In 1999, he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team, which won the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Artek, Ukraine. In 1998, at the age of fourteen, he was awarded the Grandmaster title, making him the youngest ever player at that time to hold the title. In 1996 he won the European Under-18 Championship at the age of just twelve, and the following year won the World Under-18 Championship. In 1994 he placed third in the World Under-12 Championship at the age of ten. Momot Chess School and was trained by Boris Ponomariov. At 9 he became a first category player, and in September 1993 he moved to Kramatorsk. He was taught to play chess by his father at the age of 5. Ponomariov was born in Horlivka in Ukraine.
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