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Siva Kumar, Nirish Kumar
FM🇲🇾FIDE 35820802· Male· Malaysia· Born in 2008
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Nirish Kumar Siva Kumar, a 18-year-old Malaysian FIDE Master, is rated 2224 and ranked 14th among Malaysian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +73 Elo over the past 12 months. 144 rated games in the past year (≈78/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026 - Under 18, Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026, and 23rd Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026. Also played 2 rapid (including KCE18 - UPTM FIDE RATED RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT 2026) and 1 blitz events (including MCF Office BLITZ OPEN Q3 2025) recently. His peak of 2348 was reached at age 16 (Sep 2024, Malaysian #2 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2024 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #69 in U16 and #1 and #4 nationally in U18 and U14.
Current rating
2224
Standard
Rpd1993·Blz2030
All-time high
2348
−124 pts below
Sep 2024 · age 16
Sep 2024 · age 16
Activity
92
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
110 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#14
#14 · Malaysian players · of 1,335
Career timeline
15 entries2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 18
Jun 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 17
Jul 2025
1st Malaysian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2237
Jan 2025
2024
Peak Malaysian rank: #2
at age 16 · rated 2348
Sep 2024
69th U16 player worldwide
at age 16 · rated 2348
Sep 2024
FM title awardedFM
at age 16
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+16
2208 → 2224
Tournaments
13
117 games
Score
68.5/ 11758.5%
57W33D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #37 | 2104 | -3.6 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2217 | +16.4 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5.5/9 | #18 | 2262 | +22.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #59 | 2132 | -8.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/7 | #30 | 2085 | -20.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/8 | #1 | 2181 | +9.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #29 | 2108 | -22.8 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/9 | #14 | 2206 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #43 | 2188 | -3.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #10 | 2366 | +36.6 |
Worst Elo result: 17h Penang Heritage City Intenational Chess Open 2025 (Open) (-22.8 Elo, finished #29).
Rankings
/
Malaysia
#14
out of 2,302 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,171
in continent
World
#6,961
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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