Final
72nd Ukrainian Woman Chess Championship
From September 24 till October 3 2012 Students Palace of National university “Law Academy of Ukraine named Yaroslav the Wise” (city Kharkiv, Pushkinskaya street, 88) hosts the Final of 72nd Ukrainian Woman Chess Championship. 10 strongest Ukrainian female chess players will take a part in it. Olympic champions Kateryna Lahno (Donetsk), Natalia Zhukova (Odessa), Anna Ushenina (Kharkiv), Inna Gaponenko (Herson); the bronze medal winner of the World Chess Olympiad Mariya Muzychuk (Stryi, Lviv region), two times bronze medal winner of European Club Cup Tatiana Kononenko (Kramatorsk, Donetsk region), Ukrainian Champion of 2011 Kateryna Dolzhykova (Kiev), winners of international and national tournaments Oksana Gritsayeva (Feodosia, Crimea region), Anastasiya Rakhmangulova (Nikolaev) and Irina Andrenko (Kharkiv). It will be the strongest national Championship in the history.
The opening ceremony of the event will be on September 24 at 15.00 in the concert hall of Students Palace. Press-conference will be at 14.00 on the floor 4 of the Students Palace. Rounds will be played daily from September 25 till October 2 from 15.00 till 20.00. The last round will be played at 11.00 on October 3. The closing ceremony and winners awarding will be on October3 at 18.00.
Information about the tournament will be placed here: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/Ukr2012wom_Kharkiv/main.htm
Live broadcast with comments of International Grandmaster will be here: http://www.chesslaw.org.ua/72w/
PARTICIPANTS
Lahno Kateryna (Donetsk)
Date of birth: 27.12.1989. International Grandmaster. ELO - 2542
The member of national woman team. Olympic Champion of 2006, silver medal winner of the World Olympiad 2008, bronze medal winner of the World Olympiad 2012, bronze medal winner of World team Championships (2007 and 2009) and European team Championship (2009). Two times European Woman Champion (2005 and 2008). World Blitz Woman Champion of 2010. World Junior Champion (1999) and European Junior Champion (2001) amongst girls. The winner of “North Ural Cup” (2006). 2nd place on the first tournament of FIDE Gran Prix (Rostov, 2011). 3rd place on the fifth tournament of FIDE Gran Prix (Dzhermuk, 2012).
Muzychuk Mariya (Stryi, Lviv region)
Date of birth: 21.09.1992. International Master. Woman International Grandmaster . ELO - 2466
The member of national woman team. Bronze medal winner of the World Olympiad 2012. Bronze medal winner of World team Championship (2009). The first place on the reserve board on World Olympiad (2010). Silver medal winner of World Universiad (2011). The winner of European Woman Club Cup (2011). Silver medal winner of World Junior Championship U-10 (2001), U-14 (2005 and 2006); bronze medal winner of World Junior Championship U-12 (2004) amongst girls. European Junior Champion U-10 (2002), bronze medal winner of European Junior Champion U-14 (2006) amongst girls. Ukrainian Champion amongst girls (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008).
Zhukova Natalia (Odessa)
Date of birth: 05.05.1979. International Grandmaster. ELO - 2442
The member of national woman team. Olympic Champion of 2006, silver medal winner of the World Olympiad 2008, bronze medal winner of the World Olympiad 2012, bronze medal winner of World team Championships (2007 and 2009) and European team Championship (2009). The World Cup finalist (2010). Second place on the World Blitz Woman Championship (2010). European Woman Champion (2000). World Junior Champion U-16 amongst girls (1994). European Junior Champion U-14 amongst girls (1993 and 1994). First place on the board 1 on European Woman Club Cup (1998 and 1999). The winner of tournaments in Belgrade, Groningen (1998), Krasnoturinsk (2003). 3-rd place in Corus-C (Wijk-an-Zee, 2005).
Ushenina Anna (Kharkiv)
Date of birth: 30.08.1985. International Master. Woman International Grandmaster . ELO - 2433
The member of national woman team. Olympic Champion of 2006, silver medal winner of the World Olympiad 2008, bronze medal winner of the World Olympiad 2012, bronze medal winner of World team Championships (2007 and 2009) and European team Championship (2009). The winner of Junior Team Championship amongst girls; 2nd place on the board 1 (2002). Bronze medal winner of European Woman Championship (2008). Ukrainian Woman Champion of 2005. Ukrainian Woman Blitz and Rapid Champion of 2012. Junior Ukrainian Champion amongst girls (1997-2001). The winner of 12th Rector Cup (Kharkiv, 2010). 2nd place in the woman super-tournament in Krasnoturinsk and in “Moscow Open” (woman section) 2008.
Gaponenko Inna (Herson)
Date of birth: 22.06.1976. International Master. Woman International Grandmaster . ELO - 2404
The member of national woman team. Olympic Champion of 2006, silver medal winner of the World Olympiad 2008, bronze medal winner of the World Olympiad 2012, bronze medal winner of World team Championships (2007 and 2009) and European team Championship (2009). 1st place on board 4 on World Olympiad (2010). European Rapid Woman Champion of 2002. World Junior Champion amongst girls (1994) and European Junior Champion amongst girls (1992). Ukrainian Woman Champion of 2008. Silver medal winner of Ukrainian Woman Championship of 2010, and bronze medal winner in 2001 and 2011. Won many national junior Championships amongst girls.
Kononenko Tatiana (Kramatorsk, Donetsk region)
Date of birth: 05.12.1978. International Master. Woman International Grandmaster. ELO - 2374
Bronze medal winner of European Woman Club Cup (1999 and 2000); 1st place on board 2 (1999). Silver medal winner of European Woman Rapid Championship (2002). 2nd place on European Junior Championship U-18 (1995) and U-20 (1996) amongst girls. The winner of Ukrainian Club Championship as a member of “Danko” (2002). 2nd place in Ukrainian Junior Championships U-20 (1995, 1996, 1998) amongst girls. 2nd place in the international tournament “Bykova Memorial” (2003 and 2004). Winner of international tournaments in Benaske (Spain, 2005), “VIII Djord Marks Memorial” (Hungary, 2010). Two times winner of Woman Bundesleague (2006/2007 and 2010/2011).
Gritsayeva Oksana (Feodosia)
Date of birth: 17.03.1980. Master FIDE. ELO - 2319
Two times bronze medal winner of Ukrainian Woman Championships (2008 and 2010). Many times winner of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Woman Championships. The winner of semifinal of Ukrainian Woman Championship 2012.
Dolzhykova Kateryna (Kiev)
Date of birth: 25.09.1988. Woman International Master. ELO - 2313
Ukrainian Woman Champion of 2011. Bronze medal winner of Ukrainian Woman Championship of 2005. The winner of III Ukrainian Summer Sports Games in rapid team section (2007). Silver medal winner of World Universiad (2011). Ukrainian Junior Champion amongst girls U-14 (2002), silver medal winner (2005 and 2008) and bronze medal winner (2007) or Ukrainian Junior Championships amongst girls. The winner of “Femida-2008” (Kharkiv)
Rakhmangulova Anastasiya (Nikolaev)
Date of birth: 30.12.1994. Woman International Master. ELO - 2254
Bronze medal winner of European Junior Championship U-18 (2012). The winner of 4th Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup as a member of Ukrainian youth team (2009). Ukrainian Junior Champion amongst girls (2008 and 2009), silver medal winner of Ukrainian Woman Championship (2010). Bronze medal winner of Ukrainian Junior Championships amongst girls U-18 and U-20 (2012). Ukrainian Junior Blitz Champion amongst girls U-16 and U-20 (2010), Ukrainian Junior Rapid and Blitz Champion U-18 and U-20 (2012), bronze medal winner of Ukrainian Junior Blitz Championship amongst girls U-18 and of Ukrainian Junior Rapid Championship U-20 (2010). The winner of V Ukrainian Sports Youth Games in rapid and bronze medal winner in blitz as a member of team of Nikolaev region (2011). 2nd place in the semifinal of Ukrainian Woman Championship of 2012.
Andrenko Irina (Kharkiv)
Date of birth: 28.05.1991. Woman International Master. ELO - 2228
Silver medal winner of Ukrainian Woman Championship of 2011; bronze medal winner of Ukrainian Woman Rapid Championship of 2012. Ukrainian Junior Champion amongst girls U-18 (2007 and 2009), bronze medal winner of Ukrainian Junior Champion amongst girls U-14 (2004). Silver medal winner of Ukrainian Junior Rapid Championship amongst girls U-20 (2010). Silver medal winner of V Ukrainian Sports Youth Games in rapid chess as a member of team of Kharkiv region (2011). 3rd place in the semifinal of Ukrainian Woman Championship of 2012. The winner of “Femida-2011” (Kharkiv).