Kochura, Taras
🇺🇦FIDE 34151060· Male· Ukraine· Born in 2008
Taras Kochura, a 18-year-old Ukrainian player, is rated 1685. He is progressing steadily with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Dnipro City Championship 2026, Dnipropetrovsk Region U20 Championship (boys) - 2026, and Championship UKR Teams Boys-20 (classic) 2025. Also played 5 rapid (including Championship Ukraine of Boys-18 - 2026 (Rapid)) and 3 blitz events (including Championship Ukraine of Boys-18 - 2026 (Blitz)) recently. He took a 26-month break between Feb 2022 and May 2024. His peak of 1723 was reached at age 17 (Dec 2025).
At junior level, he reached #97, #78 and #77 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1685
Standard
All-time high
1723
Dec 2025 · age 17
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#115,405