Anton Korobov Wins Ukrainian Championship
Anton Korobov won the 2012 Ukrainian Chess Championship which took place from 26 July - 7 August in Kiev.
It was an excellent result for Korobov (pictured), who finished a full point ahead of the very strong field with an undefeated score of 8/11 in this 12-player round-robin event. The only notable absentee from among the top Ukrainian players was Vassily Ivanchuk.
Defending champion and top seed Ruslan Ponomariov could only manage a disappointing 4th place finish.
The final standings in the 81st Ukrainian Championship:
| # | Name | Elo | Pts |
| 1 | Korobov Anton | 2683 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Areshchenko Alexander | 2691 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Volokitin Andrei | 2704 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2726 | 6.0 |
| 5 | Fedorchuk Sergey A | 2630 | 5.5 |
| 6 | Efimenko Zahar | 2694 | 5.5 |
| 7 | Moiseenko Alexander | 2706 | 5.5 |
| 8 | Eljanov Pavel | 2693 | 5.0 |
| 9 | Miroshnichenko Evgenij | 2632 | 4.5 |
| 10 | Vovk Yuri | 2584 | 4.5 |
| 11 | Zubov Alexander | 2621 | 4.0 |
| 12 | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2629 | 3.5 |
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Anton Korobov with his winner's trophy
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The full line-up at the 2012 Ukrainian Championships
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The official website has links to all the games at this page.
Photos are from the event's Facebook page. Games via TWIC.
