Scouting report: Nitish Belurkar (IM, IND)

1,523 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,513 classical, 10 blitz): 43% wins, 27% draws, 29% losses. FIDE rating 2460 standard, 2258 rapid, 2372 blitz. 488 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.12 blunders per game.

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Nitish Belurkar

IM

Indiaborn 2001FIDE ID 5084768

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2200
2300
2400
2500
Peak2495
2451 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2460
2372
2258
2495peak, Sep 2025
1,523games
660wins, 43%
418draws, 27%
444losses, 29%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.3% average
Solid conversion: 83%
Very consistent (87%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (61% in 438 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 47%)

Play against Nitish Belurkar's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,523 games

Openings

1,523 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Scotch Game1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.d4only 8 games, last played 3 months ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Italian: Two Knights1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c4 f612 games, last played 2 weeks ago58.3%wins
Sicilian: 2...c61.e4 c5 2.f3 c627 games, last played 2 weeks ago55.6%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 488 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.5%
Middlegame
93.5%
Endgame
95.1%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
26%
127 err
18%
86 err
17%
81 err
14%
67 err
13%
64 err
12%
59 err
Critical moment
Move 41 avg
8%
1-15
15%
16-25
28%
26-35
18%
36-45
32%
46+
32% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
24
Few
Many
e5
24
f4
18
e4
16
g3
16
d4
13
e5/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#69
f4?? vs Bortnyk
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#59
h5?? vs Indjic
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#20
f4?? vs Grandelius
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#63
d1?? vs Dubov
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#69
g8?? vs Pranav
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#30
b1?? vs Erigaisi Arjun
Middlegame · OTB · 2026

Recent games

Pelev, Iassen(1961)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

1–0
Yoo, Christopher Woojin(2600)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

½–½
Gordievsky, Dmitry(2504)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

0–1
Dyulgerov, Volen(2181)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

1–0
Nguyen Truong An Khang(1982)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

½–½
Le, Quang Liem(2732)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,523 games in scope
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772 games47%W27%D26%L
Move
1. e4
4382w
45%32%23
61%
1. d4
3222w
51%1930%
60%
1. c4
83m
1363%24
44%
1. f3
28m
100%
100%
1. a4
18m
100%
0%
1. f3
12y
100%
50%

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