Korobov and Buksa are the 2018 Ukrainian champions

by Mikhail Golubev
12/24/2018 – Ukraine organised its national championships from December 10th to the 20th at the Hotel Raziotel in Kiev. Some big names were absent, but good fighting chess was in display anyway in both ten-player round robins. Rating favourite Anton Korobov got first place in the open section with 5½ points, while Nataliya Buksa managed a better score, 7 out of 9, to become the new Ukrainian champion in the women's category. Analyses and results from the seventh most populous city in Europe. | Photos: Ukrainian Chess Federation
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A close fight 

The Ukrainian Championships are the best organised tournament in the country, and this year's events were no exception, even if a number of the country's top players were not participating, especially in the women's championship. The main section, nonetheless, boasted a 2603 rating average with six out of ten participants above the 2600 Elo barrier. 

The most remarkable game of the open championship was played in round one: it was a somewhat surprising but extremely nice victory by Alexander Kovchan over the tournament's rating favourite Anton Korobov.

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.d4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.c4 bxc3 7.Nxc3 Bb4!? 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bf4 a5 10.Rc1N c6 11.Ne5 Ba6 12.Na2 Bd6 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Nc3 Qb7 15.e3 Rd8 16.Rc2 h6 17.h4 Bf8 18.g4 Nbd7 19.Nxf7!? Kxf7 20.g5 Kg8 Black returns the knight. A greedy alternative was 20...Nh7 but White's compensation is quite serious there. 21.Bh3 Re8 22.gxf6 Nxf6 23.Kh2 c5 24.Rg1 Kh8?! 25.Be5?! 25.dxc5! with the idea of e5 26.Bg5 25...Nd7 26.Bg3 Rac8 27.Rd2 Nf6 28.Be5 Nd7 29.Bf4 cxd4 30.exd4 Rc6 Korobov probably was not willing to play for a draw, 30...Nf6 and if 31.Be5 Nd7 31.Qh5 Nf6 31...Re7!? 32.Qg6 Bd6 33.Be5 Rf8 34.f4 Qe7 35.Rdg2 Rf7?? Black makes mistake and allows beautiful combination. Necessary was 35...Rc7! after which 36.Nxd5?? exd5 37.Bf5 is refuted by Bc8! 36.Nxd5‼ exd5 A banal win for White is 36...Nxd5 37.Qxh6+ Kg8 38.Rxg7+ 37.Qxh6+‼ Fantastic. 37.Qxh6+ gxh6 if 37...Kg8 38.Rxg7+ Rxg7 39.Be6+ Kf8 40.Qh8+ Ng8 41.Qxg8+ Rxg8 42.Rxg8# 38.Rg8+ Kh7 39.Bf5# is the main point of the combination. 1–0
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Kovchan,A2575Korobov,A26981–02018A46UKR-ch Men Final 20181

Ukrainian champion Anton Korobov

Eventually this turned out to be Kovchan's only win in the championship. While Korobov, despite losing one more game in round four, became sole winner and the Ukrainian Champion for the third time in his career. It must be said that luck was on his side at times. He achieved his most clear and convincing win against former FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov.

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 From the Queen's Gambit, it transposed to the Chigorin Defense. Bg4 6.d5 An important alternative is 6.Be3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 6...Ne5 7.Bf4 Nfd7! 8.Qa4!? A virtually unknown variation. Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 Bxf3? Instead, Black has to go for 9...e5! 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Nb5 Rc8 12.0-0-0 Bc5 as in Ghiani-Fillon, ICCF 2008. 10.Rg1± Now Ruslan has big problems because of White's development advantage. a6N 10...Rc8!? 11.Qxc4! g6?! As terrible as it looks. But I suspect that Black's position was already bad, in any case. 12.Rg3 Bh5 13.Bxc7 Qc8 14.d6 e6 15.Qd4 Rg8 16.e5+- With a huge, decisive advantage. Later Korobov achieved a victory quite confidently. Bh6 17.Be2 Bxe2 18.Kxe2 g5 19.h4 g4 20.Rag1 f5 21.exf6 Kf7 22.Ne4 b6 23.Rxg4 Rxg4 24.Rxg4 Qb7 25.Ng5+ Bxg5 26.hxg5 Qh1 27.g6+ hxg6 28.Rh4 Qc6 29.Rh7+ Kg8 30.Rg7+ Kf8 31.Kd2 Qb5 32.Rxd7 Qxd7 33.Qh4 Kg8 34.Qe4 Qe8 35.Qd3 1–0
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Korobov,A2698Ponomariov,R26631–02018D07UKR-ch Men Final 20183

Besides this unfortunate game, Ponomariov had a good tournament and got an interesting victory against Stanislav Bogdanovich.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5! Nd5 4.Nc3! Nxc3 The main move is known to be 4...e6 5.dxc3 Nc6 In November, Ruslan played this strange line (a speciality of GM Rakhmanov) with Black against me in an internet blitz game. It followed 5...e6 6.Bd3 6.Bf4!? 6...Nc6 7.0-0!? d6 7...Qc7 is what Rakhmanov played here 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.Qe2?! 9.Ng5!? 9.Be4!? 9...h6! 10.Rd1 Qc7 with an acceptable position for Black, Golubev-Ponomariov, Sicilian Theme match 2018. 6.Bd3!? d6 Perhaps, 6...e6 is more in the spirit of the variation. 7.exd6 Qxd6 White keeps the pressure also after 7...exd6!? 8.Be3 Another good move is an immediate 8.Qe2 8...Bg4N 9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe2! e6 11.0-0-0 Qc7 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qc4! Attacking the c5 pawn and planning Bf4 at the same time. Qa5 15.Ng5!? Be7 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qxe6 After the promising sacrifice White preserves the advantage but the position turns to be quite tricky. Kf8 18.a3? 18.Rd7!± was strong though it's difficult to foresee precise moves for White in the further play. For example: Re8 or 18...Rd8 19.Rxb7! Rd6 20.Qc4 and if Qd8 21.Bxc5! Rxh3 22.Qf1! 19.Rhd1!? Qb6 19...Rxh3?! 20.g5 Rh4 21.Qxg6 Qxa2 22.R7d5!+- 20.R1d6! Rxh3 21.Qxg6 Qb5 22.b3! , etc. 18...Re8?! There were several better moves, including 18...Nd8!? 19.Qxg6 Qb6 and 18...Qb6 19.Rd5?! Avoiding 19.Qxg6 c4 but after 20.h4!± White is doing well there. 19...Rd8?! An unclucky decision but Black probably wasn't expecting to have problems after activating his kingside rook. 20.Rhd1! Rxh3 21.Qxg6! Rxd5 22.Rxd5 White's pieces are very active and Black doesn't have time for the counterattack. Qc7 23.Qf5+!? Quite good was 23.Qe6!?± and if Rf3 24.g5! 23...Ke8? After 23...Kg8 24.Bf4! Rh1+ 25.Kd2 Qb6 26.Qe4!+- Black has a huge problem with his rook. In the critical line 23...Bf6! 24.Rd1! White has more than enough for the knight. 24.g5?! The most precise was 24.Bf4! Qb6 25.g5!+- 24...Rh1+ 25.Kd2 Bf8? Black is in trouble also after 25...Nd8 26.Qe4 but Bogdanovich's move just loses. 26.Qe4++- 1–0
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Ponomariov,R2663Bogdanovich,S25371–02018B29UKR-ch Men Final 20187

Ruslan Ponomariov finished on 5/9

The championship was very hard-fought, as the difference between first and last place was a mere two points. Despite eventually finishing last, Bogdanovich scored two wins, including this good game from the penultimate round.

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 c5 5.c4 d4 6.e3 Nc6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Na3 0-0 9.exd4 cxd4 So, White plays the Modern Benoni with reversed colors and two extra tempis. 10.Nc2 e5 11.b4! Re8! 12.Re1 Bg4 An alternative is 12...a6 13.c5!? Bc7 Possibly preferable is 13...Bf8 and if 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 a5 or 15...e4 16.dxe4 a5! 16.b5 e4! 14.h3!?N 14.b5 Na5?! 14...Ne7! 15.Bg5! occurred in Gupta-Georgiadis, Reykjavik 2015 14...Bh5 15.b5 Na5?! Critical was 15...Ne7 and if 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Rxe5 Nd7 19.Rxe7 Qxe7 16.Nb4! e4?! 17.dxe4 Nxe4 18.Bb2!± Nxc5 Or 18...Nc4 19.Rxe4!? Rxe4 20.Qd3 19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.Nd5! Bd8 21.Qxd4 Ne6 22.Re1! f6 23.Qe4 Qxb5? 24.Bxf6 Other solutions were 24.Qxe6+ Bf7 25.Nd4 Qxb2 26.Qd7! and 24.Qf5 Qxb2 25.Qxh5! 24...Nc5 25.Ne7+ Bxe7 26.Qxe7 gxf6 27.Ng5 Qd7 And White finishes the game in style: 28.Bd5+! Kh8 29.Qxf6+! Qg7 30.Re7! After Qxf6, Rxh7 mates. 1–0
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Bogdanovich,S2537Kravtsiv,M26441–02018A13UKR-ch Men Final 20188

The last round in Kiev

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 Bb4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 0-0 8.Bg5 E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3 h6 9.Bh4 LiveBook: 4 Games c5 10.e3 b6 10...cxd4 11.Qxd4 Re8 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Be2 Nf6 15.Qxd8 Rxd8 ½-½ (31) Giri,A (2793)-Anand,V (2762) Moscow 2016 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.dxc5N Predecessor: 13.g4 g5 14.Nxg5 hxg5 15.Bxg5 1-0 (53) Mukkattu,P (1676)-Carpinter,B (1860) Auckland 2017 13...bxc5 14.0-0 Qb6 15.Rfd1 Rfe8 16.Bf5 Ne4 17.Qc2 Ndf6 18.Rac1 g6 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Nd2 Rac8 21.Nxe4 Rxe4 22.Bg3 Qc6 23.f3 Re6 24.Bf2 Qb5 25.a4 Qb4 26.Be1 Qb6 27.Qd2 Kh7 28.Bf2 Qb3 29.Rc3 Qxa4 30.Ra3 Qb5 31.Rxa7 Rb6 32.Ra2 Ra8 32...Qc4 looks sharper. 33.Rda1 Qb3 34.Qc1 g5 35.Qb1+ Kg7 33.Rxa8 Bxa8 34.Qc1 Bb7 35.Rd2 Ra6 36.h4 h5 37.Rc2 c4 38.Be1 Qa4 39.Kh2 Qa1 39...Qe8!= 40.Qd2 Ra2? 40...Re6 41.Qb4+- Ra4 41...Ra8 42.Qxb7 Qxe1 43.Qxf7+ 43.Qxa8 Qxh4+ 44.Kg1 Qe1+       Double Attack 45.Kh2 Qh4+ 46.Kg1 Qe1+       Double Attack 47.Kh2 Qh4+= 43...Kh6 44.Qf4+ Kh7 42.Qxb7       Double Attack Qxe1 43.Qxf7+       Endgame KQR-KQR Kh6 44.Qf8+ Kh7 45.Qe7+ Kh6 45...Kg8 46.Qf6 Ra6 47.Qd8+ 47.Qxa6 Qxh4+ 48.Kg1 Qe1+       Double Attack 49.Kh2 Qh4+ 50.Kg1 Qe1+       Double Attack 51.Kh2 Qh4+= 47...Kh7 48.Qe7+ Kg8 46.e4 46.g4 hxg4 47.Qg5+ Kh7 48.h5 48.Qxg4 Ra1± 48...gxf3 49.Qxg6+ Kh8 50.Qf6+ Kh7 51.Qf7+ 51.Qxf3 Qh4+ 52.Qh3 Qxh3+ 53.Kxh3 Kh6= 51...Kh8 52.Qxf3 Qh4+ 53.Qh3 Qxh3+ 54.Kxh3 46...dxe4 47.fxe4 Ra1 47...Qf1 might work better. 48.Qd8 Ra7 48.Qf8+! 48.Qg5+?! Kh7± 48...Kh7
49.Qf7+! Kh8 50.Rf2 50.Qf6++- is the precise move to win. Kh7 51.Rxc4 Qg1+ 52.Kg3 Qe3+ 53.Qf3 Qe1+ 54.Qf2 50...Qh1+ 51.Kg3 White threatens Qf8+ and mate. Qe1 52.Qf4 aiming for Qh6+. 52.Qxc4?! Qe3+ 53.Rf3 Qe1+ 54.Kh3 Qh1+ 55.Kg3 Qe1+ 56.Kh3 Qh1+ 57.Kg3 Qe1+= 52...Kh7
53.e5 53.Qc7+!± Kh6 54.Qf4+ 54.Qxc4 Qe3+ 55.Rf3 Qe1+ 56.Kh3 Qh1+ 57.Kg3 Qe1+ 58.Kh3 Qh1+ 59.Kg3 Qe1+= 54...Kg7 55.Qf8+ Kh7 56.Qf7+ Kh8 57.Qf8+ 57.Qxc4 Qe3+ 58.Rf3 Qe1+ 59.Kh3 Qh1+ 60.Kg3 Qe1+ 61.Kh3 Qh1+ 62.Kg3 Qe1+= 57...Kh7 58.Qf7+ Kh8 53...Ra7 53...Rc1!= 54.Qf6± Reject 54.Qxc4 Qe3+ 55.Rf3 Qxe5+ 56.Kh3 Qxb2= 54...c3 ( -> ...cxb2) 55.bxc3 Qxc3+ 56.Kh2 Qc7 57.Qd6 57.Qf4 57...Qc4!= The position is equal. 58.g3 Rf7 59.Rxf7+ 59.Rd2 seems wilder. Qe4 60.Qd4 Qe1 61.Qb2 Rf3 62.Rd7+ 59...Qxf7 KQ-KQ 60.Kg2 Strongly threatening e6. Kg7 61.Qd4 Qe6 62.Kf2 Kf7 63.Qa7+ Ke8 64.Qb8+ Ke7 65.Ke3 Qd5 66.Qh8 Qc5+ 67.Kf4 Qc1+ 68.Ke4 Qc4+ 69.Ke3 Qg7+ is the strong threat. Qc3+ 70.Kf4 Qc1+ 71.Kf3 Hoping for Qg7+. Qc3+ 72.Kg2 Qc2+ 73.Kf1 Qc1+ 74.Kg2 Black must now prevent Qg7+. Qc6+ 75.Kg1 Qc1+ 76.Kf2 And now Qg7+ would win. Qc2+ 77.Kf3 Qc3+ 78.Kg2 Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 68%. ½–½
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Kuzubov,Y2655Kravtsiv,M2644½–½2018D37UKR-ch Men Final 20181
Moiseenko,A2640Ponomariov,R2663½–½2018A41UKR-ch Men Final 20181
Kovchan,A2575Korobov,A26981–02018A06UKR-ch Men Final 20181
Bogdanovich,S2537Baklan,V2608½–½2018D41UKR-ch Men Final 20181
Golubka,P2464Bernadskiy,V2547½–½2018B14UKR-ch Men Final 20181
Ponomariov,R2663Kovchan,A2575½–½2018B92UKR-ch Men Final 20182
Kravtsiv,M2644Moiseenko,A26400–12018E20UKR-ch Men Final 20182
Baklan,V2608Korobov,A2698½–½2018B90UKR-ch Men Final 20182
Bernadskiy,V2547Kuzubov,Y2655½–½2018C42UKR-ch Men Final 20182
Bogdanovich,S2537Golubka,P24640–12018B95UKR-ch Men Final 20182
Korobov,A2698Ponomariov,R26631–02018D20UKR-ch Men Final 20183
Kuzubov,Y2655Bogdanovich,S25371–02018D37UKR-ch Men Final 20183
Moiseenko,A2640Bernadskiy,V25471–02018D31UKR-ch Men Final 20183
Kovchan,A2575Kravtsiv,M2644½–½2018C47UKR-ch Men Final 20183
Golubka,P2464Baklan,V26081–02018C77UKR-ch Men Final 20183
Kravtsiv,M2644Korobov,A26981–02018B90UKR-ch Men Final 20184
Baklan,V2608Ponomariov,R2663½–½2018B31UKR-ch Men Final 20184
Bernadskiy,V2547Kovchan,A25751–02018B52UKR-ch Men Final 20184
Bogdanovich,S2537Moiseenko,A2640½–½2018A21UKR-ch Men Final 20184
Golubka,P2464Kuzubov,Y2655½–½2018C42UKR-ch Men Final 20184
Korobov,A2698Bernadskiy,V25471–02018D38UKR-ch Men Final 20185
Ponomariov,R2663Kravtsiv,M2644½–½2018E20UKR-ch Men Final 20185
Kuzubov,Y2655Baklan,V2608½–½2018E06UKR-ch Men Final 20185
Moiseenko,A2640Golubka,P24641–02018E11UKR-ch Men Final 20185
Kovchan,A2575Bogdanovich,S25370–12018A05UKR-ch Men Final 20185
Kuzubov,Y2655Moiseenko,A26401–02018E04UKR-ch Men Final 20186
Baklan,V2608Kravtsiv,M2644½–½2018C50UKR-ch Men Final 20186
Bernadskiy,V2547Ponomariov,R26630–12018C90UKR-ch Men Final 20186
Bogdanovich,S2537Korobov,A2698½–½2018C84UKR-ch Men Final 20186
Golubka,P2464Kovchan,A2575½–½2018B90UKR-ch Men Final 20186
Korobov,A2698Golubka,P24641–02018D37UKR-ch Men Final 20187
Ponomariov,R2663Bogdanovich,S25371–02018B29UKR-ch Men Final 20187
Kravtsiv,M2644Bernadskiy,V2547½–½2018B12UKR-ch Men Final 20187
Moiseenko,A2640Baklan,V26080–12018E12UKR-ch Men Final 20187
Kovchan,A2575Kuzubov,Y2655½–½2018A06UKR-ch Men Final 20187
Kuzubov,Y2655Korobov,A26980–12018D10UKR-ch Men Final 20188
Moiseenko,A2640Kovchan,A2575½–½2018E10UKR-ch Men Final 20188
Baklan,V2608Bernadskiy,V2547½–½2018B12UKR-ch Men Final 20188
Bogdanovich,S2537Kravtsiv,M26441–02018A06UKR-ch Men Final 20188
Golubka,P2464Ponomariov,R2663½–½2018B06UKR-ch Men Final 20188
Korobov,A2698Moiseenko,A2640½–½2018E11UKR-ch Men Final 20189
Ponomariov,R2663Kuzubov,Y2655½–½2018E04UKR-ch Men Final 20189
Kravtsiv,M2644Golubka,P24641–02018D63UKR-ch Men Final 20189
Kovchan,A2575Baklan,V2608½–½2018B58UKR-ch Men Final 20189
Bernadskiy,V2547Bogdanovich,S25371–02018C47UKR-ch Men Final 20189

Fortune favours the brave

In the women's championship, where both Muzychuk sisters, Anna Ushenina and Nataliya Zhukova were absent, the fight was comparatively more unbalanced, but also quite tense — no one scored less than 3 points out of 9.

On the whole, the Elo favourites dominated. IM Nataliya Buksa, who recently married Azerbaijani grandmaster Rauf Mamedov, won her first Ukrainian Championship title. After looking at Buksa's decisive victory in the final round, one can say that 2018 was indeed a lucky year for her.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4 Bd6?! 6.d3 Ne7 7.Ng5 0-0 8.f4 b5? 9.Nxf7 Rxf7 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.fxe5 Bxe5 12.d4+- White is winning. Nxe4 13.dxe5 13.Qf3+!? 13...Bb7 14.0-0+ Kg8 15.Qd3 a6 16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Ng6 18.Ra5 c5 19.Bf4? White was playing imprecisely on the previous moves, and this is simply wrong. Nxf4 20.Rxf4 Qg5?! 21.g3?! Qxe5 White is no worse still. But a big mistake on the next move ruins her game. 22.Qxd7?? Nd6!-+ The white queen is fatally misplaced. 23.Ra2 Qd5 24.Rd2 Qh1+ 25.Kf2 Re8 26.Qxe8+ Nxe8 27.Rd8 Qxh2+ 28.Kf1 Qg2+ 29.Ke1 Qxg3+ 30.Rf2 Bc6 31.Nd2 Qxc3 32.bxc5 Qxc5 33.Re2 h5 0–1
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Babiy,O2275Buksa,N24100–12018C54UKR-ch Women Final 20189

Buksa's final round win over Babiy secured her first place

The experienced fighter Inna Gaponenko arrived as first seed but finished in second place. She achieved a nice win over WIM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova in round seven.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.a3 h6?! Correct is 10...0-0 and if 11.Bg5 Rd8 11.Be3 0-0 12.Qe2?! Stronger is 12.Qd2! 12...b6 12...Rd8!? 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rad8?! 15.Bb1 Also here 15.Qd2! could have been good 15...Rfe8 16.Qc2!? The typical positions with White's isolani d-pawn were played in the counless nember of games, and, not really a surprise, this particular position is not new. Nb8?N The retreat 16...Qb8! (Kupper-Mantovani, Graechen 1999; Weeks-Pommrich, ICCF email 2001) is more or less necessary, and possibly Black is no much worse. 17.Ne5!± Bf8 Or 17...Nbd7 18.Bf4 18.Bf4 Qe7 19.Re3!? g6 20.Rg3 Bg7 21.Nxg6! fxg6 22.Qxg6 22.Rxg6!? 22...Qf7 23.Qxh6! Objectively stronger than 23.Bxh6 Qxg6 24.Rxg6 Rd7 25.Bxg7 Rxg7 26.Rxf6 Rxg2+ 27.Kf1 23...Nh5 After 23...Nc6 White has 24.Ne4! Nxe4 24...Kf8 25.Rxg7 Qxg7 26.Nxf6+- 25.Bxe4 Kf8 26.Qh7 Bf6 27.Bh6+ Ke7 28.Bg7!+- 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Bg6?! Quite a direct win was 25.Rxg7! Nxg7 26.Bg6! Qxf4 26...Qg8 27.Qh4 27.Qh8+ Ke7 28.Qxg7+ Kd6 29.Nb5+ Kc6 30.Bxe8+ Rxe8 31.Nxa7+ Kd6 32.Qxb7+- 25...Qxf4 26.Qxh5 Re7 27.h3?? A gross error. Instead of the winning 27.d5!+- with the main idea of Bxd5 27...Qh6 28.dxe6! 28.Rf3 Bxf3 29.Rxd8+ , White makes move after which she is worse. 27...Rxd4! 28.Re1 Or 28.Rxd4 Bxd4! 28...Rd2? But Black goes astray. 28...Nd7 28...Qh6 29.Ne4! Rxf2? A decisive mistake. Also bad is 29...Bxe4? 30.Rxe4 Qh6 30...Qxf2+ 31.Kh2+- 31.Qf3+! Kg8 32.Rf4!+- But more stubborn would have been 29...Rd5! 30.Ng5 Rxg5 31.Rxg5 Nd7 31...Bc6 30.Rg4+- Bxe4 31.Rxf4+ Rxf4 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.Bxe4 Nd7 34.Qf3+ Nf6 35.h4 Kg8 36.Bg6 Nd5 37.Qe2 Bd4+ 38.Kh2 Kg7 39.h5 Be3 40.Be4 Bf4+ 41.g3 Bg5 42.Bxd5 exd5 43.Qd3 Bc1 44.Qc3+ 1–0
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Gaponenko,I2420Rakhmangulova,A22331–02018B22UKR-ch Women Final 20186

Last year's champion Iulija Osmak was not in her best form. The following curious but chaotic game, which she won, rather confirms this observation.

 
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.Nf3 e5 11.exd5 cxd5? 11...Ne7! 12.Nxe5! Bxe5 13.f4 f6 14.0-0 Ne7 15.fxe5 Qxe5 16.Qf2 Kf7 17.c4!? Rhc8?! 18.Bf4 Qh5 19.cxd5 19.Rae1+- 19...Nxd5 20.Ba6? Nxf4 21.Qxf4 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Re8 23.Rac1 Qe5? 24.Bc4+ Kf8 24...Kg6!? 25.Qf2! 25.Qd2? It's not obvious, but 25.Qh4‼ Bf5 25...h6 26.Rce1 Qd6 27.Rd1! Qe7 28.Rxd7 Qxd7 29.Rxf6+ gxf6 30.Qxf6+ and wins 26.Bb3! probably gives White a decisive advantage. 25...Rad8?! 25...Bc6!= 26.Qb4+?! 26.Qd3! 26...Qe7 27.Qa5 Bc6!= 28.Rce1 Be4 29.Qc3 Qd6 30.Bb3 Qd4 31.Qa5 Re5 32.Qc7 Re7 33.Qg3 Rde8 34.Rd1? Just giving a pawn. Qxb2 35.Rd6 If 35.Rd2 Qe5 35...Bg6 36.Qh4 Qe5 37.Rc6 Rc7?! 38.Qb4+ Rce7 39.Re6 Qb8?! 39...a5! 40.Qa3! Bf7! 41.Re3?! 41.Rxe7 Rxe7 42.Re1 Qe8! 43.Bxf7 Qxf7! 43...Kxf7 44.Rxe7+ Qxe7 45.Qb3+ Kg6 46.Qg3+ Kf5 47.Qf3+ Ke6 48.Qe3+ Kd6 49.Qa3+= 41...Bxb3 And Black converted her advantage. 42.Rxb3 Qc7 43.Rg3 Kg8 44.Qb3+ Kh8 45.Qb4 Re2 46.a4 R2e4 47.Qb5 Qc4 48.Qxc4 Rxc4 49.Ra3 Ree4 50.Rfa1 a5 51.h3 h5 52.Kh2 h4 53.R3a2 Kh7 54.Ra3 Kg6 55.R1a2 Kf7 56.g3 hxg3+ 57.Kxg3 g5 58.Ra1 Kg6 59.R1a2 f5 60.Ra1 Kh5 61.R1a2 Red4 62.Ra1 Rd2 63.R1a2 Rxa2 64.Rxa2 Rc3+ 65.Kg2 Kh4 66.Rd2 Rg3+ 67.Kf2 Rxh3 68.Rd5 Kg4 69.Rxa5 Ra3 70.Ra8 Ra2+ 71.Ke1 f4 72.a5 f3 73.Rg8 f2+ 74.Kf1 Kf3 75.Rf8+ Kg3 76.a6 Ra1+ 77.Ke2 Re1+ 0–1
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Dolzhykova,K2161Osmak,I24030–12018C07UKR-ch Women Final 20181

Iulija Osmak defeated Nadiia Shpanko with the white pieces

Final standings - Women's section

Rk. Name Pts.  TB1 
1 Buksa Nataliya 7,0 0,0
2 Gaponenko Inna 6,5 0,0
3 Osmak Iulija 5,0 0,0
4 Doluhanova Evgeniya 4,5 0,0
5 Martynkova Olena 4,0 1,0
6 Rakhmangulova Anastasiya 4,0 1,0
7 Babiy Olga 4,0 1,0
8 Dolzhykova Kateryna 3,5 0,5
9 Shpanko Nadiia 3,5 0,5
10 Berdnyk Mariia 3,0 0,0

All games - Women's section

 
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1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nbd7 LiveBook: 155 Games 6.Nge2 B06: Modern Defence 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 Nb6 8.Bb3 a5 9.a4 Nbxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Re1 e6 12.Ne5 b6 13.Qf3 Ba6 14.Nc6 1-0 (68) Bocharov,I (2563)-Ponkratov,P (2628) Sochi 2018 6...Nb6 7.Bb3 a5
aiming for ...a4. 8.a4 White is slightly better. Nbxd5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.c3N Predecessor: 10.0-0 0-0 11.c3 c6 12.Nf4 e6 13.Nd3 b6 1-0 (51) Vymazal,B (2050)-Spencer,D Rosice u Brna 2003 10...b6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Nf4 Bb7 13.Re1 e6 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Bf4 Rc8 16.Be5 c5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Re5 Qd6 20.Re4 Rfd8 21.Qe2 cxd4 21...Rb8 looks sharper. 22.Re1 h5 23.Qe3 Rd7 24.g3 Qc7 22.Rxd4 The position is equal. Qc5 23.Rad1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Qxd4 25.cxd4=       Endgame KQ-KR Rc1+ 26.Qf1! Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 KP-KP Kf6 28.Ke2 Ke7 29.Kd3 Kd6 30.Kc4 Kc6 31.h4 f6 32.g4 h5 33.gxh5 gxh5 34.b3 Kd6 35.b4 axb4 36.Kxb4 Kc6 37.Kc4 Kd6 38.Kb4 Kc6 39.Kc4 Kd6 40.Kb4 Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 82%. ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Buksa,N2410Gaponenko,I2420½–½2018B06UKR-ch Women Final 20181
Shpanko,N2262Rakhmangulova,A2233½–½2018B40UKR-ch Women Final 20181
Berdnyk,M2248Doluhanova,E23670–12018A28UKR-ch Women Final 20181
Martynkova,O2173Babiy,O22751–02018E04UKR-ch Women Final 20181
Dolzhykova,K2161Osmak,I24030–12018C07UKR-ch Women Final 20181
Gaponenko,I2420Martynkova,O2173½–½2018B40UKR-ch Women Final 20182
Doluhanova,E2367Osmak,I24031–02018C11UKR-ch Women Final 20182
Babiy,O2275Shpanko,N2262½–½2018B01UKR-ch Women Final 20182
Berdnyk,M2248Buksa,N24100–12018C45UKR-ch Women Final 20182
Rakhmangulova,A2233Doluhanova,E23672018B35UKR-ch Women Final 20182
Rakhmangulova,A2233Dolzhykova,K2161½–½2018B35UKR-ch Women Final 20182
Buksa,N2410Doluhanova,E2367½–½2018C65UKR-ch Women Final 20183
Osmak,I2403Rakhmangulova,A22331–02018D10UKR-ch Women Final 20183
Shpanko,N2262Gaponenko,I24200–12018B24UKR-ch Women Final 20183
Martynkova,O2173Berdnyk,M22480–12018E63UKR-ch Women Final 20183
Dolzhykova,K2161Babiy,O22751–02018B15UKR-ch Women Final 20183
Gaponenko,I2420Dolzhykova,K21611–02018B33UKR-ch Women Final 20184
Buksa,N2410Martynkova,O21731–02018B49UKR-ch Women Final 20184
Buksa,N2410Martynkova,O21732018UKR-ch Women Final 20184
Doluhanova,E2367Rakhmangulova,A22330–12018A06UKR-ch Women Final 20184
Doluhanova,E2367Rakhmangulova,A22332018UKR-ch Women Final 20184
Babiy,O2275Osmak,I2403½–½2018C10UKR-ch Women Final 20184
Berdnyk,M2248Shpanko,N22621–02018A21UKR-ch Women Final 20184
Berdnyk,M2248Shpanko,N22622018B49UKR-ch Women Final 20184
Osmak,I2403Gaponenko,I2420½–½2018E77UKR-ch Women Final 20185
Shpanko,N2262Buksa,N2410½–½2018D02UKR-ch Women Final 20185
Rakhmangulova,A2233Babiy,O22750–12018B15UKR-ch Women Final 20185
Martynkova,O2173Doluhanova,E2367½–½2018E18UKR-ch Women Final 20185
Dolzhykova,K2161Berdnyk,M22481–02018B51UKR-ch Women Final 20185
Gaponenko,I2420Rakhmangulova,A22332018B40UKR-ch Women Final 20186
Buksa,N2410Dolzhykova,K21612018B33UKR-ch Women Final 20186
Doluhanova,E2367Babiy,O22750–12018A06UKR-ch Women Final 20186
Berdnyk,M2248Osmak,I24032018C16UKR-ch Women Final 20186
Martynkova,O2173Shpanko,N22620–12018A05UKR-ch Women Final 20186
Osmak,I2403Buksa,N2410½–½2018A45UKR-ch Women Final 20187
Babiy,O2275Gaponenko,I2420½–½2018B33UKR-ch Women Final 20187
Shpanko,N2262Doluhanova,E2367½–½2018E47UKR-ch Women Final 20187
Rakhmangulova,A2233Berdnyk,M22481–02018B50UKR-ch Women Final 20187
Dolzhykova,K2161Martynkova,O21730–12018B40UKR-ch Women Final 20187
Buksa,N2410Rakhmangulova,A22331–02018B40UKR-ch Women Final 20188
Doluhanova,E2367Gaponenko,I2420½–½2018C11UKR-ch Women Final 20188
Shpanko,N2262Dolzhykova,K2161½–½2018B76UKR-ch Women Final 20188
Berdnyk,M2248Babiy,O2275½–½2018B48UKR-ch Women Final 20188
Martynkova,O2173Osmak,I24031–02018D11UKR-ch Women Final 20188
Gaponenko,I2420Berdnyk,M22481–02018B78UKR-ch Women Final 20189
Osmak,I2403Shpanko,N22621–02018A45UKR-ch Women Final 20189
Babiy,O2275Buksa,N24100–12018C54UKR-ch Women Final 20189
Rakhmangulova,A2233Martynkova,O21731–02018B49UKR-ch Women Final 20189
Dolzhykova,K2161Doluhanova,E2367½–½2018B90UKR-ch Women Final 20189

Additional reporting by Antonio Pereira

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Mikhail Golubev is a Ukrainian grandmaster, chess journalist and organizer. In 1996 he won the Ukrainian national championship in Yalta.

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