Mikhailo Oleksienko
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Mikhailo Oleksienko is a chess
player from Ukraine
who reached the rank of Grandmaster in 2005. He took his first significant placements in 2002, ranking at #2 and #5 respectively in the "under 16" category of the Ukrainian and European championships. Subsequently, he has placed highly in championship tournaments around the world, including taking first place in the Summer Open Olomouc in the Czech Republic (2005), the Breizh Masters of France (2006 and 2007) and the Instalplast in Ukraine (2006).
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...
player from Ukraine
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...
who reached the rank of Grandmaster in 2005. He took his first significant placements in 2002, ranking at #2 and #5 respectively in the "under 16" category of the Ukrainian and European championships. Subsequently, he has placed highly in championship tournaments around the world, including taking first place in the Summer Open Olomouc in the Czech Republic (2005), the Breizh Masters of France (2006 and 2007) and the Instalplast in Ukraine (2006).