USCF player statistics
Bala Gowda, Nihal V
- Gender
- Male
- FIDE
- FIDE 0
- US Chess reported rank
- #20,435 national · #247 in state
- Floor
- Regular 150 · Quick 150 · Blitz 117
- Rated games
- Blitz 20
US Chess record as of Sep 16, 2026
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
- 4 updates
- +98 from Jul 2026 to Nov 2026
- Updates that moved
- 11 of 11
- Latest +78, Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
- Typical move
- ±38
- Mean absolute change; spread ±49.4
Regular rating in context
United States
#23,729of 83,032 rated members · higher than 71.3%
59,273 lower · 31 same rating · 23,728 higher · ties share a rank
Connecticut
#324of 845 rated members · higher than 61.6%
521 lower · 1 same rating · 323 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,032 rated members in 50-point bands · median 850–899 · 7,049 within 100 points of 1,315 (this player included)
1,300–1,349: 1,797 members (2.1%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
72.8% below 1,350 (60,455 of 83,032; 71.3% below 1,315)
Percentile over time · United States
71.3% higher than · Nov 2026 · rank #23,729 of 83,032
Since Dec 2025
+9.1 pts
How these comparisons are calculated
Chess67 calculations from the Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 1,315+78 | 1,201-1 | 1,160 Pno change · 20 games |
| Oct 2026 | 1,237+16 | 1,202+13 | 1,160 Pno change · 20 games |
| 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 | — |