IM Nataliya Buksa

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Full name

Nataliya Buksa

Born

Nov 6, 1996 (age 28)‎

Place of birth

Lviv, Ukraine

Federation

Ukraine

Rating

Bio

Nataliya Buksa is a Ukrainian international master and the 2018 national champion. In 2015, she won the Girls’ World Junior Chess Championship, which granted her the woman grandmaster title and qualified her for the 2017 Women’s World Chess Championship. After winning the Women’s Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2018, she became an IM. She is ranked fourth among women from Ukraine (as of March 2021).

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Pawn Opening: Chigorin Variation (68 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (12 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (9 games)

Indian Game (8 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Opočenský Variation (8 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (44 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (15 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (14 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (13 games)

Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (13 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Nataliya Buksa (2598) Havard Haug (2800)	1-0	34	2024
Nataliya Buksa (2594) Stephen Dishman (2392)	1-0	47	2024
Nataliya Buksa (2584) Vugar Rasulov (2941)	1-0	70	2024
Nataliya Buksa (2571) Vladimir Mikhailovsky (2864)	1-0	35	2024
Nataliya Buksa (2603) Jesus Alcazar Jimenez (2247)	1-0	49	2024
Nataliya Buksa (2557) Daniel Gomez Falagan (2366)	1-0	31	2024
Nataliya Buksa (2597) Vasilii Titarov (2528)	1-0	57	2024
Nataliya Buksa (2577) Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (2857)	1-0	72	2024
Nataliya Buksa (2612) Artur Gabrielian (2787)	1-0	63	2024
Nataliya Buksa (2608) Jose Antonio Lacasa Diaz (2420)	1-0	46	2024

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