Yuri Drozdovskij (, born 22 May 1984 in

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) is a Ukrainian

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Grandmaster. He won the European Rapid Championship in 2006 and tied for first place at

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in 2007. Drozdovskij was equal first (losing out on tie-break to

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) at the 4th Pivdenny Bank Cup 2008, a rapid tournament held annually in Odesa. This was an outstanding result, as he finished ahead of

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and

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. In 2009 he was a member of the

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-winning Ukrainian team at the

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. His current

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is 2614.

Personal life

Since 2009 Yuri Drozdovskij is married to Ukrainian Woman Grandmaster Natalia Zdebskaya. In recent years, he put his professional chess career on hold in order to concentrate on his professional activities (banking).

References

External links

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Yuri, Drozdovskij Achievements at GrossClub.com
1984 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Ukrainian chess players Odesa University alumni Chess players from Odesa {{Ukraine-chess-bio-stub