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Iuri Shkuro

Number of games in database: 47
Years covered: 2000 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2535 (2466 rapid, 2525 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2570
Overall record: +22 -14 =11 (58.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (4 games)
B23 Sicilian, Closed (4 games)
C46 Three Knights (3 games)
B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long (2 games)
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
B25 Sicilian, Closed (2 games)
A00 Uncommon Opening (2 games)

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IURI SHKURO
(born Jun-20-1982, 42 years old) Ukraine
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Iuri Vladimirovich Shkuro is a Grandmaster (2009). He became widely known in 2017 for achieving a blitz rating of 2828, one of the highest in the world, although the validity of the results leading to that rating was widely questioned. In January 2020 his blitz rating was deleted from the FIDE website and replaced with a statement indicating that his blitz and rapid results were under investigation: https://www.fide.com/news/344 .

Last updated: 2020-03-18 04:55:55

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 47  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. I Shkuro vs A Volokitin  0-1312000Ukrainian ChampionshipB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
2. M Yarmysty vs I Shkuro  1-0372000Ukrainian ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
3. I Shkuro vs M Gordivsky  1-0272000Ukrainian ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
4. Y Dumansky vs I Shkuro  1-0412000Ukrainian ChampionshipE64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
5. I Shkuro vs V Malahov  1-0272000Ukrainian ChampionshipB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
6. Y Zinchenko vs I Shkuro  0-1372000Ukrainian ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
7. O Novoselsky vs I Shkuro  1-0462000Ukrainian ChampionshipB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
8. I Shkuro vs I Derjabin  ½-½242000Ukrainian ChampionshipB56 Sicilian
9. V Golovach vs I Shkuro  ½-½702000Ukrainian ChampionshipE70 King's Indian
10. I Shkuro vs V Malikov 1-05620008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
11. I Shkuro vs A Liashenko  1-04120008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipB15 Caro-Kann
12. V Fedchenko vs I Shkuro  0-14320008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
13. I Shkuro vs A Mukomilov  1-03820008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
14. I Shkuro vs N Ruchieva  ½-½5620008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipC46 Three Knights
15. S Klyuka vs I Shkuro  ½-½3820008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
16. Y Kruppa vs I Shkuro  0-14520008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipE92 King's Indian
17. O Berezin vs I Shkuro  1-04720008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
18. I Shkuro vs N Firman 0-14220008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
19. A Volokitin vs I Shkuro  1-0282001UKR-ch U20C41 Philidor Defense
20. V Sanduleac vs I Shkuro  1-0252001ULIM CupB53 Sicilian
21. I Shkuro vs M Barasiant  1-0342001ULIM CupC46 Three Knights
22. V Mutu vs I Shkuro 0-1422001ULIM CupB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
23. I Shkuro vs D Fingerov  1-0292001ULIM CupC00 French Defense
24. A Zajarnyi vs I Shkuro  1-0392001ULIM CupA43 Old Benoni
25. I Shkuro vs A Diulger  0-1382001ULIM CupC42 Petrov Defense
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Jun-20-15  waustad: Though he hasn't played a FIDE rated game at classical time in around five years, he has been very active in the recent past in rapid and blitz games.
Oct-02-15  dumbgai: This guy has a 2792 FIDE blitz rating. Are he and Bogdanovich really better blitz players than Anand and Kramnik? It's an interesting question, but I suspect that FIDE blitz ratings are still largely provisional due to the high k-factors and the relatively few games played.
Feb-01-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <World blitz top 10, February 2016: what is the guy ranked #6? Any comments?>

https://twitter.com/AndreyDeviatkin...

May-10-16  Conrad93: Nobody knows who this guy is, but his blitz rating 2812! He is high rated than many of the top 25 players in the world.

He has dropped to #8 in the world, but he is only 8 points lower than Anish Giri.

Dec-30-16  BIDMONFA: Iuri Shkuro

SHKURO, Iuri
http://www.bidmonfa.com/shkuro_iuri...
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Mar-03-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  MikhailGolubev: GM Shkuro and his *blitz achievements*, discussed in Emil Sutovsky's FB (Rus. lang.) https://www.facebook.com/emil.sutov...
Mar-04-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Just give us the lowdown - is he a crook?
Mar-05-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  MikhailGolubev: some revelations (in Russian language) about the little known GM Iuri Shkuro, now 5th (!!!) in the world blitz rating: https://www.facebook.com/emil.sutov... https://www.facebook.com/mikhail.go... https://www.facebook.com/mikhail.go... ---
more on Shkuro in a 2016 post by GM Y.Vovk (Engl.) https://www.facebook.com/yuri.vovk/... a dubious 2010 long control event: http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_...
Mar-05-17
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  MissScarlett: I think he means <Yes!>
Mar-22-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  MikhailGolubev: Sure.
Jun-06-17  SeazerCZ: He is playing online blitz on chess.com from time to time, but his perfomances are very poor. Definitely not the 2800 strenght
Aug-15-17  Nina Myers: <Iuri @#$%kuro> Fake #4 in blitz live rating with 2828.0
Oct-12-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  MikhailGolubev: Infamous GM Iuri Shkuro to appear in Omelnyk: https://www.chess.com/blog/Mikhail_...
Oct-13-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  MikhailGolubev: GM Iuri #Shkuro took part in the UKR Rapid Ch, scoring 5/9, performance 2255 http://chess-results.com/tnr306874.... He is FIDE world's #6 in blitz.
Oct-13-17  dumbgai: So he's like the Alexandru Crisan of blitz ratings?
Oct-14-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  MikhailGolubev: 2 <dumbgai> no, surely worse: Crisan wasn't anywhere near World's Top 10, a shy guy, he just wanted to be the best of Romania
Oct-15-17
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  MikhailGolubev: Shkuro - GM Norms (2008): https://mikhailgolubev.files.wordpr... Such people as Pushkov (acted as arbiter) and Pilavov were involved in both tournaments.
Oct-22-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  MikhailGolubev: In my opinion, "GM" Iuri Shkuro should be disqualified. My open letter to the Ukrainian Chess Federation President, Viktor Kapustin (lang. Rus) FB: https://www.facebook.com/mikhail.go... PDF: https://mikhailgolubev.files.wordpr... posted by CN: http://chess-news.ru/node/23851
Oct-22-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: If you're serious about making this case a cause célèbre, I propose a detailed letter (but not too much detail) in your best English to Mark Crowther, for publication in TWIC, should be your first port of call. The paper-shufflers at the Ukrainian Chess Federation and FIDE, will already be fully aware of Shkuro, and appear to be doing nothing.
Oct-22-17  dumbgai: <MikhailGolubev> Perhaps he doesn't deserve such attention, but it could be entertaining for Mr. Shkuro to be thrown into a tournament with his 2800+ peers such as Grischuk, Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian, etc. Much in the same manner that Mr. Crisan played in tournament with real GMs and got thoroughly thrashed.
Oct-22-17
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  MikhailGolubev: <MissScarlett>I do not feel that there are many people outside Ukraine who are interested in this topic: maybe they consider the official FIDE blitz rating to be unimportant, otherwise it's hard to understand them at all. So, perhaps, for the foreign public I should write an open letter about why the blitz ratings ARE important - first, and only then write a letter about Shkuro, but this seems to be too much effort, I don't have time for this as of now. Regarding my open letter in Russian, Mark Crowther and some other journalists are informed, and it is up to them to react anyhow or ignore the topic. I have my opinion, but don't expect me to make all the work. If it's not important for others, OK, it's their choice.
Oct-23-17
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  MissScarlett: If not now, then when? If not you, then whom?
Mar-01-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  MikhailGolubev: Infamous Iuri Shkuro is not in the world's top Blitz rating list any longer. https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?... It's, likely, only because he hadn't played any rated blitz games for 1 year. So, his scandalous blitz rating 2828 is preserved, but considered as inactive.
Jan-03-20
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  MikhailGolubev: Ukrainian Rating Cheaters https://www.chess.com/blog/Mikhail_...
Mar-18-20  Caissanist: If anyone has any futher information on FIDE's stance regarding the validity of Shkuro's blitz results, please post a link and I will update the bio further.
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