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Ruslan Ponomariov Руслан Пономарьов | |
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 Ponomariov in 2008 | |
| Full name | Ruslan Olehovych Ponomariov |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Born | 11 October 1983 Horlivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1998) |
| World Champion | 2002–2004 (FIDE) |
| FIDE rating | 2628 (January 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2764 (July 2011) |
| Peak ranking | No. 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.