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IM Nitish Belurkar

Full name

Nitish Belurkar

Born

1/1/2001 (age 23)‎

Place of birth

Federation

India

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (18 games)

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense (8 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (8 games)

Colle System (4 games)

Colle System: Traditional Line (3 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (9 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Euwe Variation (5 games)

Pirc Defense (5 games)

Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation (4 games)

Alekhine's Defense: Scandinavian Variation (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Nitish Belurkar (2435) Arun Kataria (2079)	1-0	35	2024
Nitish Belurkar (2435) Jaiveer Mahendru (2294)	1-0	43	2024
Nitish Belurkar (2435) Srihari L (2288)	1-0	63	2024
Nitish Belurkar (2435) S Nitin (2385)	1-0	55	2024
Nitish Belurkar (2449) Jan Karsten (2284)	1-0	32	2024
Nitish Belurkar (2449) Yixing Wu (2316)	1-0	45	2024
Nitish Belurkar (2449) Devnani Kush (2249)	1-0	50	2024
Nitish Belurkar (2449) Abdelrahman Hesham (2391)	1-0	47	2024
Nitish Belurkar (2449) Aditya Mittal (2607)	1-0	47	2024
Nitish Belurkar (2688) Viktor Poddubnyi (2344)	1-0	17	2024

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