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    Ukrainian Chess Championship

    Albeit the Ukraine recently lost their #2 FIDE country ranking to China, nonetheless it's still a country with 5 GMs rated above 2700 and another 14 GMs rated above 2600. The Ukrainian Chess Championship is naturally incredibly strong and has surprisingly produced 10 different winners the past 10 years. Oddly enough, the 2 highest rated players, Pavel Eljanov and Vassily Ivanchuk, have never won the Ukrainian Chess Championship, albeit Eljanov is currently joint 1st (despite losing today) in the ongoing 2014 edition with 4/6. Chucky is sitting at 2.5/6 and seemingly sill not going to garner his inaugural Ukrainian Chess Championship unless he can perhaps run the table the last 5 rounds. All games are being carried live at ChessBomb.
    Last edited by Jack Maguire; Sunday, 16th November, 2014, 11:25 PM.
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  • #2
    Re: Ukrainian Chess Championship

    83rd Ukrainian Chess Championship, Lviv

    I have been looking in on the early rounds to see if Ivanchuk has found his form again.

    The games:

    Ukrainian Championship 2014
    Round One
    November 11, 2014
    Ivanchuk, Vassily – Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
    C50 Giuoco Piano

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. h3 c6 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. g4 Kf8 25. h4 f6 26. d5 cxd5 27. Bb3 Qf7 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Qe7 30. Kf1 Qe4 31. Qxe4 dxe4 32. Nd2 e3 33. Ne4 fxg5 34. f3 Ke7 35. Ke2 g4 36. fxg4 Nf6 37. Nxf6 gxf6 38. Bd5 Kd7 39. b4 Bb6 40. Bb7 a5 41. a3 axb4 42. axb4 Kc7 43. Be4 Kd7 44. Kf3 Kc7 45. Bd5 Kd7 46. Bf7 Ke7 47. Be6 Kd8 48. Ke2 Kc7 49. Kd3 Kd8 50. c4 bxc4+ 51. Bxc4 Kd7 52. Bb5+ Kc7 53. Ke4 d5+ 54. Kxd5 e2 55. Bxe2 ½-½

    Ukrainian Championship 2014
    Round Two
    November 12, 2014
    Eljanov, Pavel – Ivanchuk, Vassily
    E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Nimzowitsch Variation

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bg2 d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc3 Ne4 13. Qc2 exd4 14. exd4 Bg4 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qf6 19. Qc3 Ne7 20. Rfe1 g6 21. Re4 Nf5 22. Rf4 Qd8 23. h4 Re7 24. Bg4 Nh6 25. Bh3 Kg7 26. g4 Ng8 27. Qf3 Qe8 28. g5 h5 29. Rd3 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Rf8 33. e4 f6 34. Be6 fxg5 35. hxg5 Rxf4 36. Qxf4 Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Bc8 b6 39. Kg3 Ke8 40. Kf4 Ne7 41. Ba6 Kd8 42. Bb5 a5 43. a3 Ng8 44. Ke3 Ne7 45. Kd3 Ng8 46. Kc3 Ne7 47. Bf1 Nc8 48. Bh3 Na7 49. Kc4 Ke7 50. Kd3 Ke8 51. e5 Kd8 52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Kf4 Ke8 54. Ke3 Ke7 55. Kd3 Ke8 56. Kc4 Ke7 57. Bg2 Kf8 58. Be4 Kg7 59. b4 axb4 60. Kxb4 h4 61. Bg2 Kf8 62. a4 Kg7 63. Bh3 Kf7 64. a5 Ke7 65. a6 Kf7 66. Kc3 1-0

    Ukrainian Championship 2014
    Round Three
    November 13, 2014
    Ivanchuk, Vassily – Zubov, Alexander
    D53 QGD, Orthodox Defence (5.e3)

    1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qa5 10. Rc1 Qxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. a3 Ne5 15. Qb3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Qb5 19. Qxb5 ½-½

    Ukrainian Championship 2014
    Round Four
    November 14, 2014
    Kovchan, Alexander – Ivanchuk, Vassily
    B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack (3…Bd7)

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 Rc8 7. d3 e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 O-O 12. Qf3 Rc6 13. Re2 Ne8 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd2 Ng7 16. Rae1 Nf5 17. Qh5 Nd4 18. Re3 f5 19. Rg3 g4 20. Bh6 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22. Rd1 Bh4 23. Re3 e5 24. Bf4 Rce6 25. Bg3 Bg5 26. Ree1 Nxc2 27. Rf1 f4 28. h4 Be7 29. Bh2 Rd8 30. a3 g3 31. fxg3 fxg3 32. Bxg3 Ne3 0-1

    Ukrainian Championship 2014
    Round Five
    November 15, 2014
    Ivanchuk, Vassily – Moiseenko, Alexander
    A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov Counter-Attack

    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 Qe7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O e4 9. Nh4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d4 Bb4 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Rb1 b6 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bxf3 Qg5 18. Ng2 Nd7 19. Nf4 Nf6 20. Qc1 h6 21. c4 Rad8 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Rb3 Nf6 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. Rfd1 Rc2 28. Re3 Kf7 29. a3 Rfc8 30. d5 exd5 31. Bxd5+ Kf8 32. Bb3 R2c3 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Rxc3 Ke7 35. Kg2 g4 36. Ba4 Nd5 37. Rd3 Rd6 38. Kf2 Nf6 39. Re3+ Kd8 40. Bb3 Rc6 41. Rd3+ ½-½

    Ukrainian Championship 2014
    Round Six
    November 16, 2014
    Ivanchuk, Vassily – Zubarev, Alexander
    E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch Variation

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 7. Nh3 f5 8. Bg5 Qe8 9. g4 fxg4 10. fxg4 Nf6 11. Qd3 d6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. Be4 g6 15. g5 Rf8 16. Nf2 e5 17. h4 Kg7 18. h5 Qf7 19. Qg3 gxh5 20. Bd5 Qg6 21. Ne4 Kh8 22. O-O-O Ne7 23. Rdf1 Bf5 24. Nd2 Nxd5 25. cxd5 exd4 26. cxd4 Bg4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qe3 Qe8 29. Ne4 Kg7 30. Kd2 Rf7 31. Qd3 Re7 32. Ng3 Qg6 33. Rf1 Qxg5+ 34. e3 Qg6 35. e4 h4 36. Nf5+ Bxf5 37. exf5 Qg2+ 38. Kc3 Kf6 0-1

    Round Seven is on November 18 with Ponomariov playing Ivanchuk. The tournament is 11 Rounds

    Standing After Round Six

    Eljanov 4
    Kuzubov 4
    Ponomariov 3.5
    Moiseenko 3.5
    Korobov 3.5
    Krivoruchko 3
    Zubov 3
    Areschenko 3
    Ivanchuk 2.5
    Bogdanovich 2.5
    Kovchan 2
    Zubarev 1.5

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    • #3
      Re: Ukrainian Chess Championship

      With Kuzubov, Kovchan, and Moiseenko securing full points today, R7 (of 11) Standings are:

      Kuzubov 5
      Eljanov 4.5
      Moiseenko 4.5
      Ponomariov 4
      Korobov 4
      Arischenko 3.5
      Krivoruchko 3.5
      Ivanchuk 3
      Zubov 3
      Kovchan 3
      Bogdanovich 2.5
      Zubarev 1.5

      Should Kuzubov ultimately win this event, he'll become the 11th different Ukrainian to win this event in the past 11 years!

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraini...s_Championship

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      • #4
        Re: Ukrainian Chess Championship

        Ukrainian Chess Championship 2014

        I do not know of a chess player that I am more sympathetic to than Vassily Ivanchuk. I hoped he will run away with the Ukrainian Championship but I see nothing but missed opportunities.

        Here are his games from the 7th and 8th rounds with three to go.

        Ukrainian Championships Lviv 2014
        Round 7, Nov. 18, 2014
        Ponomariov, Ruslan – Ivanchuk, Vassily
        B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) Attack

        1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Qd3 Rb8 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bc1 Nc4 15. b3 Re8 16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. Bh5 Bf6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Qa5 21. Nd4 g6 22. Rf1 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Qxc3 24. Rxf6 Bxe4 25. Qg4+ Bg6 26. Rf3 Ne3 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Rc8 29. Rd3 Qc7 30. Qg5 f6 31. Qg3 Kf7 32. Bh6 Ne5 ½-½

        Ukrainian Championships Lviv 2014
        Round 8, Nov. 19, 2014
        Ivanchuk, Vassily – Bogdanovich, Stanislav
        C49 Four Knights, Symmetrical, Maroczy System

        1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. d4 exd4 14. b4 Bc7 15. cxd4 b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. Bd2 axb4 18. Bxb4 Bb7 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Rcd1 Bb8 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa4 Ba6 24. Bb3 Bb5 25. Bc3 Qb7 26. Nf5 d5 27. e5 Ne4 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Bd3 30. Bxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxd3 Rf8 32. g4 Qd5 33. Qxd5+ cxd5 34. Bd2 Rfe8 35. Rb3 Nf8 36. Rb5 Rcd8 37. g5 h5 38. Bb4 Ne6 39. g6 Kh8 40. Bd6 Ba7 41. Rb7 Ra8 42. h4 Bb8 43. Ng5 Nxg5 44. hxg5 Bxd6 45. exd6 Rf8 46. Rf7 Rad8 47. d7 1-0

        Standing after Round Eight

        Kuzubov 6
        Ponomariov 5
        Eljanov 5
        Moiseenko 5
        Korobov 4.5
        Zubov 4
        Ivanchuk 4
        Krivoruchko 4
        Areschenko 3.5
        Kovchan 3
        Bogdanovich 2.5
        Zubarev 1.5

        Round Nine Pairings

        Ponomariov-Moiseenko, Bogdanovich-Zubarev, Kuzubov-Ivanchuk, Areschenko-Kovchan, Korobov-Zubov, Krivoruchko-Eljanov

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        • #5
          Re: Ukrainian Chess Championship

          Three more wins today bring the win rate in this tournament to an impressive 26/54, or 48.2%! And Black has 14 of those 26 wins! Standings through 9 rounds (2 rounds to go) are:

          Kuzobov 6.5
          Eljanov 6
          Pononmariov 5.5
          Moiseenko 5.5
          Korobov 5
          Ivanchuk 4.5
          Areschenko 4.5
          Zubov 4.5
          Kryvoruchko 4
          Kovchan 3
          Bogdanovich 2.5
          Zubarev 2.5
          Last edited by Jack Maguire; Friday, 21st November, 2014, 05:18 PM.

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          • #6
            Re: Ukrainian Chess Championship

            Four more wins today brings the win rate to an even 50% (30/60). Kuzobov lost to the erstwhile tailender Zubarev and now there's a 3-way tie for 1st heading into the 11th and final round tomorrow.

            Kuzobov 6.5
            Eljanov 6.5
            Ponomariov 6.5
            Moiseenko 6
            Korobov 6
            Zubov 5.5
            Ivanchuk 5
            Areschenko 5
            Kryvoruchko 4
            Zubarev 3.5
            Kovchan 3
            Bogdanovich 2.5

            Kuzobov has White against Ponomariov tomorrow while Eljanov gets White againt Zubov. White has been absolutely no advantage through the first 10 rounds with identical 25% win rates.

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