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

Round 10 of the Ukrainian Championship which is taking place in Kiev finished quite unexpectedly. One of the leaders Anton Korobov gained a confident win against Pavel Eljanov, while his direct rival Andrei Volokitin lost against Sergei Fedorchuk.

The Ukrainian Chess Federation once again gained practically the strongest composition for the championship which is scheduled to take place on June 15-26. From the top grandmasters only Vassily Ivanchuk will skip the competition.

Twelve players will compete in a round-robin tournament:

The semi-final of the Ukrainian Championship has ended in Alushta. There were 125 participants, including 17 grandmasters, in this strong 9-round Swiss tournament.

Yuriy Kuzubov, who won the big game against Ruslan Ponomariov in the third round, will now test the resilience of Pavel Eljanov, who is now in sole first place with 2.5 points in the table. Ruslan, on the other hand, will be demonstrating his character in the game against Zahar Efimenko.

Alexander Areshchenko will test Anton Korobov, while Andrei Volokitin, Evgenij Miroshnichenko.

Another final of the Ukrainian championship will take place from June 15th-26th in Kiev. Twelve GMs will compete in a round-robin tournament. 

The first round of the Ukrainian Championship has been played in Kiev. Three out of six games ended with decisive results. Alexander Moiseenko, Andrei Volokitin and Anton Korobov got a point each to their name.

Round 8 of the Ukrainian Championship is under way in Kiev. The leaders, Anton Korobov and Andrei Volokitin, are white against Miroshnichenko and Kuzubov respectively. Follow these and other games live.  

The fourth round has been played at the Ukrainian Championship in Kiev. Ruslan Ponomariov, who lost to Yuri Kuzubov a day earlier, was able to successfully redeem himself in the encounter against Zahar Efimenko. 

Zahar EFIMENKO - Ruslan PONOMARIOV