The 81st Ukrainian Chess Championship is set to take place from 26th July to 7th August in the President Hotel in Kiev. Twelve players will compete in the round robin tournament.

With the average elo of 2666 this is the strongest Championship ever in the history of independent Ukraine.

Players:
Ruslan Ponomariov 2726
Alexander Moiseenko 2706
Andrei Volokitin 2704
Zahar Efimenko 2694
Pavel Eljanov 2693
Alexander Areshchenko 2691
Anton Korobov 2683
Evgeny Miroshnichenko 2632
Sergey Fedorchuk 2630
Yuriy Kuzubov 2629
Alexander Zubov 2621
Yuri Vovk 2584

Кстати, в этом чемпионате примет очень популярный в последнее время гроссмейстер Вовк-9.5 евро :)

Чемпионом стал Антон Коробов

1. GM Korobov Anton 2683 – 8
2-3. GM Areshchenko Alexander 2691 and GM Volokitin Andrei 2704 – 7
4. GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2726 – 6
5-7. GM Fedorchuk Sergey A 2630, GM Efimenko Zahar 2694 and GM Moiseenko Alexander 2706 – 5.5
8. GM Eljanov Pavel 2693 – 5
9-10. GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2632 and GM Vovk Yuri 2584 – 4.5
11. GM Zubov Alexander 2621 – 4
12. GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2629 – 3.5

Антон Коробов