Pavel Eljanov

The Ukrainian Grandmaster Pavel Eljanov is one of the world’s best players – September 2010 he had a rating of 2761 (so far his best) and was number six in the world. At the Chess Olympiads 2004 and 2012 he won gold with the Ukrainian team. Eljanov is also a renowned opening expert and coach - from 2006 to 2012 he worked with Boris Gelfand and during the World Championship match 2013 he supported Magnus Carlsen as second.