Nataliya Buksa
| Nataliya Buksa | |
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 Buksa in 2017 | |
| Full name | Nataliya Ihorivna Buksa |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Born | November 6, 1996 Lviv, Ukraine |
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| FIDE rating | 2400 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2437 (September 2018) |
Nataliya Ihorivna Buksa (Ukrainian: Наталія Ігорівна Букса; born November 6, 1996) is a Ukrainian chess player.
Career
[edit]She won the Girls' World Junior Chess Championship in 2015.[1] By doing so she became a Woman Grandmaster (WGM), and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2017.
Nataliya Buksa won the Women's Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2018 in Kyiv.[2]
In 2018, she was awarded the International Master (IM) title by FIDE.[3]
She is ranked 5th best female player in Ukraine, and her highest rating was 2437 (in September 2018).[4]
In 2022 at the 44th Chess Olympiad she was part of the Ukrainian team that won the women's tournament.
Personal life
[edit]Buksa is married to Azerbaijani chess grandmaster Rauf Mamedov.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ FIDE World Junior U20 Championship (Girls) 2015
- ^ Ukraine Women`s Final - 2018
- ^ "Buksa, Nataliya FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "Nataliya Buksa chess games and profile". Chess DB.
- ^ ""Только с тобой". Рауф Мамедов спел Наталье Буксе на их свадьбе". chess-news.ru (in Russian). 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
External links
[edit]- Nataliya Buksa rating card at FIDE
- Nataliya Buksa player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Nataliya Buksa profile at Grandcoach.com
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