Sergey Fedorchuk ( ua, Сергій Федорчук, translit=Serhiy Fedorchuk; born 14 March 1981) is a Ukrainian

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player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002.

Career

In 1995 Fedorchuk won the

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in the Under 14 category. In 2006 he won a rapid tournament held in

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and shared first place with Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran L. Petrosian in the 8th Dubai Open. In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with

Vugar Gashimov Vugar Gasim oghlu Hashimov ( az, Vüqar Qasım oğlu Həşimov; 24 July 1986 – 11 January 2014), known internationally as Vugar Gashimov , was an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He was a noted player of blitz chess. At his peak ranking, he ...

, David Arutinian, Yuriy Kryvoruchko,

Konstantin Chernyshov Konstantin Valeryevich Chernyshov (russian: Константин Валерьевич Чернышов, born June 11, 1967) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2000). In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, David Arutinian, Yuriy Kryvoru ...

Andrei Deviatkin Andrei Deviatkin (russian: Андрей Девяткин; born October 7, 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2008). Chess career * 2007 – tied for 1st–9th with Alexei Fedorov, Vladimir Potkin, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Viacheslav ...

, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami in the

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tournament. In 2009 he tied for 1st–2nd with Murtas Kazhgaleyev in the

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and came first at Nantes. He won the Paris Championship of 2012 and 2014. 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

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and Mikhailo Oleksienko, placing second on tiebreak, in the

David Bronstein David Ionovich Bronstein (russian: Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet and Ukrainian chess player. Awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, he narro ...

Memorial in

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. Soon afterwards he won the 2014 Vladimir Petrov Memorial, a rapid tournament held in

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, Latvia. In 2019, Fedorchuk won the 1st Barreau de Paris GM with a score of 7/9 points. Fedorchuk played for the Ukrainian team on the reserve board in the 2013

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

.Sergei Fedorchuk
team chess record at OlimpBase.org

Notable games

Sergey A Fedorchuk vs Rainer Buhmann, WCh U18 Boys 1999, French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. (C09), 1-0Sergey A Fedorchuk vs Ivan Sokolov, World Cup 2009, Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch. Closed Variation (B29), 1-0

References

External links

Sergey A Fedorchuk
games at 365Chess.com * 1981 births Living people Chess grandmasters Ukrainian chess players Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Vinnytsia {{Ukraine-chess-bio-stub