Evgenij Miroshnichenko

Evgenij Miroshnichenko
Miroshnichenko at the 2008 Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1978-12-28) 28 December 1978
Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Chess career
CountryUkraine
TitleGrandmaster (2002)
FIDE rating2588 (August 2026)
Peak rating2696 (July 2009)
Peak rankingNo. 37 (July 2009)

Evgenij Vitaliyovych Miroshnichenko (also Yevhen; Ukrainian: Євген Віталійович Мірошниченко; born 28 December 1978) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002.

Miroshnichenko won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2003 and 2008.[1] Also in 2003 he tied for 1st–3rd with Yuri Yakovich and Alexander Potapov in the Fakel Jamala tournament in Noyabrsk.[2] In 2005 Miroshnichenko competed in the FIDE World Cup.[3] At the 2008 European Club Cup, he scored 4½/5 points to win the individual gold medal on board six, as well as helping his team Kiev place third.[4] In 2009 he tied for first with Alexander Areshchenko, Humpy Koneru and Magesh Panchanathan in the Mumbai Mayor Cup.[5]

Miroshnichenko did English language commentary for several FIDE official events: Chess Olympiad,[3] Women's World Chess Championship,[6][7] FIDE World Cup,[8][9] Candidates' Tournament,[7] World Team Chess Championship,[10] World Rapid and Blitz Championships,[11] FIDE Grand Prix,[12] FIDE Women's Grand Prix,[3] Women's Candidates Tournament.[13]

In 2014, he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. Miroshnichenko trained, among others, Anna Muzychuk, Mariya Muzychuk and the Iranian team.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Miroshnichenko wins Ukrainian Championship 2008". ChessBase. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Week in Chess 475". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Evgeny Miroshnichenko: Chess broadcasting must be like a reality show". FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015-16, Khanty Mansiysk. 28 November 2016. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "24th European Chess Club Cup, Halkidiki 2008, PVK Kyiv". OlimpBase. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Zaveri, Praful (15 May 2009). "Areshchenko triumphs in Mayor's Cup – Jai Ho Mumbai!!". ChessBase. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "More than 100,000 spectators followed the Women's Championship every day". Russian Chess Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 Goryaeva, Kema (1 April 2016). "Evgeny Miroshnichenko: Apart from chess itself, I act as kind of psychologist". Chessdom. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  8. ↑ Rogers, Ian (5 November 2016). "The Couch Potato's Guide to the World Chess Championship". US Chess. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "FIDE World Cup Final: Aronian wins tiebreak! (Express report)". Chess News. ChessBase. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "Chess on air". World Team Chess Championship 2017. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "Carlsen and Dzagnidze are World Blitz Champions!". www.fide.com. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  12. ↑ McGourty, Colin (30 May 2019). "Nepomniachtchi wins the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix". chess24.com. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  13. ↑ "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament is concluded in Kazan". www.fide.com. Retrieved 3 July 2019.