USCF player statistics
Bala Gowda, Nihal V
Official US Chess record- FIDE
- FIDE 0
Regular rating
Published rating · Sep 2026 · 10 published updates since Dec 2025
Other formats against Regular
-32 Quick vs Regular
No national baseline for this rating band yet.
-61 Blitz vs Regular (provisional)
No national baseline for this rating band yet.
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +101
- Jan 2026 to Feb 2026
- Biggest drop
- -50
- May 2026 to Jun 2026
- Longest rise
- 3 updates
- +223 from Jan 2026 to Apr 2026
- Updates that moved
- 9 of 9
- Latest +3, Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Typical move
- ±36
- Mean absolute change; spread ±50.8
Regular rating in context
United States
#26,715of 83,635 rated members · higher than 68%
56,882 lower · 39 same rating · 26,714 higher · ties share a rank
Connecticut
#350of 861 rated members · higher than 59.2%
510 lower · 2 same rating · 349 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,635 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 7,041 within 100 points of 1,221 (this player included)
1,200–1,249: 1,822 members (2.1%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
69.2% below 1,250 (57,880 of 83,635; 68% below 1,221)
How these comparisons are calculated
Chess67 calculations from the Sep 2026 monthly rating update, using the same population as the USCF statistics pages: US members classified as active in the published monthly records, excluding lifetime-coded records, provisional ratings included. Ties share a rank; “lower” is strictly lower; national and state groups overlap. The target explorer keeps the population fixed, with this player at their recorded rating: it is a rating comparison, not a prediction of future rank.
Published ratings by month
P marks a provisional rating; the small figure is the change since the previous published observation.
| Month | Regular | Quick | Blitz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 1,221+3 | 1,189+1 | 1,160 Pno change · 20 games |
| Aug 2026 | 1,218+1 | 1,188+28 | 1,160 P20 games |
| Jul 2026 | 1,217-27 | 1,160+9 | — |
| Jun 2026 | 1,244-50 | 1,151-48 | — |
| May 2026 | 1,294-9 | 1,199-25 | — |
| Apr 2026 | 1,303+86 | 1,224+89 | — |
| Mar 2026 | 1,217+36 | 1,135no change | — |
| Feb 2026 | 1,181+101 | 1,135+103 | — |
| Jan 2026 | 1,080-15 | 1,032-20 | — |
| Dec 2025 | 1,095 | 1,052 | — |