The 2014 Ukrainian Individual Chess Championships for men and women took place on 10-22nd November 2014 in the city of Lviv, Ukraine.

The 83rd Ukrainian Men’s Championship was topped by GM Yuriy Kuzubov and GM Pavel Eljanov on 7.5/11 points, but Kuzubov prevailed on a better tie-break score and grabbed the trophy

GM Anton Korobov took the bronze, sharing third place with the former World champion GM Ruslan Ponomariov on 6.5 points each.

GM Anna Muzychuk took the gold in the 74th Ukrainian Women’s Championship. She scored 6/8, leaving the runner-up GM Natalia Zhukova half point behind.

The sensation of the tournament was 16-year-old WFM Iulija Osmak who split the third place with IM Mariya Muzychuk on 5 points, but took the bronze on a superior tie-break score.

After winning 62 ELO points at the 3rd Yury Privalov Memorial earlier in November, she is now adding 86 new ELO points to her rating. Thus her live rating is no less than the impressive 2392.

You can see the full standings and replay the games below.

Official website / Replay the games in the Men’s Section/ Replay the games in the Women’s Section

Men’s Championship final standings:

1 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2661 7,5
2 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2719 7,5
3 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2680 6,5
4 GM Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2711 6,5
5 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2701 6
6 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2655 6
7 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2726 5,5
8 GM Zubov Alexander UKR 2588 5,5
9 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 4,5
10 IM Bogdanovich Stanislav UKR 2590 3,5
11 GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2588 3,5
12 GM Kovchan Alexander UKR 2585 3,5

Women’s Championship final standings:

1 GM Muzychuk Anna UKR 2545 6
2 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2470 5,5
3 WFM Osmak Iulija UKR 2246 5
4 IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2529 5
5 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2381 4,5
6 WGM Kalinina Olga UKR 2259 4
7 WGM Doluhanova Evgeniya UKR 2284 3
8 WFM Tarleva Vira UKR 2127 1,5
9 WIM Tantsiura Maria UKR 2302 1,5
10 GM Ushenina Anna UKR 2494 0

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