The final of the 82nd Ukrainian Chess Championship took place on 15-26th June in Kiev. 12 players competed in the round robin tournament.
Grandmasters Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Ruslan Ponomariov shared the first place with 7,5 points each. Kryvoruchko is declared new national champion thanks to the better tie-break score.
Last year champion Anton Korobov finished third half a point behind.
Final standings:
1-2. Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2659 and Ponomariov Ruslan 2743 – 7,5
3. Korobov Anton 2715 – 7,0
4-5. Alexander Areshchenko 2708 and Moiseenko Alexander 2711 – 6,5
6. Efimenko Zahar 2651 – 6,0
7-9. Volokitin Andrei 2687, Pavel Eljanov 2707 and Bogdanovich Stanislav 2567 – 5,5
10. Kravtsiv Martyn 2626 – 4,5
11. Baryshpolets Andrey 2547 – 3,0
12. Neverov Valeriy 2515 – 1,0
The Ukrainian Women Championship featured ten players in the round robin tournament. Mariya Muzychuk repeated the last year’s success and convincingly won the title with 7,5/9 points, leaving the nearest follower point and a half behind.
The reigning World Champion Anna Ushenina missed the tournament because she is competing in FIDE Grand Prix in Dilijan.
He should immigrate to the US.
This is cool!