- Illya Nyzhnyk
Illya Nyzhnyk is a Ukrainian
chess player. He was born September 27, 1996 inVinnytsya (Ukraine ) [ [http://www.dril-chess.com/ Dril Chess - personal website of Illya Nyzhnyk] ] and gained world-wide attention when he won Group B of the 2007Moscow Open at the age of 10. [chessgames player|id=95929] He achieved a nearly flawless score of 8½/9 and his performance rating was 2633, that of a Grandmaster. [cite news|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3655 |title=Illya Nyzhnyk wins Group B in Moscow Open |publisher=ChessBase |date=2007-02-07 ] His current FIDE rating is 2444, the highest rating in the world in the under-12 age group. In 2007 he won theEuropean Youth Chess Championship for under-12. In the 2007World Youth Chess Championship he tied for first in the under-12 age group, placing second on tie-breaks.In April 2008 Nyzhnyk won the Nabokov Memorial in Kyiv, Ukraine, with 8½/11, and scored a GM norm.In September 2008 he won, at the age of 12, the
European Youth Chess Championship for under 16.References
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* [http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Tournois/Belfort_2005/Belfort_nounours.htm Illya Nyzhnyk Belfort U12 photo]
* [http://www.dril-chess.com/ Illya Nyzhnyk's personal website]
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