Sergey Fedorchuk

Sergey Fedorchuk (Ukrainian: Сергій Федорчук, romanized: Serhiy Fedorchuk; born 14 March 1981) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002.

Sergey Fedorchuk
CountryUkraine
Born (1981-03-14) 14 March 1981
TitleGrandmaster (2002)
FIDE rating2615 (June 2020)
Peak rating2674 (November 2010)

Career

In 1995 Fedorchuk won the European Youth Chess Championship in the Under 14 category. In 2006 he won a rapid tournament held in Banyoles[1] and shared first place with Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran L. Petrosian in the 8th Dubai Open.[2] In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, David Arutinian, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Konstantin Chernyshov, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament.[3] In 2009 he tied for 1st–2nd with Murtas Kazhgaleyev in the Paris City Chess Championship[4] and came first at Nantes.[5]

He won the Paris Championship of 2012 and 2014.[6][7] Fedorchuk tied for 1st–8th with Sanan Sjugirov, Parimarjan Negi, Maxim Rodshtein, Eric Hansen, Vlad-Cristian Jianu, Alexei Fedorov and Yuri Vovk in the 2013 Cappelle-la-Grande Open. In February 2014, Fedorchuk tied for first with Baadur Jobava and Mikhailo Oleksienko, placing second on tiebreak, in the David Bronstein Memorial in Minsk.[8] Soon afterwards he won the 2014 Vladimir Petrov Memorial, a rapid tournament held in Jūrmala, Latvia.[9]

Fedorchuk played for the Ukrainian team on the reserve board in the 2013 European Team Chess Championship.[10]

Notable games

References
  1. "S. Kasparov at Banyoles Tournament". Armchess.am. 2006-08-29. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  2. "Fedorchuk, Sargissian, Petrosian win 8th Dubai Open". ChessBase. 2006-05-10. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  3. "GM Vugar Gashimov wins Cappelle la Grande". Chessdom. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  4. Mihajlova, Diana (2009-09-02). "Murtas Kazhgaleyev wins Ile-de-France Paris Championship". ChessBase. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  5. "Tournament report March 2010: 8 Open de Nantes". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  6. "Sergey Fedorchuk convincing winner of the 87th Paris Chess Championship". Chessdom. 15 July 2012.
  7. "89eme Championnat de Paris - Open Fide". www.idf-echecs.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  8. Ramirez, Alejandro (2014-02-20). "Three winners in Minsk". ChessBase. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. "Sergey Fedorchuk winner of Vladimir Petrov Memorial 2014". Chessdom. 2014-02-24. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  10. Sergei Fedorchuk team chess record at OlimpBase.org
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