Yuriy Kuzubov
| Yuriy Kuzubov | |
|---|---|
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| Full name | Yuriy Kuzubov |
| Country |
 Ukraine |
| Born |
January 26, 1990 Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2650 (May 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2672 (October 2014) |
Yuriy Kuzubov (born January 26, 1990), is one of the youngest International Grandmasters in the history of chess. As of April 2008, his rating was 2603. He completed his final grandmaster norm at age 14 years, 7 months, 12 days in 2004. His first name is sometimes spelled "Yuri" or "Yury".
In 2004 he tied for 1st–4th with Yge Visser, Friso Nijboer and John van der Wiel in the Harmonie Invitational in Groningen.[1] In 2009, he tied for 1st–3rd with Dmitry Andreikin and Rauf Mamedov in a category 16 tournament at Lubbock, Texas.[2] In 2011, tied for 1st–5th with Alexander Areshchenko, Parimarjan Negi, Markus Ragger and Ni Hua in the 9th Parsvnath Open Tournament[3] and tied for 1st–6th with Ivan Sokolov, Vladimir Baklan, Kamil Miton, Jon Ludvig Hammer and Illya Nyzhnyk in the MP Reykjavík Open.[4]
Notable game
In the game below, played at the 73rd Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2004, Kuzubov, playing black, defeats fellow Ukrainian Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin, the youngest grandmaster in the history of the game.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. exf5 O-O 16. O-O Rb8 17. a4 Re8 18. Qf3 e4 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Qxd6 Be5 21. Qc5 Rc8 22. Qe3 Bxf5 23. Rad1 Re6 24. g3 Rd6 25. c4 Bxb2 26. Rd2 Bg7 27. f3 exf3 28. Qxf3 Bg6 29. Qf4 Ne5 30. Re2 Re6 31. Rfe1 Nd3 32. Rxe6 fxe6 0-1
References
- ↑ "Harmonie Invitational April 2005 Netherlands". FIDE. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ↑ "Archive. Tournament report November 2009: Spice Cup 2009 - Group A". FIDE. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ↑ "9th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament". Chessdom. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ↑ "Reykjavík Open – six players win with 7.0-9 points". ChessBase. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
External links
- Yuriy Kuzubov player profile and games at Chessgames.com