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Failon, Nick
🇺🇸FIDE 30921287· Male· United States of America· Born in 2001
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Nick Failon, a 25-year-old American player, is rated 1850 — just 6 short of his peak of 1856 (Dec 2025, age 24). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2018–2019) and 28 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). Recent appearances: 58th annual Liberty Bell Open - U2100 and 34th Annual King's Island Open - U2100.
Current rating
1850
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1856
−6 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 24
Dec 2025 · age 24
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#61,378
#61,378 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
8 entries2025
All-time peak 1856
at age 24 · −6 from today
Dec 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+186 Elo)
1624 → 1810
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 23
Mar 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 23
Feb 2024
2019
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1638 → returned at 1611
Sep 2019
2018
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1667 → returned at 1638
Apr 2018
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+12
1838 → 1850
Tournaments
2
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
5W2D2L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/1 | #91 | 2431 | -6.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/4 | #3 | 2522 | +17.6 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#1,693
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#6,905
in continent
World
#61,378
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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