Oleg Romanishin

Who is Oleg Romanishin?

Oleg Mikhailovich Romanishin is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and former European junior champion.

Many honours and awards were bestowed on him as a young man. After winning the European Junior Championship in 1973, he became an International Master the same year. In 1974 he was a member of the victorious USSR team at the World Student Team Championship held in Teesside, England, where he scored the best result for board 4.

The following year, he had a terrific result at the USSR Championship, sharing second place with Boris Gulko, Mikhail Tal and Rafael Vaganian, after Tigran Petrosian. In 1976, his Grandmaster title was ratified.

He has an impressive collection of tournament victories including Odessa 1974, Novi Sad 1975, Yerevan 1976, Hastings 1976/77, Leningrad 1977, Gausdal 1979, Polanica Zdroij 1980, Lviv 1981, Jurmala 1983, Moscow 1985, Reggio Emilia 1986 and Debrecen 1990. Playing the Hungarian Open Championship at Györ in 1990 he enjoyed a most impressive victory, finishing a clear 2 points ahead of the field. Second place finishes at Tilburg 1979 and Dortmund 1982 were also important landmarks in his career, as was his 3rd= finish at Sochi in 1982.