Sivuk, Vitaly

Vitaly Sivuk, a 34-year-old Swedish Grandmaster, is rated 2517 and ranked 3rd among Swedish players, and 478th worldwide. He has held steady between 2500 and 2525 for 6 months. 267 rated games in the past year (≈126/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A, V Open Chess Menorca 2026, and X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A. Also played 5 rapid (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: Alexela Cup; 3rd Toomas Virro memorial in rapid chess) and 5 blitz events (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: 3rd Estiko Blitz) recently. His peak of 2600 was reached at age 30 (Oct 2022, World #214 at the time); he has been in Swedish top 3 for 32 months and counting.

Competes for Sweden since Nov 2022. Awarded GM in 2014 (age 22), IM in 2011 (age 19), and FM in 2010 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #34 in U20, World #27 in U18, World #51 in U16, World #43 in U14 and World #66 in U12.