GMAnton Korobov

Anton Korobov was born in Mezhdurechensk in 1985 and later graduated from Kharkiv University's School of Foreign Languages. He won his first Ukrainian championship in 2002 and became a grandmaster the following year. He reclaimed the national title in 2012 and won it again in 2018 and 2020. His open-tournament victories include the 2010 Abu Dhabi Masters and 2011 Nakhchivan Open. In 2012 he shared first place at the Aeroflot Open. He helped Anna Ushenina prepare for her victorious 2012 world championship campaign and her 2013 title match. At the 2013 World Cup he eliminated Hikaru Nakamura on his way to the quarterfinals, where Vladimir Kramnik stopped him. That year he also won the European Blitz Championship and individual gold on board two at the World Team Championship. He won the Karpov tournament in Poikovsky in both 2015 and 2016. He helped Ukraine win Olympiad team silver in 2016. Two years later he earned individual Olympiad gold on the reserve board.