Vadim Malakhatko

Vadim Malakhatko (Ukrainian: Вадим Малахатько; born 22 March 1977) is a Ukrainian (until 2007) and Belgian (since 2007) chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship.[1] In 2000, he won with the Ukrainian team a bronze medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.[2]

Chess career

1999 – came second at Alushta tournament[3]
2004 – tied for first with Petar Genov in the 3rd Condom Chess Open[4]
2006 – won Politiken Cup in Copenhagen[5]
2007 – tied for 2nd–4th with Loek van Wely and Alexei Fedorov in the President's Cup in Baku[6]
2007 – tied for 2nd–7th with Kiril Georgiev, Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, Mircea Parligras, Hristos Banikas and Dmitry Svetushkin in the Acropolis International Chess Tournament[7]
2007/08 – tied for first with Nidjat Mamedov and Valeriy Neverov in the Hastings International Chess Congress[8]
2009 – came in first at the Arcapita Open in Bahrain[9]
2009 – tied for 2nd–3rd with Edvins Kengis at the Al Saleh 8th International Open in Yemen[10]
2009 – tied for 3rd–8th with Anton Filippov, Elshan Moradiabadi, Merab Gagunashvili, Alexander Shabalov and Niaz Murshed in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in Colombo[11]
2010 – tied for 1st–3rd with Tigran Gharamian and Deep Sengupta at the 24th Open Pierre and Vacances[12]
2011 – won the 8th edition of the Balagna Open in Corsica[13]

On the May 2011 FIDE Elo rating list, Malakhatko has a rating of 2546. His handle on the Internet Chess Club is "Vadim77".[14]

He is married to WGM Anna Zozulia.[15]

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