Stanislav Savchenko | |
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![]() Savchenko at Porz in 2005 | |
Full name | Станіслав Савченко |
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Born | Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | January 21, 1967
Title | Grandmaster (1993) |
FIDE rating | 2456 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2588 (October 2007) |
Stanislav Savchenko (born 21 January 1967) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (1993). He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Francisco Vallejo Pons. [1]
He played for Ukraine in the Chess Olympiads of 1996 and 1998. [2] In 1997 he tied for first through third place with Giorgi Bagaturov and Alexander Moroz in the Danko Chess Tournament in Yenakiieve. [3] In 2006 he tied for first with Boris Chatalbashev in the 4th Georgiev-Kesarovski tournament. [4] In 2007 he tied for first with Sergey Fedorchuk in Bad Zwesten Open. [5]
On the May 2010 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2553.
Notable Games Savchenko-Sandler Belgorod,1989 Benoni, Taimanov Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nbd7 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nh5 11.e6 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qxh1 14.exd7+ Bxd7 15.Qe2+ Kd8 16.Bg5+ f6 17.O-O-O Re8 18.Qf1 fxg5 19.Bxd7 Kxd7 20.Qb5+ Kd6 21.Qxb7 Bxc3 22.Qc6+ Ke7 23.d6+ 1-0
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