Magnus Carlsen

Olexandr Bortnyk

51 games · Head-to-head

Magnus Carlsen vs Olexandr Bortnyk

Magnus Carlsen leads 25–10 with 16 draws in the 51 games of the two in the Rama Chess archive, 2017 to 2025. Every game can be replayed move by move.

Games

Magnus Wins

Draws

Bortnyk Wins

Magnus

49.0%

Draws

31.4%

Bortnyk

19.6%

Quick answer · Updated October 2026

Magnus vs Bortnyk head to head

Magnus Carlsen leads Olexandr Bortnyk 25–10, with 16 draws, in 51 games (2017–2025). There is no classical game between them in our database; their games are rapid, blitz and other fast events.

Type of event	Games	Carlsen won	Drawn	Bortnyk won	Carlsen score
Rapid	1	1	0	0	100.0%
Blitz and bullet	50	24	16	10	64.0%
All games	51	25	16	10	64.7%

First gameOlexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen · World Blitz 2017 · 29 December 2017 · ½-½

Latest gameOlexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen · World Blitz 2025 · 29 December 2025 · ½-½

Bortnyk's latest winOlexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen · Titled Tue 8th Jul Early · 8 July 2025 · 1-0

Carlsen's latest winOlexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen · Titled Tue 11th Nov 2025 · 11 November 2025 · 0-1

With White / BlackCarlsen with White: 15–6–3 · with Black: 10–10–7 (won–drawn–lost)

Busiest year2024, with 13 games

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Source: the Rama Chess database of 7,484 Magnus Carlsen games, 2001 to 2025. It holds many of his games, not every game the two have ever played. The type of event (classical, rapid, blitz) is read from the event name; knockout tie-breaks are counted on their own.

Bortnyk's wins

Every time Bortnyk beat Magnus Carlsen (10)

Olexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Early · 8 July 2025 · Blitz and bullet · French Defense · 55 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Olexandr Bortnyk, 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Early · 11 March 2025 · Blitz and bullet · Flank Openings · 30 moves
Olexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Titled Tue 10th Sep Late · 10 September 2024 · Blitz and bullet · Ruy Lopez · 48 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Olexandr Bortnyk, 0-1Titled Tue 27th Aug Late · 27 August 2024 · Blitz and bullet · Indian Defenses · 55 moves
Olexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late · 23 July 2024 · Blitz and bullet · Sicilian Defense · 90 moves
Olexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Titled Tue 20th Dec Late · 20 December 2022 · Blitz and bullet · Bishop's Opening · 57 moves
Olexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Titled Tue 27th Sep Early · 27 September 2022 · Blitz and bullet · Sicilian Defense · 43 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Olexandr Bortnyk, 0-1Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late · 23 August 2022 · Blitz and bullet · Philidor Defense · 63 moves
Olexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Katara Bullet Final 2021 · 23 June 2021 · Blitz and bullet · Caro-Kann Defense · 39 moves
Olexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Katara Bullet Final 2021 · 23 June 2021 · Blitz and bullet · Bishop's Opening · 62 moves

Carlsen's wins

Carlsen's quickest wins against Bortnyk

Olexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen, 0-1Katara Bullet Final 2021 · 23 June 2021 · Blitz and bullet · Vienna Game · 30 moves
Olexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen, 0-1Titled Tue 25th Jul Late · 25 July 2023 · Blitz and bullet · King's Pawn Opening · 37 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Olexandr Bortnyk, 1-0PRO League Prelim 2023 · 2 March 2023 · Rapid · Alekhine's Defense · 38 moves

Results by year

Magnus Carlsen vs Bortnyk, year by year (2017–2025)

Carlsen wonDrawnBortnyk won

Key position

How their latest decisive game ended

Final position of Olexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen, Titled Tue 11th Nov 2025 2025, chess board diagram — This is the most recent decisive game between them in our database: **Olexandr Bortnyk vs Magnus Carlsen** at the Titled Tue 11th Nov 2025 (11 November 2025), Magnus Carlsen won in 53 moves (blitz and bullet). Magnus Carlsen gave checkmate.

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Head to head · Updated October 2026

Magnus Carlsen vs Bortnyk: the record

Magnus Carlsen and Olexandr Bortnyk have met 51 times in the games collected here, from 2017 to 2025, across 42 events and all time controls (classical, rapid and blitz). Carlsen has won 25, Bortnyk has won 10, and 16 ended in a draw. That gives Carlsen 33 points out of 51, a score of 64.7%.

With the white pieces Carlsen scored 15 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses in 24 games. With Black he scored 10 wins, 10 draws and 7 losses in 27. Bortnyk took 7 games with White and 3 games with Black.

Their first game in this collection was played in 2017 at the World Blitz 2017; the most recent is from 2025 (Titled Tue 11th Mar Early). The busiest year was 2024, with 13 games. The opening seen most often is the Sicilian Defense.

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Results with White and Black

Carlsen played	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Score
White	24	15	6	3	75%
Black	27	10	10	7	56%
All games	51	25	16	10	65%

Year by year

Carlsen vs Bortnyk, 2017–2025

Year	Games	Carlsen won	Drawn	Bortnyk won	Carlsen score
2017	1	0	1	0	50%
2021	11	6	3	2	68%
2022	4	0	1	3	12%
2023	12	7	5	0	79%
2024	13	5	5	3	58%
2025	10	7	1	2	75%

By Opening

Openings in this matchup

Sicilian Defense8 Flank Openings6 Alekhine's Defense5 Indian Defenses5 Queen's Pawn Game4 King's Pawn Opening3 Bishop's Opening3 French Defense3 Ruy Lopez3 Old Indian Defense2 Philidor Defense2 Réti Opening2