The men's and women's chess teams of Ukraine have kicked off their participation in the 2025 European Championship. This information was relayed by the press service of the Ukrainian Chess Federation.

In the opening round, the men's team faced Georgia-2. This country is hosting the tournament, which takes place in Batumi.

Victories by Igor Kovalenko and Igor Samunenko allowed Ukraine to turn the match around and achieve an overall victory, even though Andriy Volokitin drew his game, and Anton Korobov surprisingly lost to the leader of the second Georgian team, Gizi Kuparadze.

The Ukrainian women's team drew with Austria. The "Blue and Yellow" 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 Kovalenko (2669) – Tornike Sanikidze (2409) – 1:0
• Igor Samunenko (2550) – Irakli Akhvlediani (2436) – 1:0

Women's Team

Ukraine – Austria – 2:2

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

* – FIDE rating