Nikita Maiorov is a Belarusian chess player who holds the title of grandmaster, the highest title a chess player can attain. He was born on July 19, 1985, in Minsk, Belarus.
Maiorov earned the title of international master in 2004 and grandmaster in 2007. He has won multiple chess championships in his career. In 2007, he was the European Rapid Chess Champion. The same year, he also won the Lithuanian Open championship tournament.
Maiorov has appeared in the FIDE World Cup twice, first in 2009 and again in 2011. He also represented Belarus in the Chess Olympiad four times from 2006 to 2012.