The 72nd Ukrainian Women's Championship took place from 25 September - 3 October in Kharkiv.
The format was a 10-player single round-robin with the top seed being Kateryna Lahno.
It was a very strong event for a national women's chess championship and three players finished level with 6½ points: Mariya Muzychuk, Kateryna Lahno and Anna Ushenina.
Mariya Muzychuk (pictured) was awarded the title on superior tie-breaks.
The time control was 30 moves in 90 minutes with a 30 second increment.
The final standings
| # |
Title |
Name |
Elo |
Pts |
| 1 |
IM |
Muzychuk, Mariya |
2466 |
6.5 |
| 2 |
GM |
Lahno, Kateryna |
2542 |
6.5 |
| 3 |
IM |
Ushenina, Anna |
2433 |
6.5 |
| 4 |
GM |
Zhukova, Natalia |
2442 |
5.5 |
| 5 |
IM |
Gaponenko, Inna |
2404 |
5.0 |
| 6 |
WFM |
Gritsayeva, Oksana |
2319 |
4.0 |
| 7 |
IM |
Kononenko, Tatiana |
2374 |
3.5 |
| 8 |
WIM |
Andrenko, Irina |
2228 |
3.0 |
| 9 |
WIM |
Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya |
2254 |
2.5 |
| 10 |
WIM |
Dolzhykova, Kateryna |
2313 |
2.0 |
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(l to r) Kateryna Lahno, Mariya Muzychuk and Anna Ushenina
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