<Tournaments>

In the first decade of the 21st century, Fedorchuk has been a journeyman grandmaster, specialising almost exclusively in Open Tournaments held throughout Europe. He has strung together many outstanding successes, and demonstrates outstanding consistency in never being far from the winners’ circle.

In 2001, Fedorchuk won the 9th J.Dominica Memorial, came =1st at the Kolobrzeg International Tournament in Poland, 2nd behind Vladislav Borovikov at the III Stage Cup of Russia (in Alushta in the Ukraine!), and =1st alongside Alexander Zubarev at the Golden Autumn I in Ukraine. In 2002, his =2nd behind Anton Korobov in the Ukrainian Championship was accompanied by a string of successes in Poland: 1st on count back ahead of Vladimir P Malaniuk at the XIII J.Kochan Memorial Tournament, =1st at the International Tournament at Rybnick, =1st at the Kazimierz Dolnyin, =1st at the Sosnickiego Memorial Open (A) in Swidnica, 2nd behind Lukasz Cyborowski at the International Miguel Najdorf Tournament and =1st at the Cracow Open. In 2003, he won the VISUS Open in the Czech Republic, the 7th International at Raciborz and the the Carbon Black Tournament in Poland, and the Casino Seefeld Open in Austria, came =2nd at the Ljubljana Open 2003 in Slovenia behind Aleksander Delchev, and won the Chrudim Open 2003 in the Czech Republic on countback ahead of Ramil Hasangatin and Petr Haba . In 2004, he won the International Opens at Sautron and at Malakoff, both in France, and was =1st at the 7.Karl-Mala Gedenkturnier in Germany alongside Stanislav Savchenko , Yuri Boidman and Anatoly Donchenko . In 2005, he came =1st at the Staufer-Open in Germany, =1st at the International Open in Touraine alongside Eckhard Schmittdiel , Tigran Gharamian , and four other masters, =2nd at Sozina behind Branko Damljanovic, =2nd behind Vitali Koziak at the Malopolska - Open A (in Poland), won the GM Open at Evry in France ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, came =1st at the International Open in Avoine also in France, 1st ahead of Atanas Kolev on count back at the International Open in Salou, Spain, =1st with Viestur Meijers at the International Open in Condom, France. In 2006, he won the 8th Dubai Open ahead of Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran L Petrosian, came =2nd behind Viorel Iordachescu at the International Open de Balagne at Calvi (France), came third behind Kevin Spraggett and Mircea Parligras at the 7th International Open "Ciutat De Tarragona", came =2nd behind Henrique Mecking at FE Lodi B, and then in France he took out the Caen Open and came =1st at Avoine and =1st at L'Open de l'Ouest in Villeneuve-Tolos.

In 2007, he won the Bad Zwesten Open in Germany on count back ahead of Stanislav Savchenko, the International Opens at Avoine (on count back ahead of Hugo Tirard ), at Metz and at Noisy le Grand, all in France, came =1st (3rd on countback) at the XVIII Torneo Internacional Memorial Narciso Yepes at Lorca in Spain behind Vladimir Baklan and Kevin Spraggett, won the International Open at Chamalieres in France on countback ahead of Eric Prie, Vladimir Georgiev and Jean-Noel Riff, won on countback at FE Lodi A ahead of Jan Werle, came second behind Ibragim S Khamrakulov at the International Open at Salou, scored 6.5/9 at the International Open at Cappelle le Grande, half a point behind the winning pack headed by Wang Yue, and won the Open FIDE Gratuit Evry in France. In 2008 he came =1st at the Open de Noel - A in France winning on countback from Vladimir Burmakin, =1st (second on count back behind Vincent Colin ) at the Guingamp Open in France, =2nd at the International Neckar Open in Germany behind Falko Bindrich, won on countback at the IX Torneo Internacional Memorial Narciso Yepes in Spain ahead of Branko Damljanovic and several other GMs, tied for 1st-8th in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open Tournament, coming 3rd on countback behind Vugar Gashimov and David Arutinian and ahead of Konstantin Chernyshov, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami, won the Open de la Toussain in Caen, France, ahead of Jean-Marc Degraeve, and won the XIV T. I. Villa de Navalmoral VI Premio Central Nuclear de Almaraz in Spain on countback from Vladimir Burmakin. In 2009, he scored 7.5/11 at the 10th European Individual Championship (2009), half a point behind the winning pack headed up by Evgeny Tomashevsky, won the International Open at Tournefeuille, France, ahead of countryman Andrey Sumets, came 2nd behind Alexey Aleksandrov at the International San Juan Open in Pamplona, won the International Open at Avoine, France, came 2nd on count back behind Murtas Kazhgaleyev in the Paris International Championship, and won the Nantes Open in France and the XV International Tournament in Navalmoral de la Mata Caceres in Spain on count back from Andrei Shchekachev.

In 2010, he has won the 9th Al Saleh International Open in Yemen, came 2nd on countback behind Lazaro Bruzon at the XXXIII International Open at Barbera del Valles, in Spain, won the 20eTorneig Obert Internacional d'Escacs "CIUTAT DE REUS" on count back ahead of Christian Cruz , =2nd (3rd on countback) behind the winner Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli at the III Torneig Obert Internacional Mollet del Vallès Memorial Ezequiel Martín Pérez in Spain, won the International Open in Salou, also in Spain, on countback ahead of Valentin Iotov and Omar Almeida-Quintana, came third behind Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Laurent Fressinet at the International San Juan Tournament at Pamplona and came =3rd (6th on count back) at the Hogeschool Zeeland (Holland) Open.

<World Championship competition>

Fedorchuk participated in the World Cup (2009), bowing out in the 2nd round to Alexey Shirov in the rapid game playoff.

<Rating>:

As at September 2010, Fedorchuk’s ELO rating is 2671, making him number 6 in the Ukraine, 53 in Europe and 65 in the world.