Pavel Eljanov facts for kids
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| Full name | Павло Володимирович Ельянов |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Born | 10 May 1983 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (2001) |
| FIDE rating | 2672 (August 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2765 (March 2016) |
| Peak ranking | No. 6 (September 2010) |
Pavel Eljanov (born May 10, 1983) is a talented Ukrainian chess grandmaster. A grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can achieve. He has won many important chess tournaments. Pavel has also helped his country win gold medals in team events at the Chess Olympiads. He even won a silver medal for himself at these big competitions.
Pavel Eljanov has also worked as a "second" for other top chess players. A second is like a coach or assistant. He helped famous players like Boris Gelfand and Magnus Carlsen prepare for their biggest matches. He also assisted Mariya Muzychuk in her Women's World Chess Championship.
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Pavel Eljanov's Chess Journey
Early Achievements
Pavel Eljanov started playing chess at a young age. In 1999, he was part of the Ukrainian youth team. This team won the Under-16 Chess Olympiad. This big event took place in Artek, Ukraine.
In 2007, Pavel won the B group of the Corus Chess Tournament. This is a very important chess event in the Netherlands. His strong performance allowed him to play in the even tougher A group the next year.
Winning Tournaments
Pavel Eljanov has won many chess tournaments around the world. In 2009, he won the Bosna Chess Tournament in Sarajevo. This was a special tournament where each player played every other player twice.
In May 2010, he won a stage of the FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010 in Astrakhan. Later that year, in August 2010, he won the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen. By September 2010, Pavel was ranked number 6 in the world. He was also the top chess player in Ukraine.
More Victories
Pavel continued his winning streak in the following years. In February 2012, he shared first place at the 11th Aeroflot Open. This is a very strong open tournament. In February 2013, he won the Reykjavik Open in Iceland.
Later in 2013, he won the 14th Anatoly Karpov International Tournament in Russia. The next month, he won another big open tournament, the Chigorin Memorial.
World Cup and Recent Success
In April 2014, Pavel won the B tournament of the Gashimov Memorial in Azerbaijan. This showed his consistent strong play.
One of his biggest achievements was in the FIDE World Cup 2015. He beat several top players to reach the semifinals. He played against Sergey Karjakin in the semifinals. Sergey Karjakin eventually won the whole tournament. Pavel's great performance in the World Cup helped him qualify for the FIDE Grand Prix 2017 series.
In 2016, Pavel won the Chess.com Isle of Man International tournament. He tied for first place with Fabiano Caruana, another top player. Pavel won on a tiebreak, which means he had a slightly better overall performance.
Most recently, in July 2021, he won the 48th International Dortmund Schachtage Deutschland Grand Prix. He scored 6 out of 9 points in this event.
Pavel Eljanov's Family Life
Pavel Eljanov comes from a chess family. His father, Vladimir Eljanov, was also an International Master in chess. In April 2009, Pavel married Olena Dvoretska, who is a Woman International Master (WIM). They have a daughter who was born in 2011.
Pavel also studied law and graduated from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.
See also
In Spanish: Pável Eliánov para niños
