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Nihal Avinash Bhala
🇮🇳FIDE 547077115· Male· India· Born in 2012
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Nihal Avinash Bhala, a 14-year-old Indian player, is rated 1474 — just 12 short of his peak of 1486 (Jan 2026, age 14). He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months). Recent standard appearances include All India Below 1700 Fide rating chess tournament, Amravati 2026, 2nd AGCA International Fide Rated Classical Chess Tournament 2025, and 21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'C').
Current rating
1474
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1486
−12 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 14
Jan 2026 · age 14
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#194,334
#194,334 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
4 entries2026
Crossed 1400
at age 14
Jan 2026
Crossed 1200
at age 14
Jan 2026
All-time peak 1486
at age 14 · −12 from today
Jan 2026
First FIDE rating
1486 · at age 14
Jan 2026
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-12
1486 → 1474
Tournaments
4
36 games
Score
14/ 3638.9%
12W4D20L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSwasti Chauhan1,486·2nd AGCA International Fide Rated Classical Chess Tournament 2025·R6·+20.0
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsMohit Kaushik1,446·2nd AGCA International Fide Rated Classical Chess Tournament 2025·R4·-22.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/1 | #324 | 2392 | -14.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/7 | #62 | 1404 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/8 | #698 | 1277 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/10 | #555 | 1343 | 0.0 |
Rankings
/
India
#13,228
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#41,559
in continent
World
#194,235
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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