GM Yuriy Kuzubov Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com Full name Yuriy Kuzubov Born Jan 26, 1990 (age 34) Place of birth Federation Ukraine Profiles #148 World Ranking 2609 Classical 2584 Rapid 2520 Blitz Rating Bio Yuriy Kuzubov is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. Most Played Openings White Pieces Queen's Gambit Declined (19 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (19 games) Indian Game: Knights Variation, East Indian Defense (18 games) Slav Defense (18 games) Sicilian Defense: French Variation (16 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (26 games) Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (23 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (23 games) Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack (22 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (22 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Yuriy Kuzubov (2626) Olev Schults (2090) 1-0 26 2024 Yuriy Kuzubov (2626) Abhimanyu Sameer Puranik (2538) 1-0 42 2024 Yuriy Kuzubov (2626) Pekka Koykka (2329) 1-0 52 2024 Yuriy Kuzubov (2626) Tomas Laurusas (2505) 1-0 75 2024 Yuriy Kuzubov (2595) Vitaly Sivuk (2505) 1-0 49 2024 Yuriy Kuzubov (2854) Theodore Slade (2466) 1-0 79 2024 Yuriy Kuzubov (2892) Rick Sun (2649) 1-0 71 2024 Yuriy Kuzubov (2900) Robert Andrew Hungaski (2494) 1-0 55 2024 Yuriy Kuzubov (2866) Alexei Gubajdullin (2656) 1-0 27 2024 Yuriy Kuzubov (2852) Wojciech Przybylski (2557) 1-0 58 2024 Show All Games