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Checa, Nicolas
GM🇺🇸INACTIVE · since February 2025FIDE 2069342· Male· United States of America· Born in 2001
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Nicolas Checa, a 25-year-old American Grandmaster, is rated 2507 and ranked 36th among American players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 50 rated games per year and took a 23-month break between Feb 2023 and Feb 2025. His peak of 2574 was reached at age 20 (May 2021, World #324 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2019 (age 18), IM in 2016 (age 15), and FM in 2015 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #12 in U20, World #14 in U18, World #15 in U16, World #7 in U14 and World #27 in U12.
Current rating
2507
Standard
Rpd2416·Blz2499
All-time high
2574
−67 pts below
May 2021 · age 20
May 2021 · age 20
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#36
#36 · American players · of 4,932
Career timeline
22 entries2025
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2507 → still inactive
Feb 2025
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2517 → returned at 2507
Feb 2023
2021
Peak World rank: #324
at age 20 · rated 2574
Jun 2021
12th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2574
Jun 2021
Peak American rank: #24
at age 20 · rated 2574
May 2021
All-time peak 2574
at age 20 · −67 from today
May 2021
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2507 → 2507
Most-Played Opponents
vsHans Moke NiemannGM
🇺🇸USA·2728
+10 −4 =2
16 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsBrandon JacobsonGM
🇺🇸USA·2594
+9 −5 =1
15 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsMaxim DlugyGM
🇺🇸USA·2496
+2 −8 =5
15 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsJustin SarkarIM
🇺🇸USA·2277
+5 −5 =3
13 games·last met May 2021
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vsJay BoninIM
🇺🇸USA·2079
+8 −2 =1
11 games·last met Mar 2019
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Rankings
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United States of America
#41
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#70
in continent
World
#537
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
United States of America
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