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For the Ukrainian politician, see Yuriy Kryvoruchko (politician).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Hryhorovych and the family name is Kryvoruchko.

Yuriy Kryvoruchko
Kryvoruchko in 2022
Full nameЮрій Григорович Криворучко
CountryUkraine
Born (1986-12-19) 19 December 1986 (age 38)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (2006)
FIDE rating2633 (December 2024)
Peak rating2717 (November 2015)
Peak rankingNo. 33 (May 2017)

Yuriy Hryhorovych Kryvoruchko (Template:Lang-uk; born 19 December 1986) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Kryvoruchko was Ukrainian champion in 2013.[1] He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009 and 2013.

Career

Born in Lviv, Kryvoruchko was 5 years old when he was taught how to play chess by his father. He entered his first tournaments at age 7.[2] He came third in the 2004 European Youth Chess Championship in Ürgüp and in the 2006 World Junior Chess Championship in Yerevan.[3] In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th places with Vugar Gashimov, David Arutinian, Sergey Fedorchuk, Konstantin Chernyshov, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament.[4] In 2009 he was a member of the bronze medal-winning Ukrainian team at the European Team Chess Championship[5] and tied for 1st–4th with Hedinn Steingrimsson, Hannes Stefánsson and Mihail Marin in the Reykjavik Open tournament.[6] In 2010, he tied for 1st–6th with Mircea Pârligras, Gabriel Sargissian, Sergey Volkov, Bela Khotenashvili and Vladislav Borovikov in 2nd International Tournament in Rethymno[7] and tied for 1st–3rd with Dmitry Svetushkin and Alexander Zubarev at Palaiochora.[8] In 2013 Kryvoruchko won the Ukrainian championship edging out Ruslan Ponomariov on tiebreak, after both finished on a score of 7½/11 points.[9][10]

Personal life

In 2008 he graduated from Lviv University's Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Ukraine Men's Championship (final) - 2013 July 2013 Ukraine". FIDE. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Interview with Yuriy Kryvoruchko (#80 World Rank) and Game Review". Chess Videos, Chess DVDs, Chess Software and more. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Shen Yang and Zaven Andriasian World Junior Champions". ChessBase. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  4. ^ "GM Vugar Gashimov wins Cappelle la Grande". Chessdom. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Novi Sad: Azerbaijan wins Gold – by one rook move". ChessBase. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Reykjavik Open 2009 – chess in geothermal splendor". ChessBase. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  7. ^ "2nd International Chess Tournament of Rethymno". FIDE. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  8. ^ "3rd International Chess Tournament of Paleohora". FIDE. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  9. ^ "Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Mariya Muzychuk are Ukrainian Champions". Chessdom. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Kryvoruchko and Muzychuk win Ukrainian Ch". Chess News. ChessBase. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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