# Ukrainian Chess Championship

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.

## By year

    #YearCityWinner 11924KyivYakiv Vilner (1) 21925KharkivYakiv Vilner (2) 31926OdesaBorys Verlinsky (1) & Mykhailo Marski (1) 41927Poltava(Olexiy Selezniov), Vsevolod Rauzer (1) 51928OdesaYakiv Vilner (3) & Volodymyr Kirillov (1) 61931KharkivAbram Zamikhovsky (1) 71933KharkivVsevolod Rauzer (2) & Volodymyr Kirillov (2) 81936KyivYosyp Pohrebyssky (1) & Petro Shumilin (1) 91937KyivFedir Bohatyrchuk (1) 101938KyivIsaac Boleslavsky (1) 111939Dnipropetrovsk (now renamed as Dnipro)Isaac Boleslavsky (2) 121940KyivIsaac Boleslavsky (3) 131944KyivBorys Goldenov (1) 141945KyivAnatoly Bannik (1) 151946KyivAnatoly Bannik (2) 161947KyivAlexey Sokolsky (1) 171948KyivAlexey Sokolsky (2) 181949OdesaIsaac Lipnitsky (1) 191950KyivYukhym Heller (1) 201951KyivAnatoly Bannik (3) 211952KyivVladlen Zurakhov (1) 221953KyivYakiv Yukhtman (1) 231954KyivAbram Khavin (1) 241955KyivAnatoly Bannik (4) 251956KyivIsaac Lipnitsky (2) 261957Kyiv(Salo Flohr) (1), Yukhym Heller (2) 271958KyivYukhym Heller (3) 281959KyivYukhym Heller (4) 291960KyivLeonid Stein (1) 301961KyivYuri Kots (1) 311962KyivLeonid Stein (2) 321963KyivYuri Nikolayevsky (1) 331964KyivAnatoly Bannik (5) 341965DnipropetrovskR. Goldstein (1) 351966KyivYuri Sakharov (1) 361967KyivValery Zhydkov (1) & Yuri Nikolayevsky (2) 371968KyivYuri Sakharov (2) 381969Ivano-FrankivskHennady Kuzmin (1) & Volodymyr Savon (1) 391970KyivVolodymyr Tukmakov (1) 401971DonetskYuri Kots (2) 411972OdesaLev Alburt (1) 421973DnipropetrovskLev Alburt (2) 431974LvivLev Alburt (3) 441975DnipropetrovskOleksandr Vaisman (1) 451976DonetskMykhailo Pidhayets (1) 461977ZhytomyrYuri Nikolayevsky (3) 471978YaltaKostiantyn Lerner (1) 481979DnipropetrovskVolodymyr Okhotnyk (1) 491980KharkivVolodymyr Malaniuk (1) 501981YaltaVolodymyr Malaniuk (2) 511982YaltaKostiantyn Lerner (2) 521983MelitopolDimitri Komarov (1) & Valery Neverov (1) 531984KyivMykhailo Hurevych (1) 541985UzhhorodValery Neverov (2) 551986LvivVolodymyr Malaniuk (3) 561987MykolaivViktor Moskalenko (1) 571988Kharkiv & LvivValery Neverov (3) 581989KhersonIhor Novikov (1) & Hennady Kuzmin (2) 591990SimferopolMichail Brodsky (1) 601991SimferopolVitali Golod (1) 611992SimferopolVladyslav Borovikov (1) 621993DonetskOrest Grytsak (1) 631994AlushtaYuri Kruppa (1) 641995 ?Serhiy Kryvosheya (1) 651996YaltaMykhailo Holubiev (1) & Valery Neverov (4) 661997AlushtaVolodymyr Baklan (1) 671998AlushtaLubomyr Mykhailets (1), Volodymyr Baklan (2), Oleh Berezin (1) 681999AlushtaHennady Kuzmin (3), Alexei Bezgodov (1), Stanislav Savchenko (1), Oleksandr Moiseyenko (1), Andriy Rakhmangulov (1) 692000SevastopolVolodymyr Rohovski (1) 702001Ordzhonikidze (now renamed as Pokrov)Oleksandr Berelovych (1) 712002AlushtaAnton Korobov (1) 722003SimferopolYevhen Miroshnychenko (1) 732004KharkivAndriy Volokitin (1) 742005RivneOleksandr Areschenko (1) 752006PoltavaZakhar Yefymenko (1) 762007KharkivValeriy Aveskulov (1) 772008PoltavaYevhen Miroshnychenko (2) 782009AlushtaVolodymyr Jakymov (1) 792010AlushtaSergey Pavlov (1) 802011KyivRuslan Ponomariov (1) 812012KyivAnton Korobov (2) 822013KyivYuriy Kryvoruchko (1) 832014LvivYuriy Kuzubov (1) 842015LvivAndriy Volokitin (2) 852016RivneMikhailo Oleksienko (1) 862017ZhytomyrPetro Golubka (1) 872018KyivAnton Korobov (3) 882019LutskEvgeny Shtembuliak (1)

## Most championships

| # | Name | Titles | Years | Status |
| 1 | Anatoly Bannik | 5 | 1945, 1946, 1951, 1955, 1964 | 1921-2013 |
| 2 | Yukhym Heller | 4 | 1950, 1957, 1958, 1959 | 1925–1998 |
| 3 | Valery Neverov | 4 | 1983, 1985, 1988, 1996 | 1962-present |
| 4 | Anton Korobov | 4 | 2002, 2012, 2018, 2020 | 1985–present |
| 5 | Yakiv Vilner | 3 | 1924, 1925, 1928 | 1899–1931 |
| 6 | Isaac Boleslavsky | 3 | 1938, 1939, 1940 | 1919–1977 |
| 7 | Lev Alburt | 3 | 1972, 1973, 1974 | 1945–present |
| 8 | Yuri Nikolayevsky | 3 | 1963, 1967, 1977 | 1937–present |
| 9 | Volodymyr Malaniuk | 3 | 1980, 1981, 1986 | 1957–present |
| 10 | Hennady Kuzmin | 3 | 1969, 1989, 1999 | 1946–present |

## Women

    #YearCityWinner 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 231963Lyubov Idelchyk 241964Raisa Vapnychna 251965Olga Andreieva 261966Olga Andreieva 271967Marta Shul 281968Nina Rusinkevich 291969Lyubov Idelchyk 301970Tatiana Morozova 311971Lidia Semenova 321972Olga Andreieva 331973Olena Yelina 341974Lydia Mulenko 351975Lyubov Shcherbyna 361976Lydia Mulenko 371977Marta Litinskaya 381978Lyubov Lysenko 391979Elena Titova 401980Larisa Muchnik 411981OdesaNatalia Gasiunas 421982LvivIrina Chelushkina 431983KyivViktoria Artamonova 441984SevastopolNatalia Ruchieva 451985MykolaivLarisa Muchnik 461986LvivZoya Lelchuk 471987LvivIrina Chelushkina 481988KyivElena Sedina 491989LuhanskMaria Nepeina 501990KyivElena Sedina 511991LuhanskMaria Nepeina 521992LuhanskMaria Nepeina 531993KharkivMaria Dekusar 541994LuhanskNatalia Kiseleva 551995LvivMarta Litinskaya 561996ChernihivTatiana Melamed 571997KyivLidia Semenova 581998KalushGalina Shliakhtich 591999KharkivNadezhda Jadvizhena 602000MykolaivKaterina Rohonyan 612001KramatorskAnna Zatonskih 622002AlushtaTatjana Vasilevich 632003MykolaivAnna Muzychuk 642004AlushtaOlga Alexandrova 652005KharkivAnna Ushenina 662006OdesaOksana Vozovic 672007PoltavaTatjana Vasilevich 682008MykolaivInna Gaponenko 692009EvpatoriaEvgeniya Doluhanova 702010PoltavaTatjana Vasilevich 712011PoltavaKateryna Dolzhykova 722012KharkivMariya Muzychuk 732013KyivMariya Muzychuk 742014LvivAnna Muzychuk 752015LvivAnastasiya Rakhmangulova 762016RivneElizaveta Malakhova 772017ZhytomyrIulija Osmak 782018KyivNataliya Buksa 792019LutskNatalia Zhukova