Ukraine Chess Champions 2013: Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Mariya Muzychuk Crowned Champions

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The final of the 82nd Ukrainian Chess Championship took place on 15-26th June in Kiev with 12 players competing in the round-robin format. Grandmasters Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Ruslan Ponomariov shared the first place with 7,5 points each. Kryvoruchko is declared new national champion thanks to the better tie-break score. Last year's champion Anton Korobov finished third half a point behind.

Yuriy Kryvoruchko (photo by Anestis Mihailidis)

Final standings:
1-2. Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2659 and Ponomariov Ruslan 2743 – 7,5
3. Korobov Anton 2715 – 7,0
4-5. Alexander Areshchenko 2708 and Moiseenko Alexander 2711 – 6,5
6. Efimenko Zahar 2651 – 6,0
7-9. Volokitin Andrei 2687, Pavel Eljanov 2707 and Bogdanovich Stanislav 2567 – 5,5
10. Kravtsiv Martyn 2626 – 4,5
11. Baryshpolets Andrey 2547 – 3,0
12. Neverov Valeriy 2515 – 1,0

The Ukrainian Women Championship featured ten players in the round robin tournament. Mariya Muzychuk repeated last year’s success and convincingly won the title with 7,5/9 points, leaving the nearest follower point and a half behind. The reigning World Champion Anna Ushenina missed the tournament because she is competing in FIDE Grand Prix in Dilijan. (Text: chessdom.com/Official website)

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