Nataliya Buksa
Ukrainian chess player (born 1996)
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Nataliya Ihorivna Buksa (Ukrainian: Наталія Ігорівна Букса; born November 6, 1996) is a Ukrainian chess player.
November 6, 1996
- International Master (2018)
- Woman Grandmaster (2015)
Buksa in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nataliya Ihorivna Buksa November 6, 1996 Lviv, Ukraine |
Spouse | Rauf Mamedov |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Title |
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| Peak rating | 2437 (September 2018) |
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]
