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Ruslan Ponomariov

1983 - Today

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Ruslan Olehovych Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Русла́н Оле́гович Пономарьо́в; born 11 October 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was FIDE World Chess Champion from 2002 to 2004 and is the youngest holder of the title at the age of 18 years and 104 days, though the title was split at the time. He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2011. He was runner-up in the Chess World Cup 2005 and Chess World Cup 2009, and reached the semi-finals in 2011 and the quarterfinals in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2024). Ruslan Ponomariov is the 218th most popular chess player (down from 172nd in 2024), the 946th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 871st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Ukrainian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Ruslan Ponomariov ranks 218 out of 461. Before him are Alexandra Kosteniuk, Ľubomír Ftáčnik, John Owen, Anatoly Lein, Paul Felix Schmidt, and Larissa Volpert. After him are Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, John Nunn, Aleksandar Matanović, Roberto Grau, Xie Jun, and Viktor Kupreichik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Ruslan Ponomariov ranks 156. Before him are Mika Nakashima, Lisandro López, Daniel Ek, Emmanuel Eboué, Arsenie Todiraș, and Tsutomu Matsuda. After him are Sebastian Ingrosso, Eliseu, Anahí, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Jung Kyung-ho, and Liu Xiang.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Ruslan Ponomariov ranks 946 out of 1,365. Before him are Kyrylo Budanov (1986), Andriy Pyatov (1984), Sam Zimbalist (1905), Mikhail Svetlov (1903), Tatiana Navka (1975), and Mark Kac (1914). After him are Peter Bondra (1968), Leonid Fedun (1956), Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (1963), Rose Friedman (1910), Natasha Korolyova (1973), and Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (1975).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Ukraine

Among chess players born in Ukraine, Ruslan Ponomariov ranks 18. Before him are Georg Marco (1863), Eduard Gufeld (1936), Nicolas Rossolimo (1910), Kira Zvorykina (1919), Oleg Romanishin (1952), and Boris Verlinsky (1888). After him are Anna Ushenina (1985), Igors Rausis (1961), Pavel Eljanov (1983), Kateryna Lagno (1989), Alexander Chernin (1960), and Gregory Kaidanov (1959).

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