Russian grandmaster Vitiugov changed sports citizenship to English
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Russian grandmaster Nikita Vitiugov changed sports citizenship. At international competitions, he will represent England, follows from data in the profile on the website of the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
Nikita Vitiugov takes 25th place in the FIDE rating. He is a two-time winner of the World Team Championship as part of the Russian team, as well as the champion of Russia in 2021.
On February 22, FIDE announced that the applications of Russian grandmasters to change sports citizenship to European one would be considered one day. Chess players Kirill Alekseenko, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Sanan Syugirov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Anton Demchenko took advantage of this opportunity.
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