Sergey Fedorchuk (Ukrainian: Сергій Федорчук, romanized: Serhiy Fedorchuk; born 14 March 1981) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of GrandmasterbyFIDE in 2002.
| Sergey Fedorchuk | |
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| Country | Ukraine |
| Born | (1981-03-14) 14 March 1981 (age 43) Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (2002) |
| FIDE rating | 2554 (July 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2674 (November 2010) |
| Peak ranking | No. 51 (April 2008) |
In 1995 Fedorchuk won the European Youth Chess Championship in the Under 14 category. In 2006 he won a rapid tournament held in Banyoles[1] and shared first place with Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran L. Petrosian in the 8th Dubai Open.[2] In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, David Arutinian, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Konstantin Chernyshov, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament.[3] In 2009 he tied for 1st–2nd with Murtas Kazhgaleyev in the Paris City Chess Championship[4] and came first at Nantes.[5]
He won the Paris Championship of 2012 and 2014.[6][7] Fedorchuk tied for 1st–8th with Sanan Sjugirov, Parimarjan Negi, Maxim Rodshtein, Eric Hansen, Vlad-Cristian Jianu, Alexei Fedorov and Yuri Vovk in the 2013 Cappelle-la-Grande Open. In February 2014, Fedorchuk tied for first with Baadur Jobava and Mikhailo Oleksienko, placing second on tiebreak, in the David Bronstein Memorial in Minsk.[8] Soon afterwards he won the 2014 Vladimir Petrov Memorial, a rapid tournament held in Jūrmala, Latvia.[9]
In 2019, Fedorchuk won the 1st Barreau de Paris GM with a score of 7/9 points.[10]
Fedorchuk played for the Ukrainian team on the reserve board in the 2013 European Team Chess Championship.[11]
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