Yuliia Shevchenko, an officer of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), was killed in action on 31 July. Yuliia joined the Ukrainian army in the first months of the full-scale invasion.
The Ukrainian Championships took place in Kharkiv on 8-17 December 2021. The tournaments were nicely organized in the library of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. Andrei Volokitin clinched first place in the open section by winning both his games in the two final rounds, while Kateryna Dolzhykova surprisingly got the gold in the women’s tournament. | Photos: Ukrainian Chess Federation