Famous Ukrainian Chess Players

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Anna Muzychuk
(Ukrainian Chess Player)
Anna Muzychuk
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Birthdate: February 28, 1990
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Anna Muzychuk is a Ukrainian chess player who became only the fourth woman in the history of chess to achieve a FIDE rating of 2600 or more. Muzychuk, who attained the Grandmaster title in 2012, is a three-time fast chess world champion. 

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Mariya Muzychuk
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Mariya Muzychuk
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Birthdate: September 21, 1992
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lviv, Ukraine
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Vasyl Ivanchuk
(Ukrainian Chess Player)
Vasyl Ivanchuk
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Birthdate: March 18, 1969
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kopychyntsi, Ukraine
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Natalia Zhukova
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Natalia Zhukova
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Birthdate: June 5, 1979
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dresden, East Germany
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Ruslan Ponomariov
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Ruslan Ponomariov
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Birthdate: October 11, 1983
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Horlivka, Ukraine
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Kateryna Lagno
(Russian Chess Grandmaster)
Kateryna Lagno
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Birthdate: December 27, 1989
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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Anna Ushenina
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Anna Ushenina
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Birthdate: August 30, 1985
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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Alexander Beliavsky
(Soviet, Ukrainian and Slovenian Chess Grandmaster)
Alexander Beliavsky
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Birthdate: December 17, 1953
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lviv, Ukraine

Slovenian Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky initially represented the Soviet Union, followed by Ukraine, and eventually Slovenia. The chess sensation has been a 4-time Soviet champion and a 2-time Slovenian champion. He has beaten several world champions and has also been a chess coach with the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

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Alexander Onischuk
(Ukrainian-American Chess Player)
Alexander Onischuk
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Birthdate: September 3, 1975
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sevastopol
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Stanislav Bogdanovich
(Ukrainian Chess Player)
Stanislav Bogdanovich
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Birthdate: February 4, 1993
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Odessa, Ukraine
Died: March 5, 2020
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Pavel Eljanov
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Pavel Eljanov
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Birthdate: May 10, 1983
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Efim Geller
(Ukrainian Chess Player)
Efim Geller
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Birthdate: March 8, 1925
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
Died: November 17, 1998
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Leonid Stein
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Leonid Stein
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Birthdate: November 12, 1934
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian
Died: July 4, 1973
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Andrei Volokitin
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Andrei Volokitin
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Birthdate: June 18, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lviv, Ukraine
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Olexandr Bortnyk
(Ukrainian Chess Player)
Olexandr Bortnyk
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Birthdate: October 18, 1996
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oleksandrivka, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Anna Zatonskih
(Ukrainian-American Chess Player Who is a 4-Time US Women’s Champion)
Anna Zatonskih
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Birthdate: July 17, 1978
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mariupol, Ukraine
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Alexander Areshchenko
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Alexander Areshchenko
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Birthdate: June 15, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Luhansk, Ukraine
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Alexander Moiseenko
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Alexander Moiseenko
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Birthdate: May 17, 1980
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Severomorsk, Russia
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Yuriy Kryvoruchko
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Yuriy Kryvoruchko
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Birthdate: December 19, 1986
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lviv, Ukraine
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Zahar Efimenko
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Zahar Efimenko
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Birthdate: July 3, 1985
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Makiivka, Ukraine
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Angela Borsuk
(Israeli Chess Player)
Angela Borsuk
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Birthdate: August 29, 1967
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kherson, Ukraine
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Eduard Gufeld
(Ukrainian Chess Player)
Eduard Gufeld
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Birthdate: March 19, 1936
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: September 23, 2002
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Isaac Boleslavsky
(Ukrainian Chess Player)
Isaac Boleslavsky
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Birthdate: June 9, 1919
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Zolotonosha, Ukraine
Died: February 15, 1977
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Tykhon Cherniaiev
(Ukrainian Chess Player)
Tykhon Cherniaiev
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Birthdate: March 1, 2010
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ukraine
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Dimitri Komarov
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
Dimitri Komarov
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Birthdate: December 1, 1968
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ukraine
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Miron Sher
(American Chess Grandmaster)
Miron Sher
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Birthdate: June 29, 1952
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Died: August 20, 2020

Russian-American grandmaster Miron Sher had not just won various tournaments but was also a renowned coach who had groomed top-notch chess players such as world no. 2 grandmaster Fabiano Caruana. He had also attended grad school for physical education. He was married to Woman Grandmaster Alla Grinfeld.