GM

Nyzhnyk, Illya

UKR UKR·Born 1996·FIDE #14118084·1,914 Games

Classical25271,755 Games
Rapid263362 Games
Blitz257297 Games

Statistics

1914

Total

920

Wins

729

Draws

265

Losses

48%38%14%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.9% average
High resilience (74%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 91%
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 ♔ (74% in 188 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 453 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.2%
Middlegame94.4%
Endgame96.0%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+6%
Winning (+2 or more)95%
215 Games
Equal position96%
196 Games
Losing (-2 or more)90%
42 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

28%
49 errors
17%
30 errors
17%
29 errors
14%
25 errors
12%
20 errors
12%
20 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 42average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
33% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

6
5
7
8
9
5
10
6
5
5
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
f310 err
e59 err
c58 err
f67 err
c86 err
f3/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

L
Shabalov, Alexander2478

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

1-0
D
Kraai, Jesse2382

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

½-½
D
Tanenbaum, Zachary2371

2025 US Masters · 30 Nov 2025

½-½
D
Tanenbaum, Zachary2371

US Chess Masters 2025 · 29 Nov 2025

½-½
D
Lu, Maximillian2395

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

½-½
L
Rakhmatullaev, Almas2390

2025 US Masters · 28 Nov 2025

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
Slav: Semi-Slav
66.7%
33 Games·Wins

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3

Sicilian: e6 Systems
66.7%
12 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Black
Caro-Kann: Exchange
66.7%
12 Games·Wins

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5

Sicilian: d6 Systems
54.9%
122 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
#27Qg7??
Tactics
vs Shabalov
OTB·2025
#32Bc5??
Tactics
vs He
OTB·2025
#36Bxe3??
Tactics
vs Vemparala
OTB·2025
#57Kf8+??
Endgame
vs Shankland
OTB·2024
#43Kf6??
Endgame
vs Gazik
OTB·2024
#50g5??
Endgame
vs Batchuluun
OTB·2024
#19Rhe1??
Tactics
vs Sadhwani
OTB·2023
#62Rhc8??
Endgame
vs Bok
OTB·2023
#14O-O-O??
Tactics
vs Willow
OTB·2023
#45Qf8+??
Endgame
vs Ostrovskiy
OTB·2022
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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978 Games
53%35%12%
1.d4
69%
589
1.e4
75%
188
1.c4
71%
122
1.Nf3
72%
65
1.b3
83%
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1.g3
13%
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1.f4
75%
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