Pavel Eljanov
| Pavel Eljanov | |
|---|---|
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| Full name | Павло Єльянов |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Born | May 10, 1983 Kharkiv, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2672 (August 2024) (No. 57 in the January 2012 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2761 (September 2010) |
| Ranking | No. 57 (August 2024) |
Pavel Eljanov (born 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He has won two team gold medals and one individual silver medal at Chess Olympiads.[1]
In 1999, he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team, which won the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Artek, Ukraine.[2]
Eljanov won the Corus B 2007 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands with a score of 9/13. This result enabled him to qualify for the category 20 tournament Corus A 2008. In February 2012, he tied for 1st–3rd with Mateusz Bartel and Anton Korobov in the 11th Aeroflot Open.[3]
Eljanov has made steady progress up the FIDE world rankings, and on the September 2010 FIDE Elo rating list, Eljanov had a rating of 2761, making him number 1 in Ukraine and number 6 in the world. In May 2010, he won the Astrakhan FIDE Grand Prix with a score of 8/13.[4]
References
- ^ "Men's Chess Olympiads: Pavel Eljanov". OlimpBase. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ 5th World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad: Artek 1999
- ^ "Aeroflot Open – Mateusz Bartel comes out on top". ChessBase.com. 2012-02-16. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Eljanov Wins Astrakhan Grand Prix". Chess.com. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
External links
- Pavel Eljanov player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Statistics at ChessWorld.net
- Interview with Pavel Eljanov at Chessdom.com
- Interview with Pavel Eljanov at Chessbase.com
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