About Roman Dehtiarov
Born 2008. Roman Dehtiarov is a Ukrainian chess player.
Roman Yuriyovych Dehtiarov (, born 14 July 2008) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He is the reigning European Chess Champion.
Chess career Dehtiarov won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2024, scoring 7.5/9 (+7−1=1) and finishing ahead of Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko on tiebreaks.
In 2025, Dehtiarov scored 7/9 (+6−1=2) in the Ukrainian Chess Championship and finished second behind Vladislav Bakhmatsky.
In April 2026, Dehtiarov won the European Individual Chess Championship with a score of 9/11 (+8−1=2) and a performance rating of 2781, despite entering as only the 126th seed. He became the youngest player to win the European Individual Championship, as well as the first International Master to win it.
Personal life
Dehtiarov is a student of VN Karazin Kharkiv National University.
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Who is Roman Dehtiarov?
chess player
When was Roman Dehtiarov born?
Roman Dehtiarov was born on 14 July 2008 in Kharkiv.
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Roman Dehtiarov is a chess player.
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Roman Dehtiarov is Ukrainian.
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