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Arun, Nitish
CM🇮🇪FIDE 2524201· Male· Ireland· Born in 2012
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Nitish Arun, a 14-year-old Irish Candidate Master, is rated 2169 and ranked 30th among Irish players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +82 Elo over the past 12 months. 106 rated games in the past year (≈92/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The National Club championship 2026, Munster Chess Union Club League Division 1 Round 7, and X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A. Also played 7 rapid (including FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2025) and 5 blitz events (including Torneo Mundialista de Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2226 was reached at age 14 (Apr 2026, Irish #20 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2026 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #75 in U14 and #1 nationally in U12.
Current rating
2169
Standard
Rpd2055·Blz2003
All-time high
2226
−57 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 14
Apr 2026 · age 14
Activity
88
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
106 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#30
#30 · Irish players · of 951
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Peak Irish rank: #20
at age 14 · rated 2226
Apr 2026
75th U14 player worldwide
at age 14 · rated 2226
Apr 2026
CM title awardedCM
at age 14
Apr 2026
Crossed 2200
at age 14
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2226
at age 14 · −57 from today
Apr 2026
2025
Crossed 2100
at age 13
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+92
2077 → 2169
Tournaments
20
100 games
Score
61.5/ 10061.5%
47W33D20L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsYilun Zhu2,087·X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A·R5·-24.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 2.5/5 | #40 | — | -30.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #8 | 2839 | +10.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #162 | 2147 | -37.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #4 | — | +12.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 4.5/5 | #5 | 2336 | +38.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #3 | — | +16.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | — | +4.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #5 | 2127 | -2.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #6 | 2127 | -5.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #8 | 2210 | +22.8 |
Worst Elo result: X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A (-37.6 Elo, finished #162).
Rankings
/
Ireland
#30
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#7,067
in continent
World
#9,950
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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