Roman Degtyarev, an 18-year-old Ukrainian chess player from Kharkiv, won the 2026 European Individual Chess Championship after defeating Grandmaster David Anton Gicharro in the final round, according to the European Chess Union (ECU).
“Congratulations to 18-year-old Roman Degtyarev on his victory at the 2026 European Individual Chess Championship!” reads a post on social media.
It is noted that the Ukrainian teenager became the sole winner of the competition, defeating Grandmaster David Anton Gicharro in the final round.
“Ranked 126th on the starting list, Degtyarov caused an absolute sensation at the championship, finishing the tournament with a final score of 9/11 points, suffering only one loss throughout the entire tournament and achieving an incredible rating of 2781!” the post states.
As Ukrainian International Grandmaster Pavlo Eljanov recounted, at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, he helped Ukrainian families relocate to Europe, but Degtyarev, who was 14 at the time, backed out at the last minute.
“Everything was arranged for the family from Kharkiv—until their 14-year-old son, a talented chess player, refused to go at the last moment. He didn’t want to leave his father. He stayed in one of the most dangerous places in Ukraine. With very limited opportunities to travel and almost no training, he still became the champion of Ukraine,“ Eljanov writes.
According to him, with his victory, Degtyarev ”caused the biggest sensation in the history of the European Championship.”
“Remember this name: Roman Degtyarev! It’s no wonder our city of Kharkiv is called ‘reinforced concrete’!” Eljanov concluded.
In the final match of the European Championship, Ukrainians Marina Gladun and Tatiana Lazarenko defeated Frenchwomen Clemence Viera and Aline Chamereau, the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine reports.
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Ukraine’s national team played a 0-0 draw with Belgium in the third match of the 2024 European Football Championship.
In a parallel match, the national teams of Slovakia and Romania also played a draw 1:1.
Thus, all national teams scored four points, but Ukraine took the last place in the group on additional indicators – the worst goal difference.
Romania took the first place in the group, followed by Belgium and Slovakia. All of them will continue playing at the European Championship. Ukraine is eliminated from the tournament.
As reported, the first match Ukraine lost to Romania with a score of 0:3, and in the second – beat Slovakia with a score of 2:1.
The Ukrainian national team won 2-1 against Slovakia in the second match of the 2024 European Football Championship.
The Ukrainian team conceded in the first half on 17 minutes from Ivan Shrantz, but in the second half – on 54 minutes Mykola Shaparenko equalized the score after a shot by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Roman Yaremchuk scored the winning goal on the 80th with a pass from Shaparenko.
As reported, Ukraine lost the first match to Romania with the score 0:3.
In the group stage of Euro 2024 Ukraine will play on June 26 with the national team of Belgium.
The final of qualification for the European Football Championship-2024 allowed to determine all 24 national teams that will fight for the Henri Delaunay trophy, the national team of Ukraine entered Group “E” together with Belgium, Slovakia and Romania, the official website of the tournament reports.
On Tuesday, March 26, after the decisive play-off matches of Euro-2024 qualification, the last three participants of the final part of the tournament were determined. They were the national teams of Ukraine, Georgia and Poland.
Georgia defeated Greece in a penalty shootout and will play for the first time in history at a big forum of national teams, Poland also defeated Wales in a series of 11-match penalty shootout, and Ukraine snatched a willful victory over Iceland.
Ukraine responded to a goal by Iceland’s Albert Gudmundsson after the break with goals by Viktor Tsygankov and Mykhailo Mudryk. The Ukrainians will meet Belgium, Slovakia and Romania at the European Championship.
The European Championship in 2024 will be hosted by Germany. It automatically got into Group A. Bundestim in the opening match of the tournament will meet Scotland in Munich.
The composition of all groups of the European Championship-2024:
Group A: Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland
Group B: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania
Group C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England
Group D: Poland, Netherlands, Austria, France.
Group E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine
Group F: Turkey, Georgia, Portugal, Czech Republic.
The tournament will begin on June 14 and end on July 14.
Ukrainian athlete Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk won the gold medal at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in the triple jump, showing a result of 15.02 m, the press service of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and the national Olympic team reported.
“Marina Bekh-Romanchuk wins the first gold medal for Ukraine in athletics at the European multisport championship. The victory in the triple jump was brought to the Ukrainian by a result of 15.02 meters, which became her personal record and at the same time the best indicator of the season in Europe,” the Telegram channel says. .
