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Ruslan Ponomariov

Ruslan Ponomariov
Руслан Пономарьов
Ponomariov in 2008
Full nameRuslan Olehovych Ponomariov
CountryUkraine
Born (1983-10-11) 11 October 1983 (age 41)
Horlivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1998)
World Champion2002–2004 (FIDE)
FIDE rating2628 (February 2025)
Peak rating2764 (July 2011)
Peak rankingNo. 6 (April 2002)

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 was the youngest holder of the title at the age of 18 years, 3 months and 12 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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