Yuri Drozdovskij
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Yuri Drozdovskij is a Ukrainian
chess
Grandmaster.
He won the European Rapid Championship in 2006 and tied for first place at Cappelle-la-Grande
in 2007.
Drozdovskij was equal first (losing out on tie-break to Pavel Tregubov
) at the 4th Pivdenny Bank Cup 2008, a rapid tournament held annually in Odessa. This was an outstanding result, as he finished ahead of Boris Gelfand
, Ruslan Ponomariov
, Anatoly Karpov
and Viktor Korchnoi
. In 2009 he was a member of the bronze medal
-winning Ukrainian team at the European Team Chess Championship.
His current Elo rating is 2614.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster.
He won the European Rapid Championship in 2006 and tied for first place at Cappelle-la-Grande
Cappelle-la-Grande
Cappelle-la-Grande is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It is very close to Dunkirk.-Heraldry:-References:*...
in 2007.
Drozdovskij was equal first (losing out on tie-break to Pavel Tregubov
Pavel Tregubov
Pavel Tregubov is a Russian chess Grandmaster and Deputy Treasurer of the Association of Chess Professionals.He won the European Individual Chess Championship 2005 in Saint-Vincent with 8 points out of 11 games. He is also the winner of the 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup...
) at the 4th Pivdenny Bank Cup 2008, a rapid tournament held annually in Odessa. This was an outstanding result, as he finished ahead of Boris Gelfand
Boris Gelfand
Boris Abramovich Gelfand is a Belarus-born Israeli chess Grandmaster. He won the 2011 Candidates Tournament and will challenge Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship 2012.-Biography:...
, Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Olegovich Ponomariov is a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE World Champion.-Early career:Ponomariov was born in Horlivka in Ukraine. In 1994 he placed third in the World Under-12 Championship at the age of ten. In 1996 he won the European Under-18 Championship at the age of just...
, Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...
and Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi ; pronounced in the original Russian as "karch NOY"; Ви́ктор Льво́вич Корчно́й, born March 23, 1931 is a professional chess player, author and currently the oldest active grandmaster on the tournament circuit...
. In 2009 he was a member of the bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
-winning Ukrainian team at the European Team Chess Championship.
His current Elo rating is 2614.