The Ukrainian chess teams, both male and female, have officially commenced their participation in the European Championship 2025. This was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Chess Federation.

In their opening match, the men's team faced Georgia-2, the host nation of the tournament taking place in Batumi.

Victories by Igor Kovalchuk and Igor Samunenko turned the tide in the match, resulting in an overall win, while Andriy Volokitin drew his game and Anton Korobov unexpectedly lost to the Georgian team's leader, Gigi Kuparadze.

The women's team of Ukraine drew with Austria. The "Blue and Yellows" were close to victory, but 16-year-old debutant Bozhena Piddubna lost to Emilia Diak-Sala.

Chess – European Championship 2025. Round 1, October 5

Men's Team

Ukraine – Georgia-2 – 2.5:1.5

• Andriy Volokitin (2628*) – Nikoloz Petriashvili (2489) – 1/2
• Anton Korobov (2616) – Giga Kuparadze (2493) – 0:1
• Igor Kovalchuk (2669) – Tornike Sanikidze (2409) – 1:0
• Igor Samunenko (2550) – Irakli Akhvlediani (2436) – 1:0

Women's Team

Ukraine – Austria – 2:2

• Yulia Osmak (2478) – Olga Badelka (2377) – 1/2
• Inna Haponenko (2333) – Jasmin-Denis Shloffer (2186) – 1/2
• Natalia Zhukova (2305) – Veronika Eksler (2180) – 1:0
• Bozhena Piddubna (2265) – Emilia Diak-Sala (2170) – 0:1

* – FIDE rating