The show must go on
By IO Oleksandr Prokhorov
From 14 to 24 December, the 2024 Ukrainian National Chess Championships are taking place in Lviv. Despite the ongoing war, Ukrainian chess players have come together this year to compete in the classical chess, rapid and blitz championships.
The event is organised by the Ukrainian Chess Federation, the Ministry of Sports of Ukraine, the Lviv City Council and Ukrnafta.
In this Video-Course we deal with different dynamic decisions involving pawns. The aim of this Course is to arm club/tournament players with fresh ideas which they can use in their own practice.
This marks the 92nd championship final for men and the 82nd championship final for women. The prize fund is 600,000 hryvnias (approximately €14,000), equally divided between the two championships.
All rounds start at 3:00 PM Kyiv time. The venue in Lviv is the Dnister Premier Hotel. A total of 127 male players and 33 female players have registered for the championships.
Schedule:
14-22 December - Classical Championship
22 December - Blitz Championship
23 December - Rapid Championship

Ensuring the smooth running of the event are IA Oleg Tovchyga as Chief Arbiter, IM FST Volodymyr Grabinsky as Tournament Director, and FM Volodymyr Kovalchuk, Vice President of the Ukrainian Chess Federation.

Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko
The top seed in the men's championship is GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko, rated 2570, while WGM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova, rated 2330, heds the field in the women's championship.

Anastasiya Rakhmangulova
So far, five rounds of the classical championships have been played.
On this DVD a team of experts gets to the bottom of Kasparov's play. In over 8 hours of video running time the authors Rogozenko, Marin, Reeh and Müller cast light on four important aspects of Kasparov's play: opening, strategy, tactics and endgame.

The opening ceremony - The first move of the championship was made by the mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovyi and the President of the Ukrainian chess federation Oleksander Kamishin

All available games
1.e4 | 1,166,623 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 947,298 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 281,602 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 182,102 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,702 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,265 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,897 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,801 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,756 | 48% | 2380 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,206 | 54% | 2404 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,068 | 48% | 2408 | --- |
1.d3 | 954 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 664 | 46% | 2360 | --- |
1.h4 | 446 | 53% | 2374 | --- |
1.c3 | 433 | 51% | 2426 | --- |
1.h3 | 280 | 56% | 2418 | --- |
1.a4 | 110 | 60% | 2466 | --- |
1.f3 | 92 | 46% | 2436 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 89 | 66% | 2508 | --- |
1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.0-0 c5 7.b3 Nc6 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd6 11.Nd2 0-0 12.Be2 e5 13.Bb2 b5 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.Nb1 Qe7 17.Ra5 e4 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qd5 Bb7 20.Qxb5 Bc6 21.Qc4 Rfc8 22.Qc2 Bb5 23.Bc4 Qe5 24.g3 Bxc4 25.Rxe5 Bxf1 26.Re8+ Rxe8 27.Kxf1 Bb4 28.Qc4 Rbc8 29.Qxb4 Rc1+ 30.Kg2 Rxb1 31.Qb5 Rd8 32.Qb6 Rbd1 33.Qc6 h6 34.Qxe4 Rb8 35.h4 Rd6 36.h5 Rdb6 37.g4 Rb4 38.Qf5 Rxb3 39.e4 Rb2 40.Kg3 R2b6 41.f3 Rf6 42.Qd5 Re6 43.e5 Rbe8 44.f4 Kh8 45.Qb5 R6e7 46.Kh4 Re6 47.g5 hxg5+ 48.Kxg5 R6e7 49.Kg4 Re6 50.Qd7 Kg8 51.Qb5 ½–½
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Oleksiyenko,M | 2570 | Kovalchuk,V | 1806 | ½–½ | | D27 | Round 1: Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo - Kovalchuk, Victor | 1.1 |
Kolb,D | 1796 | Vetoshko,V | 2528 | 0–1 | | D50 | Round 1: Kolb, Denys - Vetoshko, Volodymyr | 1.2 |
Brodsky,M | 2524 | Stoyko,O | 1792 | 1–0 | | E17 | Round 1: Brodsky, Michail - Stoyko, Oleh | 1.3 |
Kipen,S | 1781 | Maximov,D | 2489 | 0–1 | | B24 | Round 1: Kipen, Svyatoslav - Maximov, Dmitry | 1.4 |
Mosesov,D | 2450 | Bondarenko,S | 1780 | 1–0 | | D45 | Round 1: Mosesov, Danyil - Bondarenko, Stanislav | 1.5 |
Rakhmangulova,A | 2330 | Baglay,K | 1784 | 1–0 | | C47 | Round 1: Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya - Baglay, Kseniya | 1.6 |
Vetoshko,V | 2528 | Kazakov,M | 1979 | 1–0 | | D35 | Round 2: Vetoshko, Volodymyr - Kazakov, Maksym | 2.1 |
Tyshniuk,R | 1975 | Brodsky,M | 2524 | 0–1 | | A61 | Round 2: Tyshniuk, Roman - Brodsky, Michail | 2.2 |
Maximov,D | 2489 | Voitychuk,O | 1966 | 0–1 | | C88 | Round 2: Maximov, Dmitry - Voitychuk, Orest | 2.3 |
Zakordonets,O | 1963 | Mosesov,D | 2450 | 0–1 | | B40 | Round 2: Zakordonets, Olexandr - Mosesov, Danyil | 2.4 |
Borsuk,K | 2441 | Pankiv,M | 1961 | 1–0 | | D35 | Round 2: Borsuk, Konstantin - Pankiv, Maksym | 2.5 |
Toroptseva,Y | 1997 | Rakhmangulova,A | 2330 | ½–½ | | B00 | Round 2: Toroptseva, Yevheniia - Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya | 2.6 |
Dyachuk,A | 2274 | Vetoshko,V | 2528 | ½–½ | | B85 | Round 3: Dyachuk, Artem - Vetoshko, Volodymyr | 3.1 |
Brodsky,M | 2524 | Snigurov,M | 2244 | ½–½ | | A40 | Round 3: Brodsky, Michail - Snigurov, Maxim | 3.2 |
Mosesov,D | 2450 | Bykovskiy,O | 2210 | 1–0 | | D35 | Round 3: Mosesov, Danyil - Bykovskiy, Oleg | 3.3 |
Lymar,V | 2205 | Borsuk,K | 2441 | 1–0 | | B40 | Round 3: Lymar, Vladislav - Borsuk, Konstantin | 3.4 |
Budnikov,O | 2354 | Domin,Y | 2145 | 0–1 | | D85 | Round 3: Budnikov, Oleg - Domin, Yan | 3.5 |
Hrabinska,M | 2177 | Hnatyshyn,A | 2127 | 0–1 | | C02 | Round 3: Hrabinska, Myroslava - Hnatyshyn, Anastasiia | 3.6 |
Dubnevych,M | 2280 | Mosesov,D | 2450 | 0–1 | | B09 | Round 4: Dubnevych, Maksym - Mosesov, Danyil | 4.1 |
Dehtiarov,R | 2346 | Lymar,V | 2205 | 1–0 | | B28 | Round 4: Dehtiarov, Roman - Lymar, Vladislav | 4.2 |
Domin,Y | 2145 | Grebeniuk,S | 2315 | 0–1 | | B30 | Round 4: Domin, Yan - Grebeniuk, Semen | 4.3 |
Laptii,N | 2283 | Voitychuk,O | 1966 | 0–1 | | C26 | Round 4: Laptii, Nazar - Voitychuk, Orest | 4.4 |
Artemov,A | 2141 | Oleksiyenko,M | 2570 | 0–1 | | B90 | Round 4: Artemov, Andriy - Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo | 4.5 |
Hnatyshyn,A | 2127 | Zubova,M | 2129 | 1–0 | | B33 | Round 4: Hnatyshyn, Anastasiia - Zubova, Mariya | 4.6 |
Mosesov,D | 2450 | Grebeniuk,S | 2315 | | | E24 | Round 5: Mosesov, Danyil - Grebeniuk, Semen | 5.1 |
Voitychuk,O | 1966 | Dehtiarov,R | 2346 | | | D85 | Round 5: Voitychuk, Orest - Dehtiarov, Roman | 5.2 |
Oleksiyenko,M | 2570 | Snigurov,M | 2244 | | | B06 | Round 5: Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo - Snigurov, Maxim | 5.3 |
Brodsky,M | 2524 | Vetoshko,V | 2528 | ½–½ | | E32 | Round 5: Brodsky, Michail - Vetoshko, Volodymyr | 5.4 |
Medvedyk,V | 2138 | Maximov,D | 2489 | | | A37 | Round 5: Medvedyk, Volodymyr - Maximov, Dmitry | 5.5 |
Tsirulnik,M | 2030 | Hnatyshyn,A | 2127 | | | E04 | Round 5: Tsirulnik, Maritsa - Hnatyshyn, Anastasiia | 5.6 |
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