Evgenij Miroshnichenko

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Evgenij Miroshnichenko
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Bundesliga 2008
CountryUkraine
Born (1978-12-28) December 28, 1978 (age 45)
Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Title Grandmaster (2002)
FIDE   rating 2588 (October 2024)
Peak rating 2696 (July 2009)
Peak rankingNo. 37 (July 2009)

Evgenij Miroshnichenko (born December 28, 1978) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002.

Miroshnichenko won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2003 and 2008. [1] Also in 2003 he tied for 1st–3rd with Yuri Yakovich and Alexander Potapov in the Fakel Jamala tournament in Noyabrsk. [2] In 2005 Miroshnichenko competed in the FIDE World Cup. [3] At the 2008 European Club Cup, he scored 4½/5 points to win the individual gold medal on board six, as well as helping his team Kiev place third. [4] In 2009 he tied for first with Alexander Areshchenko, Humpy Koneru and Magesh Panchanathan in the Mumbai Mayor Cup. [5]

Miroshnichenko did English language commentary for several FIDE official events: Chess Olympiad, [3] Women's World Chess Championship, [6] [7] FIDE World Cup, [8] [9] Candidates' Tournament, [7] World Team Chess Championship, [10] World Rapid and Blitz Championships, [11] FIDE Grand Prix, [12] FIDE Women's Grand Prix, [3] Women's Candidates Tournament. [13]

In 2014, he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. Miroshnichenko trained, among others, Anna Muzychuk, Mariya Muzychuk and the Iranian team. [7]

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