GM

Vitiugov, Nikita

ENG ENG·Born 1987·FIDE #4152956·2,910 Games

Classical26672,169 Games
Rapid2616353 Games
Blitz2586388 Games

Statistics

2910

Total

1146

Wins

1312

Draws

451

Losses

39%45%15%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.8% average
High resilience (58%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 81%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 ♔ (71% in 125 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 539 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.9%
Middlegame94.3%
Endgame95.9%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+5%
Winning (+2 or more)95%
123 Games
Equal position96%
306 Games
Losing (-2 or more)90%
71 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖
24%
59 errors
♙
22%
54 errors
♕
16%
40 errors
♗
14%
34 errors
♔
12%
28 errors
♞
12%
28 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 43average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
46% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many
Few
Critical squares
c511 err
d410 err
f510 err
f39 err
f69 err
c5/d4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

W
Warmerdam, Max2576

German Bundesliga 2025-26 · 22 Mar 2026

1-0
D
Schoppen, Casper2576

Schachbundesliga 2025/26 · 21 Mar 2026

½-½
D
Banusz, Tamas2595

SBL München · 1 Mar 2026

½-½
D
Horvath, Dominik2544

SBL München · 28 Feb 2026

½-½
D
Baum, Jonasz2449

Deutsche Schachbundesliga... · 8 Feb 2026

½-½
W
Pechac, Jergus2542

Deutsche Schachbundesliga... · 7 Feb 2026

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
French: Winawer
88.2%
17 Games·Wins

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

King's Indian: Main Line
69.6%
23 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O

Black
English: Anglo-Indian
50.0%
10 Games·Wins

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5

Sicilian: Najdorf
47.1%
17 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
▶
#45Ke6??
Endgame
vs Eljanov
Rapid·2025
▶
#42Ra5??
Endgame
vs Narayanan S L
OTB·2025
▶
#32Nd7??
Tactics
vs Amar
OTB·2025
▶
#34Qe3+??
Tactics
vs Warmerdam
OTB·2025
▶
#46Kd4??
Endgame
vs Conquest
OTB·2025
▶
#36Kg7??
Tactics
vs Nakamura
OTB·2025
▶
#53Ra2??
Endgame
vs Nakamura
OTB·2025
▶
#33Re6??
Tactics
vs Willow
OTB·2025
▶
#35Ne2??
Tactics
vs Svane
Rapid·2025
▶
#55Rc2??
Endgame
vs Dominguez Perez
Rapid·2025
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position
1488 Games
45%42%13%
1.d4
65%
849
1.e4
67%
400
1.c4
71%
125
1.Nf3
59%
105
1.b3
86%
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1.Nc3
0%
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1.g3
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