GM Nicolas D Checa

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Full name

Nicolas Checa

Born

Dec 19, 2001 (age 22)‎

Place of birth

New York, USA

Federation

United States

Retired

Rating

Bio

Nicolas Checa is an American grandmaster and a participant in the 2021 Junior Speed Chess Championship. In 2013, at the age of 11, he won the New York State Chess Championship. He earned his GM title in 2019. Checa has a win against GM Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces on his resume, coming in the 2019 PRO Chess League (see Best Game).

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation (12 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (10 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Harrwitz Attack (9 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov Defense (9 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern, Knight Defense (9 games)

Black Pieces

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (16 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Schallopp Defense (15 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Chameleon Variation (12 games)

Slav Defense (11 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (11 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Nicolas D Checa (2927) Mikhail Golubev (2681)	1-0	29	2024
Nicolas D Checa (2924) Vitor Hugo Vieira Ferreira (2526)	1-0	38	2024
Nicolas D Checa (2937) Anderson Esmeraldas Huachi (2517)	1-0	28	2024
Nicolas D Checa (2917) Ivan Excender Soriano Quispe (2723)	1-0	48	2024
Nicolas D Checa (2907) Srihari L (2702)	1-0	31	2024
Nicolas D Checa (2885) Alex Shrauger (2499)	1-0	42	2024
Nicolas D Checa (2887) Owen McCoy (2764)	1-0	82	2024
Nicolas D Checa (2896) Dambasuren Batsuren (2858)	1-0	29	2024
Nicolas D Checa (2888) Grigorios Drakoulakos (2623)	1-0	64	2024
Nicolas D Checa (2898) Dimitris Alexakis (2827)	1-0	64	2024

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