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Bortnyk, Mykola
IM🇺🇦FIDE 14120836· Male· Ukraine· Born in 1994
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Mykola Bortnyk, a 32-year-old Ukrainian International Master, is rated 2440 and ranked 49th among Ukrainian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +59 Elo over the past 12 months. 77 rated games in the past year (≈47/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 NY Marshall Presidents' Day Invitational - IM B, 2026 NY Marshall Winter Invitational - IM C, and 109th Edward Lasker Memorial - Marshall Chess Club Championship. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 Marshall Chess Club Rapid Championship) and 6 blitz events (including 2025 Marshall Chess Club Blitz Championship) recently. His peak of 2504 was reached at age 26 (Feb 2020, Ukrainian #38 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2014 (age 20). Earned a GM norm at PNWCC FIDE Open WoW Xiong - Mt. Rainier 2019. At junior level, he reached World #51 in U20, World #59 in U18, World #61 in U14 and #6 nationally in U16.
Current rating
2440
Standard
Rpd2513·Blz2659
All-time high
2504
−64 pts below
Feb 2020 · age 26
Feb 2020 · age 26
Activity
97
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
77 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#49
#49 · Ukrainian players · of 1,449
Career timeline
21 entries2025
Re-crossed 2400
at age 31
Sep 2025
2020
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2473 → returned at 2472
Apr 2020
500 career games
at age 26
Mar 2020
Peak Ukrainian rank: #38
at age 26 · rated 2504
Feb 2020
Crossed 2500
at age 26
Feb 2020
All-time peak 2504
at age 26 · −64 from today
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Best result
109th Edward Lasker Memorial - Marshall Chess Club Championshipperf 2609 (+190) · 6/7 · #2
Top opponent
Evolution
+59
2381 → 2440
Tournaments
10
77 games
Score
56/ 7772.7%
44W24D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2502 | +8.2 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2553 | +12.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/7 | #2 | 2609 | +16.9 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/4 | #9 | 2441 | +2.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/3 | #59 | 2161 | -7.0 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 7/9 | #1 | 2455 | +7.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #9 | 2474 | +11.3 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #4 | 2442 | +8.9 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #6 | 2244 | -13.7 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #26 | 2465 | +13.1 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladimir Bordovsky
🇺🇦UKR·2365
+36 −8 =11
55 games·last met May 2019
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vsOlexandr BortnykGM
🇺🇦UKR·2604
+12 −29 =12
53 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsLi Min PengGM
🇨🇭SUI·2541
+34 −6 =13
53 games·last met Jun 2019
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vsVitaly SivukGM
🇸🇪SWE·2511
+20 −15 =6
41 games·last met Jun 2019
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vsVolodymyr SakunFM
🇺🇦UKR·2301
+23 −8 =7
38 games·last met May 2019
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Rankings
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Ukraine
#49
out of 3,843 players
Europe
#696
in continent
World
#1,127
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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