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Nico Chasin

United StatesBorn 2006 (age 20)FIDE ID 30908477

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2481

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No classical titles on record yet.

Luft classical rating

Not ranked yet: the Luft classical rating needs at least 10 classical games in top events over the last year.

Openings

Their most-played, from 18 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Semi-Slav Defense20%
King's Indian Attack, with e61100%
English Opening1100%
King's Indian Defense150%
Slav Defense150%

Semi-Slav Defense

With White: 2 games, won 0, drew 0, lost 2 · 0%

VariationGamesScore
Stoltz Variation10%
Marshall Gambit10%

King's Indian Attack, with e6

With White: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Main line1100%

English Opening

With White: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Agincourt Defense1100%

King's Indian Defense

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Semi-Averbakh System150%

Slav Defense

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation150%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 3 games, won 0, drew 1, lost 2 · 17%

VariationGamesScore
Accelerated Dragon150%
Main line10%
Moscow Variation10%

King's Indian Attack

With Black: 2 games, won 0, drew 1, lost 1 · 25%

VariationGamesScore
Main line225%

Yusupov-Rubinstein System

With Black: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Main line1100%

English Opening

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
King's English Variation150%

Recent events

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EventPlace+/−+/−
Aktobe Open 202611 Jun 20261/2+1+2
Reykjavik Open 202629 Mar 2026=49th−13−13
2026 Saint Louis Masters26 Feb 20260/1−7−7
First League of Serbia 202528 Sep 20254½/10+1+1
Fujairah Global 202531 Aug 20252½/4+6+6

Best wins

OpponentRating
IMA. Bogdanov10 Jun 2026 · Aktobe Open 20262455
IMR. Makkar27 Aug 2025 · Fujairah Global 20252406
IMH. Ra27 Jul 2023 · Biel Festival 20232406
IMG. Laketic20 Sep 2025 · First League of Serbia 20252261

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMV. IvanchukLast 23 Apr 2025 · Menorca Open 20252011
IMR. MakkarLast 28 Mar 2026 · Reykjavik Open 20262101
GMBu XiangzhiLast 19 Jul 2023 · Biel Festival 20231010
GMPeng XiongjianLast 20 Jul 2023 · Biel Festival 20231001
IMS. ReadLast 23 Jul 2023 · Biel Festival 20231010

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.