Dmitry Kononenko (born August 23, 1988) is a Ukrainian

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grandmaster since 2007 and an

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since 2003. He is the 17th best player in

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and the World's 217th player. His highest

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was 2621 (in February 2016).

Career

In Ukrainian championships he won the * U12 Champion of Ukraine in 1999. * U16 Champion of Ukraine in 2003 and 2004. * 3rd place in the U14 Championship of Ukraine in 2000. * 3rd place in U18 Championship of Ukraine in 2005. * 2008 championships of Ukraine - 5th place. * His team won 2nd place in the Ukrainian team chess championship in 2009 and in 2010. He won 2 individual gold medals (2008, 2010) and a silver medal (2009) in this championship. In other tournaments he won the * 2000 U12 European Championship - 4th place. * Silver medal in the World Children's Olympics in

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) as a member of the Ukrainian team in 2003. * Champion of the

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region in 2003 and 2005- 2007 in classical chess and in 2010 and 2014 in

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chess. * In the first international festival "Dnepropetrovsk Autumn" in memory of A.S. Moroz (Dnepropetrovsk, 2012) took 2nd place, in 2013 he ranked 4th and won the blitz tournament. * Winner of six consecutive blitz marathons of the Czech Open international festival in Czech Pardubice (2008-2013).

References

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