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Ukrainian Championship 2014

By Yelena Dembo | November 19, 2014 - 11:13 |November 19, 2014 Ukrainian Championship 2014

Kuzubov is leading with 5 points out of 7. Moiseenko and Eljanov share 2nd with 4.5 points.

Results of the 7th round

Kuzubov 4 1-0 3 Zubov
Areschenko 3 1/2 4 Eljanov
Korobov 3.5 1/2 3 Krivoruchko
Ponomariov 3.5 1/2 2.5 Ivanchuk
Zubarev 1.5 0-1 3.5 Moiseenko
Bogdanovich 2.5 0-1 2 Kovchan

Standings after 7 rounds

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

Games of the round

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.18"]  [Round "7.1"]  [White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]  [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2655"]  [BlackElo "2719"]  [PlyCount "91"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O dxe4 8.  dxe4 Qe7 9. h3 a5 10. a4 Nb8 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Nf1 c6 14. Bc4 Nh5  15. Bg5 Ndf6 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 h6 18. Be3 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5  21. Bd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Qb6 23. Rxe5 Nf4 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Ng3 Qc6 26. Rd8 Qc7 27.  e5+ Ng6 28. Qd1 Nf4 29. Qc2+ Ng6 30. Qd2 Nxe5 31. Ng5+ hxg5 32. Qxg5 Ra6 33.  Qh4+ Rh6 34. Qe4+ Rg6 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Qxe5 Qd7 37. Ne4 f6 38. Qh5+ Rh6 39.  Qf3 Qe6 40. Qd3 Rg6 41. f4 b4 42. cxb4 Qb6+ 43. Kh2 Qxb4 44. Qd5 Qxb2 45. Qh5+  Rh6 46. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.18"]  [Round "7.2"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2711"]  [BlackElo "2726"]  [PlyCount "64"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   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 1/2-1/2

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.18"]  [Round "7.3"]  [White "Korobov, Anton"]  [Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E12"]  [WhiteElo "2680"]  [BlackElo "2706"]  [PlyCount "158"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.  Qxc3 h6 9. e3 Be7 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. b3 c5 15.  Bb2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bf6 17. Qd2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nf6 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. Ne5 Rd8 21.  Rd4 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. f3 Qd8 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. b4 Bb7 26. Qd4 Rc8 27. e4 Qc7  28. Bc4 Qe7 29. Bb3 Qc7 30. a4 Qe7 31. Kf2 Qc7 32. h3 Qe7 33. g4 Qc7 34. Ke2 g5  35. b5 Qe7 36. Rd3 Qc7 37. Rd1 Nh7 38. Qd6 Qxd6 39. Rxd6 Nf8 40. Nd7 Rc3 41.  Bd1 Nh7 42. Kd2 Rc7 43. e5 Kg7 44. Bc2 Nf8 45. Nf6 Rc8 46. f4 gxf4 47. Nh5+ Kg8  48. Nxf4 Rc5 49. Nd3 Rc7 50. Nb4 Nd7 51. Nc6 a6 52. Nb8 Nxe5 53. Rd8+ Kg7 54.  bxa6 Bd5 55. Bd3 Nxd3 56. Kxd3 Bc4+ 57. Ke3 Ra7 58. Rd7 Rxd7 59. Nxd7 Bxa6 60.  Nxb6 Kg6 61. Kf4 h5 62. gxh5+ Kxh5 63. Kg3 f5 64. Nd7 Kg5 65. h4+ Kh5 66. a5  Bb5 67. Ne5 f4+ 68. Kxf4 Kxh4 69. Nf3+ Kh5 70. Ke5 Kg6 71. Kxe6 Bc4+ 72. Kd6  Kf6 73. Nd4 Bf1 74. Ne6 Kf7 75. Nc7 Kf6 76. Kd7 Kf7 77. Nd5 Be2 78. Nb6 Bb5+  79. Kc7 Ke8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.18"]  [Round "7.4"]  [White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]  [Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D70"]  [WhiteElo "2590"]  [BlackElo "2585"]  [PlyCount "62"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2  Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Ne5 15.  Be2 Nec4 16. Bd4 e5 17. Bc5 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. h4 h6 20. Ka1 Bd7 21. b3 Nd6  22. f4 exf4 23. Nf3 Nb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Qxf4 b4 26. Ne2 Re8 27. Ng3 Qc5 28.  Rd2 Qc3+ 29. Kb1 Bb5 30. Ne1 Nxd5 31. exd5 Rxa2 0-1

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.18"]  [Round "7.5"]  [White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]  [Black "Zubov, Alexander"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D36"]  [WhiteElo "2661"]  [BlackElo "2588"]  [PlyCount "93"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.  Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. Rb1 O-O 12. O-O Ndf6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Ng7  15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bf5 17. Nf4 Ra3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rb6 Bd7 20. Na4 Ra8 21.  Nc5 Be8 22. h3 Qc7 23. Rb7 Qd6 24. Be2 Nd7 25. Ncd3 Ra2 26. Rb2 Ra1 27. Nb4 Nf8  28. Nfd3 Nf5 29. Rbb1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Ne7 31. Rc1 Ra3 32. Qb2 Ra8 33. Qc3 Ne6 34.  Ne5 Kf8 35. Na6 Kg8 36. Rb1 Nc7 37. Nxc7 Qxc7 38. g4 f6 39. Nd3 Rb8 40. Ra1 Nc8  41. Nc5 Qe7 42. Ra6 Nd6 43. Qa3 Nc4 44. Bxc4 dxc4 45. Ra7 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 Qd8 47.  Rg7+ 1-0

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.18"]  [Round "7.6"]  [White "Zubarev, Alexander1"]  [Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B40"]  [WhiteElo "2588"]  [BlackElo "2701"]  [PlyCount "76"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O  Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. a3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Bb7 13. b4 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Nf4 15.  Qe4 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 Na5 17. bxa5 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 bxa5 19. h4 Qb6 20. Rb1 Qc6 21. h5  Rb8 22. Ra1 h6 23. Ra2 Rfd8 24. Rc2 Rbc8 25. Rg4 Kh8 26. Rc3 Bg5 27. Ne4 Bxc1  28. Rxc1 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Rf4 Rd3 31. Nh4 Rxa3 32. f3 Rc7 33. Nd6 Kg8 34.  Rd4 Ra1 35. Ne4 a4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Kg3 a3 38. Nd6 Rg1+ 0-1

Pairings of the 8th round

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

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Ukrainian Championship 2014

By Yelena Dembo | November 18, 2014 - 07:42 |November 18, 2014 Ukrainian Championship 2014

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This edition of the Ukrainian Championship takes place in Lviv and the participants are: Ivanchuk, Eljanov, Ponomariov, Moiseenko, Korobov, Kuzubov, Kryvoruchko, Areshchenko, Bogdanovich, Zubarev, Zubov and Kovchan!

Kuzubov and Eljanov lead with 4 points out of 6 games.

A selection of games so far:

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.11"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2711"]  [BlackElo "2655"]  [PlyCount "45"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3  Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Nb6 14. g5 Ng4 15.  Qd3 Qd8 16. a5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc4 18. Qg3 Bxg5 19. b3 Nxa5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21.  Qxg5 Be6 22. Qh5 f6 23. Bf3 1-0

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.12"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Eljanov, Pavel"]  [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E11"]  [WhiteElo "2719"]  [BlackElo "2726"]  [PlyCount "131"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   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

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.13"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]  [Black "Korobov, Anton"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B94"]  [WhiteElo "2590"]  [BlackElo "2680"]  [PlyCount "57"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.  Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd6 14. Nb3  b5 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Kb1 f5 17. g4 O-O 18. Bh3 fxg4 19. Bxg4 Kh7 20. Bxc8 Raxc8  21. Bf2 Na4 22. Ne4 Rf4 23. Rhg1 Ba3 24. Bg3 Nxb2 25. Bxf4 Nxd1 26. Qg2 Nc3+  27. Ka1 Qf7 28. Qh3 Qf8 29. Ng5+ 1-0

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.14"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Kovchan, Alexander"]  [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B52"]  [WhiteElo "2585"]  [BlackElo "2726"]  [PlyCount "64"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   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

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.16"]  [Round "6.1"]  [White "Eljanov, Pavel"]  [Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E11"]  [WhiteElo "2719"]  [BlackElo "2661"]  [PlyCount "72"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.  O-O e5 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. b3 Bf8 12. Bb2 g6 13. Rfe1 c6 14. Bf1 Bg7  15. Rad1 a5 16. g3 Qb6 17. Bg2 Nc5 18. h3 Nfd7 19. Ba1 h5 20. Nf1 Nf6 21. Kh1  Bd7 22. f3 Nh7 23. Bc3 Ng5 24. f4 Ngxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 c5  28. Ne2 Bc6 29. Rd5 Re8 30. Qd3 Bxd5+ 31. cxd5 Qxb3 32. Ne3 c4 33. Qd2 Qb1+ 34.  Kg2 Qd3 35. Kf2 Bxc3 36. Qxd3 Be1+ 0-1

Pairings of the 7th round

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

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