Yaroslav Zherebukh

Who is Yaroslav Zherebukh?

Yaroslav Zherebukh is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster.

In 2006, he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team, which won the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Turkey. His major success has been the victory In February 2010 of the colossal Cappelle-la-Grande Open in France, above 82 Grandmasters and 61 International masters, with 7.5 points out of 9."Yaroslav Zherebukh wins Cappelle-La-Grande 2010". Chess.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2010. Yaroslav scored 8 to win the Young Stars of the World 2010 tournament held in Kirishi, Russia. In world cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 he made the biggest surprise of the tournament by eliminating two Super-GM, Pavel Eljanov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in first and third round; he finally knocked out by Czech Super-GM David Navara.