Players to watch in 2013

That's the best I can come up with.

Originally posted by ketchuplover
Vitiugov

Right !

I had never heard of the guy before, and now he is 7/8 in Gibraltar.

Yu Yangyi is not far behind. 3rd place with 6.5/8.

Vitiugov is world #54 and born in 1987. Yu is #60 and born in 1994.

...Andreikin #22, 1990

http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=men

Illya Nyzhnyk is world #6 junior and born in 1996. Richard Rapport is #9 junior and also born in 1996

http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=juniors

Originally posted by w0lver1ne
Right !

I had never heard of the guy before, and now he is 7/8 in Gibraltar.

Vitiugov tied for 1st-3rd in Aeroflot open (one of the strongest open tournaments) 2011. He has also participated in several Russian Championship Superfinals (where only strong GM`s are able to play).

Originally posted by ketchuplover
Vitiugov

Vitiugov is off a good start. He just won Gibralter.🙂

V for Victory 🙂

Video of the closing ceremony from Gibralter including an interview with the winner Nikita Vitiugov

YouTube

I guess you can't post links. You'll find it on youtube

Happy Birthday to Nikita Vitiugov!

Originally posted by woodypusher
Who do you look for to have a breakthrough year in 2013?

I see Russia's Dmitry Andreikin cracking the top 10 and China's Yu Yangyi making it into the top 25.

from 2700chess.com:

Yu Yangyi, 18yo chess player from China, defeated today Yury Shulman and broke 2700 barrier after R4 of Reykjavik Open. Congratulations!

My two cents:
Richard Rapport and Ilya Nyzhnik are certainly worth watching, but they are very young. I would look for their best advancement in 2014 for Richard, and later for Ilya.
Vitiugov was impressive in Gibralter, but for right now look no further than Fabiano Caruana and Max Vachier Lagrave, the college-age cats.
The best (also college-age) player in the world, Mr. Carlsen, is impressed by both of them.
I would add that Max Vachier-Lagrave is the only guy in the world really feared by Magnus --- and with good reason. Check the record between the two.
The most exciting world championship match would be between them, I think. And I hope someday it happens, but first, Max has to be as cold to draws as Magnus is.
They are both geniuses, with Magnus probably the greater.

Originally posted by ketchuplover
Vitiugov

Vitiugov is sheduled to play in the Alekhine Memorial (April 20 - May 1) in Paris against some of the world's best. It'll be interesting to see how he fares.

Participants:
Viswanathan Anand
Vladimir Kramnik
Levon Aronian
Boris Gelfand
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Laurent Fressinet
Michael Adams
Nikita Vitiugov
Ding Liren