From Ukraine with Love for Chess: With contributions by Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ruslan Ponomariov, Mariya and Anna Muzychuk and many, many others

by Ruslan Ponomariov (Editor)

Overview

The Ukrainian chess community is helping Ukraine in the war against Russia. The chess genius Vasyl Ivanchuk is giving online simuls to raise funds. European champion and Olympic gold medal winner Natalia Zhukova is working as a politician in Odessa. And FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov coordinated this wonderful collection of chess games from Ukrainian players, published by New In Chess. All games were nominated and annotated by the players themselves. The proceeds of this book will support Ukrainian charities.

The book also covers the three legendary Olympic victories by Ukraine, in 2004 and 2010 for the men’s team and 2006 for the women’s team. Oleg Romanishin remembers his training match against Mikhail Tal. And Jan Timman has a look at his favourite Ukrainian study composers.

With contributions by Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ruslan Ponomariov, Anna and Mariya Muzychuk, Anton Korobov, Vladimir Tukmakov, Pavel Eljanov, Andrei Volokitin, and many, many others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789493257573
Publisher:	Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date:	06/30/2022
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.58(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Ruslan Ponomariov (1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was FIDE World Chess Champion from 2002 to 2004 and he won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2011 with a performance rating of 2853.

onomariov was born in Horlivka in Ukraine. He was taught to play chess by his father at the age of 5.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Acknowledgments 8

Chapter I The Pioneers 11

Leonid Stein 12

Vladimir Savon 16

Gennady Kuzmin 21

Vladimir Tukmakov 24

Alexander Eeliavsky 29

Chapter II Oleg Romanishin's matches with Mikhail Tal 35

Chapter III We are Ukrainian 49

Vasyl Ivanchuk 50

Ruslan Ponomariov 54

Pavel Eljanov 62

Zahar Efimenko 65

Viktor Moskalenko 75

Mikhail Golubev 77

Vladimir Baklan 81

Alexander Moiseenko 83

Chapter IV Heroic Ivanchuk leads Ukraine to victory at the Calvia Olympiad in 2004 87

Chapter V Unstoppable Ukraine - The Women's Team wins the Turin Olympiad in 2006 117

Chapter VI A fully deserved win by Ukraine at the Olympiad in 2010 129

Chapter VII What's your Superpower? I'm Ukrainian! 143

Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko 144

Yuriy Kryvoruchko 149

Anton Korobov 152

Alexander Areshchenko 158

Andrei Volokitin 163

Yuriy Kuzubov 167

Anna Ushenina 172

Anna Muzychuk 177

Mariya Muzychuk 183

Kirill Shevchenko 191

Chapter VIII Ukrainian nuggets 195

Explanation of symbols 207