17-Year-Old Ukrainian IM Roman Dehtiarov Wins European Championship, Earns GM Title
Seventeen-year-old Ukrainian IM Roman Dehtiarov has made history as both the youngest and lowest-seeded player ever to win the European Individual Chess Championship. He started the event in Katowice, Poland ranked 126th out of 501 players, with a 2452 rating, but took sole first place on 9/11, half a point ahead of Azerbaijani GMs Nijat…