. Rec1 Ree7 30. h4 Bd6 31. Rc2 Kf8
32. Kh3 Ke8 33. Kg4 Kd8 34. Kh3 Ke8 35. Kg4 Kd8 36. Kh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Izhevsk RUS"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O
7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 exd4 10. Re1 d6 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. h3
b5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Nd2 Re8 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Qd7 17. Kh2 Rad8
18. a4 c5 19. Nf5 Bb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Re3 d5 22. e5 d4
23. cxd4 Nd5 24. Rea3 cxd4 25. Qg4 Ne3 26. Nxe3 dxe3 27. Ne4
Qd4 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Bxg6 Kf8 30. Qh4 fxg6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8
32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Ra6 Bxa6 36. Rxa6
Bd6 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. exd6 e2 39. Qf5+ Kg7 40. d7 Re7 41. Qg5+
Kf7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Izhevsk RUS"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxim Matlakov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. c4 O-O
7. O-O b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Rc1 Rc8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Nd7 15. Qd3 a5 16. a3 axb4
17. axb4 h6 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Qb5 Nc4 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Ba1 Bg5
22. Rcd1 Bf6 23. Nf3 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Qe7 25. Qxd5 Qxb4 26. Ra7
Rcd8 27. Qf5 Nd2 28. Nxd2 Qxd2 29. e3 Rd6 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Qe4
Re6 32. Qf3 Rf6 33. Qe4 Re6 34. Qf3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Izhevsk RUS"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. O-O d6
7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. d3 Be6 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Bb3 a5
12. c3 h6 13. h3 d5 14. Qf3 a4 15. Bc2 Re8 16. Rd1 d4 17. c4
c6 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Bd2 Ba5 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2
Qb6 23. Qe1 c5 24. Rdb1 Qd6 25. Qc1 Kh7 26. Ra3 Reb8 27. Rba1
Rxa3 28. Rxa3 g6 29. Ra7 Kg7 30. Kh2 Nf6 31. Bd1 Ng8 32. Be2
Ne7 33. h4 Nc6 34. Ra3 Qd8 35. h5 Ra8 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Rxa8
Qxa8 38. Kg1 Qa5 39. f4 exf4 40. Qxf4 Qd8 41. Nf1 Qb8 42. Qh4
Qe5 43. Nh2 Qf6 44. Qg3 Qe5 45. Qh4 h5 46. Nf3 Qf6 47. Qg3 Bg4
48. Kf2 Kh6 49. Qc7 h4 50. Qxb7 Bxf3 51. gxf3 Qd6 52. e5 Nxe5
53. f4 Nd7 54. Bf3 Nf6 55. Qf7 h3 56. Kg3 h2 57. Kxh2 Qxf4+
58. Kg2 Nh5 59. Qd5 Qd2+ 60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 Qf2+ 62. Bg2 Nf4
63. Qa8 Qxg2+ 64. Qxg2 Nxg2 65. Kxg2 Kg5 66. Kg3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Izhevsk RUS"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 e5
7. O-O cxb4 8. a3 bxa3 9. Nxa3 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. exd4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nac2 Bg4 14. Qb1 Nce4 15. Qe1 Nc5 16. Ne3 Nd3
17. Qb1 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Bc5 19. Nb3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rc8 21. Rxa7
Be2 22. Rf4 Bxc4 23. Nd4 Bd3 24. Rxb7 Qd6 25. Rb6 Qc5 26. Nc6
Rc7 27. Rb8 Bg6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qb8+ Ne8 30. Nd4 Qd6
31. Rf1 Bd3 32. Re1 Qc5 33. Bf1 Bg6 34. Ra1 Rc8 35. Qf4 Kg8
36. Bh3 Rd8 37. Bg2 h6 38. Nf3 Nf6 39. Nd4 Qb4 40. Rd1 Kh7
41. h3 Rc8 42. Kh2 Qb2 43. g4 Rd8 44. Qc7 Rd7 45. Qe5 Rd8
46. Kg3 Re8 47. Qc7 Qb4 48. Bf3 Ne4+ 49. Bxe4 Rxe4 50. Nf3 Re7
51. Qd8 Be4 52. Rf1 Qb7 53. Qd4 Rd7 54. Qe5 Bxf3 55. Qf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Izhevsk RUS"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandr Predke"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. h4 Ne4 11. Bh2 Qe7 12. a3
Ba5 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxh4 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. O-O
a6 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4
Qe7 23. d5 Ne5 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. d6 cxd6 26. Qb4 Ba7 27. Rad1
Rh6 28. Rd5 Rc8 29. Rfd1 Rc4 30. Qd2 Rg6 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Rd7
Qe6 33. Rxb7 Bb6 34. Qd7 g3 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. Rdd7 Rf6
37. fxg3 Bxe3+ 38. Kh2 h4 39. Nd2 hxg3+ 40. Kh3 Rcf4 41. Nf3
Bf2 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Izhevsk RUS"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6
7. d3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Qf4 Nxf3+
12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Bd2 c5 16. Rfc1 Rac8
17. a3 b5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Rac1 Rc6 21. Ng4 f6
22. Ne3 Rfc8 23. Kg2 a6 24. h4 Kf7 25. Ng4 Ke8 26. h5 h6
27. Kg1 Nb6 28. Ba5 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. e4 Nb6 31. Kf1 Bd8
32. Ne3 Nd7 33. Bxd8 Kxd8 34. Ke2 R6c7 35. f4 Nb6 36. b3 Kd7
37. Kf3 Kd6 38. a4 Nd7 39. axb5 axb5 40. Ra2 Nb8 41. f5 Nc6
42. Ra6 Ra7 43. Rxa7 Nxa7 44. fxe6 Kxe6 45. Nf5 Rc7 46. d4 c4
47. d5+ Ke5 48. d6 Rc8 49. d7 Rd8 50. bxc4 bxc4 51. Rd1 Ke6
52. Nxg7+ Kf7 53. Nf5 Nc6 54. Rd6 Ne5+ 55. Ke2 Rxd7 56. Nxh6+
Kg7 57. Nf5+ Kh7 58. Rd5 c3 59. Kd1 Rc7 60. Kc2 Rc4 61. Rb5
Rxe4 62. Rb7+ Kh8 63. Kxc3 Rc4+ 64. Kd2 Rg4 65. Ke3 Rg5
66. Ke4 Rxh5 67. Rb8+ Kh7 68. Rb7+ Kh8 69. Rb6 Ng4 70. Kf4 Rg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Izhevsk RUS"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Nd1 Be7 10. Bd3 b4 11. O-O c4 12. Be2
a5 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 a4 15. Nc3 Ra5 16. g4 h5 17. h3 Nf8
18. Qe1 Ng6 19. Qg3 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Qg2 hxg4 22. hxg4
Be7 23. Bf3 Na7 24. Rfb1 Bd7 25. g5 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. Rxb5
Bxb5 28. g6 f5 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. f5 exf5 31. Rb1 Bc6 32. Bf4
Bxd4+ 33. Kf1 Qh4 34. Qd2 Bc5 35. Rb8+ Kd7 36. Rxh8 Qxh8
37. Bxd5 c3 38. Qd3 Qf8 39. Bf3+ Bd6 40. Bxc6+ Kxc6 41. Qxc3+
Kb7 42. Bxd6 Qxd6 43. Qxg7+ Ka6 44. Ke2 Qe6+ 45. Kd2 Qd6+
46. Ke2 Qe6+ 47. Kf2 Qb6+ 48. Kf3 Qc6+ 49. Kg3 Qd6+ 50. Kh3
Qxa3+ 51. c3 Qd6 52. Qf7 Qf4 53. Qe6+ Kb7 54. Qe7+ Kc6
55. Qf6+ Kb7 56. Qf7+ Kb6 57. Kg2 Qg4+ 58. Kf2 a3 59. Qe6+ Kb7
60. Qe7+ Kb6 61. g7 a2 62. Qd8+ Kb7 63. Qd5+ Kb6 64. Qb3+ Kc6
65. Qe6+ Kb7 66. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Izhevsk RUS"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexey Sarana"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 b5 9. c5 Ne4 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Nc3 f5 12. a4
b4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. f3 h6 16. Nh3 Bf5 17. Qd2 a5
18. Nf2 g5 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Nd1 Rf7 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. Nd1 Raf8
23. Nf2 Qe6 24. Bc1 Re8 25. Qe3 Bf5 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. Nd1 Bg6
28. Qe3 Rd8 29. Nf2 Nf6 30. Qd2 Bf5 31. Nd1 Nd7 32. Ne3 Bg6
33. Bb2 Kh7 34. Bc1 Qf6 35. Bb2 Qe6 36. Bc1 Rff8 37. Bb2 h5
38. Nd1 Bh6 39. Bc1 Bf5 40. Ne3 g4 41. Qd1 Bg6 42. Nc2 Bg7
43. Bf4 Rc8 44. Qd2 Rf7 45. Rf2 Kg8 46. fxg4 hxg4 47. Ref1 Nf8
48. Ne3 Nd7 49. Nc2 Bf6 50. Ne3 Rh7 51. Bh1 Rh5 52. Ng2 Nf8
53. Be3 Qf7 54. Nf4 Rh7 55. Bg2 Ne6 56. h4 Ng7 57. Nxg6 Qxg6
58. Rxf6 exf6 59. Bf4 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.10"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc3 Nh5 16. Be3 f5
17. Qd2 Qf7 18. f3 f4 19. Bf2 fxg3 20. hxg3 Qg6 21. Qe1 Rce8
22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Re7 24. Rac1 Ndf6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. f4
Bb7 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Qe4 Qf7 29. d5 exd5 30. Qxd5 Nf6
31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Kg2 Ng4 33. Bg1 Re8 34. Kf3 h5 35. Rd5 g6
36. Rcd1 Rbe7 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Rxd7+ Re7 39. Rd6 Re1 40. Bd4
Re6 41. Rd7+ Re7 42. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.11"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Nd2
O-O 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. g3 Bh3
12. Re1 Ne8 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. Nf1 Bg4 15. Qg5 f5 16. f3 Bxf3
17. exf5 e4 18. Rxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ne7 20. g4 Nf6 21. Bd3 h6
22. Qf4 Rae8 23. Ng3 g5 24. Qf3 Qc6 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Bc1 Nxf5
27. d5 Nh4 28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29. dxc6 Rf3 30. Be2 Rff8 31. Ng3
bxc6 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Bd3 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Ne5
36. Bf5 c5 37. Ke2 Nxc4 38. Kd3 Ne5+ 39. Kc2 Nf3 40. h3 Ng1
41. Be4 Nxh3 42. c4 Nf4 43. Bxf4 gxf4 44. Nh5+ Kf7 45. Nxf4
Kf6 46. Nd5+ Ke5 47. Bd3 Rg8 48. Be2 Rg7 49. Kd3 c6 50. Ne3
Kf4 51. Ng2+ Kg3 52. Ne3 Rg6 53. Nf5+ Kf4 54. Ne7 Re6 55. Nxc6
Re3+ 56. Kd2 Ra3 57. Ne7 Rxa2+ 58. Kd3 a5 59. Nd5+ Kg3 60. Nc3
Rxe2 61. Kxe2 Kxg4 62. Nb5 a4 63. Kd3 Kf4 64. Nxd6 a3 65. Kc2
h5 66. Nb7 h4 67. Nxc5 h3 68. Nd3+ Kg3 69. Nc1 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Niclas Huschenbeth"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 Qd7 11. a3 Nd8 12. c4
Ne6 13. Nc3 c5 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. Ba2 bxc4 16. Bxc4 a5 17. b3 Ne8
18. Nd5 Bd8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. d4 exd4 22. Bxb4 Nf6
23. Qd2 h6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. e5 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxf8
Bf4 28. Bxe6 Bxd2 29. Bxd7 Bxd7 30. Red1 Bc3 31. Bc5 Bf5
32. Bxd4 Bxb1 33. Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Niclas Huschenbeth"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Be3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nc3 b4 12. Nd5
Rb8 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. Nc4 Nc6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4
Nge5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nce3 O-O 20. Bc4 Bg5 21. Bxa6 Bxe3+
22. Nxe3 Qd4 23. Qc1 c4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. dxc4 b3 26. c3 Qxe4
27. Nf5 g6 28. Nd6 Qg4 29. Qe3 Qe6 30. c5 Ra8 31. Qe4 Ra6
32. Kh1 f5 33. Qd3 Ra5 34. Nb5 Rd8 35. Qe2 e4 36. Rfd1 Rxd1+
37. Qxd1 Qc4 38. h3 e3 39. Qd6 Qe4 40. Nd4 Nxd4 41. cxd4 Ra8
42. c6 f4 43. c7 f3 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. c8=Q Rxc8 46. Qxc8 fxg2+
47. Kg1 Qf3 48. Qc7+ Kh6 49. Kh2 Qf1 50. Qg3 Qxa1 51. Qxe3+
Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Kh6 55. Qf4+ Kg7
56. Qe5+ Kh6 57. Qe3+ Kg7 58. Qe7+ Kg8 59. Qd8+ Kg7 60. Qc7+
Kh6 61. Qf4+ Kg7 62. Qe5+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Niclas Huschenbeth"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd2 c5
7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nb3 Ne5 15. Be2 Bc6 16. Qxd8
Rfxd8 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Rfc1 g6 19. f3 a6 20. Kf2 Rd6 21. Nc2
Bc6 22. Nb4 Be8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nd3 Ne7 25. Rc7 Nd5 26. Rc8
Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Kf8 28. e4 Ne7 29. Rb8 b6 30. Ne5 b5 31. Ng4 Nc6
32. Ra8 Ke7 33. e5 Rd8 34. Rxa6 Nd4 35. Nf6 Rc8 36. Bd3 b4
37. axb4 Rb8 38. g4 h5 39. Ke3 Nc6 40. b5 Nb4 41. Ra7+ Kf8
42. Bc4 hxg4 43. Nxe8 Kxe8 44. Kd4 Rc8 45. b3 Nc2+ 46. Kc3 Ne3
47. Kb4 Rb8 48. Ka5 Nf5 49. b6 Nd4 50. b7 Nc6+ 51. Kb6 Nxa7
52. Kxa7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Niclas Huschenbeth"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8
13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Nc4 16. a4 Be6 17. Ng5 Bd7
18. b3 Na5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Ne3 h6 21. Nf3 bxa4 22. b4 Nb3
23. Bxb3 axb3 24. Qxb3 Qb7 25. c4 Nxe4 26. Nd5 Bf5 27. Be3 Nf6
28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. c5 Rfe8 30. c6 Be4 31. Rec1 Rec8 32. Qa4
Qe8 33. c7 Qxa4 34. Rxa4 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Nd5 36. b5 Rxc7
37. Rca1 Nxe3 38. fxe3 a5 39. Rb1 Rb7 40. e4 Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke7
42. Ke3 Ke6 43. Rc4 Rab8 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
O-O 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nc4 Re8 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 Nf8 11. h4 a5
12. a4 Bb6 13. h5 Ne6 14. Qd1 Nd4 15. h6 g6 16. Nxd4 Qxd4
17. axb5 cxb5 18. Qf3 Qd8 19. Nd5 f5 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Qb7 Re7 23. Qc6 Bd7 24. Qd5+ Re6 25. O-O Qe8 26. Rae1
Bc6 27. Qa2 Qf7 28. Re3 Rae8 29. Rfe1 R6e7 30. b3 b4 31. Qa1
Qf6 32. R1e2 Bd5 33. Qe1 Re6 34. Bc1 Qh4 35. Bb2 Bc6 36. Rh3
Qg5 37. Rg3 Qxh6 38. Bxe5 Qh4 39. Ree3 Qe7 40. Bd4 b5 41. Bb6
Qd6 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Re3 Rxe3 44. Qxe3 a4 45. Bc5 Qd5 46. f3
axb3 47. cxb3 Qxb3 48. Qe5 Qf7 49. Bd4 Kf8 50. Bc5+ Kg8
51. Bd4 Kf8 52. Kf2 Qd5 53. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. b4 Ng8 11. Nbd2 f5 12. b5
Nce7 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Ba2 Nf6 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Ng5 Qe8
17. d4 h6 18. Ngf3 Bb7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Qg6 21. Qc2 Nh5
22. Re6 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qg3+ 24. Kg1 Nf4 25. Nf1 Nxh3+ 26. Kh1
Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.20"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3
Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 f5 11. Be3 Be6
12. a4 Qd7 13. Qf3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Kh1 g6 16. h3 Qc7
17. Qf2 b6 18. Qe1 Kh8 19. Be2 Rg8 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. a5 b5
22. a6 Rd7 23. Rdb1 Rb8 24. Bf2 Rdd8 25. Qe2 Qb6 26. Rb2 Rd7
27. Qf1 Rc7 28. Be2 Bd7 29. Qd1 Qe6 30. Ra5 Kg7 31. Qa1 g5
32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Raxb5 Bxb5 34. Rxb5 gxf4 35. Qa5 Qxe5
36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. axb7 f3 38. gxf3 Bd6 39. Kg2 Qh2+ 40. Kf1
Qxh3+ 41. Ke2 Qh2 42. Qxa7 Kf6 43. Qb6 Ke7 44. Qc6 Kd8
45. Qc8+ Ke7 46. Qxf5 Kd8 47. Kf1 Qh1+ 48. Bg1 Bh2 49. Qg4 Bd6
50. Ke2 Ke7 51. Bxc5 Qh2+ 52. Bf2 h5 53. Qf5 Kd8 54. Qc8+ Ke7
55. Qf5 Kd8 56. Qf7 h4 57. Qg8+ Kd7 58. Qg4+ Kc6 59. Qc8+ Kb5
60. b8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.21"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4
Nb4 13. Nf1 c5 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nh7 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6
Qxd1 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxd1 Bf6 20. Bd2 Nd3 21. Bc3 c4
22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. b3 Ne4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Ne3 Nexf2 26. Rf1
Ne4 27. Nxc4 Kg8 28. Nfe5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Nc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.23"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7
12. Be3 Rb7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Qd3 a5 19. a3 Qc8 20. c3 Qc6 21. Rfd1 Kh8
22. Qe2 Qc4 23. Qh5 Bh6 24. Qf3 Qb3 25. Qe2 Qc4 26. Qc2 f5
27. b3 Qc5 28. b4 Qa7 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Qe2 Rbf7 31. Rf1 Be6
32. Qxb5 Rxf2 33. Kh1 Qa8 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 35. Nf4 Rxg2 36. Nxg2
axb4 37. Qxb4 Bd5 38. Qb2 Be3 39. a4 h6 40. h3 Bc5 41. Kh2 Bc4
42. Qc2 Qf3 43. Nh4 Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.24"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Qxc3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 h6
12. Bh4 c5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. h4
Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rh3 Bd5 19. Qc1 Kh7 20. Rc3 bxc5
21. Rxc5 Qh2 22. Qe3 Qxh4 23. Rc7 Kg6 24. Rxa7 Rc8 25. g3 Qc4
26. f3 Qc2 27. Qd3+ Qxd3 28. exd3 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Be2
Rxb2 31. a4 f5 32. f4 Ra2 33. a5 Ra1 34. a6 Ra2 35. Ke3 Bc6
36. d4 Ra3+ 37. Kf2 Ra2 38. Ke3 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 Ra2 40. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.25"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Qxc3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bh4 c5
12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. c6 Rc8 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. Ne5 Nxc6 16. Ng4 b5
17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxf6 bxa4 19. Bc3 Ne7 20. f3 Nd5 21. e4
Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Rd8 24. Bb5 a6 25. Be2 Kf8 26. Kf2
Rd2 27. Rb1 Bc6 28. Ke3 Rc2 29. Rb6 Be8 30. c4 e5 31. Rxa6
Rc3+ 32. Kd2 Rxa3 33. Bd1 Ra2+ 34. Bc2 Ra1 35. c5 Ke7 36. c6
a3 37. c7 Bd7 38. Ra8 a2 39. Ba4 Rg1 40. Bxd7 a1=Q 41. Rxa1
Rxg2+ 42. Ke3 Kxd7 43. Ra8 Kxc7 44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Rxf7 Ke6
46. Ra7 Kf6 47. Ra6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.25"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6
7. Ndb5 Bxb5 8. Bxb5+ Nc6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qg3 dxe5 14. Qxg7 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6
16. O-O-O Rg8 17. g3 Rd8 18. Rhe1 Rg5 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Kd2
Ke7 21. f3 Nd5 22. Re4 Rh5 23. h4 Nb6 24. Ke2 a5 25. Kf2 f6
26. Rg4 Kf7 27. Ne4 f5 28. Rg5 Rh6 29. Nd6+ Kf8 30. c4 Rf6
31. h5 Na4 32. b3 Nc5 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Nc8+ Kd7 35. Nb6+ Kc7
36. Na4 Nxa4 37. bxa4 Kd6 38. Rg7 Rh6 39. g4 e4 40. Ke3 Ke5
41. f4+ Kd6 42. Rg5 Rf6 43. Rg7 Rh6 44. Kd4 c5+ 45. Ke3 fxg4
46. Rg5 g3 47. Kxe4 g2 48. Rxg2 Rxh5 49. Rb2 Kc6 50. Rb5 Rh1
51. Rxa5 Re1+ 52. Kd3 Rd1+ 53. Ke3 Rd4 54. Ra6+ Kd7 55. Ra7+
Kd6 56. Ra6+ Kd7 57. Ra7+ Kd6 58. Ra6+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.25"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4
Nb4 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Ne4 bxa4 15. Bxa4 Bxa4 16. Rxa4 Qd7
17. Ra5 Rab8 18. Bd2 Rb5 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxb5 Qxb5 21. Nc3
Qc4 22. Qa4 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Nd5 Rd8
26. Nxc7 a5 27. g3 Rd7 28. Nb5 Rb7 29. Nd6 Rxb2 30. Rc1 Rb3
31. Rxc6 Rxf3 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Kg2 Rd3 34. Nxf7 Kg6 35. Nd6
Bxd6 36. Rc6 a4 37. exd6 a3 38. d7+ Kf7 39. Rc3 Rxd7 40. Rxa3
Rd2 41. Ra5 g6 42. g4 g5 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. f3 Rd3
46. Ra8 Rb3 47. Ra5 Kg6 48. Ra7 Rc3 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Ra8 Rb3
51. Ra5 Kg6 52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. Re6 Ra3 54. Kf2 Ra2+ 55. Re2 Ra3
56. Re3 Ra2+ 57. Kg3 Rb2 58. h4 Ra2 59. Re7+ Kg8 60. hxg5 hxg5
61. Re5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.25"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6
Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 Nf5 9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O a6 13. Na3 Bb6 14. Nc4 Ba7 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bd3 Rd8
17. Re1 Qf6 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Ncd2 Qh6 20. Nf1 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Bb6
22. Ng5 Bd7 23. g4 h6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. gxf5 Ne7 26. Bb3+ Kf8
27. f6 Ng6 28. fxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bg3 h5 30. h4 Bh3 31. Ne3 Rd3
32. Kh2 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Rxe3 34. fxe3 Bg4 35. Rf1 Rd8 36. Rf7+
Kh6 37. Kg1 Rd3 38. Bc2 Rd7 39. Rf6 Rg7 40. Bxc7 Kh7 41. Bd6
Bd7 42. Kf2 Be8 43. Rf8 Rf7+ 44. Rxf7+ Bxf7 45. b3 Kg7 46. Kg3
Kf6 47. Be4 Ke6 48. Bf4 b6 49. Bd3 b5 50. c4 Ne7 51. cxb5 axb5
52. Bxb5 Nf5+ 53. Kh3 Ke7 54. e4 Nd4 55. Bd3 Be6+ 56. Kg3 Kd7
57. Be3 Nc6 58. Kf4 Nb4 59. Bb1 Kc6 60. Bd2 Na6 61. Ke5 Bg4
62. Bd3 Nc5 63. Bc4 Nd7+ 64. Kd4 Nf8 65. Bd5+ Kd7 66. a4 Ne6+
67. Ke5 Nc5 68. a5 Kc7 69. b4 Nd7+ 70. Kd4 Be2 71. Bf4+ Kd8
72. Bc6 Nf8 73. Bd6 Ng6 74. b5 Nxh4 75. a6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.25"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "179"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 c6
7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Qd2 Ng6
12. Nf4 Bd7 13. Re2 Bd6 14. Rae1 Rxe2 15. Rxe2 Qc7 16. Nxg6
hxg6 17. Re1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Ne2 Nh5 20. Qe3 Bd7
21. Be7 Nf4 22. Bxd6 Nxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Qxd6 24. c3 Be6 25. h4 Kf8
26. g3 b6 27. a3 Bf5 28. Bf3 Be6 29. Kg2 Bf5 30. Qe2 Bc8
31. Qe3 Be6 32. Qg5 Bf5 33. Qe3 Be6 34. Qc1 Qc7 35. b3 Qd6
36. b4 Ke7 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qd2 Bf5 39. Qe2 Bc8 40. Qe3 Be6
41. Qd2 Bf5 42. Qe2 Bc8 43. Qe3 Bf5 44. Qe1 Be6 45. a4 a5
46. bxa5 bxa5 47. Qb1 Qc7 48. Qc1 Qd6 49. Qb2 Qc7 50. Qa3+ Qe7
51. Qb2 Qc7 52. Qe2 Bf5 53. Qa6 Bc2 54. c4 Bxa4 55. cxd5 cxd5
56. Bxd5 Be8 57. Bf3 a4 58. d5 Ke7 59. Bd1 Qd6 60. Qa5 a3
61. Bb3 Bd7 62. Qa7 Qb4 63. Qe3+ Kd8 64. Qf3 Bf5 65. Kh2 Qd2
66. d6 Qxd6 67. Bxf7 Ke7 68. Ba2 Qd3 69. Qb7+ Kd6 70. Qb4+ Kc7
71. Qc5+ Kd7 72. Bc4 Qd6 73. Qa7+ Kd8 74. Qxg7 Qc5 75. Qg8+
Kc7 76. Kg1 Be4 77. Qf7+ Kb6 78. Qf6+ Bc6 79. Qc3 Bb5 80. Qf6+
Bc6 81. Qc3 Bb5 82. Qf6+ Ka5 83. Bf7 Bc6 84. Kh2 Kb4 85. Qf4+
Ka5 86. Qc7+ Kb4 87. Qf4+ Ka5 88. Qc7+ Kb4 89. Qf4+ Ka5
90. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.25"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. a3 Rc8
12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. h3 a6 16. Rac1 h6
17. b4 Bf8 18. Qd2 Rc7 19. Na4 dxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4
22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bb3 25. Nc5 Bxc5
26. bxc5 Rxe5 27. Be3 Bd5 28. Kf1 Bc6 29. h4 Kh7 30. Rd6 Re4
31. Rd4 Re5 32. Rd6 f6 33. g3 Kg6 34. Ke2 Kf5 35. Rd4 h5
36. Kd2 g5 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Bxg5 Rxc5 39. Be7 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.25"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nh6 6. Na3 Nf5
7. Nc2 d4 8. Bd3 Nh4 9. Be4 Nxg2+ 10. Kf2 Nxf4 11. d3 Ng6
12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ncxd4 Ncxe5
16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qh5 Nd7 18. Rhg1 Nf6 19. Qe5 Nxe4+ 20. dxe4
f6 21. Qh5+ Qf7 22. Qc5 Qe7 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Rxg7+ Kf8
25. Rag1 e5 26. Nb5 a6 27. Nc7 Rb8 28. Nd5 f5 29. Nf6 fxe4
30. Rc7 Bf5 31. Rgg7 Bg6 32. Rgd7 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Rg7 Rc8
35. Rg8+ Rxg8 36. Rxc8+ Kf7 37. Nxg8 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd7 39. Ra8
Bf5 40. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[Round "1.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nd5 Nb4
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Nc6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Be3
Na5 17. Nd2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. b4 Nc4 21. Bc5
Rf7 22. Rd3 b6 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rad1 Rd7 25. Qg4 Rc6 26. b5
axb5 27. axb5 Rg6 28. Qe2 Kh8 29. h4 Qxh4 30. Rxd5 Rh6 31. f3
Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+
36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Ng3 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Rg6 39. Kg1 Rxg3 40. Rd4
Qg5 41. Rxc4 g6 42. Kh2 h5 43. Qf2 h4 44. Re4 Kg7 45. c4 Qd8
46. c5 bxc5 47. Qxc5 Rg5 48. b6 Qd2 49. Rg4 Rxg4 50. Qxe5+ Kh6
51. fxg4 Qb4 52. Qc7 Qa5 53. Qf4+ g5 54. Qf6+ Kh7 55. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4
Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Bf4
Nxe5 12. dxe5 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Qg3 Rf7
16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Qe3 b5 18. Bb3 Rb6 19. c4 c5 20. cxb5 Bd4
21. Qg3 Rxb5 22. Be3 Qf6 23. f3 Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 g6 25. Qd6 Kg7
26. Qc6 Qg5 27. Re4 Rxb3 28. axb3 Bb7 29. Qxe6 Bxe4 30. Qxe4
Re7 31. Qd3 Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Rc1 Rxb3 34. Rxc5 h5
35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 h4 37. h3 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 g5 39. Ra4 Rf1
40. Rg4 Kh5 41. Rd4 Kg6 42. Rd6+ Kf5 43. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5
7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 Bd4 9. Rb1 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O
12. O-O a6 13. Bd2 Ba7 14. g3 Nd4 15. Bg2 Nd7 16. Nc3 c6
17. Kh1 a5 18. f4 axb4 19. axb4 Bb6 20. Na4 Ba7 21. f5 f6
22. Be3 Qe7 23. Rf2 b5 24. Nc3 Bb6 25. Qc1 Rfc8 26. Bf1 Kh8
27. g4 Qe8 28. h4 Ra6 29. Kh2 Rca8 30. cxb5 cxb5 31. Nd5 Ra2
32. Nxb6 Nxb6 33. Qc7 h5 34. Qxb6 Rxf2+ 35. Bxf2 Qc8 36. Bxd4
Qc2+ 37. Bg2 exd4 38. Rg1 Qf2 39. Rf1 Qxh4+ 40. Kg1 hxg4
41. Qxd4 g3 42. Ra1 Rc8 43. Qb2 Qf4 44. Re1 Qh6 45. Qe2 Rc3
46. Qg4 Qd2 47. Qxg3 Rxd3 48. Qh4+ Kg8 49. Ra1 Qe3+ 50. Kh2
Kf7 51. Ra8 Ke7 52. Rb8 Kd7 53. Rb7+ Kc6 54. Rxg7 Kb6 55. Rg3
Qe1 56. Rh3 Rxh3+ 57. Kxh3 Qxb4 58. Qxf6 Qd2 59. e5 Qe3+
60. Kg4 Qd4+ 61. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6
12. Qb3 g4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxb7
Rd8 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. O-O h5 19. Rae1 Kf6 20. e4 Bd6 21. g3 d4
22. Nd5+ Kg7 23. h4 gxh3 24. f4 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qf6 26. Rf3 Rhg8
27. Qc2 Rde8 28. Ref1 Kf8 29. Qh2 h4 30. Qxh3 hxg3 31. Rxg3
Rh8 32. Qg4 Re3 33. Rff3 Rxf3 34. Qxf3 Bxf4 35. d6 Qxd6
36. Qa8+ Ke7 37. Qxh8 Bxg3 38. Qh7 Qf4 39. Qe4+ Qxe4 40. Bxe4
Kd6 41. Kg2 Bf4 42. Bd3 a5 43. Kf3 Bc1 44. b3 Ke5 45. a4 Bd2
46. Bc4 f5 47. Bd3 f4 48. Ke2 Be3 49. Bc2 Kd5 50. Bd1 Kc5
51. Kd3 Kb4 52. Kc2 Bf2 53. Be2 Be1 54. Bd1 Bc3 55. Be2 Kc5
56. Kd3 Kd5 57. Bf3+ Kc5 58. Kc2 Kb4 59. Be2 c5 60. Bc4 f3
61. Bd5 f2 62. Bc4 Be1 63. Bf1 c4 64. Bxc4 Kc5 65. Kd1 Kd6
66. Ke2 Ke5 67. Kf3 Kf5 68. Bd3+ Kg5 69. Be2 Kf5 70. Bd3+ Ke5
71. Bc4 Kd6 72. Ke2 Kc6 73. Kd1 Kc5 74. Bd3 Kd6 75. Ke2 Kd5
76. b4 axb4 77. a5 b3 78. a6 Kc6 79. Kf1 Kb6 80. Ke2 Bb4
81. Kxf2 Bc5 82. Bc4 b2 83. Bd3 Ka5 84. Ke2 Kb4 85. Kd2 Kb3
86. Bb1 Bb6 87. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2019.10.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6
7. Qc2 f6 8. f4 Nh6 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Re1 e6
12. Na3 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Rhe8 14. Rb1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf5 16. a4
Nd6 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Ba3 Ndc4 19. Bb4 Qxf4 20. Bxa5 Qxd2
21. Qxd2 Nxd2 22. Rbd1 b6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxd2 Kc7 25. Rb1
Rd6 26. Rb4 Rc6 27. Rdb2 Ra8 28. R2b3 Kb7 29. Kf2 Ka6 30. Ke2
Rac8 31. Kd2 R8c7 32. Rb5 Rg7 33. a5 bxa5 34. Rb8 Ra7 35. a4
Rac7 36. Ra8+ Ra7 37. Rf8 f5 38. Ke3 g5 39. Re8 Rb7 40. Ra8+
Ra7 41. Re8 Rb7 42. Ra8+ Ra7 43. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2019.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Matthias Bluebaum"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. Nxd4 Qe4
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Bf3 Qa6 16. Bd5 c6
17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Re8 Qxc4 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8
21. Re1 Bd7 22. Qg5 Qxc3 23. Qd8+ Kf7 24. Nf3 h6 25. Ne5+ Ke6
26. Kf1 Kd6 27. Nxd7 Qd3+ 28. Kg1 Nxd7 29. Qxa8 Qd2 30. Rf1
Qxa2 31. Qxb7 Qa4 32. Qb2 Nf6 33. Re1 Qa5 34. Qd4+ Nd5
35. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+
12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O
Rc8 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. N2f3 Rc5 20. Rfd1 Rfc8 21. h3
Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Nf6 23. Qg5 Kf8 24. Kg2 Ng8 25. h4 Qf6 26. b4
Rc4 27. Rab1 Qxg5+ 28. hxg5 h6 29. f4 hxg5 30. fxg5 Ne7 31. b5
axb5 32. Rxb5 R8c7 33. Rd2 Ra4 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Rdb2 Ra7
36. Kf4 Rd7 37. Rc5 Ra4 38. Kf3 Nf5 39. Nxf5+ gxf5 40. Rd2 Kg6
41. Rdxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Parham Maghsoodloo"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6
7. Be2 a5 8. Qc2 Be7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Bc5
12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Re8 16. g3 Qe7
17. Kg2 Bb6 18. Bc3 Nc5 19. Rab1 Na6 20. Qb2 Nc5 21. Qc2 Na6
22. Qb2 Nc5 23. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rfd1 Ng4
12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Rd2 Qa5 19. c3 Rfe8 20. Kf2 b5 21. b4
Qd8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Re2 Rc4 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. Ra3 Rc8 26. Re3
Qb7 27. h3 h5 28. Kg1 h4 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. Qe1 R8c7 31. Rd3 Qc8
32. Qe3 Qf5 33. Ra5 Qf6 34. Ra3 g5 35. Kf2 g4 36. hxg4 Rxg4
37. Kf1 Rg3 38. Ra2 Rg4 39. Kg1 Rgc4 40. Ra3 Qg6 41. Kf1 Qf5
42. Kg1 Qf6 43. Kh1 Rc8 44. Kg1 R8c7 45. Kh1 Qg6 46. Ra2 Qg3
47. Re2 Rc8 48. Qa7 Rh8 49. Kg1 h3 50. Rd4 Qg5 51. Qxe7 Qxe7
52. Rxe7 Rxc3 53. gxh3 Rxf3 54. Rb7 Rhxh3 55. Rg4+ Kf6 56. Kg2
Ke5 57. Rxb5 f5 58. Rg8 Rb3 59. Rb6 Rhd3 60. Re8+ Kf4 61. Re2
Rxd5 62. Rf2+ Ke4 63. Rb8 f4 64. Rf8 Rg5+ 65. Kh2 f3 66. Re8+
Kf4 67. Rf8+ Kg4 68. Rh8 Rxb4 69. Rh3 Rb3 70. Rg3+ Kf4
71. Rxg5 Kxg5 72. Kg3 Rd3 73. Rf1 Kf5 74. Re1 d5 75. Re8 Rc3
76. Re7 d4 77. Re8 Ra3 78. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[Round "10.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aleksandr Rakhmanov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c5 b6 5. cxb6 cxb6 6. Bf4 Bb7
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. h3 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qe7
12. O-O Bd6 13. a4 Rfc8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Rac1 Rab8 16. Rc2 Nh5
17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Qf8 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. d5
Nf4 22. dxe6 Nxe6 23. Nd5 Ndc5 24. Qc4 b5 25. axb5 axb5
26. Qg4 Rd8 27. Rd2 Nd7 28. Nh4 Ra7 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+
Kh7 31. Qe4+ g6 32. Nxg6 Qg7 33. Nge7+ Kh8 34. Nf4 Qf6 35. Nh5
Qg5 36. Rd5 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc7+ 38. f4 Qb6 39. Ng6+ Kg8 40. Qe7
Qxg6 41. Qxd8+ Nf8 42. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6
7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6
Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 b5 15. Ra1 Ree8 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. Bd2
Ng6 18. c4 c6 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Rad8 21. axb5 axb5 22. d4
Bb8 23. Ba5 Bc7 24. Bb6 Ra8 25. Rad1 Qc8 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. d5
Ra4 28. dxc6 Ra6 29. Rd6 Rxc6 30. Qd2 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qb6
32. Qb4 Rc8 33. Rd1 Rc2 34. Rd2 Rxd2 35. Nfxd2 Nf4 36. Nc4 Qc6
37. Nxe5 Qc2 38. Nd2 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qe1 40. Qd4 Ne2 41. Ndf3
Nxd4 42. Nxe1 Kf8 43. f3 Ke8 44. N1d3 Nd7 45. Nxd7 Kxd7 46. e5
Ke6 47. f4 Nc6 48. Kg3 f6 49. Kg4 fxe5 50. fxe5 b4 51. Kf4 b3
52. Nc5+ Kd5 53. Nxb3 Nxe5 54. Kf5 Kxd6 55. Nd2 Nd3 56. Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Valentin Dragnev"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 Re8
7. O-O Na6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. exd5 Bg4 11. Nf3 cxd5
12. cxd5 Qd7 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1
Re8 17. Qd2 Bb4 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qb3 Bc5 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1
Bb6 22. Qc4 Nc7 23. Bf4 Nb5 24. Nc2 Nd6 25. Qb4 Bxc2 26. Bxd6
Qf5 27. Bc5 Bxc5 28. Qxc5 h5 29. Qd4 Qc8 30. Qxa7 h4 31. Qd4
h3 32. Bf1 Bf5 33. f3 Bd7 34. g4 Qc1 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qb1
37. Bd3 Qxa2 38. Kxh3 Qa1 39. Qe5 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Erdos"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Be7
7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5 Nhf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be5 Nhf6 11. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Emre Can"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5 Na5 9. Qa3 Rc8 10. Be3 b6 11. Nbd2 Bxc5
12. Bxc5 Rxc5 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. b4 cxb3 15. Rxc5 Qxc5 16. Qxc5
bxc5 17. axb3 Nc6 18. Ne1 Nd5 19. Nd3 Ke7 20. Nxc5 Rb8
21. Nxd7 Kxd7 22. e3 Rb5 23. Bf1 Ra5 24. Rc1 Ndb4 25. Ne4 f5
26. Nc5+ Ke7 27. Na4 Kd6 28. f4 Rd5 29. Nb2 Rc5 30. Bc4 Na5
31. Ra1 Nc2 32. Ra2 Nxe3 33. Nd3 Nexc4 34. bxc4 Nc6 35. Nxc5
Kxc5 36. Ra6 Kd6 37. Kf2 Kc5 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd3 Kc5 40. Kc3
Kd6 41. Ra1 h6 42. Rd1+ Ke7 43. c5 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. b3 c3 12. e4
cxd2 13. exd5 exd5 14. Qxd2 Qd6 15. Rac1 f6 16. Ne5 c6 17. Nd3
a5 18. Rfe1 Ra7 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. h3 b4 21. Bf1 Kh8 22. Qe3 Raf7
23. Qf3 g6 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Na6 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Ra8
28. Re3 a4 29. Qe2 axb3 30. axb3 Qd7 31. Re6 Rc8 32. Qe1 Kg7
33. Rc2 Qa7 34. Qxb4 Rb8 35. Qc3 Qa3 36. Re3 Rb6 37. Kg2 Rfb7
38. Rce2 Rf7 39. h4 Qb4 40. Qa1 Rb8 41. Ra2 c5 42. Ra4 Qb6
43. dxc5 Qxc5 44. Qd1 Rd7 45. Qg4 Rdb7 46. Rd3 Re8 47. Qf3 Re5
48. Rf4 Rb6 49. Qd1 Rb4 50. Rxb4 Qxb4 51. Rd4 Qc5 52. Qd2 Qc6
53. b4 Re4 54. Rxe4 dxe4 55. Kg1 h5 56. Qd4 Kf7 57. Qb2 Qb5
58. Qa2+ Ke7 59. Qa7+ Ke6 60. Qa2+ Qd5 61. Qa6+ Ke5 62. Qa5
Ke6 63. Qb6+ Kf5 64. Qb8 Qd1+ 65. Kh2 g5 66. Qc8+ Kg6 67. Qg8+
Kf5 68. Qc8+ Kg6 69. hxg5 Kxg5 70. b5 Qf1 71. Qg8+ Kh6
72. Qf8+ Kg6 73. Qe8+ Kh6 74. Qf8+ Kg6 75. Qc5 e3 76. Qxe3
Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5
12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nbd2 Rc8 16. h3 Bh5
17. a4 bxa4 18. d5 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 axb3 20. Bxb3 Ra8 21. e5 Nfd7
22. e6 fxe6 23. dxe6 Nf6 24. Ng5 d5 25. Nf7 Qc7 26. Bc2 d4
27. Bg5 g6 28. Qf3 Nh5 29. Bh6 Ng7 30. Rab1 c4 31. Bf4 Qa7
32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Be5 d3 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8
37. Bxd3 cxd3 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Qxd3 Rac8 41. Bd4
Bc5 42. Nh6+ Kh8 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Nh6+ Kh8 45. Bxc5 Rxc5
46. Qd6 Rcc8 47. Rxb6 Rfe8 48. Nf7+ Kg8 49. Nh6+ Kh8 50. e7
Qc7 51. Nf7+ Kg8 52. Qxc7 Rxc7 53. Nd6 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Luke McShane"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3
O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O b6 9. a3 bxa3 10. Nxa3 Bb7 11. Nb5 a5
12. Ne1 Na6 13. Nc2 Qe7 14. Qe2 d5 15. Nc3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rfc8
17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. Na3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rac1 Qg5 21. f3 Bd5
22. e4 Bc6 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Kf8 25. Rc3 Rc7 26. Bf1 Rac8
27. Nc4 Be8 28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 Rb8 30. d6 Rcb7 31. Ne5 Rd8
32. d7 Bxd7 33. Bb5 Bxb5 34. Rxd8+ Ke7 35. Rd1 f6 36. Re3 g5
37. Nc4+ Kf8 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Nd6 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nc3 Qc7
12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. e3 Qb8 14. Qe2 c5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
Bxd5 17. e4 Bb7 18. Rc2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nf6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. a3
Qa8 22. f3 a5 23. Rd2 Bc5 24. Kh1 Rd7 25. Nc2 Ba6 26. Qd1 Qd8
27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bd6 31. Bc3
Bd3 32. Nd4 Nb8 33. f4 Na6 34. Nc6 Bb5 35. Na7 Bc4 36. b5 Bb8
37. Nc8 Bxb5 38. Nxb6 Ba7 39. Bd4 Nb4 40. Kg1 Bc6 41. Bc5 Nd3
42. Be3 Ne1 43. Bh1 Nc2 44. Bc5 f6 45. Nd7 Bxc5+ 46. Nxc5 Kf7
47. Kf2 Ke7 48. Bg2 Kd6 49. Nb3 e5 50. Nd2 Bb5 51. h4 Nb4
52. Ke3 Nc2+ 53. Kf2 Nb4 54. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.05"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3
17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Rfd8 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2
b4 22. Bd4 Bf8 23. Nb3 Be6 24. Bb6 Rdb8 25. Ba5 bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rfd1 Bd5 14. Qd3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. h4 Qa5
17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Kg2 h5 19. Rab1 Rd7 20. Na2 Rfd8 21. b4 Qc7
22. e3 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Nc3 g6 26. Rb3 Kg7
27. Qb2 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Qxb2 29. Rxb2 cxd5 30. b5 Bf6 31. Rd2
axb5 32. axb5 d4 33. Be2 Re7 34. exd4 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxe2
36. Rd7 b6 37. Rd6 Rb2 38. Rxb6 Rb3 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. Ke1 f6
41. Rb7+ Kh6 42. f4 g5 43. hxg5+ fxg5 44. Rb6+ Kg7 45. fxg5
Rg2 46. Rh6 Rxg3 47. Rxh5 Rb3 48. g6 Kxg6 49. Rc5 Kf6 50. Kd2
Ke6 51. Kc2 Rh3 52. Rc3 Rxc3+ 53. Kxc3 Kd6 54. Kb4 Kc7 55. Ka5
Kb7 56. b6 Kb8 57. Ka6 Ka8 58. b7+ Kb8 59. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4
7. Bb2 c5 8. b4 a5 9. bxc5 Nc6 10. Na3 e5 11. Nb5 Bg4 12. d3
Bxc5 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Nb3 Bf8 16. Ba3 Nb4 17. Qd2
Bh3 18. Nxa5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxa5 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Rxb4 h5
22. Rb2 Ra6 23. Qg5 Nh7 24. Qh4 g5 25. Qxh5 Kg7 26. Kg1 Rh6
27. Qf3 Nf6 28. e4 Reh8 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. exf5 Rxh2 31. Rfb1 e4
32. dxe4 g4 33. Kf1 d3 34. f3 gxf3 35. Nd4 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Rh1+
37. Kf2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 Kh8 11. Qb3 h6
12. Rd1 g5 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Qe8 15. d6 exd6 16. cxd6 cxd6
17. Rxd6 Qh5 18. Nd5 Ne4 19. Bf3 Qf7 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qb6 Qh5
22. Bd2 Bg4 23. Bc3 Rae8 24. Nf6 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 Bxe2 26. Re6
Kh7 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Qxb7+ Kh8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qxe4 Qb5
31. Re1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "1.64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan Pogosyan"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 d6 6. e3 Qe7 7. Bd3 e5 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Re8 11. Bf5 g6 12. Bxd7 Bxd7 13. d5 a5 14. a3 e4 15.
Nd4 Qe5 16. Rfd1 Qg5 17. Nf1 Bg4 18. Rdb1 axb4 19. axb4 h5 20. Kh1 Bd7 21. Qb2
Ng4 22. h3 Ne5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ng3 Nxc4 25. Qc3 Qxd5 26. Nge2 b5 27. Ra1 Rxa1+
28. Qxa1 c5 29. Nf4 Qe5 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Nb3 Be6 33. Nxe6+ Qxe6
34. Nxc5 Qe5 35. Nxe4 b4 36. Qb7 b3 37. f4 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 b2 39. Nc3 Nxe3 40. Qb6
Nf1+ 41. Kg1 Ng3+ 42. Kh2 h4 43. Qd4+ Kh7 0-1


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 d6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bg5 14. Nd2 Nf6 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "3.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. a3
cxd4 9. b4 Qc7 10. cxd4 b5 11. Nf4 a5 12. Bxb5 Qb6 13. a4 Bxb4+ 14. Kf1 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Qxa6+ 16. Kg1 h5 17. g3 g6 18. Kg2 Nb6 19. h3 Be7 20. Ne2 Nb4 21. Ra3 Rc8
22. Bg5 Rc2 23. Re1 Qc4 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Ng5 Rf8 26. Nf4 Rg8 27. Qf3 Qxd4 28.
Ne2 Qxe5 29. Qxf7+ Kd6 30. Re3 1-0


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "4.52"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Pontus Carlsson"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Be7 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 Nbd7 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. a3 c6 15.
Nd2 Bg6 16. Nc4 Rad8 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Na5 N7b6 19. b5 cxb5 20. Qxb5 f5 21. Nc4
Be8 22. Qa5 Nxc4 23. dxc4 b6 24. Qe1 Nf6 25. Qc3 e4 26. a4 Qc7 27. a5 Bh5 28.
Bxh5 Nxh5 29. Rfd1 f4 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Bxe5 fxe3 33. fxe3 Kg8 34.
Bd4 Rc8 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra4 Ng3 37. Bxb6 Rc6 38. Bd4 Nf5 39. Kf2 h5 40. c5 h4
41. Ra7 g6 42. Ke2 Kf8 43. Kd2 Re6 44. Kc3 Ne7 45. Kc4 g5 46. Kb5 Nc6 47. Rd7
Ke8 48. Rd5 Rg6 49. Be5 Ne7 50. Rd6 g4 51. Rxg6 Nxg6 52. Bf6 g3 53. c6 Kf7 54.
Bxh4 Nxh4 55. c7 Nxg2 56. c8=Q Nxe3 57. Qc7+ 1-0


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "5.38"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valentin Dragnev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Ne5 b5 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Rc1 a5 13. Qb2 Qb6 14. Nd2 Nbd7
15. Nxc6 Rfe8 16. Rc2 Nd5 17. Rac1 N7f6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 b4 20. Bxd5 exd5
21. e3 f6 22. Rc5 Re6 23. Qc2 g6 24. h4 a4 25. h5 Rxc6 26. hxg6 Rxc5 27. gxh7+
Kg7 28. dxc5 Qc6 29. bxa4 d4 30. e4 Qxe4 31. c6 d3 32. Qd1 Bxc6 33. Qh5 Qg2# 0-1


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "6.15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Qe7 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
b3 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Qd4 d6 13. Nb5 Re7 14. Ba3 Qxd4 15.
Nxd4 Ne4 16. Bb2 f6 17. Rfd1 a5 18. f3 Nc5 19. e4 Nc6 20. Nf5 Rf7 21. Bc3 Ne7
22. Ne3 f5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Nd5 Re8 25. Bf1 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Ne3 27. Re1 Ree7 28.
Bd4 Nc2 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Rd1 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Re1 32. Kf2 Ra1 33. Rd2 Kf7 34. Bb5
Kf6 35. g3 g5 36. Kg2 Re1 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Kg2 Re1 39. Kf2 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "7.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Be4
15. Qc3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Qe3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Qc3 Bxc5 20. Rac1 Bb6 21.
Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Bb7 a5 24. Ba6 b4 25. Nc5 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "8.17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "9.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. dxe4 O-O 7. e5 Nh5 8. Bg5
Nc6 9. Qd2 d6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Be2 Kh8 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rxf3
15. gxf3 Qd7 16. f4 Qg4+ 17. Kh1 Qf3+ 18. Kg1 Nd4 19. Qd1 Qh3 20. f3 Nf5 21. Qd2
Rf8 22. Rae1 Nh4 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. Qg2 Qh4 25. Bxa7 Nxf4 26. Qg4 Qh6 27. Kh1 Nd3
28. Re2 Ne5 29. Qg2 Nh4 30. Qh3 g5 31. Bd4 Qh5 32. Ne4 Nexf3 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Ng3 Qf7 35. Qe6 Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Ng6 37. Nh5+ Kh6 38. Ng3 Kg7 39. h3 Rf7 40. b3
Nfe5 41. Nh5+ Kf8 42. Rg1 Rf2 43. Rxg5 Kf7 44. Rexe5 dxe5 45. Rg2 Rf3 46. Kh2
Nf4 47. Rg7+ Ke6 48. Rxh7 Rxh3+ 0-1


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "10.41"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raunak Sadhwani"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nxc4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nc5 12. Qh4 Nb3 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Rb1 Nxc1
15. Rbxc1 Be6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. Bxe4 a5 19. Nd6 Rab8 20. Bf5 Bb3
21. Bc2 Bd5 22. e4 Be6 23. e5 Rfd8 24. Be4 Rd7 25. Bf5 Rbd8 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.
Rc5 Bxd6 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "11.44"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Dmitry Tsoi"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bf4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Ne4
9. Qc2 Nd7 10. h4 Nd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Nb6 14. b5 cxb5 15. axb5 a5
16. Qa2 Be6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qe8 19. Nxd5 Qf7 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. d5 Bd7 22.
Qa3 Nbc4 23. Qc5 h6 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bf4 Rac8 26. Bxd6 Rxc5 27. Bxc5 Rc8 28.
Bd4 Nd2 29. Rfe1 Be4 30. Bh3 Qxd5 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxc8 Qxb5 33. Rac1 Bc6 34.
Bh3 Qd5 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Kg1 Ne4 37. e3 Qd2 0-1


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "12.52"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emre Can"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Bxc5 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1 Qc7
15. Bh4 Bb7 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. Bf5 e4 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Nd2 Re5 21. g4
Rae8 22. Nh3 g6 23. g5 e3 24. fxe3 Nd5 25. Be4 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Qd3 Qe5
28. Rd2 Qg3 29. Rf2 Nxe3 30. Ree2 Qe5 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Ne6 33. Rd2 Nd5 34.
Rf1 Rg4 35. Nf2 Rc4 36. Nd1 Nxg5 37. Re1 Re4 38. Rf1 f5 39. Nf2 Re7 40. c4 bxc4
41. Rb1 Nc3 42. Rb4 Bd5 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rd8 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Rf1 46. Nh3 Nxh3 47.
Kxh3 Rh1+ 48. Kg3 Ne4+ 0-1


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "13.46"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Ne7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nge2 Nbc6 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. O-O c4 14. Bc2 a6
15. Ng3 Nf5 16. Nce2 b5 17. Rae1 Qb6 18. Kh1 Nxg3+ 19. Nxg3 Bd7 20. Bb1 Raf8 21.
f5 Qxd4 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qc1 Be8 24. Ne2 Qc5 25. Nf4 Bf7 26. Nd3 Qd6 27. Nf2 Re8
28. Ng4 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 d4 30. Be4 d3 31. Qd2 Nd4 32. Qc3 Rxf5 33. Bxf5 Nxf5 34.
Nf2 Qf4 35. Ne4 Bd5 36. Qd2 Qg4 37. h3 Qh4 38. Qf2 Bxe4 39. Qxh4 Nxh4 40. Rxe4
Nf5 41. Kg1 Kf7 42. Re5 Kf6 43. Rd5 Ne3 44. Rd8 Nd1 45. b3 Nb2 46. bxc4 bxc4 47.
Kf2 c3 48. Ke3 d2 0-1


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "14.52"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Huzman"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nh6 5. O-O Nf7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. e4 Nc6
9. exf5 Bxf5 10. h3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 d3 14. g4 a6 15. gxf5
axb5 16. fxg6 Ne5 17. gxh7+ Kh8 18. cxb5 Qf6 19. f4 Ng6 20. Qxd3 Nh4 21. a4 Rae8
22. Ra3 Qd4+ 23. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 Re2 25. Rg3 Rfe8 26. a5 Nxg2 27. Rxg2 Re1
28. Rg8+ Kxh7 29. Rxe8 Rxf1+ 30. Kg2 Rxc1 31. Rb8 Kg6 32. Rxb7 Kf5 33. b6 cxb6
34. a6 Ra1 35. a7 Kxf4 36. h4 b5 37. Rxb5 Rxa7 38. Rb4 Rg7+ 39. Kh3 Rg3+ 40. Kh2
Rd3 41. Kg2 Rd2+ 42. Kh3 Kf5 43. Rb8 Rxb2 0-1


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Xiangyu Xu"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Bd3 e5 5. c3 c6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
h3 Re8 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. c4 h6 12. Bh4 exd4 13. exd4 Ne4 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Nc3 g5 16. Bg3 Nf6 17. c5 Bf4 18. Rae1 e3 19. Rxe3 Rxe3 20. fxe3
Bxe3+ 21. Kh2 Bf4 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Nde4 Ne8 24. Kh1 Bf5 25. d5 Qe5 26. Nd2
cxd5 27. Nf3 Qc7 28. Nxd5 Qxc5 29. Qxb7 Rd8 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 32.
Qb4+ Kg8 33. Nh4 Qg5 34. Qxf4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Rd2 36. Rb4 Nf6 37. a4 a5 38.
Rb6 Ne4 39. Rxh6 Rxb2 40. Ra6 Rb4 41. Rxa5 Nc3 42. Rg5+ Kf8 43. g4 Rxa4 44.
Rc5 Ne4 45. Rc8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "1.21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Shamsiddin Vokhidov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e3 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. c4
O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Qd5 14. Qa4 Qb7
15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Ne5 Qb7 20. Qc6 Qb8
21. h3 h6 22. e4 Qc7 23. f3 Qb8 24. g4 Nc7 25. h4 Qd8 26. Kg2 Nfe8 27. Kg3 Qd6
28. Qxd6 Nxd6 29. a4 f6 30. Nc6 Nc4 31. Bc1 a6 32. Bf4 Ne8 33. d5 exd5 34. exd5
b5 35. a5 Kf7 36. h5 Ned6 37. Nb4 Nb7 38. Nxa6 Nbxa5 39. Bc7 Nb3 40. Nb4 Nc5 41.
Bf4 Nb6 42. Be3 Ncd7 43. f4 Nc4 44. Bd4 f5 45. g5 Nd6 46. Kf3 Ne4 47. g6+ Kf8
48. Nc6 Ndf6 49. Ne5 Nxd5 50. Nd7+ Kg8 51. Nb8 b4 52. Nc6 b3 53. Na5 Ndf6 54.
Nxb3 Nxh5 55. Na5 Nhf6 56. Nc6 Nd5 57. Be5 Nc5 58. Nd4 Ne7 59. Bd6 Nxg6 60. Bxc5
Nf8 61. Nxf5 Ne6 62. Be3 Kf7 63. Ng3 g6 64. Ke4 Ng7 65. Ke5 Ne6 66. Bf2 Ng7 67.
Ne4 Ne6 68. Nd6+ Ke7 69. Bh4+ g5 70. f5 Nc5 71. f6+ Kd7 72. Bg3 Ne6 73. Kf5 Nf8
74. Nf7 Nh7 75. Ne5+ Ke8 76. f7+ Ke7 77. Kg6 Nf8+ 78. Kg7 Ne6+ 79. Kg8 h5 80.
Nc6+ Kf6 81. Nd4 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "2.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rustam Khusnutdinov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qe2 Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 Be7 12. Bd4 O-O 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. g4
Rd8 15. Be5 Qa5 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Rd1 Be7 18. g5 Nd7 19. h4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qc7
21. f4 b5 22. Kb1 b4 23. Ne4 a5 24. Qg2 Ra6 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Nxh7+ Ke8 27. h5
Bb7 28. Qe2 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. h6 gxh6 31. gxh6 Qc5 32. Qe1 Ke7 33. Ng5 Bxe5
34. fxe5 Bd5 35. h7 Bxa2+ 36. Ka1 Qxc2 37. h8=Q Bd5 38. Qf6+ Kd7 39. Qxf7+ Kc6
40. Qe8+ Kc7 41. Nxe6+ Kb7 42. Qd7+ 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "3.39"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Ruslan Shcherbakov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
d6 9. Na3 Be7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 O-O 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. Be3 Nd7 14. g4 Bh4+ 15. Bf2
Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Nhf6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ng3 Nf4 19. Qd2 Ng6 20. h4 Nge5 21. h5 f6 22.
g6 h6 23. Ne3 f5 24. Nexf5 Nf6 25. Bh3 c4 26. Kg2 Nd3 27. Rae1 Bxf5 28. Bxf5
Nxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rae8 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Qd4 a6 32. Re2 Ng8 33. f4 Nf6 34. Kh3 Re7
35. f5 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Re1 Qa7 38. Qxa7 Rxa7 39. Ne4 Nxe4 40. Rxe4 Re7 41.
Kg4 Rc7 42. Bf7 Rb7 43. Re6 b4 44. Rxd6 bxc3 45. bxc3 Rb3 46. Rc6 Rxc3 47. d6
Rd3 48. Kf4 Rd8 49. Ke5 c3 50. Be6 c2 51. Rxc2 R3xd6 52. f6 gxf6+ 53. Kxf6 Re8
54. Re2 Rdxe6+ 55. Rxe6 Rxe6+ 56. Kxe6 Kg7 57. Ke7 Kg8 58. Kf6 Kf8 59. g7+ Kg8
60. Kg6 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "4.46"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. Bd3 a4 13. a3 b5 14. c3
Qe7 15. Ne5 Rab8 16. g4 Nd5 17. h4 f6 18. Qe4 g6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rde1 Rbe8 21.
Rhg1 c6 22. f4 Qc7 23. Ref1 f5 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. fxe5 Ne3 26. gxf5 Nxf1 27. fxg6
Ne3 28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. Bg6 Re7 30. h5 Rf1+ 31. Rxf1 Nxf1 32. Kc2 Ne3+ 33. Kd3 Nc4
34. Kc2 c5 35. b3 axb3+ 36. Kxb3 cxd4 37. cxd4 Rd7 38. Kb4 Rxd4 39. Kxb5 Nxa3+
40. Kc5 Rd5+ 41. Kc6 Nc4 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Marin Bosiocic"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. h4 h5 10. g3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Kg7 12. Nf4 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Re8 14. Be2 Bf5
15. Qd2 Nd7 16. f3 Nb6 17. e4 Bd7 18. O-O-O f5 19. Bd3 Qf6 20. Bc2 Nc4 21. Qf2
b5 22. Rhg1 Kh6 23. Rg5 a5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rdg1 a4 26. a3 Rab8 27. Ne2 Rxe2
28. Qxe2 Qxd4 29. Bd3 Re8 30. Qg2 Qxf4+ 31. Kb1 Ne5 32. Rg7 Be6 33. Rh7+ 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. g3 Bd6
15. exd5 cxd5 16. Rac1 g6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Qb6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 O-O 21.
h4 Qb8 22. Rc7 Qd8 23. h5 Rc8 24. Rxa7 f6 25. Qd6 Rf7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 Rg7
28. Rd1 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "7.31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 a5 10. Bb3 Be6 11. h3 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 d5 15. Qc2
Qd6 16. Re2 Rad8 17. Rae1 b6 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. g3 Qg6 20. Kh2 f6 21. d4 Qxc2 22.
Rxc2 exd4 23. Nbxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rd2 Ne7 27. Nb5 c6 28.
Nc7 Rf8 29. Ne6 Rc8 30. Rd7 Kf7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Rxe7+ Kg6 33. Rb7 b5 34. axb5
cxb5 35. Rxb5 Ra8 36. g4 a4 37. Kg3 a3 38. bxa3 Rxa3 39. Rc5 Ra4 40. h4 h5 41.
Rxh5 Rc4 42. f3 Rxc3 43. Ra5 Rb3 44. Ra6 Rc3 45. g5 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "8.27"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Klementy Sychev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Rad1
h6 15. Bh4 Rc8 16. Bb3 Rc5 17. Nf3 Bb5 18. Ne5 O-O 19. Ng6 Re8 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7
21. Bg3 Re8 22. f3 Bc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. c3 Rec8 25. Rd6 Nd5 26. Rd7 b5 27. a3
a5 28. Ra7 b4 29. Rxa5 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. Re2 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Ra1 33. Ra7 Rcc1
34. Be5 Rab1 35. a4 h5 36. h4 f6 37. Bd6 e5 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rxe5 Nf4 40. Ree7
Rc2+ 41. Kg3 Rxg2+ 42. Kxf4 Rb4+ 43. Ke3 Rxh4 44. a5 Ra4 45. a6 h4 46. Re4 Ra3+
47. Kd4 Rd2+ 48. Kc4 h3 49. Rg4 h2 50. Rgxg7+ Kf8 51. Rgf7+ Kg8 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53.
Rh7 Kg8 54. Rag7+ Kf8 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Rhg7+ Kh8 57. Rh7+ Kg8 58. Rfg7+ Kf8 59.
Rf7+ Kg8 60. Rfg7+ Kf8 61. Rf7+ Kg8 62. Rhg7+ Kh8 63. Rh7+ Kg8 64. Rfg7+ Kf8 65.
Rf7+ 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "9.29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Matthias Bluebaum"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Ne2 e5 9. g3 h5 10. Bg2 Be6 11. h4 Qd7 12. O-O Bh6 13. Nb3 b6 14. c4 Rd8 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Qf3 Bg7 19. d5 Ne7 20. Rad1 Qg4 21. Kg2
f5 22. Qxg4 hxg4 23. f3 gxf3+ 24. Rxf3 e4 25. Rff1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Nxd5 27. Kh3
Ne3 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Re1 Ng4 30. Nd4 Nf2+ 31. Kg2 Nd3 32. Rf1 f4 33. gxf4 Rxh4
34. Kg3 Rh8 35. Nc6+ Kd7 36. Ne5+ Nxe5 37. fxe5 Ke6 38. Kf4 Rh4+ 39. Ke3 Kxe5
40. Rxf7 Rh3+ 41. Kd2 Rh2+ 42. Ke3 Rxa2 43. Rh7 Kd5 44. Rc7 a5 45. c4+ Kd6 46.
Rc8 Rc2 47. Kxe4 Kd7 48. Rb8 Kc7 49. Kd3 Kxb8 50. Kxc2 Kb7 51. Kc3 Kc6 52. Kd4
Kd6 53. Kc3 Kc5 54. Kd3 a4 55. Kc3 a3 56. Kb3 a2 57. Kxa2 Kxc4 58. Ka3 b5 59.
Kb2 Kb4 60. Ka2 Kc3 61. Kb1 Kb3 62. Ka1 b4 63. Kb1 Ka3 64. Ka1 b3 65. Kb1 b2 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "10.46"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eldar Gasanov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nd2 h6 8.
Bh4 Nf8 9. f3 Ng6 10. Bf2 e5 11. e4 O-O 12. g3 b6 13. a4 a5 14. h4 Nh7 15. h5
Ne7 16. g4 Ng5 17. Be2 Kh8 18. Nf1 Nc6 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. Kf1 Qe8 21. Nd5 Rc8 22.
c5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Ne7 24. c4 Nc6 25. Rb1 Ne6 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Nb6 Rd8 28. Qxd6
Ned4 29. Qc5 Rb8 30. Rb2 Be6 31. Kg2 f6 32. Rhb1 Qf7 33. Be3 Rb7 34. Nd5 Rxb2
35. Rxb2 Rd8 36. Bf1 Qd7 37. Rb6 Rc8 38. Ra6 Nb4 39. Nb6 Rxc5 40. Nxd7 Nxa6 41.
Nxc5 Nxc5 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "11.31"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Konstantin Sakaev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. Bf4
Nd5 9. Nxc4 Nxf4 10. gxf4 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Ne5 f6 13. Nf3 Nd5 14. e3 O-O 15.
O-O Kh8 16. Ne4 b6 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. a3 Qh5 21. Ng3 Qf7
22. Qa4 a5 23. Qb3 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Nd2 Qe7 26. Nde4 f5 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28.
Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Ne2 Qe7 30. Rc1 Rg8 31. Ng3 Qf7 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Qxb6 h5 34. Kf1
h4 35. Ne2 Qg6 36. Ke1 Qg2 37. Qc7 Qxh2 38. Qf7 Rd8 39. Qe7 Rb8 40. b4 axb4 41.
Rc7 Qh1+ 42. Kd2 Qa1 43. Nd4 Qb2+ 44. Ke1 Qa1+ 45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46. Ke1 Qa1+ 47. Ke2
Qb2+ 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "12.37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Saveliy Golubov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. h3 Nc4
9. Bxc4 bxc4 10. O-O Nf6 11. b3 O-O 12. Rfe1 cxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. Bh6 a5 15. e5
Ne8 16. Na4 Nc7 17. Nb6 Ra6 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Qxa5
Ne6 22. Qa7 Re8 23. Re3 Nf4 24. Kh2 Qf5 25. Qc5 g5 26. Nxg5 Kh8 27. Nf3 Rg8 28.
Ne1 Nxg2 29. Rf3 Qh5 30. Qxe7 Nxe1 31. Qf6+ Rg7 32. Rg3 Nf3+ 33. Qxf3 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "13.24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Petrov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O a5 8. d3
Bc5 9. h3 h6 10. Kh2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Ne2 Bc5 13. f4 c6 14. Nc3 Rb8 15. Qf3
Nd7 16. f5 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. g4 b4 19. Nd5 Bb7 20. Qg3 Bxd5 21. exd5 Bd4 22.
Be4 Rc8 23. g5 Rc2+ 24. Kh1 hxg5 25. Bxg5 f6 26. Be3 Qe7 27. Rg1 Rxb2 28. Rae1
Rc8 29. Bf3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Rcc2 31. Bg2 Rxa2 32. Qg4 b3 33. Rg3 Nf8 34. h4 Nh7
35. Qe4 b2 36. d4 Rc1 37. Bf3 Raa1 38. Kh2 b1=Q 39. Rxg7+ Qxg7 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7
41. Qg4+ Ng5 42. hxg5 Rh1+ 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "14.14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Aleksey Dreev"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nd7 7. d3 Ngf6 8. Nbd2
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 e5 11. e4 Re8 12. Nh4 a5 13. a3 Qb6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Rb1
Rad8 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. f4 dxe4 18. Nc4 Qa7 19. dxe4 exf4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. gxf4
Bg6 22. Ng3 f5 23. e5 a4 24. b4 Ne6 25. Ne3 Rd4 26. Nexf5 Rxf4 27. Qd2 Rd8 28.
Qc3 Rf2 29. h4 Rdd2 30. Rg1 Nf4 31. e6 fxe6 32. Ne3 Bg7 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. bxc5
Bd4 35. Ne4 Bxe3 36. Nxf2 Bxf2 37. Rgd1 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Nxg2 39. Kxg2 Bxc5 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "15.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Nodirbek Abdusattorov"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 e4 8. Nd4
Ne5 9. Nf5 d6 10. Ng3 exd3 11. Bxd3 Re8 12. O-O a5 13. h3 a4 14. Be2 Be6 15. b3
Bd7 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Rad1 axb3 18. axb3 Qc8 19. f3 Ra3 20. Qb2 Qa8 21. Ra1 Rxa1
22. Rxa1 Qd8 23. e4 Nfd7 24. Qd2 Nc5 25. Rb1 b6 26. b4 Ncd7 27. Nf5 f6 28. Ra1
Nf8 29. Ne3 Ne6 30. Nd5 Ng6 31. Bf1 Qb8 32. Qa2 b5 33. Qa7 Qd8 34. cxb5 Bxd5 35.
exd5 Nef4 36. Re1 Rxe1 37. Bxe1 h5 38. Bf2 h4 39. b6 cxb6 40. Qxb6 Qe7 41. Qd4
Ne2+ 42. Bxe2 Qxe2 43. Qe4 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Ne5 45. Bxh4 Qd2 46. Bg3 Nd3 47. b5 Nc5
48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. b6 Qxd5 50. Qe7 Nb7 51. Qe4+ Qxe4 52. fxe4 Kg6 53. Kg1 Kf7 54.
Kf2 Ke6 55. Ke3 Nc5 56. Kd4 Nb7 57. Kc4 Nc5 58. Kb5 Kd7 59. e5 fxe5 60. Bxe5 g6
61. Bd4 Nb7 62. g4 d5 63. h4 Nd6+ 64. Kc5 Ke6 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "16.19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johan-Sebastian Christiansen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Bf8 8. d4
Nge7 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Na3 Nf5 11. h4 Be7 12. g4 Nh6 13. Ng5 a6 14. Nxh7 b5 15. Nc2
b4 16. h5 bxc3 17. Ba3 Qb6 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qc1 Rhg8 21. Qg5+ Ke8
22. O-O Qd8 23. f4 Qxg5 24. fxg5 Nxg4 25. g6 fxg6 26. Bxg6+ Kd8 27. Rf7 Kc7 28.
Ng5 Rae8 29. Rf4 Nh6 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Rb3 Na5 32. Rxc3+ Nc4 33. Nb4 a5 34. Nd3
a4 35. Nc5 a3 36. Rf2 Ra8 37. Ngxe6+ Bxe6 38. Nxe6+ Kb6 39. Ra2 Nf5 40. Rb3+ Kc6
41. Kf2 Kd7 42. Nc5+ Kc6 43. Ne6 Kd7 44. Nc5+ Kc6 45. Ne6 Kd7 46. Nc5+ Kc6 47.
Ne6 Kd7 48. Nc5+ Kc6 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "17.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. h3 Bc5 8. Be3
Bb6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Na4 Rd8 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qc1 Nd7 14. Qc3 Nc5 15.
Rfc1 Ne6 16. Bf1 Qd6 17. a3 Bd7 18. b4 Ncd4 19. Nd2 Bb5 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. dxc4 c5
22. Rab1 Rd7 23. Rb2 Nf4 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. f3 Qg6 26. Kh2 h5 27. Rcb1 h4 28. Bf2
Qg5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Nfe2 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. Bxe3 Rxa3 33. Bf2 Ra2 34. Bxe2
Rxe2 35. Kg1 g5 36. Rc7 Ne6 37. Rd7 Rc2 38. Rd5 f6 39. Rd6 Kf7 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41.
Re7 Nf4 42. Rc7 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rc2 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Nd3 46. Bxc5 Rxc4 47. Bb6
Rb4 48. Be3 Rb2 49. Kg1 Re2 50. Bb6 Nf4 51. Bf2 Rb2 52. Rd7 Rb1+ 53. Kh2 Rb2 54.
Kg1 Ne2+ 55. Kh2 Nf4 56. Kg1 Rb1+ 57. Kh2 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "18.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb5 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. c4 Nb6 14. c5 Nc4
15. Bc3 Rc8 16. Rc1 a6 17. Nd6 Nxd6 18. cxd6 Qd7 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Bxe5 f6 21.
Bf4 g5 22. Be3 Rxd6 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Qb2 Kf7 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. Rxc6
Qxc6 28. f3 b5 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "19.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexandr Predke"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 c5 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qd7 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. f3 a6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. a4 Rcc8 18. e4 h5 19. Qe2 Qb7 20. Rc2 e6 21. Rcd2
Ne8 22. Rd3 Qe7 23. Na2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. cxb5 Rc5 27. Nc3 Rdc8
28. b6 R5c6 29. Qf2 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Qd4 Rxb3 32. Rd2 e5 33. Qf2 Qb7 34.
Rb2 Rxb2 35. Qxb2 Nc7 36. Qb4 Na8 37. Qxd6 Nxb6 38. Qxe5 Qc6 39. Qd4 Nd7 40. h4
Nf8 41. Qd8 Qc3 42. f4 Kg7 43. f5 Qe5 44. Kf3 Qc3+ 45. Kg2 Qc2+ 46. Kf3 Qb3+ 47.
Kf2 Qb2+ 48. Kf3 Qf6 49. Qd5 Ne6 50. Kg2 gxf5 51. exf5 Nd4 52. Kh2 Nxf5 53. Qf3
Kg6 54. Qf4 Nh6 55. Qe4+ Qf5 56. Qc6+ Kg7 57. Qc3+ Kh7 58. Kg1 Ng4 59. Qd2 Qb1+
60. Kg2 Qb7+ 61. Kg1 Qb6+ 62. Kg2 Qc6+ 63. Kg1 Qe4 64. Qc3 Qe3+ 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "20.31"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Chithambaram VR Aravindh"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. O-O Re8 13. c4 Nb6 14. Rc1 Bg4
15. h3 Bf5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Na5 Qc7 18. c5 Nd7 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Be3 Re6 21. Qd2
Nf6 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Qb4 Rb8 24. Qa3 Be4 25. f3 Bd5 26. Rb1 e4 27. f4 Ree8 28.
Qc1 Bxa2 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Bd4 Rb1 31. Qd2 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qxf4 33. e3 Qg3 34.
Qa1 Bd5 35. Qc3 h5 36. Be5 Qh4 37. gxh5 Nxh5 38. Kh2 Qf2 39. Bb8 f6 40. Qa3 Bc4
41. Qa4 Bf1 42. Qxe4 Qxg2+ 43. Qxg2 Bxg2 44. Kxg2 a5 45. Bc7 a4 46. Ba5 Kf7 47.
Kf3 Ke6 48. Ke4 Ng3+ 49. Kd4 Nf5+ 50. Kd3 Ne7 51. e4 Ng6 52. Kc4 Nf4 53. h4 Ke5
54. Kb4 Kxe4 55. Kxa4 Kd5 56. Bd2 Ne6 57. h5 Nxc5+ 58. Kb4 Ne4 59. Bc1 c5+ 60.
Kb3 c4+ 61. Kc2 Ke6 62. h6 gxh6 63. Bxh6 Kf5 64. Kd1 Kg4 65. Ke2 f5 66. Ke3 Nf6
67. Kd4 Kf3 68. Kxc4 Ng4 69. Bg5 Ke4 70. Kc3 Ne5 71. Bh6 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "21.28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5+ Kf8 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Re1
Ne4 15. Na3 f5 16. Nc4 Bd4 17. Be3 Kg7 18. f3 Nd2 19. Bxd4+ Rxd4 20. Ne5 Rd6 21.
b3 Rhd8 22. Nd3 c5 23. Nxc5 Kf6 24. Nb7 1-0


[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 a5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd2 d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. c3 a4 15. Nc4 Qe4 16. f3 Qg6
17. Nb6 Ra5 18. Bd3 f5 19. Qc2 Qf7 20. Nxa4 Bxa2 21. b4 Bb3
22. Qe2 Raa8 23. Nc5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Re8 26. h3
Qe6 27. Re1 Kh8 28. Rb1 Ra8 29. b5 Nb8 30. Rxb3 Qxb3 31. Qxe5
Qf7 32. Qxf5 Qxf5 33. Bxf5 Ra5 34. c4 Nc6 35. Bd6 Nd4 36. Be4
Ra4 37. Bxb7 Rxc4 38. b6 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rb1 40. Bc5 Ne6 41. Be3
Nd8 42. Be4 Rb3 43. Bf2 Rb2 44. Bg3 Kg8 45. Bd5+ Kf8 46. Bd6+
Ke8 47. Be5 Rxb6 48. Bxg7 Ne6 49. Be5 Kf7 50. f4 Rb5 51. Bf3
Nf8 52. Bd4 Ne6 53. Be5 Nf8 54. Kg3 Ng6 55. Bc3 Ne7 56. Be5
Ng6 57. Bc3 Ne7 58. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5
7. Be2 Bb7 8. a4 b4 9. Nb1 c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. e4
a5 13. Nb3 c4 14. dxc4 Nxe4 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Be3 O-O 17. Bb6
Ra8 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Kf1 Nf6 20. Rac1 Bd8 21. Bxd8 Nxd8
22. Ne5 Kf8 23. Rd6 Ra7 24. Rcd1 Nc6 25. f4 Ba8 26. Bf3 Nxe5
27. fxe5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Ne8 29. R6d4 Ke7 30. Ke2 g6 31. c5 Ng7
32. Rd6 Nf5 33. Rb6 f6 34. f4 g5 35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. fxg5+ Kxg5
37. Rxe6 Rf7 38. Re4 Rc6 39. Rg1+ Kh5 40. Re5 Kh4 41. Rf1 Rcf6
42. Rf3 Kg4 43. h3+ Kh4 44. Re4+ Kg5 45. Rg4+ Kh5 46. Kd2 Rd7+
47. Rd3 Re7 48. Rd5 Kh6 49. Rf4 Kg6 50. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2
16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rec1 Bd2 20. Bxd2
Rxd2 21. b4 f6 22. b5 a5 23. Bxg2 fxe5 24. Rxc7 Bf3 25. Bxf3
Rxf3 26. Rf1 Rf4 27. b6 Rb2 28. b7 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+
Kxf8 31. Re1 Rxb7 32. Rxe5 Rb4 33. Rxa5 Kf7 34. Kg2 h5 35. Kg3
Rg4+ 36. Kf3 Rh4 37. Kg3 Rg4+ 38. Kf3 Rh4 39. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 Bxf4 6. exf4
O-O 7. c3 b6 8. h4 c5 9. h5 h6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Ndf3 Nc6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Rc7 15. a3 Ba4 16. Kf1 Bb3
17. Kg1 Qd6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Re1 Rb8 20. Rh3 Ba4 21. Bb1 Ne4
22. Qe3 b5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Nd4 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Bxe4
dxe4 27. Qxe4 Bd7 28. g4 Rbc8 29. Ree3 Qa5 30. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Eindhoven NED"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Ba6
12. Nc3 Qc8 13. Qd1 Qb7 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bd3
17. Rc3 Qa6 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rac8 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3
Nf6 22. Ba6 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b4 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6
Rxe6 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Ne7 16. Nc4 Ng6 17. b6
Bxb6 18. Rxb6 cxb6 19. Nxb6 Qc6 20. Nxa8 Re8 21. c4 Rxa8
22. Qb3 Ra1 23. Be3 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Nd7 25. Nc2 Nc5 26. Qa3 Na6
27. Qa5 Nf8 28. Na3 Ne6 29. Nb5 Nac5 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qb8 Nxd3
32. Nxd6 f6 33. Nf5 Qd7 34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. Nxd6 Ndc5 36. g4 g6
37. Ne8 Nxe4 38. f3 N4g5 39. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jorden van Foreest"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Nf3 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. Nf4 Qa5 10. Bd3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4
12. Qh5 f5 13. O-O Nxe5 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Ne2 Qb6
17. Kh1 Bd7 18. b4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Rc5 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Qc6
22. Nd4 Qa4 23. Ra1 Be8 24. Qh3 Ng6 25. Bc2 Qa6 26. Rb1 Bf7
27. f4 Qc4 28. Bb3 Qc3 29. Rd1 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Bxd4 31. Qxc3
Bxc3 32. Bd6 Rc8 33. b5 Bb2 34. a4 Ba3 35. a5 Bxc5 36. Rc1 b6
37. g4 fxg4 38. Rxc5 bxc5 39. b6 axb6 40. axb6 Rc6 41. Bc7
Rxb6 42. Bxb6 c4 43. Bd1 Bg6 44. Bxg4 Bf5 45. Bf3 c3 46. Kg1
Kf7 47. Bd4 c2 48. Bb2 d4 49. Kf2 e5 50. Bd5+ Kf6 51. h4 Kg6
52. Kg3 Bd3 53. Bc1 e4 54. Bb2 Kf5 55. Bg8 h6 56. Bc1 e3
57. Bb2 Be4 58. Bc1 g5 59. h5 g4 60. Bh7+ Ke5 61. Bg8 e2
62. Kf2 d3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. Nc3
Rb8 13. Ba2 Ne7 14. Nh4 g5 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Nh2 c6 17. Ne2 d5
18. Ng3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rb7 20. Qf3 Nf4 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Be3
Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qe7 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Rd8 26. Re1 c5 27. Nf5
Qc7 28. g3 Ne6 29. Qh1 f6 30. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4
7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5
12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3 15. exd7 Bxd7 16. bxc3
fxg3 17. hxg3 Rac8 18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Qd1 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Rc4
21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4
d5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Bf4 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Re5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rd1 Be4 21. d5 Bxf3
22. Qxf3 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qd4 24. Rce1 Rxe5 25. Bxe5 Qd2 26. Bc3
Qc2 27. Re2 Qb1+ 28. Re1 Qc2 29. Re2 Qb1+ 30. Re1 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7
7. Re1 b5 8. Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. b3 O-O
12. Rxe7 Qxe7 13. Ba3 Qg5 14. Bxf8 Bh3 15. Qf1 Kxf8 16. Nc3
axb3 17. cxb3 Re8 18. Kh1 Qd2 19. Nxd5 Bxg2+ 20. Qxg2 Re1+
21. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 22. Qg1 Qe4+ 23. Qg2 Qe1+ 24. Qg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alireza Firouzja"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1
Re8 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 b5 17. Bc2
Ng6 18. Bd3 Nh5 19. b4 Ngf4 20. Bf1 f5 21. exf5 Nf6 22. c4
bxc4 23. Nxc4 N4xd5 24. Na5 Qb6 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Bc4 Kh8
27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Ra5 Nxb4 29. Qxd6 Rad8 30. Qg6 Nd3 31. Nxe5
Nxe1 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nxd8 Qxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Kovalev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. Ne4 Be7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. O-O
O-O 12. Be3 a6 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. Qf3 Nc6 16. Nxc6
Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "David Anton Guijarro"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O
7. d4 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. h3 cxd4 10. cxd4 c5 11. d5 b5 12. Qc2
c4 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bb4
Nh5 18. Qd2 e5 19. Rd1 Nf4 20. Ne1 f5 21. f3 Bf8 22. Kh2 fxe4
23. fxe4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Rf8 25. Nd2 Bc8 26. Qc3 Qa7 27. Ndf3
Bxh3 28. Qxe5 Bg4 29. d6 Qf7 30. Rd2 Bd7 31. Ng5 Qg7 32. Qxg7+
Kxg7 33. g3 Ne6 34. Nxe6+ Bxe6 35. Nc2 Bd7 36. Nb4 Rf3 37. Kg2
Re3 38. Na6 Rd3 39. Rxd3 cxd3 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. Nc5 Bg4 42. Ke3
h5 43. Kxd3 g5 44. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. a3 Qb6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Na4 Qa5+
12. c3 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. b4 O-O 16. O-O b5
17. Nb2 Bb7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rfc8 20. Ra3 a5 21. b5 Nc5
22. Rfa1 Rab8 23. Na4 Ne4 24. Bd3 h6 25. c4 Nc5 26. Qxc5 Qxc5+
27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Bf1 Rd4 30. g3 Bd5 31. Rxa5
Rd2 32. Rc1 Rb2 33. Raa1 Be4 34. Ra4 Bd5 35. Raa1 Be4 36. Ra4
Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[EventDate "2020.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. c3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Nh5 11. Re1 Nf4
12. Bf1 Qf6 13. a4 a5 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qc2 b6 16. b4 Bb7 17. f3
Ne6 18. Red1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 axb4 20. cxb4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4
22. Bd3 Qc6 23. b5 Qc5 24. Rb1 Bc8 25. f4 Be6 26. Kh1 Bh6
27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5 Bd5 29. Qe2 Kh8 30. Qe5+ f6 31. Qxf6+ Bg7
32. Qh4 Bxc4 33. Be4 Bd5 34. f6 Bxe4 35. fxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxe4
Rd8 37. Qd3 Qe5 38. Rd1 Rd6 39. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alireza Firouzja"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2
Bf8 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. Nh2 d5 17. axb5
axb5 18. Qf3 c4 19. Nhg4 Nxg4 20. Nxg4 dxe4 21. dxe4 Qe6
22. Qg3 Kh8 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nb3 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. e5 Nc5
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nf6 gxf6 29. Qh4 Rd3 30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. exf6
Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Ne4 33. Qh4 Kh7 34. Qh5 Nd6 35. g4 Bf3 36. Qe5
Bf8 37. Kf2 Ne4+ 38. Kf1 Kg8 39. Qxb5 Rd5 40. Qb8 Rd2 41. Bxe4
Bxe4 42. h4 Bd3+ 43. Kg1 Be4 44. Kf1 Bd3+ 45. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4
Bf5 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. c4 dxc4 9. a4 e6 10. O-O Bd3 11. Ne5 a6
12. Ndxc4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qd8 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Ne5 Qd5 16. Rc1
Bd6 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Qxa6 Ra8 20. Qxc6 Qxc6
21. Rxc6 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxa4 23. Bd6 Rfa8 24. b4 h5 25. b5 R8a5
26. b6 Rb5 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Bc5 Ra2 29. Rc7 Kg6 30. Ra7 Rab2
31. h3 Nd5 32. Ra3 R2b3 33. Rea1 Nxb6 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35. Bxb6
Rxb6 36. h4 Rb4 37. Rd1 Kf5 38. d5 e5 39. d6 Rb8 40. d7 Rd8
41. Rd6 f6 42. f3 Kg6 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. f4 exf4 45. Kf3 Ke7
46. Ra6 Rxd7 47. Kxf4 Rd4+ 48. Kg3 g6 49. Kh3 Rd6 50. Ra3 Ke6
51. Kg3 Ke5 52. Kf3 Rd5 53. g3 Kf5 54. Rb3 g5 55. hxg5 fxg5
56. g4+ hxg4+ 57. Kg3 Rd4 58. Rb5+ Kg6 59. Rb8 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[EventDate "2020.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. h3 Be7
7. a4 O-O 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Bb5 Ba6 10. O-O Bxb5 11. axb5 Nd5
12. Bg3 Nc7 13. c4 a6 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rxa6 Nbxa6
17. Ra1 Rb8 18. Ne4 h6 19. Nc3 Bf8 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Rxa4 Rb7
22. b4 Nb8 23. b5 Nd7 24. Kf1 f5 25. h4 Be7 26. Bf4 Kf7
27. Na2 e5 28. dxe5 Nc5 29. Ra3 d5 30. cxd5 Nxd5 31. Bd2 Ne4
32. Rd3 Ra7 33. Nc1 Nc7 34. Be3 Ra1 35. g3 Nc5 36. Rd1 Nxb5
37. Re1 Ke6 38. Ne2 Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2020.02.19"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nh4 Nc6
12. Nf5 Be6 13. g4 Re8 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Nh7
17. Bh4 Qd7 18. e3 Nf5 19. Qe1 Nf8 20. Rd1 Ng6 21. Bg3 Nh6
22. e4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Re7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5
Ng4 27. Rd3 Rd8 28. Bb3 Nf6 29. d5 Re2 30. d6 Ne5 31. Rc3 Nc6
32. Rd3 Ne5 33. Bd1 Re4 34. Rc3 Nc4 35. Bf3 Nd2 36. Bxe4 Nfxe4
37. Rc7 Nxf1 38. d7 Kf8 39. Kxf1 Nxg3+ 40. hxg3 Ke7 41. Rxb7
Rxd7 42. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bxd6
Qxd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3 b6 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O h6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Rfc8 16. Rd2
Nb6 17. Qd1 a5 18. Rdc2 a4 19. Nb1 Nc4 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3
Na5 22. Qd3 Ne4 23. Nbd2 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 Nb7 25. g3 Ra3 26. Qf5
Rc7 27. e4 dxe4 28. Nxe4 Qxd4 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxb3
31. Rc7 Nd8 32. Rd7 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qa8 34. Kh3 Rb4 35. f3 Ra4
36. Re7 Qc6 37. Nd6 Qxd6 38. Re8+ Qf8 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Qc5+
Kg8 41. Qxb5 Rd4 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. f4 g6 44. g4 Rd3+ 45. Kg2
Kg7 46. f5 gxf5 47. gxf5 Rd6 48. Qe7 Rd5 49. h4 Rxf5 50. Qxd8
Rf4 51. Qc8 Re4 52. Qc3+ Kg8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qc3+ Kg8
55. Qg3+ Kf8 56. Qd3 Rg4+ 57. Kf3 Rg6 58. h5 Rg5 59. Qh7 Rxh5
60. Kf4 Ke7 61. Qg7 Rg5 62. Qxh6 Rg6 63. Qh8 Rf6+ 64. Ke5 Re6+
65. Kf5 Rg6 66. Qb8 Rf6+ 67. Ke5 Re6+ 68. Kd5 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. c4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 c5 5. Nge2 e6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. f4 Neg4
12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Be2 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 Qc8
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. b3 Qb7 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Rhe1 Rc7
22. Bc1 b5 23. c5 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Rxd7 Rfxc5 26. Rxc7
Rxc7 27. Qe2 Rc6 28. f5 Bb4 29. Rd1 exf5 30. Qe8+ Bf8 31. Rd7
Qc8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Bb2 Rg6 34. g3 f4 35. Qxf4 Re6 36. a3 Re2
37. Rc7 Qe8 38. Qf5 Kg8 39. Rxa7 Qe4+ 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Rb7
Re1+ 42. Ka2 Re2 43. Rxb5 Be7 44. Kb1 Re1+ 45. Kc2 Re2+
46. Kc1 Rxh2 47. b4 h5 48. a4 Rh1+ 49. Kc2 Rh2+ 50. Kb3 Rh3
51. Bc3 Rxg3 52. Rxh5 g5 53. Rh6 Bf8 54. Rc6 g4 55. a5 1-0

[Event "Pacific Northwest Chess Center Masters"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Merric Hu"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. Bg5 d6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bd5 Nc6 11. a3 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Rc8 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd3 Na5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8
17. c4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rc5 19. Nd2 Rdc8 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. cxb3
Rc3 22. Qd2 h6 23. Rdc1 Qc7 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3
26. Kf1 g6 27. Ke2 Rc2+ 28. Ke3 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. f3 Rxg2
31. Rc1 Rb2 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 f4+ 35. Kd3 Rf2
36. Rb6 Rxf3+ 37. Ke2 Re3+ 38. Kf2 Kf5 39. Rxd6 Rxb3 40. Rxa6
Rb2+ 41. Kf1 Ke4 42. Re6 Kxd5 43. Rxh6 Ke4 44. Rh5 Ra2 45. h4
f3 46. Rg5 Kf4 47. Rg8 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Pacific Northwest Chess Center Masters"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Balaji Daggupati"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4
Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 Bh5
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg6 14. Bf1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. f3 Bg6
17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Qc6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rc3 Qb6 21. Rec1
Bb4 22. Bxe6 Rcd8 23. Rc7 Bd2 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rd1 Be3+
26. Kf1 Kh8 27. Ke2 Rfe8 28. Bd7 Re7 29. Ba4 Bg5 30. Rxe7 Bxe7
31. d5 Bd6 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Ke3 Kg8 34. Kd4 Kf8 35. Rc1 Bf5
36. Ke5 Rf6 37. g4 b5 38. Bxb5 Rb6 39. a4 1-0

[Event "Pacific Northwest Chess Center Masters"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaliy Bernadskiy"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. a3 Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 c4 11. b4 cxb3 12. Qxb3
b5 13. Nb2 Nb6 14. Be2 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Qc2 Rb8 17. Nd2
Be7 18. O-O O-O 19. g4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. h4 Bd7 22. h5 Be7
23. Bf3 Bd6 24. Bg2 Qc7 25. f5 Ne7 26. Rae1 exf5 27. Bg5 Rbe8
28. h6 gxh6 29. Bxh6 Rf6 30. g5 Rf7 31. Nf3 Ng6 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8
33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. Bxd5 Bc6 35. Bxf7+ Qxf7 36. dxe5 Qd5 37. Qh2
Nxe5 38. Qg3 Qe4 39. Kh2 f4 40. Qh3 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Nf3+ 42. Rxf3
Bxf3 43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qf5+ Ke8 45. Qc8+ Ke7 46. Qc7+ Ke6
47. Qc8+ Ke5 48. Qe8+ Kf5 49. Qxe2 Bxe2 50. Kf2 Bh5 51. Kg2
Kg4 52. Kf2 Bg6 53. Kg2 Kf5 54. Kf3 Bh5+ 55. Kf2 Ke4 56. Bf8
a5 57. Bc5 Kd3 58. Bb6 Kxc3 59. Bxa5+ Kd3 60. Bc7 Ke4 61. Ba5
Be8 62. Bd2 Kf5 63. Bc3 Kxg5 64. Kf3 Bc6+ 65. Kf2 0-1

[Event "Pacific Northwest Chess Center Masters"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Samuel Sevian"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8
12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a3 O-O 14. h4 Bh6 15. g3 a5 16. Bg2 Ne7
17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Be6 19. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pacific Northwest Chess Center Masters"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Postny"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. a3 f6 12. Be3 f5
13. f3 Qd8 14. O-O Nf6 15. b4 Nh5 16. c5 Nf4 17. Kh2 Qg5
18. Rg1 Qh5 19. Bf1 Bh6 20. Nc4 Bd7 21. g3 Nxh3 22. Bxh3 Bxe3
23. Nxe3 fxe4 24. Ng4 exf3 25. Nf2 axb4 26. axb4 Bxh3 27. Nxh3
Qg4 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Re1 Qxb4 30. Ne4 Nc5 31. Qd2 Qxd2+
32. Nxd2 f2 33. Rf1 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Nb3 35. Nxb3 f1=Q 36. Rxf1
Rxf1 37. Na5 Rb1 38. Nc4 b5 39. Nxd6 b4 40. Nc4 Rc1 41. Nxe5
b3 42. Nd3 b2 43. Nxb2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Pacific Northwest Chess Center Masters"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Marin Bosiocic"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4
Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 c6 9. a4 a5 10. O-O-O Bc7 11. Nh4 h6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nf5 Be6 14. Ng7+ Ke7 15. Nf5+ Ke8 16. Ng7+
Ke7 17. Nf5+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pacific Northwest Chess Center Masters"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pacific Northwest Chess Center Masters"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 e6
7. a4 b6 8. Bc2 Bb7 9. Re1 c4 10. Na3 Qc7 11. Bb1 Be7 12. Ba2
Bxe4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Bf1 Bb7 15. d4 e5 16. Nc2 Rfe8 17. Ne3
e4 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 d5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bf4 Qc6 22. Rc1 b5
23. axb5 axb5 24. Qb3 Ra5 25. Ne3 Nb6 26. Be5 Nfd7 27. Bg3 Nc4
28. Nf4 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Nb6 30. Ree1 Nc4 31. Be2 Rea8 32. Bxc4
bxc4 33. Qd1 Rb5 34. Rc2 Qb6 35. Qd2 Bc8 36. h4 Bf5 37. Qe3
Be7 38. Rd2 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Ne2 Ra2 41. f3 Rbxb2 42. Rxb2
Qxb2 43. Bf2 Bg6 44. f4 Qd2 45. g4 f6 46. fxg5 Qxe3 47. Bxe3
fxg5 48. Kf1 Bf7 49. Rb1 Be6 50. Rb8+ Kf7 51. Rb7 Ke8 52. Rb8+
Kd7 53. Rb7+ Kd8 54. Rb5 Kc7 55. Ng3 Kc6 56. Rb8 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
Bc5 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nf5+ Kf8 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. Bc4 d5
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5 Bxf5 14. exf5 g6 15. O-O Kg7 16. Ne4
Qxf5 17. c3 Be7 18. Ng3 Qf4 19. Ne2 Qf5 20. Ng3 Qf4 21. Ne2
Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Antipov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Qe2 Nxe3
12. Qxe3 Nf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Ng4 15. Qh3 Bxg5 16. Qh5+
Kf8 17. Qxg4 Kf7 18. h4 Bf6 19. Qh5+ Ke7 20. O-O-O Rc8 21. Rh3
Rc6 22. Rhd3 Qe8 23. Qe2 Qg6 24. Kb1 Rhc8 25. Qe3 Bxh4 26. Na2
Bg5 27. Qe1 Rd8 28. f3 Bf6 29. Qa5 Qe8 30. Nb4 Rc4 31. Qb6 Kf7
32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Be7 34. Qxb7 Kf8 35. Rb6 Qxa4 36. c3
Qd1+ 37. Ka2 Qa4+ 38. Kb1 Qd1+ 39. Ka2 Qa4+ 40. Kb1 Qd1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. a4
Ng6 12. a5 a6 13. h3 Be7 14. Be3 h5 15. Re1 h4 16. Bg5 Rh5
17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ra4 b5 19. Rd4 Be6 20. b4 Kf8 21. Rdd1 Re8
22. Nd4 c5 23. Nxe6+ Rxe6 24. Rd8+ Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Nd5
Kd7 27. f4 c6 28. Nb6+ Ke7 29. Nc8+ Ke6 30. Nd6 Nxf4 31. Ne4
cxb4 32. Nc5+ Kd5 33. Nxa6 c5 34. Rd1+ Kc4 35. Nc7 Ne6 36. Nd5
Nd4 37. Nb6+ Kc3 38. a6 Kxc2 39. a7 Rh8 40. Rf1 b3 41. Rf2+
Kd3 42. Nd7 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2020.12.08"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Alexey Goganov"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O
12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. a3 Rd8 15. b4 Qb6 16. Ng3 a5
17. b5 a4 18. Nh5 g6 19. Qd2 gxh5 20. Qxh6 Nd7 21. Bd3 f5
22. Qg6+ Kf8 23. Bc4 Nc5 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qc7 26. Re1
Nb3 27. Rf4 Bc5 28. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2020.12.09"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 d6 11. Qf2 Nf6
12. Be2 dxe5 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qe1 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Qd4 16. Bf3 Qxa1
17. Qxe4 Bb7 18. Qc2 Bc5 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. Na4 O-O-O 21. Be2 Qd4
22. Rd1 Qa1 23. Rf1 Qd4 24. Rd1 Qa1 25. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2020.12.10"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Nc3 h6
12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Re1 d6 14. h3 Rc8 15. d5 exd5 16. Rxe8 Qxe8
17. cxd5 Ne5 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Nd4 Ne5
22. Nb5 Qxd5 23. Bf1 a5 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Rd1
Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Bxg3 28. Rxd5 Bh4 29. Bd3 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8
31. a4 Bf6 32. b3 Be5 33. Bc4 Kf8 34. Kg2 h5 35. Kf1 Ke7
36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Kf1 Bf4 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. Kg2 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. e3 e6
12. Be2 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O f5 16. Qd1 Ne7
17. Kh1 Kf8 18. Rc2 Rc7 19. Bd3 h5 20. f3 h4 21. e4 Bf4
22. Ne2 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 Bb8 24. exf5 exf5 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. f4 Rh6
27. Ng1 Nc6 28. Bxf5 Rf6 29. Bg4 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Qxf4 31. Qxf4
Bxf4 32. Bc8 Nxd4 33. Bxb7 a5 34. Bxd5 Ke7 35. Bc4 f6 36. Nh3
Bc1 37. b3 Kd6 38. Nf2 Be3 39. Nd1 Bd2 40. Kg1 Kc5 41. Kf2 Kb4
42. Ne3 Ka3 43. Bf7 Bb4 44. Nc4+ Kxa2 45. Nxa5 Kb2 46. Nb7 Kc3
47. Ke3 Nf5+ 48. Kf3 Nd6 49. Nd8 Ba5 50. Nc6 Bc7 51. Ne7 Bd8
52. Nd5+ Kxb3 53. Bg8 Kc4 54. Nf4+ Kc3 55. Kg4 f5+ 56. Kf3 Ne4
57. Be6 Ng5+ 58. Ke2 Kd4 59. Bc8 Bc7 60. Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Andrey Esipenko"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2
Qe7 7. O-O Nd6 8. Qd1 Qd8 9. Re1+ Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 c6
12. d4 Bf5 13. Bf4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Na6 15. Nbd2 Nc7 16. h4 g6
17. h5 Nf5 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Ndf3 f6 20. hxg6 fxe5 21. gxh7+ Kg7
22. Rxe5 Ne6 23. Rxe6 Bxf4 24. g3 Qd7 25. Rae1 Bd6 26. g4 Ne7
27. Qd2 Kh8 28. Nh4 Rf7 29. Qg5 Rg7 30. Qf6 Kxh7 31. g5 Rd8
32. R1e3 Kg8 33. g6 Rf8 34. Rxd6 Qg4+ 35. Rg3 Qd1+ 36. Kg2
Rxf6 37. Rxf6 Qh5 38. Rd6 Kh8 39. Rh3 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+
41. Kh1 Qg4 42. Rh2 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maksim Chigaev"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 Bxe6
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rxb7 Be7 14. Rb3 Qc5 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qc5
17. Be3 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qc5 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxim Matlakov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5
Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+
Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5
exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. e5 gxh4 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qxh6+
Nh7 18. Bc2 f5 19. exf6 Rf7 20. Ng5 Qxf6 21. Nxf7+ Qxf7
22. Bxh7 Qxh7 23. Qf8+ Qg8 24. Qh6+ Qh7 25. Qf8+ Qg8 26. Qh6+
Qh7 1/2-1/2

