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Buksa, Nataliya
IM🇺🇦FIDE 14123622· Female· Ukraine· Born in 1996
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Nataliya Buksa, a 30-year-old Ukrainian International Master, is rated 2389 and ranked 5th among Ukrainian women, and in the top 1% worldwide. She has held steady between 2350 and 2400 for 6 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2. Offenes Internationales Schachturnier zum Weltfrauentag 2026 Gruppe A and FIDE World Women`s Team Championship 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. She had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2007–2009) and 13 months (2024–2025). Her peak of 2437 was reached at age 22 (Sep 2018); she also reached Ukrainian #61 in Jan 2023.
Awarded WGM in 2015 (age 19), IM in 2018 (age 22), and WFM in 2013 (age 17). At junior level, she reached #5, #9, #8, #11 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2389
Standard
Rpd2231·Blz2294
All-time high
2437
−48 pts below
Sep 2018 · age 22
Sep 2018 · age 22
Activity
37
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#5
#5 · Ukrainian women · of 228
Career timeline
27 entries2024
Re-crossed 2400
at age 28
Oct 2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2400 → returned at 2397
Oct 2024
2023
Peak Ukrainian rank: #61
at age 27 · rated 2405
Jan 2023
2019
Re-crossed 2400
at age 23
Oct 2019
Re-crossed 2400
at age 23
Aug 2019
500 career games
at age 23
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-11
2400 → 2389
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
9.5/ 2735.2%
11W11D5L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsJana SchneiderFM2,317·2. Offenes Internationales Schachturnier zum Weltfrauentag 2026 Gruppe A·R4·+3.9
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 2.5/3 | #20 | 2163 | -2.6 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/9 | #8 | 2353 | -5.3 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/4 | #44 | 2341 | -3.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYuliia OsmakIM
🇺🇦UKR·2455
+7 −8 =7
22 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsOlga BabiyWGM
🇩🇪GER·2294
+8 −5 =1
14 games·last met Dec 2020
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vsKateryna DolzhykovaWGM
🇩🇪GER·2280
+5 −3 =4
12 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsDanylo SorokaFM
🇺🇦UKR·2298
+3 −7 =2
12 games·last met Mar 2017
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vsAnastasiya RakhmangulovaWGM
🇺🇦UKR·2342
+5 −3 =3
11 games·last met Oct 2023
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Rankings
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Ukraine
#65
out of 3,843 players
Europe
#1,195
in continent
World
#1,868
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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