Vadim Malakhatko

Vadim Malakhatko
Full name	Вадим Малахатко
Country	Ukraine
Born	22 March 1977 Ukraine
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2507 (December 2016)
Peak rating	2633 (October 2008)

Vadim Malakhatko (Ukrainian: Вадим Малахатко; born 22 March 1977) is a Ukrainian–Belgian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship.^[1] In 2000 he won with the Ukrainian team a bronze medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.^[2]

Chess career

• 1999 – came second at Alushta tournament^[3]
• 2004 – tied for first with Petar Genov in the 3rd Condom Chess Open^[4]
• 2006 – won Politiken Cup in Copenhagen^[5]
• 2007 – tied for 2nd–4th with Loek van Wely and Alexei Fedorov in the President's Cup in Baku^[6]
• 2007 – tied for 2nd–7th with Kiril Georgiev, Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, Mircea Parligras, Hristos Banikas and Dmitry Svetushkin in the Acropolis International Chess Tournament^[7]
• 2007/08 – tied for first with Nidjat Mamedov and Valeriy Neverov in the Hastings International Chess Congress^[8]
• 2009 – came in first at the Arcapita Open in Bahrain^[9]
• 2009 – tied for 2nd–3rd with Edvins Kengis at the Al Saleh 8th International Open in Yemen^[10]
• 2009 – tied for 3rd–8th with Anton Filippov, Elshan Moradiabadi, Merab Gagunashvili, Alexander Shabalov and Niaz Murshed in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in Colombo^[11]
• 2010 – tied for 1st–3rd with Tigran Gharamian and Deep Sengupta at the 24th Open Pierre and Vacances^[12]
• 2011 – won the 8th edition of the Balagna Open in Corsica^[13]

On the May 2011 FIDE Elo rating list, Malakhatko has a rating of 2546. His handle on the Internet Chess Club is "Vadim77".^[14]

Personal life

He is married to WGM Anna Zozulia.^[15]

Notable games

• Vadim Malakhatko vs Bogdan Lalic, 83rd Hastings Chess Congress 2008, Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense, Prianishenmo Gambit (D24), 1-0
• Vadim Malakhatko vs Jonathan Speelman, Isle of Man 2007, Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Petrosian Attack (E12), 1-0
• Vadim Malakhatko vs John K Shaw, Cappelle la Grande 2007, Slav Defense: General (D10), 1-0

References

1. Bartelski, Wojciech. "World Men's Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
2. Bartelski, Wojciech. "34th Chess Olympiad: Istanbul 2000". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
3. "Coming To Alushta Again!". Kaissa.com.ua. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
4. Crowther, Mark (2004-07-19). "TWIC 506: 3rd Condom Chess Open". London Chess Center. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
5. "Malakhatko, Short, Hector win Politiken Cup". ChessBase. 2006-08-01. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
6. "Tournament report July 2007: 2nd President's Cup". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
7. "Ilya Smirin wins Acropolis 2007". ChessBase. 2007-08-26. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
8. Crowther, Mark (2008-01-07). "TWIC 687: 83rd Hastings International Congress". London Chess Center. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
9. Golubev, Mikhail (2009-02-08). "Huge success of the Arcapita Open in Bahrain". ChessBase. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
10. "Tournament report September 2009: Al Saleh 8th International Open". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
11. "Tournament report November 2009: The Ravana Challenge". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
12. "Tigran Gharamian wins Pierre and Vacances open". Chessdom. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
13. "Malakhatko wins 8th Open of Balagne". ChessVibes. 2011-05-09. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
14. "Vadim77". Internet Chess Club. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
15. Giddins, Steve (2008-01-05). "Hastings 2007/08 – a Grandmaster is Born". ChessBase. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

External links

• Vadim Malakhatko player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Vadim Malakhatko at 365Chess.com