Coaching change

GM Tukmakov is Azerbaijan's coach Grandmaster Vladimir Tukmakov who earlier this year resigned as coach of the Ukrainian team, will be a coach of the national team of Azerbaijan.

Extratime.az published an interview in Russian with him.

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Chess Today GM Golubev ties for 1st at Podgaets Memorial

Podgaets Memorial

This closed category VI tournament in memory of IM Mikhail Podgaets took place in Odessa, Ukraine from the 20th to the 30th of November.

Final standings:

1-3. IM Fingerov (2388, UKR), IM Bogdanovich (2479, UKR) and GM Golubev (2492, UKR) – 7/10

4-5. GM Legky (2420, UKR) and FM Bulanov (2370, BLR) - 6½

6. Tesla (2293, SRB) - 4½,

7-10. Gorbunov (2250, RUS), FM Kigel (2154, UKR), Kozak (2340, UZB) and Kutsykh (2295, UKR) - 3½

11. FM Demidiukov (2327, UKR) - 2½

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4-way tie for 1st at Ukrainian Women's Championship

Final top 5 standings:

1-4. IM T.Vasilevich (2417 - winner on tiebreaks), IM Gaponenko (2469), WFM Gritsayeva (2301) and WIM K.Dolzhykova (2298) 6 ½ out of 9

5-8. WIM Andrenko (2231), WGM S. Cherednichenko (2260), WGM Zdebskaja (2383) and WFM Ivanenko (2132) 6

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