Nikita Petrov (chess player)

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

Nikita Petrov
Nikita Petrov, 2016
CountryRussia
Born (1996-07-01) 1 July 1996
Novorossiysk, Russia,
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2577 (August 2020)
Peak rating2610 (April 2019)

Career

In 2016, Petrov won the 38th International Chess Festival Città di Arco Open A with 8 out of 9,[1] and again in 2017 with the same score.[2]

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.[3]

Nikita Petrov is also a chess commentator and streamer. He's working in the "Chess Phoenix" club as one of the authors.

gollark: ↓ LyricLy, utterly
gollark: Breadfruit.
gollark: Just require that rules come with a totality proof.
gollark: Oh, it unstuck and they diverged wildly.
gollark: Hmm, the simulator seems to have become stuck.

References
  1. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 38th Int. Chess Festival Città di Arco Open A". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  2. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 39th Int. Chess Festival Città di Arco Open A". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  3. "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
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