About Valeriy Aveskulov

I was born January 31 1986 in the city of Krasniy Luch of the Luhansk region, Ukraine. When I was five my parents taught me how to play chess. From then on chess was an important part of my life.

At the age of twelve I won the Ukrainian rapid chess championship for ages twelve and under. That qualified me for the World Rapid Chess Championship in Paris. There I won a silver medal for my country. It was one of the happiest days of my childhood.

I was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 2002. Four years later I became an International Grandmaster. In 2007, I went to the USA and won the North American FIDE Open in Oklahoma and tied for 3rd place in the Chicago Open. I gave many simultaneous exhibitions and played in numerous local tournaments.

But there is no place like home. I returned to the Ukraine in the latter half of 2007. I won the national championship and became the 76th champion of my country. In 2008 I joined the national team and played in the 1st World Sports Mind Games in Beijing, where I won three medals. One of them was won with Ukrainian Women's Champion Tatiana Vasilevich and two were won with my teammates.

During March 2008, I trained the best woman chess player of Indonesia, Sukandar Irine Kharisma, who became a WGM at the end of that year.

Recently I graduated the National Law Academy of Ukraine with a master's degree in law.