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Andrei Volokitin was born on 18^th June 1986.

1997 - 1^st place on Ukrainian Youth Championship under 12

1998

• 1-2 place on World Championship under 12

1999

• 1-3 place on World Championship under 14
• 1^st place as a member of Ukrainian team on Youth Olympiad
• 1^st place on 1^st board on tournament “Amoco Cup” in Baku

2000

• achieved the title norms of International Master on tournaments in Lviv, Krasnodar, Lausanne
• successful play in Bad Wiessee Open, where he scored 7 points out of 9

2001

• Beated Ruslan Ponomariov sensationally on tournament in Lausanne
• European Championship in Ohrid (Macedonia) Andrei gained his first Grandmaster’s norm and right to participate in World Championship 2001
• 3^rd place on “Vidmar Memorial” (14^th category) in Portorož and gained his 2^nd Grandmaster’s norm
• shared 2-3 places on especially strong Championship of Ukraine and gained his 3^rd GM norm
• on Bad Wiessee Open scored 7/9, took 5^th place out of 512 participants and gained his 4^th GM norm
• Played in World Championship in Moscow
• In December of 2001 was awarded with Grandmaster’s title being 15 year old

2002

• 1-3 place on tournament in Saint Vincent (Italy)
• 2^nd place as a result of Europe Grand Prix - 2001
• 2^nd place on Ukrainian Club Championship as a member of Lviv team “Karpathy-Galychyna”
• 3^rd place in Esbjerg (14^th category)
• 3^rd place in Bastia (France)
• 2^nd place in rapid chess in Warsaw (Poland), twice won against Ivanchuk and being ahead about 50 Grandmasters

2003

• 1^st place in open-tournament on Bermudas
• 1-2 place in rapid chess in Aurice (France)
• 1^st place in blitz Utrecht (Holland), scoring 30,5 points out of  32
• 3^rd place on open-tournament in Batumi

2004

• Champion of 36^th Chess Olympiad as a member of Ukrainian team, where he scored 8,5 points out of 12
•  Winner of 73^rd Championship of Ukraine

2005

• Shared 1-2 place with Boris Gelfand on famous Biel tournament, Switzerland (16^th Category)
• 2^nd place on Igualada tournament, Spain (16^th category)
• Winner of 6^th Lausanne Young Masters festival with a 2984 performance rating

2007 - Participant of World Cup

2009 - Bronze medal winner as a member of Ukrainian team on 17^th European Team Championship

2012

• Winner Donostia Chess Festival San Sebastián (Spain)
• Bronze medal of 40^th Chess Olympiad as a member of Ukrainian team

2015

• Winner of 84th Championship of Ukraine

2016

• Winner of 20th Vidmar Memorial (Slovenia)