Vladimir Onischuk

Vladimir Onischuk (Ukrainian: Володимир Онищук; born 21 July 1991) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

Vladimir Onischuk
CountryUkraine
Born (1991-07-21) 21 July 1991
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
TitleGrandmaster (2012)
FIDE rating2622 (February 2021)
Peak rating2669 (May 2015)[1]

Chess career

Born in 1991, Onischuk was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 2005[2] and received the Grandmaster (GM) title the seven years later.[3]

Onischuk represented Ukraine at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships. He won three medals: gold in 2001 in Kallithea in European Youth Chess Championship in U10 age group and two silvers in 2003 in Budva in European Youth Chess Championship in U12 age group and in 2006 in Batumi World Youth Chess Championship in U16 age group. In 2006 in Kiev Onischuk won the Nabokov Chess Memorial and won the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad with Ukraine in Ağrı.[4]

In 2007, he won a chess tournament in Kharkiv. In 2008, he shared first place in Warsaw in the Najdorf Memorial. In 2015 Onischuk shared first place with Li Chao in Cappelle-la-Grande Open[5] and won the Metz Open.

In August 2017 Onischuk won the RTU Open "A" tournament in Riga.

References
  1. Vladimir Onischuk Chess-db
  2. Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
  3. Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
  4. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: 5th World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, Ağrı 2006, Ukraine". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. "Cappelle-la-Grande: Chao b Li siegt im Endspurt". 8 March 2015.
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