Format
KN
Kushalnagar, Nirupam
🇺🇸FIDE 30978858· Male· United States of America· Born in 2004
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Nirupam Kushalnagar, a 22-year-old American player, is rated 1873 — just 13 short of his peak of 1886 (May 2026, age 22). He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 21 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The Atlantic City Open - U2200, 2026 April-May Marshall Thursday Open Round 1-4, and 2026 February-March Marshall Thursday Open Round 2-6. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2022–2023) and 12 months (2023–2024).
Current rating
1873
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1886
−13 pts below
May 2026 · age 22
May 2026 · age 22
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#55,025
#55,025 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1886
at age 22 · −13 from today
May 2026
100 career games
at age 22
May 2026
2025
8-month rising streak
+46 Elo
Mar 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 20
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1716 → returned at 1841
Aug 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+7
1866 → 1873
Tournaments
7
45 games
Score
23.5/ 4552.2%
21W12D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/5 | #67 | 2044 | -10.4 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #4 | 1833 | -2.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/6 | #11 | 1903 | +5.2 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/3 | #5 | 1894 | +3.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #5 | 1893 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/7 | #16 | 1934 | +17.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #63 | 1819 | -11.8 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#1,523
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#6,134
in continent
World
#55,024
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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