Mykola Bortnyk

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Mykola Bortnyk
Personal information
Born (1994-01-13) January 13, 1994 (age 31)
Oleksandrivka, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
Chess career
Country Ukraine
Title International Master (2014)
FIDE   rating 2407 (October 2025)
Peak rating 2504 (February 2020)

Mykola Mykolayovych Bortnyk is a Ukrainian chess player, who has a peak FIDE rating of 2504 in classical, A 2595 in Rapid, and 2665 in FIDE Blitz. He is a 2-time winner of the Marshall Chess Club Chess Championship.

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Chess career

In December 2020, he made it to the finals round of the Chess.com Bullet Open Championship. [1]

In September 2022, he finished second in the late Titled Tuesday tournament. He had tied with grandmaster Dmitry Andreikin for first place, but was placed second after tiebreak scores. [2]

In March 2023, he played for the Gotham Knights in the Pro Chess League, where he notably defeated grandmaster Ju Wenjun in the second round. The Gotham Knights went on to win the 2023 Pro Chess League, led by Hikaru Nakamura. [3]

In August 2023, he finished in 5th place in the first Bullet Brawl of the month. [4]

In December 2024, Bortnyk finished 12th in the World Open Blitz Chess Championship, after finishing with 3 consecutive wins. In this tournament, he defeated many strong 2700+ GMs, including Le Quang Liem, Jeffery Xiong, Anish Giri, and drew with 2700+ GM Wei Yi. Ultimately, he finished with a strong score of 9/13, and finished just out of the tie for first place. [5]

Personal life

His younger brother is grandmaster Olexandr Bortnyk, whom he has encountered in several online tournaments held on chess.com. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Doggers, Peter (December 20, 2020). "Firouzja, Nakamura, Naroditsky, Tang Among Bullet Qualifiers".
  2. ↑ Green, Nathaniel (September 14, 2022). "Ukrainian Brothers Push Hard For First Among Familiar Winners".
  3. ↑ Levin, Anthony (March 3, 2023). "Gotham Knights Advance To Playoffs, Croatia Bulldogs Best Team Blitz In Tiebreaks".
  4. ↑ Rodgers, Jack (August 6, 2023). "Naroditsky Runs Riot In Bullet Brawl".
  5. ↑ "Carlsen to play Niemann in 4-game Quarterfinal Match". December 31, 2024.
  6. ↑ Rodgers, Jack (October 6, 2024). "Bortnyk Smashes Bullet Brawl Days After Titled Tuesday Victory".
  7. ↑ Rodgers, Jack (July 29, 2023). "Bortnyk Blazes Bullet Brawl Field".
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