Vadim Malakhatko

Full name	Вадим Малахатко
Country	Ukraine
Born	22 March 1977 Ukraine
Title	Grandmaster
Peak rating	2633 (October 2008)

Vadim Malakhatko (Ukrainian: Вадим Малахатко; born 22 March 1977) is a Ukrainian-Belgian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship. In 2000 he won with the Ukrainian team a bronze medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.

Chess career

• 1999 - came second at Alushta tournament
• 2004 - tied for first with Petar Genov in the 3rd Condom Chess Open
• 2006 - won Politiken Cup in Copenhagen
• 2007 - tied for 2nd-4th with Loek van Wely and Alexei Fedorov in the President's Cup in Baku
• 2007 - tied for 2nd-7th with Kiril Georgiev, Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, Mircea Parligras, Hristos Banikas and Dmitry Svetushkin in the Acropolis International Chess Tournament
• 2007/08 - tied for first with Nidjat Mamedov and Valeriy Neverov in the Hastings International Chess Congress
• 2009 - came first at Arcapita Open in Bahrain
• 2009 - tied for 2nd-3rd with Edvins Kengis at the Al Saleh 8th International Open in Yemen
• 2009 - tied for 3rd-8th with Anton Filippov, Elshan Moradiabadi, Merab Gagunashvili, Alexander Shabalov and Niaz Murshed in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in Colombo
• 2010 - tied for 1st-3rd with Tigran Gharamian and Deep Sengupta at the 24th Open Pierre and Vacances
• 2011 - won the 8th edition of the Balagna Open in Corsica

On the May 2011 FIDE Elo rating list, Malakhatko has a rating of 2546. His handle on the Internet Chess Club is "Vadim77".

Personal life

He is married to WGM Anna Zozulia.

Notable games

• Vadim Malakhatko vs Bogdan Lalic, 83rd Hastings Chess Congress 2008, Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense, Prianishenmo Gambit (D24), 1-0
• Vadim Malakhatko vs Jonathan Speelman, Isle of Man 2007, Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Petrosian Attack (E12), 1-0
• Vadim Malakhatko vs John K Shaw, Cappelle la Grande 2007, Slav Defense: General (D10), 1-0