Ukrainian Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the Ukrainian Chess Championship, including those held when Ukraine was a Soviet republic and those held after Ukraine became independent. Players' names listed in parentheses indicate that the player won the tournament but did not receive the title since he was an outside competitor. The title went instead to the top-scoring Ukrainian.
Contents
1 By year
2 Most championships
3 Women
4 Crosstables
5 References
By year
# Year City Winner[1] 1 1924 Kiev
Yakiv Vilner (1)2 1925 Kharkiv
Yakiv Vilner (2)3 1926 Odessa
Borys Verlinsky (1) & Mykhailo Marski (1)4 1927 Poltava (Olexiy Selezniov), Vsevolod Rauzer (1) 5 1928 Odessa
Yakiv Vilner (3) & Volodymyr Kirillov (1)6 1931 Kharkiv
Abram Zamikhovsky (1)7 1933 Kharkiv
Vsevolod Rauzer (2) & Volodymyr Kirillov (2)8 1936 Kiev
Yosyp Pohrebyssky (1) & Petro Shumilin (1)9 1937 Kiev
Fedir Bohatyrchuk (1)10 1938 Kiev
Isaac Boleslavsky (1)11 1939 Dnipropetrovsk
Isaac Boleslavsky (2)12 1940 Kiev
Isaac Boleslavsky (3)13 1944 Kiev
Borys Goldenov (1)14 1945 Kiev
Anatoly Bannik (1)15 1946 Kiev
Anatoly Bannik (2)16 1947 Kiev
Olexiy Sokolsky (1)17 1948 Kiev
Alexey Sokolsky (2)18 1949 Odessa
Isaac Lipnitsky (1)19 1950 Kiev
Yukhym Heller (1)20 1951 Kiev
Anatoly Bannik (3)21 1952 Kiev
Vladlen Zurakhov (1)22 1953 Kiev
Yakiv Yukhtman (1)23 1954 Kiev
Abram Khavin (1)24 1955 Kiev
Anatoly Bannik (4)25 1956 Kiev
Isaac Lipnitsky (2)26 1957 Kiev (Salo Flohr) (1), Yukhym Heller (2) 27 1958 Kiev
Yukhym Heller (3)28 1959 Kiev
Yukhym Heller (4)29 1960 Kiev
Leonid Stein (1)30 1961 Kiev
Yuri Kots (1)31 1962 Kiev
Leonid Stein (2)32 1963 Kiev
Yuri Nikolayevsky (1)33 1964 Kiev
Anatoly Bannik (5)34 1965 Dnipropetrovsk
R. Goldstein (1)35 1966 Kiev
Yuri Sakharov (1)36 1967 Kiev
Valery Zhydkov (1) & Yuri Nikolayevsky (2)37 1968 Kiev
Yuri Sakharov (2)38 1969 Ivano-Frankivsk
Hennady Kuzmin (1) & Volodymyr Savon (1)39 1970 Kiev
Volodymyr Tukmakov (1)40 1971 Donetsk
Yuri Kots (2)41 1972 Odessa
Lev Alburt (1)42 1973 Dnipropetrovsk
Lev Alburt (2)43 1974 Lviv
Lev Alburt (3)44 1975 Dnipropetrovsk
Oleksandr Vaisman (1)45 1976 Donetsk
Mykhailo Pidhayets (1)46 1977 Zhytomyr
Yuri Nikolayevsky (3)47 1978 Yalta
Kostiantyn Lerner (1)48 1979 Dnipropetrovsk
Volodymyr Okhotnyk (1)49 1980 Kharkiv
Volodymyr Malaniuk (1)50 1981 Yalta
Volodymyr Malaniuk (2)51 1982 Yalta
Kostiantyn Lerner (2)52 1983 Melitopol
Dmytro Komarov (1) & Valery Neverov (1)53 1984 Kiev
Mykhailo Hurevych (1)54 1985 Uzhhorod
Valery Neverov (2)55 1986 Lviv
Volodymyr Malaniuk (3)56 1987 Mykolaiv
Viktor Moskalenko (1)57 1988
Kharkiv & Lviv
Valery Neverov (3)58 1989 Kherson
Ihor Novikov (1) & Hennady Kuzmin (2)59 1990 Simferopol
Mykhailo Brodsky (1)60 1991 Simferopol
Vitali Golod (1)61 1992 Simferopol
Vladyslav Borovikov (1)62 1993 Donetsk
Orest Grytsak (1)63 1994 Alushta
Yuri Kruppa (1)64 1995 ?
Serhiy Kryvosheya (1)65 1996 Yalta
Mykhailo Holubiev (1) & Valery Neverov (4)66 1997 Alushta
Volodymyr Baklan (1)67 1998 Alushta
Lubomyr Mykhailets (1), Volodymyr Baklan (2), Oleh Berezin (1)68 1999 Alushta
Hennady Kuzmin (3), Alexei Bezgodov (1), Stanislav Savchenko (1),
Oleksandr Moiseyenko (1), Andriy Rakhmangulov (1)69 2000 Sevastopol
Volodymyr Rohovski (1)70 2001 Ordzhonikidze
Oleksandr Berelovych (1)71 2002 Alushta
Anton Korobov (1)72 2003 Simferopol
Yevhen Miroshnychenko (1)73 2004 Kharkiv
Andriy Volokitin (1)74 2005 Rivne
Oleksandr Areschenko (1)75 2006 Poltava
Zakhar Yefymenko (1)76 2007 Kharkov
Valeriy Aveskulov (1)77 2008 Poltava
Yevhen Miroshnychenko (2)78 2009 Alushta
Volodymyr Jakymov (1)79 2010 Alushta
Sergey Pavlov (1)80 2011 Kiev
Ruslan Ponomariov[2] (1)81 2012 Kiev
Anton Korobov (2)82 2013 Kiev
Yuriy Kryvoruchko (1)83 2014 Lviv
Yuriy Kuzubov (1)84 2015 Lviv
Andriy Volokitin (2)85 2016 Rivne
Mikhailo Oleksienko (1)86 2017 Zhytomyr
Petro Golubka (1)87 2018 Kiev
Anton Korobov (3)
Most championships
| # | Name | Titles | Years | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoly Bannik | 5 | 1945, 1946, 1951, 1955, 1964 | 1921-2013 |
| 2 | Yukhym Heller | 4 | 1950, 1957, 1958, 1959 | 1925–1998 |
| 3 | Valery Neverov | 4 | 1983, 1985, 1988, 1996 | 1962-present |
| 4 | Yakiv Vilner | 3 | 1924, 1925, 1928 | 1899–1931 |
| 5 | Isaac Boleslavsky | 3 | 1938, 1939, 1940 | 1919–1977 |
| 6 | Lev Alburt | 3 | 1972, 1973, 1974 | 1945–present |
| 7 | Yuri Nikolayevsky | 3 | 1963, 1967, 1977 | 1937–present |
| 8 | Volodymyr Malaniuk | 3 | 1980, 1981, 1986 | 1957–present |
| 9 | Hennady Kuzmin | 3 | 1969, 1989, 1999 | 1946–present |
| 10 | Anton Korobov | 3 | 2002, 2012, 2018 | 1985–present |
Women
# Year City Winner[3] 1 1935 Berta Vaisberg, Roza Kliherman 2 1936 Zinaida Artemieva, Berta Vaisberg, Roza Kliherman 3 1937 Tamara Dobrovolska 4 1938 Zinaida Artemieva, Berta Vaisberg, Sofiya Sokolyk 5 1939 Sara Slobodyanyk 6 1946 Berta Vaisberg 7 1947 L. Kohan 8 1948 L. Kohan 9 1949 Korsunska 10 1950 Berta Vaisberg, A. Rubinchyk 11 1951 Lyubov Kohan 12 1952 Lyubov Kohan 13 1953 Lyubov Kohan 14 1954 Lyubov Kohan 15 1955 Esfir Holdberh 16 1956 Berta Vaisberg 17 1957 Olena Malynova 18 1958 Nina Rusinkevich 19 1959 Berta Vaisberg 20 1960 Olena Malynova 21 1961
Olga Andreieva22 1962 Olena Malynova 23 1963
Lyubov Idelchyk24 1964 Raisa Vapnychna 25 1965 Olga Andreieva 26 1966 Olga Andreieva 27 1967
Marta Shul28 1968 Nina Rusinkevich 29 1969
Lyubov Idelchyk30 1970 Tatiana Morozova 31 1971
Lidia Semenova32 1972 Olga Andreieva 33 1973 Olena Yelina 34 1974 Lydia Mulenko 35 1975 Lyubov Shcherbyna 36 1976 Lydia Mulenko 37 1977
Marta Litinskaya38 1978 Lyubov Lysenko 39 1979
Elena Titova40 1980 Larisa Muchnik 41 1981 Odessa Natalia Gasiunas 42 1982 Lvov
Irina Chelushkina43 1983 Kiev Viktoria Artamonova 44 1984 Sevastopol
Natalia Ruchieva45 1985 Nikolaev Larisa Muchnik 46 1986 Lvov
Zoya Lelchuk47 1987 Lvov
Irina Chelushkina48 1988 Kiev
Elena Sedina49 1989 Lugansk
Maria Nepeina50 1990 Kiev
Elena Sedina51 1991 Lugansk
Maria Nepeina52 1992 Lugansk
Maria Nepeina53 1993 Kharkiv Maria Dekusar 54 1994 Lugansk
Natalia Kiseleva55 1995 Lvov
Marta Litinskaya56 1996 Chernihiv
Tatiana Melamed57 1997 Kiev
Lidia Semenova58 1998 Kalush Galina Shliakhtich 59 1999 Kharkiv Nadezhda Jadvizhena 60 2000 Nikolaev
Katerina Rohonyan61 2001 Kramatorsk
Anna Zatonskih62 2002 Alushta
Tatjana Vasilevich63 2003 Nikolaev
Anna Muzychuk64 2004 Alushta
Olga Alexandrova65 2005 Kharkiv
Anna Ushenina66 2006 Odessa
Oksana Vozovic67 2007 Poltava
Tatjana Vasilevich68 2008 Nikolaev
Inna Gaponenko69 2009 Evpatoria
Evgeniya Doluhanova70 2010 Poltava
Tatjana Vasilevich71 2011 Poltava
Kateryna Dolzhikova72 2012 Kharkiv
Mariya Muzychuk73 2013 Kiev
Mariya Muzychuk74 2014 Lviv
Anna Muzychuk75 2015 Lviv
Anastasiya Rakhmangulova76 2016 Rivne
Elizaveta Malakhova77 2017 Zhytomyr
Iulija Osmak78 2018 Kiev
Nataliya Buksa
Crosstables
UKR-ch 72nd Kharkiv 2012 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 
Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine)2466 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6.5/9 26.25 2533 +8 2 Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine)2542 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.5/9 25.75 2526 -1 3 Anna Ushenina (Ukraine)2433 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6.5/9 25.25 2537 +13 4 Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine)2442 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5.5/9 2448 +1 5 Inna Gaponenko (Ukraine)2404 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5.0/9 2413 +1 6 Oksana Gritsayeva (Ukraine)2319 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 4.0/9 2345 +3 7 Tatiana Kononenko (Ukraine)2374 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 3.5/9 2300 -10 8 Irina Andrenko (Ukraine)2228 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 3.0/9 2273 +4 9 Anastasiya Rakhmangulova (Ukraine)2254 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 2.5/9 2226 -4 10 Kateryna Dolzhikova (Ukraine)2313 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 2.0/9 2168 -16
Average Elo: 2377 <=> Cat: 6
m = 5.40
References
^ Claudio Sericano, Campionati nazionali dell'Ukraina (1924-2004), La grande storia degli Scacchi
^ "80th Ukrainian Championship – pictorial impressions". ChessBase.com. 2011-06-23. Retrieved 24 June 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ (in Ukrainian) List of winners 1935-2011, 2012 Ukraine Women's Championship Final, Ukrainian Chess Federation
- RUSBASE (part V) 1919-1937,1991-1994
- RUSBASE (part IV) 1938-1960
- RUSBASE (part III), 1961-1969,1985-1990
- RUSBASE (part II) 1970-1984
Boytsun, Olena (5 September 2005), Alexander Areshchenko wins the Ukraine Championship, ChessBase News- 2007 edition
- ChessBase report on the 2007 edition
- ChessBase report on the 2008 edition
