Vadim Volodymyrovych Malakhatko (; 22 March 1977 – 5 June 2023) was a Ukrainian

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grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship. In 2000, he won with the Ukrainian team a bronze medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in

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. Malakhatko died in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

of a heart attack on 5 June 2023, at the age of 46.

Chess career

*1999 – came second at

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tournament *2004 – tied for first with Petar Genov in the 3rd Condom Chess Open *2006 – won Politiken Cup in

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*2007 – tied for 2nd–4th with Loek van Wely and Alexei Fedorov in the President's Cup in

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*2007 – tied for 2nd–7th with Kiril Georgiev, Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, Mircea Pârligras, Hristos Banikas and Dmitry Svetushkin in the

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International Chess Tournament *2007/08 – tied for first with Nidjat Mamedov and Valeriy Neverov in the

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*2009 – came in first at the Arcapita Open in

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*2009 – tied for 2nd–3rd with

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at the Al Saleh 8th International Open in

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*2009 – tied for 3rd–8th with Anton Filippov, Elshan Moradiabadi, Merab Gagunashvili, Alexander Shabalov and Niaz Murshed in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in

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*2010 – tied for 1st–3rd with Tigran Gharamian and Deep Sengupta at the 24th Open Pierre and Vacances *2011 – won the 8th edition of the Balagna Open in

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*2019 – tied for 2nd–3rd with Liu Zhaoqi at the 2nd Ferreira do Alentejo Open On the May 2011

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Elo rating list, Malakhatko had a rating of 2546. His handle on the

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was "Vadim77".

Personal life

He was married to WGM Anna Zozulia.

Notable games

Vadim Malakhatko vs Bogdan Lalic, 83rd Hastings Chess Congress 2008, Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense, Prianishenmo Gambit (D24), 1–0

Vadim Malakhatko vs Jonathan Speelman, Isle of Man 2007, Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Petrosian Attack (E12), 1–0

Vadim Malakhatko vs John K Shaw, Cappelle la Grande 2007, Slav Defense: General (D10), 1–0

References

External links

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Vadim Malakhatko at 365Chess.com
1977 births 2023 deaths Chess players from Kyiv Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Ukrainian chess players Belgian chess players Ukrainian emigrants to Belgium Naturalised citizens of Belgium {{Ukraine-sport-bio-stub