Ivanchuk, Lahno win best chess players in Ukraine 2010 prize

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According to www.chess-news.ru updates, none other than Vassily Ivanchuk and Kateryna Lahno have been announced as the Best Chess Players in Ukraine for 2010. Congratulations to both.

Vassily Ivanchuk and Kateryna Lahno became winners of the prize according to Gazeta.ua.Winners were determined by individual voting which included 48 Ukrainian grandmasters. Each of them named the top five among men and women. For 1-ranked nominee got 10 points for 2 nd - 7, for the third - 5, for 4 th - 3, 5 th - 1 point.




MEN (total 11 nominees)
1. Vassily Ivanchuk (Lviv, 2779) - 314
2. Pavel Eljanov (Kharkov, 2736) - 183
3. Ruslan Ponomariov (Kiev, 2737) - 181
4. Zahar Efimenko (Mukachevo, 2708) - 165
5. Anton Korobov (Kharkov, 2647) - 35 ...

WOMEN (14 nominees)
1. Kateryna Lahno (Donetsk, 2531) - 284
2. Maria Muzychuk (Stry, 2476) - 171
3. Inna Gaponenko (Kherson, 2435) - 157
4. Natalia Zhukova (Odessa, 2443) - 102
5. Tatjana Vasilevich (Evpatoria, 2418) - 65

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