Oleh Romanyschyn

Oleh Romanyschyn, 2013
Association	Ukraine
Born	January 10, 1952 Lviv
title	International Master (1973) Grand Master (1976)
Current  Elo rating	2403 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2615 (January to July 1993)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Oleh Romanyschyn 1972

Oleh Mychajlowytsch Romanyschyn ( Ukrainian Олег Михайлович Романишин , often in the Russian form of the name Oleg Romanischin ; born January 10, 1952 in Lviv ) is a Ukrainian chess player and has been a grandmaster since 1976 .

Life

In Soviet times , the grandmaster was one of the strongest players in his country for years. He regularly took part in the annual Soviet individual championships . In the chess world, this tournament was by far the strongest and toughest competition of its kind, and even qualifying for the competition was considered proof of the absolute world class of a chess player.

In 1973 Romanyschyn won the European Junior Championship in Groningen . Finally, a great success was the victory with the Ukraine team at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in 1981.

Oleh Romanyschyn - Eric Lobron Dortmund Chess Days 1982.

Romanyschyn won important international tournaments in 1969 in Antwerp , 1975 in Novi Sad , 1976 in Yerevan and Dortmund , 1977 in Hastings and Cienfuegos as well as Leningrad and Malgrat de Mar , 1979 in Gausdal , 1980 in Polanica-Zdrój , 1981 in Lviv , 1983 in Jūrmala , 1985 in Moscow , 1985/86 in Reggio nell'Emilia . In the 1990s the tournaments in Debrecen were added again in 1990 and 1992 in Polanica-Zdrój. In 1996 he finished second at the Bad Wörishofen Chess Festival , behind Karen Movsesjan and ahead of Alexander Khalifman .

Furthermore, he also took part in the 1994 World Cup Candidates' tournament, and was therefore considered a promising contender for the title. He qualified for this with 3rd place in the PCA qualification tournament in Groningen in 1993 , then retired in the quarter-finals against the eventual winner of the candidates ' tournament , the Indian Viswanathan Anand in New York .

Oleh Romanyschyn, a trained Germanist , has lived in Lwiw (Lemberg), the largest western Ukrainian city in Galicia at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains , since he was born .

Romanyschyn had a lot of opening ideas. In the Moscow variant with 3. Bb5 + Bd7 Romanyschyn invented 4. c2 – c4 , in the English opening with 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bf1 – d3 .

The Fianchetto system 4. g2 – g3 and 4. Qd1 – c2 d7 – d5 5. c4xd5 Qd8xd5 6. Ng1 – f3 Qd5 – f5! 7. Qc2xf5 e6xf5

(as well as the Romanshin Psakhis variant 4. e2 – e3 b7 – b6 5. Ng1 – e2 c7 – c5 6. a2 – a3 Bb4 – a5 and the Romanshin gambit 4. Qd1 – c2 d7 – d5 5. a2 – a3 Bb4xc3 + 6. Qc2xc3 c7 – c5 7. d4xc5 d5 – d4)

in the Nimzowitsch-Indian defense were introduced by him.

Furthermore, the setup with 7. Qd1 – c2 and 8. Rf1 – d1 in the g3 King Indian after 6.… Nb8 – d7

as well as the variants 8. b2 – b3 Ta8 – b8 9. Bc1 – b2 b7 – b5 10. c4xb5 a6xb5 11. Rf1 – e1 and 8. b2 – b3 Ta8 – b8 9. Nc3 – d5 in the Panno variant of g3- Königsinders after 6.… Nb8 – c6 7. Nb1 – c3 a7 – a6.

National team

With the Soviet national team Romanyschyn took part in the 1978 Chess Olympiad , in which they took second place. After the collapse of the Soviet Union , he took part in the Chess Olympiads with the Ukrainian team in 1992 , 1994 , 1996 , 1998 and 2000 . He reached second place in the 1996 team, and third place in 1998 and 2000. With Ukraine he also took part in the team world championships in 1993, 1997 and 2001, he won them in 2001 and in 1993 came second. A total of six times Romanyschyn took part in European team championships . In 1977, 1980 and 1983 he won with the Soviet Union, in 1992, 1999 and 2001 he represented Ukraine and achieved second place as the best result in 1992. In the second match between the USSR and the rest of the world in 1984, he had three appearances as a substitute for the Soviet team, he played a draw against John Nunn and Murray Chandler and was defeated by Tony Miles .

societies

During the times of the Soviet Union Romanyschyn played for Avangard until 1980 , with whom he won the Soviet club championship in 1978, later for Trud , with whom he became Soviet club champion in 1982 and won the European Club Cup in 1984. In the Ukrainian team championship in 2002 Romanyschyn played for Carpathia Galicia Lviv , with whom he also took part in the European Club Cup in the same year, in 2004 and 2005 for the team of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv . In Germany he played in the early 1990s for the Lübeck chess club from 1873 in the 2nd Bundesliga , in the meantime at SV 1920 Hofheim and in the 2005/06 season for SC Kreuzberg in the 1st Bundesliga. In Hungary he played for the Budapesti Egyetemi Atlétikai Club from 2008 to 2010 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 76.
2. ↑ Dortmund Chess Days 1982 on TeleSchach
3. ↑ Dortmund Chess Days 1976 on TeleSchach
4. ↑ Oleh Romanyschyn's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Oleh Romanyschyn's results at team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ Oleh Romanyschyn's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
7. ↑ ^{a b} Oleh Romanyschyn's results at Soviet club championships on olimpbase.org (English)
8. ↑ ^{a b} Oleh Romanyschyn's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
9. ↑ Oleh Romanyschyn's results at Ukrainian team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
10. ^ DWZ evaluation of the 2nd Bundesliga North 1992/93 at the German Chess Federation
11. ^ DWZ evaluation of the 2nd Bundesliga West 1995/96 at the German Chess Federation

Web links

Commons : Oleh Romanshin  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files