Profile details
- Born
- 11 Oct 1983
- Birthplace
- Horlivka
- Country
- Ukraine
- Sport
- Chess
- Discipline
- Mind
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, height, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- ▸Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
- ▸Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
- ▸Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
- ▸World chess champion
Competition Appearances
9 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·33rd Chess Olympiad
- ·34th Chess Olympiad
- ·35th Chess Olympiad
- ·36th Chess Olympiad
- ·39th Chess Olympiad
- ·40th Chess Olympiad
- ·41st Chess Olympiad
- ·42nd Chess Olympiad
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About
Ruslan Olehovych Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Русла́н Оле́гович Пономарьо́в; born 11 October 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was FIDE World Chess Champion from 2002 to 2004 and is the youngest holder of the title at the age of 18 years and 104 days, though the title was split at the time. He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2011.
Biography adapted from Ruslan Ponomariov on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.