Viktor Matviishen

Viktor Matviishen (Ukrainian: Віктор Матвіїшен; born 10 January 2002) is a Ukrainian chess player who holds the title of grandmaster (2022).

Viktor Matviishen
CountryUkraine
Born (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002
Vinnytsia, Ukraine
TitleGrandmaster (2022)
FIDE rating2561 (June 2024)
Peak rating2561 (March 2024)

Biography

Viktor Matviishen was a student of the Vinnytsia Chess School. He played for Ukraine in the European Youth Chess Championships and the World Youth Chess Championships in the different age groups and had his best results in 2013 and 2014, when he twice in row won the European Youth Chess Championship in the U12 age group.[1][2] In the 2018 World Youth Chess Championships, held in Greece, Viktor Matviishen placed second in the World Youth Chess Championship in the U16 age group.[3] In 2014, he played for Ukraine team in World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad.[4]

Viktor Matviishen is multiple winner of Ukrainian Youth Chess Championships in different age groups. In 2016, he set a peculiar record by winning the Ukrainian Youth Chess Championships in the U16 age group in classical chess, fast chess and blitz chess.[5]

In 2016, Viktor Matviishen won the Fedir Bohatyrchuk Chess Memorial.[6]

In 2017, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title,[7] and in 2022 he became a grandmaster (GM).

References
  1. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 23rd EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 - OPEN U12". chess-results.com.
  2. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 24th EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014". chess-results.com.
  3. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championships 2018". chess-results.com.
  4. "OlimpBase :: World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads :: Viktor Matvyishen". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. "Вінничанин Віктор Матвіїшен став трикратним чемпіоном України з шахів". www.myvin.com.ua. 4 July 2013.
  6. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Мемориал Ф.Богатырчука - А". chess-results.com.
  7. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.


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