Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov became the winner of the Yukhym Heller Memorial rapid chess tournament. At the competition, which took place in Odesa, Ponomariov scored 7.5 points out of 9. \n \nSecond and third places were shared by Austrian Valerii Beim and Ukrainian Yurii Drozdovskyi - 6.5 each. \n \n74-year-old chess veteran Viktor Korchnoi from Switzerland finished in fifth place with four points. \n