Yuriy Kryvoruchko
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| Full name | Юрій Григорович Криворучко | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 December 1986 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Grandmaster (2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIDE rating | 2633 (November 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peak rating | 2717 (November 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peak ranking | No. 33 (May 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuriy Hryhorovych Kryvoruchko (Ukrainian: Юрій Григорович Криворучко; 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
[edit]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
[edit]In 2008 he graduated from Lviv University's Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ukraine Men's Championship (final) - 2013 July 2013 Ukraine". FIDE. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Shen Yang and Zaven Andriasian World Junior Champions". ChessBase. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "GM Vugar Gashimov wins Cappelle la Grande". Chessdom. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Novi Sad: Azerbaijan wins Gold – by one rook move". ChessBase. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Reykjavik Open 2009 – chess in geothermal splendor". ChessBase. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ "2nd International Chess Tournament of Rethymno". FIDE. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ "3rd International Chess Tournament of Paleohora". FIDE. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Mariya Muzychuk are Ukrainian Champions". Chessdom. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Kryvoruchko and Muzychuk win Ukrainian Ch". Chess News. ChessBase. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
External links
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- Yuriy Kryvoruchko rating card at FIDE
- Yuriy Kryvoruchko player profile at Chess.com
- Yuriy Kryvoruchko player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Yuriy Kryvoruchko chess games at 365Chess.com
- Yuriy Kryvoruchko at Grandcoach.com
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