I was born on 8th of February, 1978 in Kherson, former USSR. Began to play chess at the age of five. In 2000 I have finished Kherson State Technical University with diplomas of the mechanical engineer and the economist. After this I have started my professional chess career. Became an International Master in 2001 and International Grandmaster in January 2007. With current ELO 2613 I am №15 player in Ukraine. My best rating so far was 2629 in November 2011.

In 2004 I married Elena Sukhotina, our son Maxim was born on 14 of November 2009. Now we live in Kherson, Ukraine.

My hobbies are: books (audiobooks during the travel), movies, football. I like to travel around the world and I do this when going to play in chess tournaments.

Few words about my style of play: I am very agressive player – 1.e4 by White, Sicilian and other sharp systems by Black are my favorites. But sometimes I like to switch for much more quiet openings (Petroff, QGA) or try something offbeat (like Nimzowitsch Opening 1.e4 Nc6 by Black or 1.g3 by White).

My best results:

YearTownCountryTournamentPlace
1998PlzenCzech RepublicOpen (juniors)1st place
2003RochefortFranceOpen1st place
2003Bad WildbadGermanyOpen1st place
2003Rudnik nad SanemPolandOpen1st place
2003GothaGermanyOpen1st place
2004SevastopolUkraineOpen1st place
2004SaarlouisGermanyOpen1st place
2005RochefortFranceOpen1st place
2005NeuhausenGermanyOpen1st place (shared)
2005FeffernitzAustriaOpen1st place
2005St. VeitAustriaOpen1st place
2005HamburgGermanyOpen1st place (shared)
2006SolingenGermanyChess-960 Rapid1st place
2006VoronezhRussia10th Voronezh Open3rd place
2006ChamberyFrance12th International Chess Festival1st place
2006RodatychiUkraine4th Instalplast Open1st place (shared)
2008CutroItaly14th International Festival "Leonardo di Bona"1st place (shared)
2008Naberezhnye ChelnyRussiaRound-robin (Cat. IX)1st place
2008Val ThorensFrance32nd International Festival Val-Thorens 1st place
2008PanevezysLithuaniaPanevezys Open 20081st place
2008DennewitzGermanyRapid Tournament "Schlacht bei Dennewitz"1st place
2008HerfordGermany37th International Rapid Tournament1st place
2008AlbaceteSpain16th International Open "Ciudad de Albacete"1st place (shared)
2009LeutersdorfGermany14. Eibauer Open1st place
2009LeidenNetherlands69th Noteboom Tournament1st place
2009BergamoItaly1st International Tournament Bergamo 20091st place
2009FourmiesFrance33rd International Open Fourmies1st place
2009MaastrichtNetherlands3rd ENCI Limburg Open1st place (shared)
2009BergamoItaly8th International Open "Citta di Bergamo"1st place
2009FigueresSpain10th International Open "Miquel Mas"1st place (shared)
2009NikolaevUkraine1st Open Chess-960 Rapid Cup "Wild Park"1st place
2010DriehuisNetherlands3rd Ichthus Open Chess Tournament1st place
2010VoorschotenNetherlandsOpen Rapid Championship of the Leidse Chess Federation1st place (shared)
2010DitzingenGermanyInternational Open Stuttgart City Championship 20101st place
2010Naujac sur MerFrance16th Open "Cote d'Argent"1st place
2010San Lorenzo de El EscorialSpainXXVII Open Rapid Tournament1st place
2010St-UrsanneSwitzerland8th Jura Open1st place (shared)
2010MilanItaly31st Edoardo Crespi Trophy1st place (shared)
2010NikolaevUkraine2nd Open Chess-960 Rapid Cup "Wild Park"1st place (shared)
2011RochefortFrance10th International Chess Festival1st place
2011MetzFranceXXIX International Open Tournament "Ville de Metz"1st place
2011MulhouseFranceTOP12 French Team Championship4,5/5 (perfomance 3018)
2011BergamoItaly10th International Open "Citta di Bergamo"1st place (shared)
2011Gioiosa MareaItalyXVII International Chess Open “Cittа di Gioiosa Marea”1st place
2011CreonFrance16th International Festival "Open de Creon"1st place
2011RomeItaly1st International Barclays Festival1st place
2011LeeuwardenNetherlands3rd Waling Dijkstra Weekend Tournament1st place
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