Kumar, Nikhil
IM
United StatesUSA
ID: 30909040
Chess.com @nikhileshk★

Nikhil Kumar

FIDE ratings

2,336Classical
2,236Blitz

Performance

50 games
32% Win
46% Draw
22% Loss

Nikhil Kumar's playing style

Strong overall score:55%16W 23D 11L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:55%in 22 games
In great form:65%6W 14D 0L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:46%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, East Indian Defense has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

East Indian Defense
100%
4g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Classical Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Catalan Opening: Closed has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Catalan Opening: Closed
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

26 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Kumar, Nikhil as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
38%
38%
23%
Move
22 · 85%
36%
36%
27%
2 · 8%
100%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 16, 2021
OTB - TWIC
IMShahil Dey(2414)
D—
Aug 16, 2021
OTB - TWIC
IMShahil Dey(2414)
D—
Aug 16, 2021
OTB - PGNMentor
GMNguyen, Huynh Minh Huy(2420)
D—
Aug 16, 2021
OTB - PGN-Mentor
GMNguyen, Huynh Minh Huy(2420)
D—
Aug 14, 2021
OTB - TWIC
IMAjay Karthikeyan(2426)
W—
Aug 14, 2021
OTB - TWIC
IMAjay Karthikeyan(2426)
W—
Aug 13, 2021
OTB - PGN-Mentor
GMKantsler, Boris(2426)
D—
Aug 13, 2021
OTB - PGNMentor
GMKantsler, Boris(2426)
D—
Aug 11, 2021
OTB - PGNMentor
IMCsiki, Endre(2322)
W—
Aug 11, 2021
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMCsiki, Endre(2322)
W—

Research Nikhil Kumar’s games and opening repertoire

IM Nikhil Kumar is rated 2336 in standard, 2236 in blitz by FIDE. Nikhil Kumar plays for United States.

Nikhil Kumar has FIDE ID 30909040.

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