Danyyil Dvirnyy (Russian: Даниил Двирный, Ukrainian: Даніїл Двірний, 21 October 1990) is an Italian chess grandmaster. He is a two time Italian Champion and winner of the Italian Team Chess Championship. He represented Italian Team at Chess Olympiads three times from 2012 to 2016.[1]

Danyyil Dvirnyy
Danyyil Dvirnyy in 2015
Country Italy
Born (1990-10-21) 21 October 1990 (age 33)
Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (2014)
FIDE rating2492 (May 2024)
Peak rating2575 (March 2014)

Career edit

Dvirnyy was born in Saint Petersburg in 1990 from Ukrainian parents. He moved in Italy in 2003, only then starting to play chess at a competitive level.[2]

In 2013, Dvirnyy won the Italian Chess Championship for the first time in Rome, where he led Sabino Brunello and Alberto David by one point.[3] He also won the 4th International Chess Festival Forni di Sopra in Forni di Sopra.[4]

In 2015, he won the Italian Team Chess Championship with "Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova", club of Padua, and won the Italian Chess Championship for the second time, winning in the play-offs against Axel Rombaldoni and Alberto David.[5]

In 2018, he won two tournaments of the Italian Rapid Chess Championship in Chianciano Terme, with time controls of 25+5 and 12+3.[6]

Publications edit

  • Dvirnyy, Danyyil; Battistella, Stefano (2022). Il punto di svolta negli scacchi (in Italian). Bologna: Le Due Torri. ISBN 978-8885720558.

References edit

  1. ^ "42nd Chess Olympiad: Baku 2016". Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ Mihajlova, Diana (7 January 2011). "Judit Polgar in Rocca di Papa". Chessbase. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Official Site of Italian Chess Championship 2013" (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  4. ^ "IV Int. Chess Festival Forni di Sopra 2013". Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Official Site of Italian Chess Championship 2015" (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Campionati Italiani Rapid 2018" (in Italian). scacchierando.it. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

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