Nikolaev, Daniil

Daniil Nikolaev, a 23-year-old Irish player, is rated 1920 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +21 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The National Club championship 2026, March quad C, and LCU Heidenfeld Trophy 2025-2026 Rounds 9-10. Also played 3 rapid (including Gens Una Sumus - Rapid Tournament) and 1 blitz events (including The ICU October Blitz 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 24 months (2016–2019) and 70 months (2019–2025, COVID-19 included).

Competes for Ireland since Jan 2026. At junior level, he reached World #55 in U10 and #13, #5, #5 and #2 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.