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I was born in Lviv, Ukraine in July 1993 and have started playing chess at the age of 7
Fulfilled all of the GM requirements in August 2008 at the age of 15 and was awarded a GM title in January 2009
World Cup 2011 1/8 finalist
Switched federations and represent USA since May 2015
Defeated world's #2 Fabiano Caruana at 2017 US Championship
Won over 20 national and international events
October 2020 ratings: 2695 USCF, 2620 FIDE
Top 15 rated player in the United States
I moved to the USA in January 2013 to pursue bachelor's degree in finance (on a full-ride scholarship for chess!)
Since moving to US, I switched from playing chess full-time to coaching
I specialize in training talented young kinds and goal-oriented adults
I trained two world champions - GM Jeffery Xiong ( World Junior Champion) and Raj Chennaredy ( World Champion Under 8)
Since 2013, I have given lessons to over 1000 students of all levels
I have a Master's of Science degree in financial economics from Saint Louis University (2018) and Bachelor's of Arts degree in finance from Texas Tech University (2016). I had a full-ride chess scholarship for both
I wrote my first chess book called Modernized Grunfeld Defense and it is now available on Amazon and on this website's shop. Now, I am writing a new 2-volume series on 1.e4 for White
I worked full-time in NYC at the private equity firm
I live in uptown Chicago
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