Evgenij Miroshnichenko

Evgenij Miroshnichenko
Bundesliga 2008
CountryUkraine
Born (1978-12-28) December 28, 1978 (age 45)
Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (2002)
FIDE rating2588 (November 2024)
Peak rating2696 (July 2009)
Peak rankingNo. 37 (July 2009)

Evgenij Miroshnichenko (born December 28, 1978) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002.

Miroshnichenko won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2003 and 2008.[1] Also in 2003 he tied for 1st–3rd with Yuri Yakovich and Alexander Potapov in the Fakel Jamala tournament in Noyabrsk.[2] In 2005 Miroshnichenko competed in the FIDE World Cup.[3] At the 2008 European Club Cup, he scored 4½/5 points to win the individual gold medal on board six, as well as helping his team Kiev place third.[4] In 2009 he tied for first with Alexander Areshchenko, Humpy Koneru and Magesh Panchanathan in the Mumbai Mayor Cup.[5]

Miroshnichenko did English language commentary for several FIDE official events: Chess Olympiad,[3] Women's World Chess Championship,[6][7] FIDE World Cup,[8][9] Candidates' Tournament,[7] World Team Chess Championship,[10] World Rapid and Blitz Championships,[11] FIDE Grand Prix,[12] FIDE Women's Grand Prix,[3] Women's Candidates Tournament.[13]

In 2014, he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. Miroshnichenko trained, among others, Anna Muzychuk, Mariya Muzychuk and the Iranian team.[7]

  1. ^ "Miroshnichenko wins Ukrainian Championship 2008". ChessBase. 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  2. ^ "The Week in Chess 475". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  3. ^ a b c "Evgeny Miroshnichenko: Chess broadcasting must be like a reality show". FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015-16, Khanty Mansiysk. 2016-11-28. Archived from the original on 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  4. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "24th European Chess Club Cup, Halkidiki 2008, PVK Kyiv". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  5. ^ Zaveri, Praful (2009-05-15). "Areshchenko triumphs in Mayor's Cup – Jai Ho Mumbai!!". ChessBase. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  6. ^ "More than 100,000 spectators followed the Women's Championship every day". Russian Chess Federation. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  7. ^ a b c Goryaeva, Kema (2016-04-01). "Evgeny Miroshnichenko: Apart from chess itself, I act as kind of psychologist". Chessdom. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  8. ^ Rogers, Ian (2016-11-05). "The Couch Potato's Guide to the World Chess Championship". US Chess. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  9. ^ "FIDE World Cup Final: Aronian wins tiebreak! (Express report)". Chess News. ChessBase. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  10. ^ "Chess on air". World Team Chess Championship 2017. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  11. ^ "Carlsen and Dzagnidze are World Blitz Champions!". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  12. ^ McGourty, Colin (2019-05-30). "Nepomniachtchi wins the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix". chess24.com. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  13. ^ "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament is concluded in Kazan". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2019-07-03.