Career
Education: Lviv University, faculty of physics 1976. Mikhalchishin is married, with two children. He became a Grandmaster in 1978, shared first place at the Nikolaev tournament in 1983, and was second at Hastings in 1985-1986.
Vice President of Ukrainian Chess Federation 1998-2001.
Speaks Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian, English and German languages. Participant of Chess Olympiads 1992 for Ukraine, 2000-2006 for Slovenia.
FIDE Senior Trainer from 2002, FIDE TRAINERS COMMISSION Chairman from 2009. Conducted 12 Seminars for FIDE trainers in Germany, United Arab Emirates, Greece, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Croatia and Austria.
Trainer of Soviet National team 1989-1990 World and European Champions.
Trainer of National team Slovenia 1998-2003, National team of Netherlands 2003-2007, National Team of Turkey 2007-2008. Conducted trainings camps with National teams of Poland and Switzerland. Individual trainings with Maya Tchiburdanidze 1978, Nana Aleksandria -1983, Anatoly Karpov 1980-1986, Aleksandr Beliavsky 1986-1995, Vasyl Ivanchuk 1990, Polgar sisters 1992-1994, Alisa Maric 1994-2000, Zhaoqin Peng 2002-2007, Mateusz Bartel 2000-2009, Ilya Nyzhnyk 2009, Richard Rapport 2010, Arkady Naidich -2005-2006.
He is currently coaching the Women"s Team in Turkey.
The Secret Weapons of the Champions
Decision Making in Chess
Power of Planning
Arkhangelsk
Power of Exchange
Winning Structures
Strategy University Volume(s) 1: The Central Approach
Strategy University Volume(s) 2: Prevention and Preparation in Chess
Strategy University Volume(s) 3: Positional Pawn Sacrifice
The King in the Center
1.e4 e5 - An Active Repertoire for Black.