Johnatan Bakalchuk

{{short description|Israeli chess player (born 1998)}}

{{Infobox chess biography

| name = Johnatan Bakalchuk

| country = Israel

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|3|13}}

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| death_date =

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| title = International Master (2018)

| peakrating = 2471 (March 2019)

| FideID = 2810301

|native_name=ג'ונתן בקלצ'וק|native_name_lang=he}}

Johnatan Bakalchuk ({{Langx|he|ג'ונתן בקלצ'וק}}; born 1998) is an Israeli chess International Master since 2018 and a FIDE Master since 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2810301|title=Bakalchuk, Johnatan FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers|website=ratings.fide.com|access-date=2020-04-08}}

He won the Israeli Junior Championships in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.org.il/Tournaments/PlayerInTournament.aspx?Id=308731|title=האיגוד הישראלי לשחמט|website=www.chess.org.il|access-date=2020-04-08}}

He won first place in the 2019 Natan Blumkin Memorial tied with Gad Rechlis and Tamir Nabaty with a score of 8/10.{{Cite web|title=Natan Blumkin Memorial 19.1.2019 February 2019 Israel FIDE Chess Tournament report|url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=208096|access-date=2020-06-16|website=ratings.fide.com}}

He won 2nd place in the Israeli U16 championship in 2013 and in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.org.il/Tournaments/PlayerInTournament.aspx?Id=109778|title=האיגוד הישראלי לשחמט|website=www.chess.org.il|access-date=2020-04-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.org.il/Tournaments/PlayerInTournament.aspx?Id=117472|title=האיגוד הישראלי לשחמט|website=www.chess.org.il|access-date=2020-04-08}}

He won 1st place in the Israeli U11 championship in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.org.il/Tournaments/PlayerInTournament.aspx?Id=83253|title=האיגוד הישראלי לשחמט|website=www.chess.org.il|access-date=2020-04-08}}

He beat GM Mikhail Antipov in the fifth round of the European championship in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europechess.org/major-upsets-in-jerusalem-after-5-rounds/|title=MAJOR UPSETS IN JERUSALEM AFTER 5 ROUNDS|date=2 March 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08}}