Yuri Nikolaevich Kruppa is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

Yuri Kruppa
Personal information
Born (1964-06-21) June 21, 1964 (age 62)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Chess career
CountryUkraine
TitleGrandmaster (1995)
FIDE rating2572 (June 2026)
Peak rating2603 (July 1999)

Chess career

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He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 1994 and earned the Grandmaster title in 1995.[1]

In 1997, he tied for first place with Vladimir Burmakin, Vladimir Baklan, Ľubomír Ftáčnik, Jean-Marc Degraeve, Alexey Vyzmanavin, Tony Miles, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Mark Hebden, and Darius Ruželė in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament.[2]

He served as a coach in the A.V.Momot Chess Club, which opened in 1999.[3] He also served as a trainer of the Ukrainian team.[4]

In 2000, he won the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament, beating Gilberto Milos on tiebreak scores.[5]

In August 2011, he finished as the runner-up in the Nabokov Memorial.[6]

Personal life

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References

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