Yuri Drozdovskij, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yuri Drozdovskij

Ukrainian chess player

Date of Birth: 22-May-1984

Place of Birth: Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Yuri Drozdovskij (born 22 May 1984 in Odessa) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster.
He won the European Rapid Championship in 2006 and tied for first place at Cappelle-la-Grande in 2007. Drozdovskij was equal first (losing out on tie-break to Pavel Tregubov) at the 4th Pivdenny Bank Cup 2008, a rapid tournament held annually in Odessa.
This was an outstanding result, as he finished ahead of Boris Gelfand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi.
In 2009 he was a member of the bronze medal-winning Ukrainian team at the European Team Chess Championship.His current Elo rating is 2614.