Yaroslav Volodymyrovych Zherebukh (Ukrainian: Яросла́в Володи́мирович Жеребу́х; born July 14, 1993, in Lviv) is a Ukrainian-American chessGrandmaster (2009).
In 2006, he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team, which won the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Turkey. His biggest success so far has been his victory, in February 2010, of the colossal Cappelle-la-Grande Open in France, ahead of 82 Grandmasters and 61 International masters (652 players), with 7.5 points out of 9.[1]
In 2010, Yaroslav scored 8/11 (7 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws) to win the Young Stars of the World tournament, held in Kirishi, Russia.
In May 2015, Zherebukh switched his affiliation from Ukraine to the United States. In 2016 he qualified to compete in the 2017 U.S. Championship[3] where he scored a notable win in the seventh round against world #3 and reigning US Champion Fabiano Caruana.
In 2020, Zherebukh won the Chicago Chess Center 3rd Jane Addams Memorial.[4]
Zherebukh has stated that Akiba Rubinstein is his favourite chess player, "because of his perfect technique and very rich understanding of chess."[5]
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^. Chess.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
^Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). . London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
^"2017 US Championships". Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
^"Chicago Chess Center 3rd Jane Addams Memorial February 2020 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^"GM Yaroslav Zhrebukh Interview and Game Review - (age 18 FIDE 2580)". Chess Videos, Chess DVDs, Chess Software and more. 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
yaroslav, zherebukh, yaroslav, volodymyrovych, zherebukh, ukrainian, Яросла, Володи, мирович, Жеребу, born, july, 1993, lviv, ukrainian, american, chess, grandmaster, 2009, zherebukh, 2012full, nameyaroslav, volodymyrovych, zherebukhcountry, ukraine, until, 20. Yaroslav Volodymyrovych Zherebukh Ukrainian Yarosla v Volodi mirovich Zherebu h born July 14 1993 in Lviv is a Ukrainian American chess Grandmaster 2009 Yaroslav ZherebukhZherebukh in 2012Full nameYaroslav Volodymyrovych ZherebukhCountry Ukraine until 2015 United States since 2015 Born 1993 07 14 July 14 1993 age 30 Lviv UkraineTitleGrandmaster 2009 FIDE rating2620 May 2024 Peak rating2642 June 2017 Career editIn 2006 he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team which won the U 16 Chess Olympiad in Turkey His biggest success so far has been his victory in February 2010 of the colossal Cappelle la Grande Open in France ahead of 82 Grandmasters and 61 International masters 652 players with 7 5 points out of 9 1 In 2010 Yaroslav scored 8 11 7 wins 2 losses 2 draws to win the Young Stars of the World tournament held in Kirishi Russia In the 2011 World Cup held in Khanty Mansiysk he caused a sensation by eliminating two super grandmasters Pavel Eljanov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the first and third rounds Eventually he was knocked out by Czech super GM David Navara 2 In May 2015 Zherebukh switched his affiliation from Ukraine to the United States In 2016 he qualified to compete in the 2017 U S Championship 3 where he scored a notable win in the seventh round against world 3 and reigning US Champion Fabiano Caruana In 2020 Zherebukh won the Chicago Chess Center 3rd Jane Addams Memorial 4 Zherebukh has stated that Akiba Rubinstein is his favourite chess player because of his perfect technique and very rich understanding of chess 5 References edit Yaroslav Zherebukh wins Cappelle La Grande 2010 Chess co uk Archived from the original on 31 July 2012 Retrieved 12 October 2010 Crowther Mark 2011 09 21 The Week in Chess FIDE World Cup Khanty Mansiysk 2011 London Chess Center Archived from the original on 2011 10 20 Retrieved 14 December 2011 2017 US Championships Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Retrieved 5 April 2017 Chicago Chess Center 3rd Jane Addams Memorial February 2020 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report ratings fide com Retrieved 2020 06 16 GM Yaroslav Zhrebukh Interview and Game Review age 18 FIDE 2580 Chess Videos Chess DVDs Chess Software and more 2011 10 02 Retrieved 2017 12 14 External links editYaroslav Zherebukh rating card at FIDE nbsp Yaroslav Zherebukh player profile at Chess com Yaroslav Zherebukh player profile and games at Chessgames com Yaroslav Zherebukh at Grandcoach com nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Ukrainian chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yaroslav Zherebukh amp oldid 1221556948, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
