Efimenko and Areshchenko in the Ukranian ch. final

Both semifinal matches of the Ukranian knockout championship were tied (with the regular time control). Top seed GM Zahar Efimenko (2643) has won first rapid game against GM Valery Neverov (2572) and then drew second one to become first finalist. GM`s Alexander Areshchenko (2625) and Vladislav Borovikov (2595) have tied rapid match and then moved to play blitz games. First game was draw, Areshchenko won the second and qualified for the final.

Efimenko – Neverov 2,5–1,5
Borovikov – Areshchenko 2,5–3,5


Games from semifinal:

Neverov,Valeriy (2572) - Efimenko,Zahar (2643) [A00]
74th Ukranian Chess Championship Rivne (4.2), 31.08.2005

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3 dxc4 9.bxc4 Qd3 10.Qb3 Rd8 11.Rd1 a6 12.Qxd3 Rxd3 13.Nc3 Rd8 14.Rab1 Rb8 15.Na4 Bd7 16.Nb6 Bd6 17.d4 cxd4 18.exd4 Be8 19.d5 exd5 20.cxd5 Ne7 21.Ne5 Nc8 22.Nbc4 Bb5 23.Nxd6 Nxd6 24.Ba3 Rbc8 25.Rdc1 Nfe8 26.Bh3 Rxc1+ 27.Rxc1 Ne4 28.Bg2 Rxd5 29.Nxf7 N8f6 30.f3 Nxg3 31.Nh6+ gxh6 32.hxg3 Bc6 33.Bb2 Kf7 34.Rc2 Rd3 35.Kf2 h5 36.Bc1 Nd7 37.Bf4 Nf8 38.Be3 Ne6 39.Bf1 Rd6 40.Bc4 Kf6 41.Bc1 Ng5 42.Ba3 Rd7 43.Be2 Kg6 44.Bc1 Rf7 45.Bxg5 Kxg5 46.f4+ Kg6 47.Rc5 Rd7 48.Rg5+ Kf6 49.Rxh5 Be4 50.g4 Rd2 51.a4 Bd3 52.Ke3 Rxe2+ 53.Kxd3 Re7 54.Rh6+ Kg7 55.Rb6 Kg8 56.Kd4 Kf7 57.a5 Kg8 58.Kd5 Kf8 59.f5 Kf7 60.g5 Rd7+ 61.Ke5 Kf8 62.Rf6+ Kg8 63.Rd6 Rc7 64.Ke6 Rc1 65.Rd8+ Kg7 66.f6+ Kg6 67.Rg8+ Kh5 68.f7 1-0

Areshchenko,Alexander (2625) - Borovikov,Vladislav (2595) [B90]
74th Ukranian Chess Championship Rivne (4.2), 31.08.2005

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.0-0-0 0-0 13.Rg1 Rc8 14.h4 g6 15.Kb1 Qc7 16.Qf2 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 f6 21.Qh2 fxg5 22.hxg5 Rf7 23.Nd4 Rc5 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Qd2 Re5 26.Rg3 Qc4 27.a3 Rf1 28.Rxf1 Qxf1+ 29.Ka2 Qc4+ 30.b3 Qe6 31.Nd5 Rxe4 32.Rc3 Bd8 33.Nf6+ Bxf6 34.gxf6 Qxf6 35.Qd5+ Kg7 36.Rc8 Re7 37.Rg8+ Kh6 38.Qd2+ Kh5 39.Rd8 Re1 40.Qxe1 Qxd8 41.Qh1+ Kg5 42.Qxb7 h5 43.Qxa6 h4 44.Qb7 Kh6 45.Qe4 d5 46.Qd4 Kh5 47.a4 h3 48.Qd1+ Kh6 49.Qg4 Qc7 50.Qxh3+ Kg7 51.Qd3 g5 52.c3 Qh2+ 53.Ka3 Qg1 54.a5 g4 55.Qxd5 g3 56.Qb7+ Kg6 57.Qb6+ Qxb6 58.axb6 g2 59.b7 g1Q 60.b8Q Qc5+ 61.Ka4 Qxc3 62.Qd6+ Kh7 63.b4 Qc2+ 64.Ka5 Qc3 65.Ka6 Qc8+ 66.Kb6 1-0