Yuri Drozdovskij (, born 22 May 1984 in
Odesa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...
) is a
Ukrainian chess
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Grandmaster.
He won the European Rapid Championship in 2006 and tied for first place at
Cappelle-la-Grande
Cappelle-la-Grande (; nl, Kapelle) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is very close to Dunkirk.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
*Cappelle-la-Grande Open
The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is ...
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 Odesa. This was an outstanding result, as he finished ahead of
Boris Gelfand
Boris Gelfand ( he, בוריס אברמוביץ' גלפנד; be, Барыс Абрамавіч Гельфанд, Barys Abramavich Hel'fand; russian: Борис Абрамович Гельфанд, Boris Abramovich Gel'fand; born 24 June 1968) ...
,
Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Olehovych Ponomariov ( uk, Русла́н Оле́гович Пономарьо́в; born 11 October 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was FIDE World Chess Champion from 2002 to 2004. He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in ...
,
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov ( rus, links=no, Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, p=ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Che ...
and
Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi ( rus, Ви́ктор Льво́вич Корчно́й, p=vʲiktər lʲvovʲɪtɕ kɐrtɕˈnoj; 23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after 1980) chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer. H ...
. In 2009 he was a member of the
bronze medal-winning Ukrainian team at the
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 ...
.
His current
Elo rating is 2614.
Personal life
Since 2009 Yuri Drozdovskij is married to Ukrainian chess grandmaster
Natalia Zdebskaya.
References
External links
*
Yuri, Drozdovskij Achievements at GrossClub.com
1984 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Ukrainian chess players
Odesa University alumni
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