Career
His biggest success so far has been his victory, in February 2010, of the colossal Cappelle-la-Grande Open in France, ahead of 82 Grandmasters and 61 International masters (652 players), with 7.5 points out of 9."Yaroslav Zherebukh wins Cappelle-Louisiana-Grande 2010". Chess.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2010. In the 2011 World Cup, held in Khanty-Mansiysk, he caused a sensation by eliminating two super-grandmasters, Pavel Eljanov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the first and third rounds.
Eventually he was knocked out by Czechoslovakian super-General Motors David Navara.
In May 2015 Zherebukh switched his affiliation from Ukraine to the United States.