The Ukrainian rapid championships for men and women took place on April 30th and May 1st at the coastal city of Alushta in southern Ukraine.
Both events were 11 rounds Swiss opens with a time control of 10 minutes for the whole game with 10 seconds increments from move one.
The men’s tournament had a turnout of 82 participants while the women’s event only counted with 21 players. The main event had a 2220 rating average with 11 GMs and 18 IMs in the lineup.
Three players tied on first place with 8.5/11 points. IM Stansilav Bogdanovich took the winner’s trophy on tiebreaks. IM Vitaliy Bernadskiy and GM Alexander Zubov arrived second and third, respectively.
The same score was achieved by the winner of the women’s tournament, IM Inna Gaponenko. The rating favorite edged WIM Kateryna Dolzhykova on tiebreaks.
Final Standings – Men’s tournament (top finishers):
1 IM Bogdanovich Stanislav 2582 8.5
2 IM Bernadskiy Vitaliy 2504 8.5
3 GM Zubov Alexander 2629 8.5
4 GM Kharchenko Boris 2482 8.0
5 GM Vysochin Spartak 2578 8.0
6 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2631 8.0
7 IM Shalimov Valery 2365 7.5
8 Budnikov Oleg 2422 7.5
9 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2565 7.5
10 FM Bortnyk Olexandr 2449 7.5
11 IM Kovalev Denis 2467 7.5
12 IM Alexeev Alexey 2290 7.0
13 IM Tarlev Konstantin 2489 7.0
14 GM Firman Nazar 2538 7.0
15 IM Sivuk Vitaly 2509 7.0
16 Kurayan Ruslan 2311 7.0
17 Mirzoev Emil 2206 6.5
18 GM Kuzmin Gennadi P 2417 6.5
19 GM Kovchan Alexander 2568 6.5
20 GM Sulypa Oleksandr 2436 6.5
21 Garnazhenko D 2307 6.5
22 GM Solodovnichenko Yuri 2607 6.5
23 Omelja Artem 2293 6.5
24 FM Grinev Valeriy 2393 6.5
25 IM Pavlov Sergey 2478 6.0
What a strong field