The Ukrainian Team Championship, a 7-round Swiss tournament took place in Lviv from May 6-12. The rating favourite, Law Academy (Kharkiv) stepped up to the plate and clinched the title with two rounds to spare.

The team headed by Pavel Eljanov and Yuriy Kuzubov bagged a brace winning all the matches in both classical and rapid events. The club was set up within the “Yaroslav the Wise National Law University” in 1998 and has since been the center of attraction for the student players.

The local team Bank Lviv beat Youth Ukraine in a critical last round match and leapfrogged the rival to earn silver. Chernivtsi Zubr (Chernivtsi) tied for third with Youth Ukraine and Lviv Chess Academy and took bronze thanks to better tiebreaks (a higher number of game points).  

Final standings:

1. Law Academy – 14
2. Bank Lviv – 10
3. Chernivtsi Zubr – 9
4. Youth Ukraine – 9
5. Lviv Chess Academy – 9
6. Lviv Chess School Debiut – 1 – 8
7. Lviv Chess School Debiut - 3 – 8
8. Lviv Chess School Debiut - 2 – 7
9. Lviv Chess School Debiut - 4 – 7
10. Youth Ukraine - 2 – 7

Photo: Ukrainian Chess Federation