Nikhil Kumar (chess player)

{{Short description|American chess player (born 2004)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox chess player

| name = Nikhil Kumar

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|2004}}

| country = United States

| title = International Master (2021)

| rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/30909040/chart 2336] (September 2021)

| peakrating = 2479 (February 2017)

| FideID = 30909040

}}

Nikhil Kumar (born 2004) is an American chess international master.{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/30909040|title=Kumar, Nikhil|website=ratings.fide.com}} His peak rating was 2479. He was also the under 12 World Youth Chess Championship in 2016.{{Cite web|last=Shahade|first=Jennifer|date=2016-11-28|title=Nikhil Kumar: From Gold in Batumi to Congress King in Philly|url=https://new.uschess.org/news/nikhil-kumar-from-gold-in-batumi-to-congress-king-in-philly|access-date=2022-01-28|website=US Chess.org|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=FM Nikhil Kumar {{!}} www.uschesschamps.com|url=https://uschesschamps.com/bio/fm-nikhil-kumar#:~:text=Nikhil%20Kumar%20is%20a%20FIDE,Chess%20Championship%20in%20Batumi,%20Georgia.&text=His%20current%20FIDE%20rating%20is%202479.|access-date=2022-01-28|website=uschesschamps.com}}

He won the U12 World Youth Chess Championship in 2016, beating grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.{{Cite web|last=Kaplan '22|first=Dina|title=Nikhil Kumar: Chess Star|url=https://recatalyst.org/3008/showcase/nikhil-kumar-chess-star/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=The Catalyst}}