Vadim Malakhatko

Vadim Malakhatko
Vadim Malakhatko
	File:Vadim Malakhatko 2009 (cropped).jpg
Full name	Вадим Малахатко
Country	Ukraine
Born	22 March 1977 (age 47); Ukraine
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2501 (October 2024)
Peak rating	2633 (October 2008)

Vadim Malakhatko (Ukrainian: Вадим Малахатко; born 22 March 1977) is a Ukrainian–Belgian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship.^[1] In 2000 he won with the Ukrainian team a bronze medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.^[2]

Chess career

1999 – came second at Alushta tournament^[3]
2004 – tied for first with Petar Genov in the 3rd Condom Chess Open^[4]
2006 – won Politiken Cup in Copenhagen^[5]
2007 – tied for 2nd–4th with Loek van Wely and Alexei Fedorov in the President's Cup in Baku^[6]
2007 – tied for 2nd–7th with Kiril Georgiev, Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, Mircea Parligras, Hristos Banikas and Dmitry Svetushkin in the Acropolis International Chess Tournament^[7]
2007/08 – tied for first with Nidjat Mamedov and Valeriy Neverov in the Hastings International Chess Congress^[8]
2009 – came first at Arcapita Open in Bahrain^[9]
2009 – tied for 2nd–3rd with Edvins Kengis at the Al Saleh 8th International Open in Yemen^[10]
2009 – tied for 3rd–8th with Anton Filippov, Elshan Moradiabadi, Merab Gagunashvili, Alexander Shabalov and Niaz Murshed in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in Colombo^[11]
2010 – tied for 1st–3rd with Tigran Gharamian and Deep Sengupta at the 24th Open Pierre and Vacances^[12]
2011 – won the 8th edition of the Balagna Open in Corsica^[13]

On the May 2011 FIDE Elo rating list, Malakhatko has a rating of 2546. His handle on the Internet Chess Club is "Vadim77".^[14]

He is married to WGM Anna Zozulia.^[15]

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