Yaroslav Zherebukh

Yaroslav Volodymyrovych Zherebukh (Ukrainian: Яросла́в Володи́мирович Жеребу́х; born July 14, 1993, in Lviv) is a Ukrainian-American chess Grandmaster (2009).

Yaroslav Zherebukh
Zherebukh in 2012
Full nameYaroslav Volodymyrovych Zherebukh
Country Ukraine
 United States
Born (1993-07-14) July 14, 1993
Lviv, Ukraine
TitleGrandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating2624 (October 2023)
Peak rating2642 (June 2017)

Career

In 2006, he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team, which won the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Turkey. His biggest success so far has been his victory, in February 2010, of the colossal Cappelle-la-Grande Open in France, ahead of 82 Grandmasters and 61 International masters (652 players), with 7.5 points out of 9.[1]

In 2010, Yaroslav scored 8/11 (7 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws) to win the Young Stars of the World tournament, held in Kirishi, Russia.

In the 2011 World Cup, held in Khanty-Mansiysk, he caused a sensation by eliminating two super-grandmasters, Pavel Eljanov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the first and third rounds. Eventually he was knocked out by Czech super-GM David Navara.[2]

In May 2015, Zherebukh switched his affiliation from Ukraine to the United States. In 2016 he qualified to compete in the 2017 U.S. Championship[3] where he scored a notable win in the seventh round against world #3 and reigning US Champion Fabiano Caruana.

In 2020, Zherebukh won the Chicago Chess Center 3rd Jane Addams Memorial.[4]

Zherebukh has stated that Akiba Rubinstein is his favourite chess player, "because of his perfect technique and very rich understanding of chess."[5]

References
  1. "Yaroslav Zherebukh wins Cappelle-La-Grande 2010". Chess.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  2. Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. "2017 US Championships". Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  4. "Chicago Chess Center 3rd Jane Addams Memorial February 2020 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  5. "GM Yaroslav Zhrebukh Interview and Game Review - (age 18 FIDE 2580)". Chess Videos, Chess DVDs, Chess Software and more. 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.