Scouting report: Illya Nyzhnyk (GM, UKR)

1,754 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,602 classical, 58 rapid, 94 blitz): 48% wins, 38% draws, 14% losses. FIDE rating 2527 standard, 2633 rapid, 2572 blitz. 456 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.02 blunders per game.

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Illya Nyzhnyk

GM

Ukraineborn 1996FIDE ID 14118084

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2500
2600
2700
2611 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2633
2572
2527
2692peak, May 2022
1,754games
835wins, 48%
672draws, 38%
247losses, 14%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 95.0% average
High resilience (75%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 92%
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (74% in 178 games)

Play against Nyzhnyk's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,754 games

Openings

1,754 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c520 games, last played 12 years ago65.0%wins
Slav: Semi-Slav1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♞f3 ♞f6 4.♞c330 games, last played last year63.3%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 456 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.2%
Middlegame
94.4%
Endgame
95.9%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
27%
49 err
18%
33 err
16%
28 err
13%
24 err
13%
24 err
12%
21 err
Critical moment
Move 41 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
38%
26-35
38%
36-45
25%
46+
38% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
10
10
Few
Many
e5
10
f3
10
c5
9
f6
7
c8
6
e5/f3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#27
♛g7?? vs Shabalov
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#32
♝c5?? vs He
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#36
♝xe3?? vs Vemparala
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#57
♚f8+?? vs Shankland
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#43
♚f6?? vs Gazik
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#50
g5?? vs Batchuluun
Endgame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

Shabalov, Alexander(2478)

Round 8: Shabalov, Alexan... · 30 Nov 2025

0–1
Kraai, Jesse(2382)

Round 9: Nyzhnyk, Illya -... · 30 Nov 2025

½–½
Tanenbaum, Zachary(2371)

US Chess Masters 2025 · 29 Nov 2025

½–½
Lu, Maximillian(2395)

Round 6: Lu, Maximillian ... · 29 Nov 2025

½–½
Lin, Bryan Enming(2374)

Round 5: Nyzhnyk, Illya -... · 28 Nov 2025

1–0
Rakhmatullaev, Almas(2390)

2025 US Masters · 28 Nov 2025

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,754 games in scope
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895 games53%W35%D12%L
Move
1. d4
5439m
50%39%
69%
1. e4
17810m
59%30%
74%
1. c4
1062y
54%34%
71%
1. ♞f3
582y
59%26%15
72%
1. b3
510m
80%20
80%
1. f4
310m
67%33%
83%
1. g3
29y
50%50%
25%

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