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Begerhotta, Nikhil
🇺🇸FIDE 566003636· Male· United States of America· Born in 2016
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Nikhil Begerhotta, a 10-year-old American player, is rated 1661 — just 16 short of his peak of 1677 (Mar 2026, age 10). He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: 2nd Chesskraft Academy All India Below 1800 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including 2nd Rejoice Chanakya CTF International Open FIDE Rapid rating Chess Tournament 2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #39 nationally in U10.
Current rating
1661
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1677
−16 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 10
Mar 2026 · age 10
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#124,054
#124,054 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2026
All-time peak 1677
at age 10 · −16 from today
Mar 2026
39th American U10 player
at age 10 · rated 1657
Feb 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 10
Feb 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 10
Feb 2026
Crossed 1400
at age 10
Feb 2026
First FIDE rating
1657 · at age 10
Feb 2026
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
2nd Chesskraft Academy All India Below 1800 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025 · Jan 2026 · +13.9 Elo
Evolution
+4
1657 → 1661
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
4W4D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsElfeej S John1,548·2nd Chesskraft Academy All India Below 1800 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R7·+13.9
2.[W]vsSoham Sudarshan Sahamate1,531·2nd Chesskraft Academy All India Below 1800 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R9·+13.0
3.[W]vsKotur Aryan1,498·2nd Chesskraft Academy All India Below 1800 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R8·+11.4
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsSarah Patil1,561·2nd Chesskraft Academy All India Below 1800 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R2·-25.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/8 | #52 | 1577 | 0.0 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#3,770
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#15,090
in continent
World
#124,048
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
United States of America
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