Yuri Kruppa | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ukraine |
| Born | June 21, 1964 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1995) |
| FIDE rating | 2572 (August 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2603 (July 1999) |
Yuri Nikolaevich Kruppa is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.
He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 1994 and earned the Grandmaster title in 1995. [1]
In 1997, he tied for first place with Vladimir Burmakin, Vladimir Baklan, Ľubomír Ftáčnik, Jean-Marc Degraeve, Alexey Vyzmanavin, Tony Miles, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Mark Hebden, and Darius Ruželė in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament. [2]
He served as a coach in the A.V.Momot Chess Club, which opened in 1999. [3] He also served as a trainer of the Ukrainian team. [4]
In 2000, he won the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament, beating Gilberto Milos on tiebreak scores. [5]
In August 2011, he finished as the runner-up in the Nabokov Memorial. [6]
He graduated from the Lviv State University of Physical Culture. [7]