Nikita Petrov (chess player)

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Nikita Petrov
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Nikita Petrov, 2016
Country Russia (until 2023)
Montenegro (since 2023)
Born (1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 27)
Novorossiysk, Russia,
Title Grandmaster (2018)
FIDE   rating 2562 (April 2024)
Peak rating 2610 (April 2019)

Nikita Petrov (born 1 July 1996) is a Russian chess player who represents Montenegro. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2018.

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Together with 43 other Russian chess players, Petrov signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people. [1]

Career

In 2016, Petrov won the 38th International Chess Festival Città di Arco Open A with 8 out of 9, [2] and again in 2017 [3] and 2019 with the same score. [4]

In 2019, he scored 7.5 out of 11, finishing in 17th place, at the European Individual Chess Championship, which qualified him for the Chess World Cup 2019, where he was defeated by Evgeny Tomashevsky in the first round. In the 6th Arica Open in 2019 he tied 2nd-8th place with Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, Deivy Vera Siguenas, Renato R. Quintiliano Pinto, Cristobal Henriquez Villagra, Salvador Alonso, and Diego Saul Rod Flores Quillas. [5]

In the 2021 Tuapse Open, he tied 2nd-4th place with Boris Grachev and Dmitry Kryakvin. [6] In 2021 Petrov won the 17th Ugra Governor`s Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk ahead of Dmitry Kokarev and Daniil Lintchevski. [7]

In 2024 Petrov won the national championship of Montenegro in Podgorica scoring 9 out of 11 and edging Nikola Djukic on tiebreaks. [8]


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References

  1. ↑ "'Stop the war.' 44 Top Russian Players Publish Open Letter To Putin", Chess.com, 3 March 2022
  2. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 38th Int. Chess Festival Città di Arco Open A". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  3. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 39th Int. Chess Festival Città di Arco Open A". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  4. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 41st Int. Chess Festival Città di Arco Open A". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  5. ↑ "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  6. ↑ "The Week in Chess 1391". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  7. ↑ "The Week in Chess 1411". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  8. ↑ "FIDE news page. Montenegrin championship". Fide.com. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
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