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GMMariya Muzychuk

UKR Born 1992 (Age ≈34) Female
FIDE ID
14114550

About Mariya Muzychuk

Mariya Muzychuk was born in Lviv and learned chess from her parents as a toddler. Her older sister Anna also became a leading grandmaster. Mariya entered her first tournament at six. In 2002 she won the European girls' under-ten championship. Show more

Mariya Muzychuk was born in Lviv and learned chess from her parents as a toddler. Her older sister Anna also became a leading grandmaster. Mariya entered her first tournament at six. In 2002 she won the European girls' under-ten championship. She became Ukrainian women's champion in 2012 and retained the title in 2013. In 2014 she earned a grandmaster norm and the leading women's prize at the Gibraltar Masters. Her greatest individual breakthrough came at the 2015 Women's World Championship.

During that knockout event, she eliminated former champion Antoaneta Stefanova and top seed Koneru Humpy. She then defeated Harika Dronavalli to reach the final. Victory over Natalia Pogonina made her women's world champion. It also brought the grandmaster title. She lost the crown to Hou Yifan in their 2016 match. Her team successes included Ukraine's world and European titles in 2013. In 2022 she played first board for Ukraine's Olympiad-winning women's team, adding gold to earlier silver and bronze medals. Away from chess, Mariya and Anna have also enjoyed playing table tennis.

FIDE ratings

2463.0

Classical

Published FIDE

2419

Rapid

Published FIDE

2372

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#873
National rank · UKR
#37
Women’s world rank
#18

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating
2563 Mar 2016
Recorded years
2003–2026
Archived games
1248

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

FIDE rating history

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
301 2022-10-03 37th ECC Women 2022 Mayrhofen AUT 1.1 Mariya Muzychuk Anna Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 22 Open
302 2022-08-09 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 11.2 Mariya Muzychuk Alina Kashlinskaya 1-0 35 Open
303 2022-08-08 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 10.3 Elisabeth Paehtz Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 48 Open
304 2022-08-07 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 9.2 Mariya Muzychuk Nana Dzagnidze 1/2-1/2 19 Open
305 2022-08-06 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 8.1 Humpy Koneru Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 34 Open
306 2022-08-05 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 7.3 Mariya Muzychuk Eline Roebers 1/2-1/2 79 Open
307 2022-08-03 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 6.2 Irina Bulmaga Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 74 Open
308 2022-08-02 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 5.2 Mariya Muzychuk Gunay Mammadzada 1-0 34 Open
309 2022-08-01 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 4.2 Nurgyul Salimova Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 81 Open
310 2022-07-31 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 3.2 Mariya Muzychuk Zuzana Borosova 1-0 73 Open
311 2022-07-30 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 2.2 Ekaterina Atalik Mariya Muzychuk 1-0 44 Open
312 2022-07-04 Bydgoszcz WGM 2022 Bydgoszcz POL 9.3 Mariya Muzychuk Gunay Mammadzada 1/2-1/2 32 Open
313 2022-07-03 Bydgoszcz WGM 2022 Bydgoszcz POL 8.3 Joanna Majdan Mariya Muzychuk 0-1 37 Open
314 2022-07-02 Bydgoszcz WGM 2022 Bydgoszcz POL 7.4 Mariya Muzychuk Dinara Saduakassova 1/2-1/2 54 Open
315 2022-06-30 Bydgoszcz WGM 2022 Bydgoszcz POL 6.2 Monika Socko Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 53 Open
316 2022-06-29 Bydgoszcz WGM 2022 Bydgoszcz POL 5.5 Mariya Muzychuk Antoaneta Stefanova 1/2-1/2 42 Open
317 2022-06-28 Bydgoszcz WGM 2022 Bydgoszcz POL 4.1 Oliwia Kiolbasa Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 24 Open
318 2022-06-27 Bydgoszcz WGM 2022 Bydgoszcz POL 3.5 Alina Kashlinskaya Mariya Muzychuk 1-0 94 Open
319 2022-06-26 Bydgoszcz WGM 2022 Bydgoszcz POL 2.4 Mariya Muzychuk Karina Cyfka 1/2-1/2 48 Open
320 2022-06-25 Bydgoszcz WGM 2022 Bydgoszcz POL 1.4 Irina Bulmaga Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 31 Open
321 2022-03-20 Frauenbundesliga 2021-22 Germany GER 6.2 Julia Antolak Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 47 Open
322 2022-03-19 Frauenbundesliga 2021-22 Germany GER 5.1 Mariya Muzychuk Monika Socko 1/2-1/2 41 Open
323 2022-02-03 Battle of the Sexes 2022 Gibraltar ENG 10.2 Leandro Krysa Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 44 Open
324 2022-02-02 Battle of the Sexes 2022 Gibraltar ENG 9.4 Mariya Muzychuk Bilel Bellahcene 1/2-1/2 15 Open
325 2022-02-01 Battle of the Sexes 2022 Gibraltar ENG 8.1 Husain Aziz Mariya Muzychuk 0-1 48 Open
326 2022-01-31 Battle of the Sexes 2022 Gibraltar ENG 7.7 Mariya Muzychuk Gillan Bwalya 1-0 40 Open
327 2022-01-30 Battle of the Sexes 2022 Gibraltar ENG 6.2 Sabino Brunello Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 17 Open
328 2022-01-28 Battle of the Sexes 2022 Gibraltar ENG 5.8 Mariya Muzychuk Eric Rosen 1-0 61 Open
329 2022-01-27 Battle of the Sexes 2022 Gibraltar ENG 4.1 Balazs Csonka Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 14 Open
330 2022-01-26 Battle of the Sexes 2022 Gibraltar ENG 3.6 Mariya Muzychuk Bobby Cheng 1/2-1/2 52 Open
331 2022-01-25 Battle of the Sexes 2022 Gibraltar ENG 2.8 Joseph G. Gallagher Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 69 Open
332 2022-01-24 Battle of the Sexes 2022 Gibraltar ENG 1.4 Mariya Muzychuk Ravi Haria 1/2-1/2 41 Open
333 2021-12-30 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 17.15 Mariya Muzychuk Joanna Majdan 1-0 64 Open
334 2021-12-30 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 16.19 Khanim Balajayeva Mariya Muzychuk 0-1 50 Open
335 2021-12-30 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 15.15 Mariya Muzychuk Olga Girya 0-1 52 Open
336 2021-12-30 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 14.15 Yuliia Osmak Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 66 Open
337 2021-12-30 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 13.18 Mariya Muzychuk Marta Garcia Martin 1-0 21 Open
338 2021-12-30 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 12.14 Baira Kovanova Mariya Muzychuk 1-0 25 Open
339 2021-12-30 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 11.7 Mariya Muzychuk Oliwia Kiolbasa 0-1 25 Open
340 2021-12-30 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 10.6 Anna Muzychuk Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 17 Open
341 2021-12-29 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 9.14 Mariya Muzychuk Nurgyul Salimova 1-0 66 Open
342 2021-12-29 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 8.13 Nataliya Buksa Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 53 Open
343 2021-12-29 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 7.6 Mariya Muzychuk Rameshbabu Vaishali 0-1 40 Open
344 2021-12-29 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 6.3 Humpy Koneru Mariya Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 24 Open
345 2021-12-29 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 5.2 Mariya Muzychuk Aleksandra Goryachkina 0-1 42 Open
346 2021-12-29 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 4.4 Vantika Agrawal Mariya Muzychuk 0-1 51 Open
347 2021-12-29 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 3.6 Mariya Muzychuk Maria Florencia Fernandez 1-0 23 Open
348 2021-12-29 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 2.1 Anna-Maja Kazarian Mariya Muzychuk 0-1 45 Open
349 2021-12-29 World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL 1.16 Mariya Muzychuk Carla Heredia Serrano 1-0 43 Open
350 2021-12-28 World Rapid Women 2021 Warsaw POL 9.5 Mariya Muzychuk Elina Danielian 1-0 54 Open