IM Nikhil Kumar

Full name

Nikhil Kumar

Born

2004 (age 22)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Indian Game: Knights Variation, East Indian Defense (11 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (10 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Schallopp Defense (8 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation (8 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined (7 games)

Black Pieces

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense (10 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights, Mindeno, Exchange Line (8 games)

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (8 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch, Main Line, Exchange Variation (7 games)

English Opening: Neo-Catalan Defense Declined (6 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Deepanshi Bishnoi Nikhil Kumar (1764)	0-1	10	2025
Nikhil Kumar (2284) Endre Csiki (2322)	1-0	39	2021
Nikhil Kumar (2284) Ajay Karthikeyan (2426)	1-0	59	2021
Nikhil Kumar Titas Stremavicius	0-1	37	2021
Nikhil Kumar (2322) Eugene Yanayt (2100)	½-½	61	2021
Nikhil Kumar Pavel Vorontsov	½-½	21	2021
Nikhil Kumar (2284) Moksh Amit Doshi (2380)	½-½	30	2021
Nikhil Kumar (2284) Shahil Dey (2414)	½-½	30	2021
Shelev Oberoi (2161) Nikhil Kumar (2322)	1-0	40	2021
Evan Park (2207) Nikhil Kumar (2322)	1-0	39	2021