The January “Lviv Tradition” IM round-robin tournament kicked off at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine.

Three players head the field of ten participants from three different countries with one points each.

Pylyp Lornye, FM Oleg Terletsky and WFM Nataliya Buksa defeated their opponents Szymon Walter, WFM Iulija Osmak and Kamil Koziol, respectively, in the first round of the event.

Round 1 results:

2347 Sabuk Piotr ½ – ½ IM Shkuran Daniil 2386
2043 Koziol Kamil 0 – 1 WFM Buksa Nataliya 2127
2223 Lornye Pylyp 1 – 0 Walter Szymon 2141
2241 FM Terletsky Oleg 1 – 0 WFM Osmak Iulija 2419
2335 IM Strebkovs Andrejs ½ – ½ IM Golubka Petr 2399

Standings after round 1:

1 Lornye Pylyp UKR 2223 1
2 FM Terletsky Oleg UKR 2241 1
3 WFM Buksa Nataliya UKR 2127 1
4 Sabuk Piotr POL 2347 0,5
5 IM Strebkovs Andrejs LAT 2335 0,5
6 IM Golubka Petr UKR 2399 0,5
7 IM Shkuran Daniil UKR 2386 0,5
8 Koziol Kamil POL 2043 0
9 WFM Osmak Iulija UKR 2419 0
10 Walter Szymon POL 2141 0

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