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Ruslan Ponomariov
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Ukrainian chess player
Ruslan Ponomariov is a Ukrainian chess player who has achieved high levels of competitive success in the game. He matters because he represents Ukraine's contributions to international chess excellence and has been among the world's top players.
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Key facts
- Born
- Ruslan Olehovych Ponomariov , ( 1983-10-11 ) 11 October 1983 (age 42) , Horlivka , Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
- Country
- Ukraine
- Title
- Grandmaster (1998)
- World champion
- 2002–2004 (FIDE)
- Fide rating
- 2632 (June 2026)
- Peak rating
- 2764 (July 2011)
- Peak ranking
- No. 6 (April 2002)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ruslan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Place of birth
- Horlivka
- Occupation
- chess player
- Languages spoken
- Ukrainian
- Participant in
- 43rd Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Ukraine
- Official website
- www.ponomariov.com
- Image
- RuslanPonomariov11a.jpg
- Residence
- Ukraine
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- Commons category
- Ruslan Ponomariov
- date of birth
- 1983-10-11
- title of chess person
- International Master
- Elo rating
- 2622
- social media followers
- 16216
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- ranking
- 94
- name in native language
- Руслан Олегович Пономарьов
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
He was runner-up in the Chess World Cup 2005 and Chess World Cup 2009, and reached the semi-finals in 2011 and the quarterfinals in 2007.
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