The List of Players for the Ukrainian Men's Championship Is Decided

Время публикации: 14.06.2012 20:10 | Последнее обновление: 14.06.2012 20:10

Chess-News has been informed that the full list of players for this year's Ukrainian Men's Championship has been decided.

The tournament will be played from 26 July until 7 August in Kiev and will include twelve grandmasters:
Ruslan Ponomariov (current rating 2726)
Alexander Moiseenko (2711)
Andrei Volokitin (2704)
Pavel Eljanov (2693)
Alexander Areshchenko (2691)
Zahar Efimenko (2689)
Anton Korobov (2678)
Sergey Fedorchuk (2634)
Yuriy Kuzubov (2623)
Evgenij Miroshnichenko (2621)
Alexander Zubov (2617)
Yuri Vovk (2562)

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