Ukrainian Chess Championship Explained

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.

By year

Year City Winner[1]
1 1924 Yakiv Vilner (1)
2 1925 Yakiv Vilner (2)
3 1926 Borys Verlinsky (1) & Mykhailo Marski (1)
4 1927 (Olexiy Selezniov), Vsevolod Rauzer (1)
5 1928 Yakiv Vilner (3) & Volodymyr Kirillov (1)
6 1931 Abram Zamikhovsky (1)
7 1933 Vsevolod Rauzer (2) & Volodymyr Kirillov (2)
8 1936 Yosyp Pohrebyssky (1) & Petro Shumilin (1)
9 1937 Fedir Bohatyrchuk (1)
10 1938 Isaac Boleslavsky (1)
11 1939 Dnipropetrovsk (now renamed as Dnipro)Isaac Boleslavsky (2)
12 1940 Isaac Boleslavsky (3)
13 1944 Borys Goldenov (1)
14 1945 Anatoly Bannik (1)
15 1946 Anatoly Bannik (2)
16 1947 Alexey Sokolsky (1)
17 1948 Alexey Sokolsky (2)
18 1949 Isaac Lipnitsky (1)
19 1950 Yukhym Heller (1)
20 1951 Anatoly Bannik (3)
21 1952 Vladlen Zurakhov (1)
22 1953 Yakiv Yukhtman (1)
23 1954 Abram Khavin (1)
24 1955 Anatoly Bannik (4)
25 1956 Isaac Lipnitsky (2)
26 1957 (Salo Flohr) (1), Yukhym Heller (2)
27 1958 Yukhym Heller (3)
28 1959 Yukhym Heller (4)
29 1960 Leonid Stein (1)
30 1961 Yuri Kots (1)
31 1962 Leonid Stein (2)
32 1963 Yuri Nikolayevsky (1)
33 1964 Anatoly Bannik (5)
34 1965 R. Goldstein (1)
35 1966 Yuri Sakharov (1)
36 1967 Valery Zhydkov (1) & Yuri Nikolayevsky (2)
37 1968 Yuri Sakharov (2)
38 1969 Hennady Kuzmin (1) & Volodymyr Savon (1)
39 1970 Volodymyr Tukmakov (1)
40 1971 Yuri Kots (2)
41 1972 Lev Alburt (1)
42 1973 Lev Alburt (2)
43 1974 Lev Alburt (3)
44 1975 Oleksandr Vaisman (1)
45 1976 Mykhailo Pidhayets (1)
46 1977 Yuri Nikolayevsky (3)
47 1978 Kostiantyn Lerner (1)
48 1979 Volodymyr Okhotnyk (1)
49 1980 Volodymyr Malaniuk (1)
50 1981 Volodymyr Malaniuk (2)
51 1982 Kostiantyn Lerner (2)
52 1983 Dmytro Komarov (1) & Valery Neverov (1)
53 1984 Mykhailo Hurevych (1)
54 1985 Valery Neverov (2)
55 1986 Volodymyr Malaniuk (3)
56 1987 Viktor Moskalenko (1)
57 1988 Valery Neverov (3)
58 1989 Ihor Novikov (1) & Hennady Kuzmin (2)
59 1990 Michail Brodsky (1)
60 1991 Vitali Golod (1)
61 1992 Vladyslav Borovikov (1)
62 1993 Orest Grytsak (1)
63 1994 Yuri Kruppa (1)
64 1995 ? Serhiy Kryvosheya (1)
65 1996 Mykhailo Holubiev (1) & Valery Neverov (4)
66 1997 Volodymyr Baklan (1)
67 1998 Lubomyr Mykhailets (1), Volodymyr Baklan (2), Oleh Berezin (1)
68 1999 Hennady Kuzmin (3), Alexei Bezgodov (1), Stanislav Savchenko (1),
Oleksandr Moiseyenko (1), Andriy Rakhmangulov (1)
69 2000 Volodymyr Rohovski (1)
70 2001 Ordzhonikidze (now renamed as Pokrov)Oleksandr Berelovych (1)
71 2002 Anton Korobov (1)
72 2003 Yevhen Miroshnychenko (1)
73 2004 Andriy Volokitin (1)
74 2005 Oleksandr Areschenko (1)
75 2006 Zakhar Yefymenko (1)
76 2007 Valeriy Aveskulov (1)
77 2008 Yevhen Miroshnychenko (2)
78 2009 Volodymyr Jakymov (1)
79 2010 Sergey Pavlov (1)
80 2011 Ruslan Ponomariov[2] (1)
81 2012 Anton Korobov (2)
82 2013 Yuriy Kryvoruchko (1)
83 2014 Yuriy Kuzubov (1)
84 2015 Andriy Volokitin (2)
85 2016 Mikhailo Oleksienko (1)
86 2017 Petro Golubka (1)
87 2018 Anton Korobov (3)
88 2019 Evgeny Shtembuliak (1)

Most championships

NameTitlesYearsStatus
1Anatoly Bannik51945, 1946, 1951, 1955, 19641921-2013
2Yukhym Heller41950, 1957, 1958, 19591925–1998
3Valery Neverov41983, 1985, 1988, 19961962-present
4Anton Korobov42002, 2012, 2018, 20201985–present
5Yakiv Vilner31924, 1925, 19281899–1931
6Isaac Boleslavsky31938, 1939, 19401919–1977
7Lev Alburt31972, 1973, 19741945–present
8Yuri Nikolayevsky31963, 1967, 19771937–present
9Volodymyr Malaniuk31980, 1981, 19861957–present
10Hennady Kuzmin31969, 1989, 19991946–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 Lyubov Kohan
8 1948 Lyubov 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 Andreieva
22 1962 Olena Malynova
23 1963 Lyubov Idelchyk
24 1964 Raisa Vapnychna
25 1965 Olga Andreieva
26 1966 Olga Andreieva
27 1967 Marta Shul
28 1968 Nina Rusinkevich
29 1969 Lyubov Idelchyk
30 1970 Tatiana Morozova
31 1971 Lidia Semenova
32 1972 Olga Andreieva
33 1973 Olena Yelina
34 1974 Lydia Mulenko
35 1975 Lyubov Shcherbyna
36 1976 Lydia Mulenko
37 1977 Marta Litinskaya
38 1978 Lyubov Lysenko
39 1979 Elena Titova
40 1980 Larisa Muchnik
41 1981 Natalia Gasiunas
42 1982 Irina Chelushkina
43 1983 Viktoria Artamonova
44 1984 Natalia Ruchieva
451985 Larisa Muchnik
46 1986 Zoya Lelchuk
47 1987 Irina Chelushkina
48 1988 Elena Sedina
49 1989 Maria Nepeina
50 1990 Elena Sedina
51 1991 Maria Nepeina
52 1992 Maria Nepeina
53 1993 Maria Dekusar
54 1994 Natalia Kiseleva
55 1995 Marta Litinskaya
56 1996 Tatiana Melamed
57 1997 Lidia Semenova
58 1998 Galina Shliakhtich
59 1999 Nadezhda Jadvizhena
60 2000 Katerina Rohonyan
61 2001 Anna Zatonskih
62 2002 Tatjana Vasilevich
63 2003 Anna Muzychuk
64 2004 Olga Alexandrova
65 2005 Anna Ushenina
66 2006 Oksana Vozovic
67 2007 Tatjana Vasilevich
68 2008 Inna Gaponenko
69 2009 Evgeniya Doluhanova
70 2010 Tatjana Vasilevich
71 2011 Kateryna Dolzhykova
72 2012 Mariya Muzychuk
73 2013 Mariya Muzychuk
74 2014 Anna Muzychuk
752015 Anastasiya Rakhmangulova
762016 Elizaveta Malakhova
772017 Iulija Osmak
78 2018 Nataliya Buksa
79 2019 Natalia Zhukova

References

Notes and References

  1. Claudio Sericano, Campionati nazionali dell'Ukraina (1924-2004), La grande storia degli Scacchi
  2. Web site: 80th Ukrainian Championship – pictorial impressions. 2011-06-23. ChessBase.com. 24 June 2011.
  3. List of winners 1935-2011, 2012 Ukraine Women's Championship Final, Ukrainian Chess Federation