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Yuriy Kryvoruchko – Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster

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Yuriy Kryvoruchko is a Chess Grandmaster from Ukraine with Elo ratings exceeding 2500 from FIDE, making him one of the best Ukrainian chess players of all time.

Full Name: Yuriy Kryvoruchko

Title: Grandmaster (2006)

International Master (2004)

Place of birth: Lviv, Ukraine

Born: December 19, 1986

Federation: Ukraine

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    • Yuriy Kryvoruchko vs Ilia Smirin
    • Sami Khader vs Yuriy Kryvoruchko
    • Marc Narciso Dublan vs Yuriy Kryvoruchko

Ratings

World ranking: 75

Rapid: 2697

Blitz: 2594

Classical: 2669

Peak rating: 2717 (November 2015)

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  • Sicilian Defense
  • Ruy Lopez
  • French Defense

With the Black pieces

  • Ruy Lopez
  • Sicilian Defense
  • Nimzo Indian

Biography

Yuriy Kryvoruchko is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster born on December 19, 1986 in Lviv, Ukraine. Kryvoruchko was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2006 and the International Master title in 2004. As of August 2022, his FIDE rating was 2669 while his Peak rating was 2717 as of November 2015. Kryvoruchko is a graduate of Lviv University from the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering.

The Beginning

Kryvoruchko was mentored by his father to play board games and competed in the initial tournament aged 7 years. In 2004 the European Youth Chess Tournament was held in Urgup as well as the World Junior Chess Tournament was played in Yerevan in 2006. In addition, Kryvoruchko shared first to eighth place at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament with Vugar Gashimov, David Artinian, Sergey Fedorchuk, Konstantin Chernyshov, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasilios Kotronias, and Erwin L’Ami.

In 2010, Kryvoruchko finished first to sixth in the second International Championship in Rethymno with Mircea Parligras, Gabriel Sargissian, Sergey Volkov, Bela Khotenashvili, and Vladislav Borovikov. Furthermore, Kryvoruchko finished first-three at Palaiochora with Dmitry Svetushkin and Alexander Zubarev.

Notable Achievements

Kryvoruchko competed for Ukraine’s national team helping them acquire bronze at the 2009 European Team Chess Championship.

Shared first to fourth with Hedinn Steingrimsson, Hannes Stefansson, and Mihail Marin at the Reykjavik Open tournament in 2009.

Kryvoruchko won the Ukrainian championship in 2013, defeating Ruslan Ponomariov in a deciding set after both players completed with 7.5/11 points.

Notable Games

Yuriy Kryvoruchko vs Ilia Smirin

European Championship – May 1, 2008

Sami Khader vs Yuriy Kryvoruchko

World Blitz Championship – December 29, 2017

Marc Narciso Dublan vs Yuriy Kryvoruchko

European Championship – April 30, 2008

Did you enjoy reading about Yuriy Kryvoruchko? If you did, you might be interesting in reading other player profiles such as Hans Niemann, Bobby Fischer, and Rey Enigma.

Sources

  1. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=81770&t=0
  2. https://www.ichess.net/2011/10/07/yuriy-kryvoruchko-interview/
  3. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3432
  4. http://tournaments.chessdom.com/cappelle-la-grande
  5. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5877
  6. http://en.chessbase.com/post/kryvoruchko-and-muzychuk-win-ukrainian-ch-280613
  7. http://www.chessdom.com/yuriy-kryvoruchko-and-mariya-muzychuk-are-ukrainian-champions/
  8. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=52118
  9. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=52115
  10. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5344
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