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Martyn Kravtsiv
M Kravtsiv 
 

Number of games in database: 670
Years covered: 2000 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2598 (2655 rapid, 2690 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2682
Overall record: +161 -68 =217 (60.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 224 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (133) 
    B32 B33 B47 B90 B92
 French Defense (34) 
    C11 C19 C10 C02 C01
 Ruy Lopez (30) 
    C96 C99 C95 C67 C65
 Caro-Kann (27) 
    B12 B18 B10
 Sicilian Najdorf (25) 
    B90 B92 B97
 Sicilian Taimanov (21) 
    B47 B48 B46 B45
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (73) 
    C78 C77 C84 C92 C89
 Queen's Gambit Declined (50) 
    D31 D35 D37 D38 D30
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (33) 
    C84 C92 C89 C96 C90
 Nimzo Indian (31) 
    E32 E20 E46 E53 E56
 English (26) 
    A14 A13 A15 A17 A19
 Catalan (22) 
    E06 E01 E07
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Kravtsiv vs Y Vovk, 2004 1-0
   M Kravtsiv vs J Radulski, 2012 1-0
   M Kravtsiv vs V Kazakouski, 2016 1-0
   M Kravtsiv vs A Brkic, 2008 1-0
   M Kravtsiv vs T Abergel, 2013 1-0
   Mamedyarov vs M Kravtsiv, 2021 0-1
   Movsesian vs M Kravtsiv, 2017 1/2-1/2
   M Elgabry vs M Kravtsiv, 2012 0-1
   Ganguly vs M Kravtsiv, 2015 0-1
   M Kravtsiv vs I Sokolov, 2010 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Czech Open A (2009)
   1st Sharjah Masters (2017)
   Airthings Masters (2023)
   European Championship (2017)
   Vasylyshyn Memorial (2008)
   28th Cappelle-la-Grande (2012)
   Rilton Cup 2016/17 (2016)
   European Championship (2013)
   World Junior Championship (2008)
   Czech Open-A (2012)
   European Championship (2018)
   Commonwealth Championship (2010)
   European Championship (2015)
   Sharjah Masters (2018)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2014)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Kovalenko-Kravtsiv Blitz
   Kovalenko vs M Kravtsiv (Mar-21-25) 1/2-1/2, blitz
   M Kravtsiv vs Kovalenko (Mar-21-25) 1-0, rapid
   Kovalenko vs M Kravtsiv (Mar-21-25) 0-1, blitz
   M Kravtsiv vs Kovalenko (Mar-21-25) 1-0, blitz
   Kovalenko vs M Kravtsiv (Mar-21-25) 1-0, rapid

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MARTYN KRAVTSIV
(born Nov-26-1990, 34 years old) Ukraine		 PRONUNCIATION:
[what is this?]
IM in 2007, GM in 2009. Placed 1st in Ostravsky Konik FIDE Open A (Ostrava CZE) 2008, 1st in World Mind Sports Games Blitz Oct. 2008, 1st in Tumska Tower (Plock Poland) April 2009, 2nd in Pardubice Open A (CZE) August 2009. =1st (5th on tiebreak) at the 28th Cappelle-la-Grande International Open in March 2012. Qualifying through his strong result at the European Individual Championships (2013) to play in the World Cup (2013), Kravtsiv lost to Georgian #1 GM Baadur Jobava in the first round, exiting the contest.

Wikipedia article: Martyn Kravtsiv


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 page 1 of 27; games 1-25 of 670  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Vachier-Lagrave vs M Kravtsiv 1-0232000Wch U10C25 Vienna
2. M Kravtsiv vs J Tomczak  1-0412000Wch U10B01 Scandinavian
3. M Kravtsiv vs E Can  1-0222000Wch U10B32 Sicilian
4. M Kravtsiv vs A Vovk  1-0482001UKR-ch sf U16B42 Sicilian, Kan
5. M Kravtsiv vs A Vovk  0-1482002UKR-ch U12A04 Reti Opening
6. Lagno vs M Kravtsiv 1-0422002UKR-chTC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
7. M Kravtsiv vs E Vorobiov  1-0542003Sinitsin mem op 2ndB32 Sicilian
8. M Kravtsiv vs Nepomniachtchi  0-1682003World Youth Championship (U14)B50 Sicilian
9. M Kravtsiv vs G Rohit  0-1532003World Youth Championship (U14)B50 Sicilian
10. M Kravtsiv vs Y Vovk 1-0252004LvovB06 Robatsch
11. M Kravtsiv vs A Vovk  1-0412004UKR-ch U18A09 Reti Opening
12. M Kravtsiv vs E Danielian  ½-½422005Minsk automarket opB12 Caro-Kann Defense
13. M Kravtsiv vs A Vovk  ½-½392005UKR-ch U20 qualB56 Sicilian
14. M Kravtsiv vs A Vovk  1-0572006UKR-ch U20B33 Sicilian
15. M Kravtsiv vs I Nyzhnyk  ½-½552006Evpatoria tt U20B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
16. Y Zinchenko vs M Kravtsiv  ½-½192006ch-UKR sfC96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
17. G Margvelashvili vs M Kravtsiv  ½-½552006Olympiad U16 11thE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
18. M Kravtsiv vs D Bojovic 1-0482006European Youth ChampionshipB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
19. I Balog vs M Kravtsiv  0-1332006European Youth ChampionshipE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
20. M Kravtsiv vs A Leniart  ½-½392006European Youth ChampionshipC19 French, Winawer, Advance
21. N Yaremko vs M Kravtsiv  ½-½262006European Youth ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
22. M Kravtsiv vs E A Levin  0-1372006European Youth ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
23. I Martemianov vs M Kravtsiv  0-1452006European Youth ChampionshipB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
24. M Kravtsiv vs E Blomqvist  1-0412006European Youth ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
25. V Rasulov vs M Kravtsiv  0-1572006European Youth ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-17-09
Premium Chessgames Member		  Tabanus: GM Martyn Kravtsiv, Ukraine, born 26 November 1990. Now rated 2543, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

IM in 2007. GM in 2009. Rated 2555 in July 2008. ICC: Kravtsiv

Played in the World U16 olympiad 2006 (board 1). Placed 2nd in European U16 Ch 2006, 5th in European U18 Ch 2007, 1st in Ostravsky Konik FIDE Open A (Ostrava CZE) 2008 (4th in 2009),

1st in World Mind Sports Games Blitz Oct. 2008:
http://chess-results.com/tnr16483.a...,

1st in Tumska Tower (Plock Poland) April 2009:
http://www.tumskawieza.pl/wyniki/fi...,

2nd in Pardubice Open A (CZE) August 2009:
http://chess-results.com/tnr24001.a...

Biography:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin... (in Polish)

Pictures:
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/...
http://www.novoborsky-sk.cz/foto_ga... (Black vs GM Daniil Lintchevski in Pardubice Open 2009)

Game from Chessbase: Why did Volokitin lose?

[Event "POL-chT"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2527"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bf4 Na5 16. Bc2 b4 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. Qd3 b3 19. Bb1 Qb8 20. e5 g6 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. exf6 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Nxf6 24. Bh6 Be4 25. Qd2 Bxb1 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Qxa5 Be4 28. Qa6 Ba8 29. Qd3 Qe8 30. Nf3 Bd5 31. Kh2 Kh8 32. Qc3 Qc6 33. Qe3 Ng8 34. Bf8 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Qc2 36. Bxd6 Qxb2 37. d5 f6 0-1

Feb-08-10  chessfootball: please visit Martyn homepage www.grandcoach.com/kravtsiv
May-30-10
Premium Chessgames Member		  Tabanus: Winner today of the 2nd SCS GM tournament (India) 22-30 May 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr343..., congratulations!

Aug-14-10
Premium Chessgames Member		  Tabanus: 4th place and 2648 perf. in Pardubice Open (Czech Republic) 23-31 July 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr361...

Sep-17-11  arifattar: Just met him earlier this morning at the Mayor's Chess Tournament in Bombay. Spoke with him. Was shy. But easily agreed for a picture. Can Chessgames upload the picture I have taken here?
Sep-18-11  arifattar: I also asked for the scoresheets of his games. I was told by the person in-charge there that I could have them at the end of all rounds. Which is apparently this evening. But I won't be there today. So how do I send his photograph to you <chessgames>?
Nov-26-11  wordfunph: <arifattar> send his pic to chess@chessgames.com
Nov-26-11
Premium Chessgames Member		  moronovich: the loanshark has spoken..

better do it at once <arifattar>, otherwise ): ...

Nov-26-11  wordfunph: <moronovich> your $5,000 credit now available at zero interest :-)
Mar-10-12  BIDMONFA: Martyn Kravtsiv

KRAVTSIV, Martyn
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kravtsiv_ma...
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Sep-01-14
Premium Chessgames Member		  ketchuplover: 16/17 in blitz at the Dresden open!
Jun-09-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  Penguincw: Congrats to Martyn Kravtsiv for winning the Mumbai Open! Entering as the 7th seed at 2589, he started 3/3, conceded a draw, then 2 more wins, drew the next 3, and then won his last game to finish with 8/10 (+6,-0,=4). He also edged out Luka Paichadze on tiebreaks (61-56). Overall, he gained 12.4 rating points for his 2673 TPR.
Nov-07-15  PhilFeeley: Why is this game not here:


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Gupta, Abhijeet 2619–Kravtsiv, Martyn 2599 (0–1)
D5622nd Abu Dhabi Int. Chess Festival Mas8.4 30.08.2015 (Sagar Shah) White is clearly better, he is two pawns up. True that the c3 pawn is quite dangerous, but there is a very clear way of dealing with it. White can make the pragmatic decision of exchanging the bishops with Bf5 after which he can never lose. Instead Gupta played very ambitiously. 37.h5?! (37.Bf5+! Bxf5 38.Qxf5+ Kg8 White has a draw in hand and can now try with 39.h5! with the threat of g6. Black should play Qc4 when after 40.Qc2± White has excellent chances of converting this position.) 37...Qb1+ 38.Kh2 Be4 At this point White should have gone for Bg2 and accepted a draw, but instead he completely forgot about the mate to his own king and picked up the c3 pawn. 39.Qxc3 Qh1+ 40.Kg3 Qf3+ As Gupta said after the game that he had completely forgotten about this move. All he was looking at was Qg1 when he could have gone Kf4. It's mate in two now and hence he resigned. 0–1

(analysis by Sagar Shah at Chessbase)

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