Yuri Drozdovskij

Yuri Drozdovskij (born 22 May 1984 in Odessa) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster.

Yuri Drozdovskij
Country Ukraine
Born22 May 1984
Ukraine
TitleGrandmaster
FIDE rating2616 (February 2021)
Peak rating2627 (March 2011)

He won the European Rapid Championship in 2006 and tied for first place at Cappelle-la-Grande 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 Odessa.[1] This was an outstanding result, as he finished ahead of Boris Gelfand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi. In 2009 he was a member of the bronze medal-winning Ukrainian team at the European Team Chess Championship.[2]

His current Elo rating is 2614.

Personal life

Since 2009 Yuri Drozdovskij is married to Ukrainian chess grandmaster Natalia Zdebskaya.

References

  1. Crowther, Mark (2008-06-02). "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup". London Chess Centre. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  2. "Novi Sad: Azerbaijan wins Gold – by one rook move". ChessBase. 2009-10-31. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
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