Vadim Malakhatko

Wadym Malachatko (Ukrainian Вадим Малахатко; born March 22, 1977 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian chess player.

Life

Wadym Malachatko is married to the woman Grand Master ( WGM ) and International Master (IM) Anna Zozulia. Since June 2006, he and his wife play for the Belgian Chess Federation.

Achievements

1999 he received the Grand Master title.

For Ukraine, he played on the 2000 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul at second reserve board, the Ukraine ended up in third place. Also in the victory of the Ukrainian team in 2001 in Yerevan in the World Team Championship, he played at second reserve board.

In 1997 and 1998 he participated in the Ukrainian Single Cup finals, which was held in Alushta, and finished in fifth place, respectively. 1999 and 2004 he was the Kiev champions. In 2004 he won the International Open in Pic d' Anie, the International Open in La Fere, the 3rd Chess Open in Condom and the FE tournament in Bergamo. In 2005 he won the Bad Zwestener chess days, ZMD Open in Dresden and the Mielenska Perla Baltiku tournament in Mielno. In 2006 he won in January, Hilton Open in Basle, in March, the International Masters Tournament in Bruges, in June the Coppa Citta ' dei Monti in Sardinia and in July the policies Cup in Taastrup. In October 2006 he was in Warsaw behind Yuri Drozdovski second at the European Rapid Chess Championship. In January 2007 he again won the Hilton Open in Basel and in October 2007 he was tied behind Rainer Buhmann second at the Winterthur Chess Week. In January 2008, he won by special scoring the 83rd International Congress in Hastings, in July 2008, the Versterhavsturneringen, also called North Sea Cup, in Esbjerg, in August 2008, a grandmaster tournament in Panevėžys and in February 2009 with a half point ahead of the Arcapita International in Manama and the 17th Fajr International on Kish.

Club playing chess Malachatko in Ukrainian, French, and Spanish ( for the international chess school Kasparov Marcote ) League operation. In the 2007 /08 season he played for the first time in the chess Bundesliga specifically for the SV Mülheim- Nord. In Belgium, he won with Bredene Club in the 2007/ 08 season the team championship.

By April 2009, he led the Belgian Elo ranking.