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Bhala Nikunj
🇮🇳FIDE 25647717· Male· India· Born in 2012
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Bhala Nikunj, a 14-year-old Indian player, is rated 1491 — just 10 short of his peak of 1501 (Oct 2025, age 13). He has held steady between 1450 and 1500 for 6 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include All India Below 1700 Fide rating chess tournament, Amravati 2026, 5th Nagpur Below 1700 International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025, and All India Open Motilalji Firodiya Classical Fide Rating Chess Tournament. Also played 5 rapid events (including 2ND SHRI DADA JI DHUNIWALE OPEN FIDE RAPID RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025) recently.
Current rating
1491
Standard
Rpd1481·Blz—
All-time high
1501
−10 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 13
Oct 2025 · age 13
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#188,031
#188,031 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
5 entries2025
Crossed 1500
at age 13
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1501
at age 13 · −10 from today
Oct 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 13
Sep 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 13
Sep 2025
First FIDE rating
1499 · at age 13
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
All India Below 1700 Fide rating chess tournament, Amravati 2026perf 2416 (+929) · 5/5 · #204
Top opponent
Evolution
—
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
9.5/ 1852.8%
8W3D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMalpani Jayesh1,647·All India Below 1700 Fide rating chess tournament, Amravati 2026·R8·+28.6
2.[W]vsTanish Amol Khanna1,514·5th Nagpur Below 1700 International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R3·+20.9
3.[W]vsSai Ritheesh S1,508·5th Nagpur Below 1700 International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R5·+20.5
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsNeelkant Yadav1,492·5th Nagpur Below 1700 International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R8·-20.4
2.[L]vsPriyank Ganguly Ganguly1,503·5th Nagpur Below 1700 International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R7·-19.8
3.[L]vsSarth Bujade1,510·5th Nagpur Below 1700 International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R4·-19.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/5 | #204 | 2416 | -8.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/7 | #151 | 1413 | 0.0 |
Rankings
/
India
#11,897
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#38,738
in continent
World
#187,957
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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