Anton Korobov
Encyclopedia
Anton Korobov is a Ukrainian
chess
Grandmaster.
Korobov won the 2002 Ukrainian Championship
and finished second behind Andrei Volokitin
in 2004. In 2011, he came first in the Nakhchivan Open. He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011
, but was eliminated in the second round by Nikita Vitiugov
.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster.
Korobov won the 2002 Ukrainian Championship
Ukrainian Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the Ukrainian Chess Championship, including those held when Ukraine was a Soviet republic and those held after Ukraine became independent. Players' names listed in parentheses indicate that the player won the tournament but did not receive the title since he...
and finished second behind Andrei Volokitin
Andrei Volokitin
Andriy Volokitin is a Ukrainian chess player and International Grandmaster of Chess.As a junior, he was twice a medallist at the World Youth Chess Championship, taking silver in 1998 at Oropesa del Mar at under-12 level, and bronze at the same venue a year later in the under-14 category...
in 2004. In 2011, he came first in the Nakhchivan Open. He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011
Chess World Cup 2011
The Chess World Cup 2011 was a chess 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 26 August and 21 September 2011, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia...
, but was eliminated in the second round by Nikita Vitiugov
Nikita Vitiugov
Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov is a Russian chess grandmaster .Vitiugov is 2006 World Junior Chess Vice-Champion and participant of the Russian Chess Championship . He was a member of the gold-medal-winning Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship 2009 in Bursa...
.