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Kulik, Nicolas
🇺🇾FIDE 3009530· Male· Uruguay· Born in 2007
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Nicolas Kulik, a 19-year-old player, is rated 2116 and ranked 19th among URU players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +78 Elo over the past 12 months. 132 rated games in the past year (≈64/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Circuito del Oeste - 3ra Etapa, Campeonato Uruguayo Sub 20 2026, and Cerrado Fortaleza 2026. Also played 16 rapid (including CAMPEONATO URUGUAYO RAPIDOAS 2025) and 10 blitz events (including 1er Blitz Ciudad de Montevideo) recently. His peak of 2188 was reached at age 18 (Dec 2025); he also reached #12 nationally in Apr 2025.
At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1, #1, #1 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2116
Standard
Rpd2224·Blz2072
All-time high
2188
−72 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 18
Dec 2025 · age 18
Activity
107
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
126 past 12 mo · ≈11/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#19
#19 · URU players · of 490
Career timeline
20 entries2026
1st U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 2126
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 19
Apr 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
500 career games
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Dec 2025
All-time peak 2188
at age 18 · −72 from today
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-63
2179 → 2116
Tournaments
20
141 games
Score
78.5/ 14155.7%
75W30D36L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/5 | #2 | 1976 | -9.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/6 | #2 | 2264 | +15.0 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 3.5/5 | #2 | 2157 | +8.2 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 2.5/9 | #9 | 2099 | -1.0 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 2/5 | #3 | 2064 | -5.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #6 | 2197 | +13.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/8 | #24 | 1930 | -28.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/9 | #18 | 2263 | +48.0 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #1 | 2217 | +18.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/9 | #43 | 1868 | -131.2 |
Worst Elo result: Festival Sudamericano de la Juventud 2025 - Sub 18 Abs Ajedrez Clasico (-131.2 Elo, finished #43).
Most-Played Opponents
vsBenjamin Martello
🇺🇾URU·2053
+15 −4 =8
27 games·last met May 2026
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vsAriel Miller
🇺🇾URU·1961
+14 −3 =5
22 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsLeonardo Vaz Lacuesta
🇺🇾URU·2069
+4 −12 =3
19 games·last met May 2026
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vsMateo Varela
🇺🇾URU·2034
+11 −3 =3
17 games·last met May 2026
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vsFranco ManteigaCM
🇺🇾URU·2044
+9 −3 =5
17 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Uruguay
#19
out of 725 players
Americas
#1,473
in continent
World
#13,932
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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