Michael Prusikin
German chess grandmaster (born 1978)
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Michael Prusikin is a German chess grandmaster.
Prusikin in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 19, 1978 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Germany |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 2484 (August 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2571 (January 2007) |
Chess career
Born in Ukraine, Prusikin learned chess from his father and played in a chess school at an early age. His family moved to Germany in the 1990s.[1]
He is also a chess coach, and began serving as the trainer of prodigy Leonardo Costa in 2018.[2] He has been named as Coach of the Year by the German Chess Federation and also holds the FIDE Senior Trainer title.[1][3]
In March 2004, he earned his final GM norm after scoring 5.5/8 at the Category XII tournament in Miskolc, Hungary.[4]
In May 2021, he played on the top board for the German team in the Mitropa Cup.[5]