Yaroslav Zherebukh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yaroslav Zherebukh

Ukrainian chess grandmaster

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1993

Place of Birth: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Yaroslav Volodymyrovych Zherebukh (Ukrainian: ??????´? ??????´??????? ??????´?; born July 14, 1993 in Lviv) is a Ukrainian-American chess Grandmaster (2009). In 2006, he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team, which won the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Turkey.
His biggest success so far has been his victory, in February 2010, of the colossal Cappelle-la-Grande Open in France, ahead of 82 Grandmasters and 61 International masters (652 players), with 7.5 points out of 9."Yaroslav Zherebukh wins Cappelle-La-Grande 2010".
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Retrieved 12 October 2010.In 2010 Yaroslav scored 8/11 (7 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws) to win the Young Stars of the World tournament, held in Kirishi, Russia. In the 2011 World Cup, held in Khanty-Mansiysk, he caused a sensation by eliminating two super-grandmasters, Pavel Eljanov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the first and third rounds.
Eventually he was knocked out by Czech super-GM David Navara.In May 2015 Zherebukh switched his affiliation from Ukraine to the United States.
In 2016 he qualified to compete in the 2017 U.S.
Championship where he scored a notable win in the seventh round against world #3 and reigning US Champion Fabiano Caruana. Zherebukh has stated that Akiba Rubinstein is his favourite chess player, "because of his perfect technique and very rich understanding of chess."