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Whale, Nicholas

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FIDEFIDE 30941911· Male· United States of America· Born in 1999

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Nicholas Whale, a 27-year-old American player, is rated 1874. He has slipped back 38 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2025 Washington Class Championships - Anand (2000-2199) and 2025 National Open - Under 2100. His peak of 1960 was reached at age 25 (Apr 2024).

At junior level, he reached #74 and #89 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

1874

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1914

All-time high

1960

−86 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 25

Activity

28

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#54,766

#54,766 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+92 Elo)
1868 → 1960
Apr 2024
All-time peak 1960
at age 25 · −86 from today
Apr 2024
2021
100 career games
at age 22
Jul 2021
2020
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1864 → returned at 1874
Mar 2020
Re-crossed 1800
at age 21
Jan 2020
2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 20
Sep 2019

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Avanni Richardson 1,881
2026 National Open - U2100 · Jun 2026 · +10.2 Elo
Evolution
-35
1909 → 1874
Tournaments
2
22 games
Score
5.5/ 2225.0%
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Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Washington Open - Elite (1800 and Over)
Swiss
May 20263/6#311833-7.8
2025 Washington Class Championships - Anand (2000-2199)
Swiss
Nov 20252.5/6#101743-27.4
Worst Elo result: 2025 Washington Class Championships - Anand (2000-2199) (-27.4 Elo, finished #10).

Most-Played Opponents

vsRushaan MahajanFM
🇺🇸USA·2207
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsAaryan Deshpande
🇺🇸USA·1994
+1 −0 =4
5 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsNaomi BashkanskyWIM
🇺🇸USA·1996
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Jul 2018
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Rankings

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United States of America
#1,513
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#6,099
in continent
World
#54,765
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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7
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10
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Americas
1
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1
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3
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4
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2,742
5
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2,732
6
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2,724
7
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2,696
7
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
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World
1
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2
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2
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