Dmitry Kononenko

Dmitry Kononenko (born in August 23, 1988)[1] is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster since 2007 and an international master since 2003. He is the 17th best player in Ukraine and the World's 217th player.[2] His highest rating was 2621 (in February 2016).[3]

Career

In Ukrainian championships he won the

  • U12 Champion of Ukraine in 1999.
  • U16 Champion of Ukraine in 2003 and 2004.
  • 3rd place in the U14 Championship of Ukraine in 2000.
  • 3rd place in U18 Championship of Ukraine in 2005.
  • 2008 championships of Ukraine - 5th place.
  • His team won 2nd place in the Ukrainian team chess championship in 2009 and in 2010. He won 2 individual gold medals (2008, 2010) and a silver medal (2009) in this championship.[4]

In other tournaments he won the

  • 2000 U12 European Championship - 4th place.
  • Silver medal in the World Children's Olympics in Denizli (Turkey) as a member of the Ukrainian team in 2003.
  • Champion of the Dnipropetrovsk region in 2003 and 2005- 2007 in classical chess and in 2010 and 2014 in blitz chess.
  • In the first international festival "Dnepropetrovsk Autumn" in memory of A.S. Moroz (Dnepropetrovsk, 2012) took 2nd place, in 2013 he ranked 4th and won the blitz tournament.
  • Winner of six consecutive blitz marathons of the Czech Open international festival in Czech Pardubice (2008-2013).[5][4][6]

References
  1. "Live Chess Ratings - 2700chess.com". 2700chess.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. "Kononenko, Dmitry FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  3. "Dmitry Kononenko chess games and profile". Chess DB.
  4. "OlimpBase :: Ukrainian Team Chess Championship :: Dmytro Kononenko". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  5. "Czech Open: главный турнир фестиваля выиграл Дмитрий Кононенко | chess-news.ru". chess-news.ru. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  6. "Кононенко Дмитрий Александрович". dneprchess.info. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
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