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IMNataliya Buksa

UKR Born 1996 (Age ≈30) Female
FIDE ID
14123622

About Nataliya Buksa

Nataliya Buksa was born in Lviv in 1996. Her major junior breakthrough came in 2015, when she won the World Junior Girls' Championship. The result brought the woman grandmaster title and qualification for the 2017 Women's World Championship. Show more

Nataliya Buksa was born in Lviv in 1996. Her major junior breakthrough came in 2015, when she won the World Junior Girls' Championship. The result brought the woman grandmaster title and qualification for the 2017 Women's World Championship. In 2018 she won the Ukrainian Women's Championship in Kyiv. FIDE also awarded her the international master title that year. She later helped Ukraine win women's team gold at the 2022 Olympiad in Chennai. Buksa is married to Azerbaijani grandmaster Rauf Mamedov.

FIDE ratings

2367.0

Classical

Published FIDE

2261

Rapid

Published FIDE

2303

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#2325
National rank · UKR
#75
Women’s world rank
#77

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2437 Sep 2018
Recorded years
2007–2026
Archived games
1011

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Live rankings

Rating history

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (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
1001 2015-01-27 January Lviv Tradition IM Lviv UKR 1.2 Kamil Koziol Nataliya Buksa 0-1 72 Open
1002 2013-06-26 Mukachevo Summer Mukachevo UKR 2.6 Vladimir Mihalichenko Nataliya Buksa 1-0 38 Open
1003 2013-02-05 1st Maksym Yusupov Mem Lviv UKR 9.4 Nataliya Buksa Nazar Yaremko 1-0 27 Open
1004 2013-02-04 1st Maksym Yusupov Mem Lviv UKR 8.2 Nazar Ustianovich Nataliya Buksa 0-1 27 Open
1005 2013-02-04 1st Maksym Yusupov Mem Lviv UKR 7.5 Nataliya Buksa Ihor Nester 1-0 48 Open
1006 2013-02-03 1st Maksym Yusupov Mem Lviv UKR 6.1 Anton Podolsky Nataliya Buksa 1-0 38 Open
1007 2013-02-03 1st Maksym Yusupov Mem Lviv UKR 5.5 Artem Omelja Nataliya Buksa 1-0 56 Open
1008 2013-02-02 1st Maksym Yusupov Mem Lviv UKR 4.2 Nataliya Buksa Vladimir Buturin 1/2-1/2 27 Open
1009 2013-02-02 1st Maksym Yusupov Mem Lviv UKR 3.4 Danylo Soroka Nataliya Buksa 1-0 38 Open
1010 2013-02-01 1st Maksym Yusupov Mem Lviv UKR 2.3 Nataliya Buksa Mikhail Melnichuk 1-0 57 Open
1011 2013-02-01 1st Maksym Yusupov Mem Lviv UKR 1.3 Andriy Sychevskyy Nataliya Buksa 0-1 30 Open
  1. vs Kamil KoziolWon · 0-1Black · 2015-01-27 · Round 1.2January Lviv Tradition IM
  2. vs Vladimir MihalichenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2013-06-26 · Round 2.6Mukachevo Summer
  3. vs Nazar YaremkoWon · 1-0White · 2013-02-05 · Round 9.41st Maksym Yusupov Mem
  4. vs Nazar UstianovichWon · 0-1Black · 2013-02-04 · Round 8.21st Maksym Yusupov Mem
  5. vs Ihor NesterWon · 1-0White · 2013-02-04 · Round 7.51st Maksym Yusupov Mem
  6. vs Anton PodolskyLost · 1-0Black · 2013-02-03 · Round 6.11st Maksym Yusupov Mem
  7. vs Artem OmeljaLost · 1-0Black · 2013-02-03 · Round 5.51st Maksym Yusupov Mem
  8. vs Vladimir ButurinDraw · ½–½White · 2013-02-02 · Round 4.21st Maksym Yusupov Mem
  9. vs Danylo SorokaLost · 1-0Black · 2013-02-02 · Round 3.41st Maksym Yusupov Mem
  10. vs Mikhail MelnichukWon · 1-0White · 2013-02-01 · Round 2.31st Maksym Yusupov Mem
  11. vs Andriy SychevskyyWon · 0-1Black · 2013-02-01 · Round 1.31st Maksym Yusupov Mem

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-04Super liga Srbije za sahistkinje za 2026. godinuClassical5

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