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GM Oleksandr Bortnyk

Oleksandr Bortnyk
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Full name
Oleksandr Bortnyk
Born
Oct 18, 1996 (age 28)‎
Place of birth
Oleksandrivka, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
Federation
Ukraine
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Oleksandr Bortnyk is a Ukrainian grandmaster who earned that title in 2015 at the age of 19. He was the 2014 World Youth Champion in the under-18 group. Bortnyk is an incredibly talented speed chess player and reached the 2019 Bullet Chess Championship finals against GM Hikaru Nakamura. His Chess.com bullet rating reached 3000 in September 2020 and peaked at 3340 in December of that year.

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