Ukraine became the independent nation only in 1993 but they had ever been strong in chess in the era of the Soviet Union (Boleslavsky, Geller, Alburt). The team championship is just about to celebrate its 20th anniversory. Even though the prestige of the annual team championship played in Alushta is nowhere close to the level manifested by the top Ukrainian players (Ivanchuk never participated, Karjakin, Efimenko, Ponomariov just a few times in the past) it is still interesting competition. Moreover, it has had little, if any, online coverage.

Today we fill the gap with the major support of GM Mikhail Golubev, who has been compiling broad results from early 2000s. You may want to study early editions with the two horse race between the teams from Donetsk and Kharkiv, followed by series of successes of Kyiv chess teams. An inspiring one might be the 2006 championship, the only one that brought Lviv to the glory. Or maybe the most fascinating one was in 2004, when top four teams tied on match points so the podium was to be determined on a basis of tie-breaking.

Please note - results from 1993-1998 are missing! HELP

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