Ukrainian Chess Championship

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This is a list of all the winners of the Ukrainian Chess Championship, including those held when Ukraine was a Soviet republic and those held after Ukraine became independent. Players' names listed in parentheses indicate that the player won the tournament but did not receive the title since he was an outside competitor. The title went instead to the top-scoring Ukrainian.

Contents

By year

#YearCityWinner [1]
11924 Kyiv Yakiv Vilner (1)
21925 Kharkiv Yakiv Vilner (2)
31926 Odesa Borys Verlinsky (1) & Mykhailo Marski (1)
41927 Poltava (Olexiy Selezniov), Vsevolod Rauzer (1)
51928 Odesa Yakiv Vilner (3) & Volodymyr Kirillov (1)
61931 Kharkiv Abram Zamikhovsky (1)
71933 Kharkiv Vsevolod Rauzer (2) & Volodymyr Kirillov (2)
81936 Kyiv Yosyp Pohrebyssky (1) & Petro Shumilin (1)
91937 Kyiv Fedir Bohatyrchuk (1)
101938 Kyiv Isaac Boleslavsky (1)
111939 Dnipropetrovsk (now renamed as Dnipro) Isaac Boleslavsky (2)
121940 Kyiv Isaac Boleslavsky (3)
131944 Kyiv Borys Goldenov (1)
141945 Kyiv Anatoly Bannik (1)
151946 Kyiv Anatoly Bannik (2)
161947 Kyiv Alexey Sokolsky (1)
171948 Kyiv Alexey Sokolsky (2)
181949 Odesa Isaac Lipnitsky (1)
191950 Kyiv Yukhym Heller (1)
201951 Kyiv Anatoly Bannik (3)
211952 Kyiv Vladlen Zurakhov (1)
221953 Kyiv Yakiv Yukhtman (1)
231954 Kyiv Abram Khavin (1)
241955 Kyiv Anatoly Bannik (4)
251956 Kyiv Isaac Lipnitsky (2)
261957 Kyiv (Salo Flohr) (1), Yukhym Heller (2)
271958 Kyiv Yukhym Heller (3)
281959 Kyiv Yukhym Heller (4)
291960 Kyiv Leonid Stein (1)
301961 Kyiv Yuri Kots (1)
311962 Kyiv Leonid Stein (2)
321963 Kyiv Yuri Nikolayevsky (1)
331964 Kyiv Anatoly Bannik (5)
341965 Dnipropetrovsk R. Goldstein (1)
351966 Kyiv Yuri Sakharov (1)
361967 Kyiv Valery Zhydkov (1) & Yuri Nikolayevsky (2)
371968 Kyiv Yuri Sakharov (2)
381969 Ivano-Frankivsk Hennady Kuzmin (1) & Volodymyr Savon (1)
391970 Kyiv Volodymyr Tukmakov (1)
401971 Donetsk Yuri Kots (2)
411972 Odesa Lev Alburt (1)
421973 Dnipropetrovsk Lev Alburt (2)
431974 Lviv Lev Alburt (3)
441975 Dnipropetrovsk Oleksandr Vaisman (1)
451976 Donetsk Mykhailo Pidhayets (1)
461977 Zhytomyr Yuri Nikolayevsky (3)
471978 Yalta Kostiantyn Lerner (1)
481979 Dnipropetrovsk Volodymyr Okhotnyk (1)
491980 Kharkiv Volodymyr Malaniuk (1)
501981 Yalta Volodymyr Malaniuk (2)
511982 Yalta Kostiantyn Lerner (2)
521983 Melitopol Dmytro Komarov (1) & Valery Neverov (1)
531984 Kyiv Mykhailo Hurevych (1)
541985 Uzhhorod Valery Neverov (2)
551986 Lviv Volodymyr Malaniuk (3)
561987 Mykolaiv Viktor Moskalenko (1)
571988 Kharkiv & Lviv Valery Neverov (3)
581989 Kherson Ihor Novikov (1) & Hennady Kuzmin (2)
591990 Simferopol Mykhailo Brodsky (1)
601991 Simferopol Vitali Golod (1)
611992 Simferopol Vladyslav Borovikov (1)
621993 Donetsk Orest Grytsak (1)
631994 Alushta Yuri Kruppa (1)
641995 ?Serhiy Kryvosheya (1)
651996 Yalta Mykhailo Holubiev (1) & Valery Neverov (4)
661997 Alushta Volodymyr Baklan (1)
671998 Alushta Lubomyr Mykhailets (1), Volodymyr Baklan (2), Oleh Berezin (1)
681999 Alushta Hennady Kuzmin (3), Alexei Bezgodov (1), Stanislav Savchenko (1),
Oleksandr Moiseyenko (1), Andriy Rakhmangulov (1)
692000 Sevastopol Volodymyr Rohovski (1)
702001 Ordzhonikidze (now renamed as Pokrov)Oleksandr Berelovych (1)
712002 Alushta Anton Korobov (1)
722003 Simferopol Yevhen Miroshnychenko (1)
732004 Kharkiv Andriy Volokitin (1)
742005 Rivne Oleksandr Areschenko (1)
752006 Poltava Zakhar Yefymenko (1)
762007 Kharkiv Valeriy Aveskulov (1)
772008 Poltava Yevhen Miroshnychenko (2)
782009 Alushta Volodymyr Jakymov (1)
792010 Alushta Sergey Pavlov (1)
802011 Kyiv Ruslan Ponomariov [2] (1)
812012 Kyiv Anton Korobov (2)
822013 Kyiv Yuriy Kryvoruchko (1)
832014 Lviv Yuriy Kuzubov (1)
842015 Lviv Andriy Volokitin (2)
852016 Rivne Mikhailo Oleksienko (1)
862017 Zhytomyr Petro Golubka (1)
872018 Kyiv Anton Korobov (3)
882019 Lutsk Evgeny Shtembuliak (1)

Most championships

#NameTitlesYearsStatus
1 Anatoly Bannik 51945, 1946, 1951, 1955, 19641921-2013
2 Yukhym Heller 41950, 1957, 1958, 19591925–1998
3 Valery Neverov 41983, 1985, 1988, 19961962-present
4 Anton Korobov 42002, 2012, 2018, 20201985–present
5 Yakiv Vilner 31924, 1925, 19281899–1931
6 Isaac Boleslavsky 31938, 1939, 19401919–1977
7 Lev Alburt 31972, 1973, 19741945–present
8 Yuri Nikolayevsky 31963, 1967, 19771937–present
9 Volodymyr Malaniuk 31980, 1981, 19861957–present
10 Hennady Kuzmin 31969, 1989, 19991946–present

Women

#YearCityWinner [3]
11935Berta Vaisberg, Roza Kliherman
21936Zinaida Artemieva, Berta Vaisberg, Roza Kliherman
31937Tamara Dobrovolska
41938Zinaida Artemieva, Berta Vaisberg, Sofiya Sokolyk
51939Sara Slobodyanyk
61946Berta Vaisberg
71947Lyubov Kohan
81948Lyubov Kohan
91949Korsunska
101950Berta Vaisberg, A. Rubinchyk
111951Lyubov Kohan
121952Lyubov Kohan
131953Lyubov Kohan
141954Lyubov Kohan
151955Esfir Holdberh
161956Berta Vaisberg
171957Olena Malynova
181958Nina Rusinkevich
191959Berta Vaisberg
201960Olena Malynova
211961Olga Andreieva
221962Olena Malynova
231963 Lyubov Idelchyk
241964Raisa Vapnychna
251965Olga Andreieva
261966Olga Andreieva
271967 Marta Shul
281968Nina Rusinkevich
291969 Lyubov Idelchyk
301970Tatiana Morozova
311971 Lidia Semenova
321972Olga Andreieva
331973Olena Yelina
341974Lydia Mulenko
351975Lyubov Shcherbyna
361976Lydia Mulenko
371977 Marta Litinskaya
381978 Lyubov Lysenko
391979Elena Titova
401980Larisa Muchnik
411981 Odesa Natalia Gasiunas
421982 Lviv Irina Chelushkina
431983 Kyiv Viktoria Artamonova
441984 Sevastopol Natalia Ruchieva
451985 Mykolaiv Larisa Muchnik
461986 Lviv Zoya Lelchuk
471987 Lviv Irina Chelushkina
481988 Kyiv Elena Sedina
491989 Luhansk Maria Nepeina
501990 Kyiv Elena Sedina
511991 Luhansk Maria Nepeina
521992 Luhansk Maria Nepeina
531993 Kharkiv Maria Dekusar
541994 Luhansk Natalia Kiseleva
551995 Lviv Marta Litinskaya
561996 Chernihiv Tatiana Melamed
571997 Kyiv Lidia Semenova
581998 Kalush Galina Shliakhtich
591999 Kharkiv Nadezhda Jadvizhena
602000 Mykolaiv Katerina Rohonyan
612001 Kramatorsk Anna Zatonskih
622002 Alushta Tatjana Vasilevich
632003 Mykolaiv Anna Muzychuk
642004 Alushta Olga Alexandrova
652005 Kharkiv Anna Ushenina
662006 Odesa Oksana Vozovic
672007 Poltava Tatjana Vasilevich
682008 Mykolaiv Inna Gaponenko
692009 Evpatoria Evgeniya Doluhanova
702010 Poltava Tatjana Vasilevich
712011 Poltava Kateryna Dolzhykova
722012 Kharkiv Mariya Muzychuk
732013 Kyiv Mariya Muzychuk
742014 Lviv Anna Muzychuk
752015 Lviv Anastasiya Rakhmangulova
762016 Rivne Elizaveta Malakhova
772017 Zhytomyr Iulija Osmak
782018 Kyiv Nataliya Buksa
792019 Lutsk Natalia Zhukova

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