Ukrainian Championships

The 2019 Ukrainian Championships took place in Lutsk from 10-19 December.

I'm very glad that in both Open and Women's tournaments representatives of the Odessa region became the winners: GM Evgeny Shtembuliak and GM Natalia Zhukova, respectively.

My overview of the Ukrainian Championships (including Shtembuliak's tactical win over Volokitin, and two games I like most: Kryvoruchko-Moiseenko and Volokitin-Eljanov) is published on the ChessBase website: https://en.chessbase.com/post/shtembuliak-and-zhukova-ukrainian-champions

Photos courtesy of Oleksandr Martynkov.