Yuri Drozdovskij
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Юрій Анатолійович Дроздовський 22 May 1984 Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 2616 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2627 (September 2009) |
Yuri Anatolyevich Drozdovskij (Ukrainian: Юрій Дроздовський, romanized: Yuriy Drozdovskyi, born 22 May 1984 in Odesa) 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 Odesa. 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.