Oleg Romanishin

Born February 10, 1952 in Lviv

Winner of international tournament in Leningrad, 1977, Polanica Zdroj 1980, Lviv, 1981, Moscow 1985, a participant in the quarter finals contenders version of the PCA in 1994.
Grandmaster in 1976.

Professional rating from 1 February 2001. - 2505
FIDE rating of 1 January 2001. - 2556


In the chess world, many extraordinary players, but such originals as Romanishin must still search. His style is unique and unrepeatable. These creative chess players always get great pleasure from bouts with Romanishin. This, for example, has repeatedly said the world champion Mikhail Tal. Debut ideas Romanishin numerous, original, and sometimes seem pretentious, but always have a rational. Legendary become Oleg attachment to the elephant g2. Almost in every game he develops a white elephant belopolnogo exactly on this field.

Star of one of the most talented pupils of the famous Lviv school of chess came up in the seventies. Many remember his great performances in the national championships, as well as magical finish at inter-zonal tournament in Riga, where Romanishin did not have half a point to jump on the bandwagon pretendentskogo train. In those years there was talk that he is about to overtake Karpova. That did not happen. However, the precise moment when all you can say "write off" Romanishin, he played well in the qualifying tournament in Groningen and was candidate for the version of the PCA. And to this day he is firmly in the bulk of the Olympic team of Ukraine. It seems that Romanishin became a kind of hostage to its own image of an innovator and experimenter. Never know, play Oleg stricter and more impressive, what sport he would have reached the heights. But then, perhaps, he would not be Romanishin: