Martyn Kravtsiv ( uk, Мартин Кравців; born 26 November 1990) is a Ukrainian

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grandmaster. He competed in the

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Career

Kravtsiv was taught how to play chess on his sixth birthday by his father. Later, he trained in a Lviv Chess Club. In the

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, Kravtsiv won the gold medal in the men's individual blitz event. In 2010, he tied for 1st-6th places with Dmitry Kokarev, Alexey Dreev,

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, Baskaran Adhiban and

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in the 2nd Orissa Open tournament in

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. In 2011, Kravtsiv won the 3rd

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Open. The following year, he tied for 1st–5th with

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and Tigran Gharamian in the

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. He tied for first with

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and Zahar Efimenko in the 2015

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, held in his native city of

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, finishing second on tiebreak. In 2016, Kravtsiv won the

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edging out

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, Arturs Neikšāns, Aleksey Goganov and Jiří Štoček on tiebreak score. In team events, Kravtsiv played for Ukraine in the 2006 U-16

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, which was won by his team, and the World Team Chess Championship in 2017. He is 1st Gujarat open GM tournament 2018 champion. Best tournament results: Andranik Margaryan Memorial 2013 - 1st place, Al Ain Chess Classic 2013 - 1-3, Lviv Vasylyshyn Memorial (2014) - 1st place, 8th OGD Prinsenstad 2015 - 1st place, 22nd Abu Dhabi Int. Chess Festival (2015) - 2nd place, Ukraine Men`s Final - 2015 - 2nd place, Al Ain Classic 2015 - 2-10, Riga Technical University Open 2016 - 1st place, 1st Sharjah Chess Masters 2017 - 1-5, Lake Sevan 2017 - 2nd place, 1st Gujarat international open (2018) - 1st place, Cap d'Agde chess (2018) - 3rd place. Also was a coach of the Ukrainian National chess team durin
42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku 2016
(silver medal) and
23rd European Team Chess Championship 2021
(gold medal).
Wrote a few chess books.

References

External links

Biography, blog, games, gallery at Chess site of Lviv grandmastersMartyn Kravtsiv
chess games at 365chess.com *

team chess record at Olimpbase.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Kravtsiv, Martyn 1990 births Living people Chess grandmasters Ukrainian chess players Sportspeople from Lviv