Golubenko, Valeriy

Valeriy Golubenko, a 65-year-old Swedish player, is rated 2196 and sitting in the top 5% of Swedish players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 5 years. 10 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent appearances: Kohtla-Jarve Open Championship 2026 and Estonian Team Championship 2026. Also played 9 rapid (including Estonian Team Rapid Championship 2025) and 6 blitz events (including SC Diagonaal Blitz Series 2025-26 #4; Eduard Kozik Memorial) recently. He had 6 career breaks: 14 months (2002–2003), 47 months (2003–2007), 88 months (2007–2014), 57 months (2015–2020), 14 months (2021–2022) and 13 months (2022–2024). His peak of 2257 was reached at age 42 (Jul 2003); he also reached Swedish #74 in Jul 2004.

Competes for Sweden since Jan 2017.