Nataliya Buksa Explained

Nataliya Buksa
Full Name:Nataliya Ihorivna Buksa
Country:Ukraine
Birth Date:6 November 1996
Birth Place:Lviv, Ukraine
Peakrating:2437 (September 2018)
Fideid:14123622

Nataliya Ihorivna Buksa (Ukrainian: Наталія Ігорівна Букса; born November 6, 1996) is a Ukrainian chess player.

Career

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

Buksa is married to Azerbaijani chess grandmaster Rauf Mamedov.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://chess-results.com/tnr185842.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=13&flag=30&wi=821 FIDE World Junior U20 Championship (Girls) 2015
  2. http://chess-results.com/tnr396459.aspx?lan=11&art=4 Ukraine Women`s Final - 2018
  3. Web site: Buksa, Nataliya FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers . ratings.fide.com . 2020-04-19.
  4. Web site: Nataliya Buksa chess games and profile . Chess DB .
  5. Web site: "Только с тобой". Рауф Мамедов спел Наталье Буксе на их свадьбе . 2018-11-20 . chess-news.ru . ru . 2018-12-26.