Nepal chess federation: top players, ratings and statistics

Top players

1 Thing, Bibek FMBorn 1995 2248
2 Jaiswal, Rupesh FMBorn 1998 2176
3 Silwal, Purushottam CMBorn 2008 2133

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Bhandari, Kshitiz FM	Rating 2119	Born 1989
5	Thapa, Rishon	Rating 2075	Born 2005
6	Phunyal, Aashish	Rating 2040	Born 1997
7	Dahal, Sushrut CM	Rating 2015	Born 1995
8	Kusatha, Niken	Rating 2007	Born 2002
9	Lama, Milan CM	Rating 2005	Born 2001
10	Shrestha, Muhan Narshing	Rating 1983	Born 2006
11	Subedi, Rajan	Rating 1980	Born 1989
12	Nepali, Badrilal	Rating 1969	Born 1964
13	Nepal, Prakash Chandra	Rating 1964	Born 1990
14	Chaudhary, Sushil	Rating 1948	Born 1995
15	Chaulagain, Purusottam CM	Rating 1948	Born 1986
16	Rai, Dhiren	Rating 1941	Born 1995
17	Shrestha, Shyam Sundar	Rating 1936	Born 1974
18	Maharjan, Sajin CM	Rating 1932	Born 1990
19	Imbung, Jwala	Rating 1930	Born 1993
20	Shrestha, Janardan	Rating 1928	Born 1958
21	Ghimire, Sabin Chandra	Rating 1921	Born 1992
22	Kafle, Sujan	Rating 1921	Born 2003
23	Puri, Rajan	Rating 1916	Born 1981
24	Subedi, Avinay	Rating 1908	Born 1978
25	Maharjan, Suroj	Rating 1907	Born 1991

1 Bhandari, Kshitiz FMBorn 1989 2211
2 Phunyal, Aashish Born 1997 2182
3 Jaiswal, Rupesh FMBorn 1998 2145

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Dahal, Sushrut CM	Rating 2143	Born 1995
5	Thing, Bibek FM	Rating 2140	Born 1995
6	Thapa, Rishon	Rating 2093	Born 2005
7	Rai, Dhiren	Rating 2079	Born 1995
8	Nepal, Prakash Chandra	Rating 2073	Born 1990
9	Maharjan, Sajin CM	Rating 2070	Born 1990
10	Shrestha, Muhan Narshing	Rating 2070	Born 2006
11	Silwal, Purushottam CM	Rating 2063	Born 2008
12	Kusatha, Niken	Rating 2062	Born 2002
13	Lama, Phurba	Rating 2059	Born 1995
14	Nepali, Badrilal	Rating 2027	Born 1964
15	Ghimire, Sabin Chandra	Rating 2013	Born 1992
16	Shah, Abheek	Rating 2000	Born 2009
17	Imbung, Jwala	Rating 1992	Born 1993
18	Subedi, Rajan	Rating 1988	Born 1989
19	Lama, Milan CM	Rating 1983	Born 2001
20	Shrestha, Kamal	Rating 1975	Born 1979
21	Kafle, Sujan	Rating 1973	Born 2003
22	Maharjan, Suroj	Rating 1965	Born 1991
23	Tamang, Sudip	Rating 1963	Born 2001
24	Neupane, Shailendra	Rating 1959	Born 1978
25	Pathak, Tekendra Raj	Rating 1959	Born 1971

1 Bhandari, Kshitiz FMBorn 1989 2274
2 Silwal, Purushottam CMBorn 2008 2190
3 Thing, Bibek FMBorn 1995 2146

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Jaiswal, Rupesh FM	Rating 2135	Born 1998
5	Phunyal, Aashish	Rating 2103	Born 1997
6	Sharma, Satyam	Rating 2103	Born 2008
7	Nepali, Badrilal	Rating 2077	Born 1964
8	Nepal, Prakash Chandra	Rating 2029	Born 1990
9	Kachhepati, Rajesh	Rating 1987	Born 1973
10	Subedi, Rajan	Rating 1984	Born 1989
11	Kusatha, Niken	Rating 1976	Born 2002
12	Maharjan, Sajin CM	Rating 1973	Born 1990
13	Maharjan, Suroj	Rating 1973	Born 1991
14	Puri, Rajan	Rating 1967	Born 1981
15	Shrestha, Muhan Narshing	Rating 1962	Born 2006
16	Lama, Milan CM	Rating 1960	Born 2001
17	Maharjan, Ramesh	Rating 1945	Born 1990
18	Maharjan, Baburaja	Rating 1941	Born 1969
19	Tandukar, Nabin CM	Rating 1940	Born 1960
20	Chaulagain, Purusottam CM	Rating 1939	Born 1986
21	Maharjan, Krishna Man	Rating 1930	Born 1964
22	Duwal, Surendra Prasad	Rating 1929	Born 1977
23	Nakarmi, Ramesh	Rating 1926
24	Shrestha, Janardan	Rating 1925	Born 1958
25	Shrestha, Kamal	Rating 1924	Born 1979

1 Adhikari, Kritisara Born 2003 1752
2 Poudel, Radhika Born 2009 1704
3 Bhandari, Pooja Born 1998 1687

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Dhimal, Shanti	Rating 1671	Born 1993
5	Kapali, Binita	Rating 1652	Born 1995
6	Chettri, Priya	Rating 1649	Born 2005
7	Maharjan, Angel	Rating 1646	Born 2011
8	Shrestha, Riya	Rating 1645	Born 2010
9	Magar, Ritisha Gharti	Rating 1635	Born 2007
10	Shrestha, Nihana	Rating 1611	Born 2014
11	Shrestha, Ojashwi	Rating 1611	Born 2014
12	Khadka, Ayusha	Rating 1607	Born 2013
13	Lama, Trisara	Rating 1590	Born 2013
14	Puri, Danisha	Rating 1587	Born 2006
15	Giri, Isha	Rating 1584	Born 2014
16	Joshi, Sindira	Rating 1571	Born 1983
17	Gurung, Purnima	Rating 1566	Born 2009
18	Rai, Kristi	Rating 1565	Born 2011
19	Adhikari, Precious	Rating 1563	Born 2011
20	Prasain, Punam	Rating 1563	Born 2003
21	Kandel, Laxmi	Rating 1541	Born 1991
22	Gurung, Sushila	Rating 1540	Born 1993
23	Kc, Bipasana	Rating 1540	Born 2014
24	Khatri, Paridhi	Rating 1530	Born 2012
25	Rai, Binita	Rating 1528	Born 2005

1 Poudel, Radhika Born 2009 1764
2 Adhikari, Kritisara Born 2003 1722
3 Chettri, Priya Born 2005 1704

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Gurung, Purnima	Rating 1701	Born 2009
5	Giri, Isha	Rating 1687	Born 2014
6	Gurung, Sushila	Rating 1670	Born 1993
7	Dhimal, Shanti	Rating 1668	Born 1993
8	Kapali, Binita	Rating 1641	Born 1995
9	Sah, Sakshi	Rating 1638	Born 2002
10	Maharjan, Angel	Rating 1628	Born 2011
11	Prajapati, Kripa	Rating 1605	Born 2009
12	Tamang, Tenzin	Rating 1599	Born 2008
13	Joshi, Sindira	Rating 1590	Born 1983
14	Shrestha, Riya	Rating 1590	Born 2010
15	Bhandari, Pooja	Rating 1582	Born 1998
16	Subba, Numa	Rating 1569	Born 2013
17	Lama, Trisara	Rating 1565	Born 2013
18	Pandey, Swikriti	Rating 1564	Born 2007
19	Khatiwada, Bhawana	Rating 1563	Born 2000
20	Acharya, Agrata	Rating 1558	Born 2016
21	Shrestha, Nihana	Rating 1553	Born 2014
22	Kunwar, Soyasna	Rating 1548	Born 2011
23	Panta, Devaki	Rating 1543	Born 1997
24	Kandel, Laxmi	Rating 1539	Born 1991
25	Rana, Buddhikala	Rating 1528	Born 2002

1 Dhimal, Shanti Born 1993 1734
2 Giri, Isha Born 2014 1720
3 Kapali, Binita Born 1995 1716

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Puri, Danisha	Rating 1708	Born 2006
5	Gurung, Purnima	Rating 1705	Born 2009
6	Adhikari, Kritisara	Rating 1667	Born 2003
7	Joshi, Sindira	Rating 1665	Born 1983
8	Gurung, Sushila	Rating 1641	Born 1993
9	Oli, Inshu	Rating 1640	Born 2012
10	Bhandari, Pooja	Rating 1625	Born 1998
11	Shrestha, Shubhashree	Rating 1624	Born 2018
12	Prasain, Punam	Rating 1612	Born 2003
13	Shrestha, Nihana	Rating 1592	Born 2014
14	Shrestha, Glossy	Rating 1578	Born 2016
15	Basnet, Sastika	Rating 1573	Born 2004
16	Ghising, Kushum	Rating 1569	Born 2004
17	Lama, Trisara	Rating 1566	Born 2013
18	Pant, Pragya	Rating 1564	Born 2010
19	Shrestha, Riya	Rating 1557	Born 2010
20	Shrestha, Sanam	Rating 1556	Born 2008
21	Maharjan, Angel	Rating 1555	Born 2011
22	Rai, Binita	Rating 1546	Born 2005
23	Kandel, Laxmi	Rating 1540	Born 1991
24	Sharma, Yashashwi	Rating 1484	Born 2010
25	Sedhai, Naman	Rating 1477	Born 2001

1 Silwal, Purushottam CMBorn 2008 2133
2 Shrestha, Muhan Narshing Born 2006 1983
3 Shah, Abheek Born 2009 1906

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Gurung, Prasant	Rating 1896	Born 2008
5	Sharma, Satyam	Rating 1890	Born 2008
6	Subedi, Pratik	Rating 1885	Born 2009
7	Katuwal, Sangam	Rating 1882	Born 2007
8	Gautam, Sameep	Rating 1841	Born 2008
9	Khadka, Agrim	Rating 1827	Born 2009
10	Neupane, Sajal	Rating 1802	Born 2009
11	Sharma, Pratik	Rating 1798	Born 2008
12	Kc, Ronish	Rating 1791	Born 2012
13	Ghimire, Krishant	Rating 1789	Born 2010
14	Mainali, Amrit	Rating 1788	Born 2007
15	Thapa, Subhandeep	Rating 1773	Born 2010
16	Rai, Jesan	Rating 1769	Born 2011
17	Shah, Anup Jung	Rating 1756	Born 2010
18	Mainali, Rupesh	Rating 1751	Born 2007
19	Mahamad, Jasim Al Saiyed	Rating 1750	Born 2009
20	Shrestha, Sarthak	Rating 1736	Born 2013
21	Limbu, Abhinash	Rating 1735	Born 2007
22	Karki, Sushant Raj	Rating 1730	Born 2010
23	Rajbanshi, Saurav	Rating 1723	Born 2008
24	Magar, Rishon Thapa	Rating 1719	Born 2013
25	Nag, Aarush	Rating 1719	Born 2010

1 Shrestha, Muhan Narshing Born 2006 2070
2 Silwal, Purushottam CMBorn 2008 2063
3 Shah, Abheek Born 2009 2000

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Gyalek Rai, Ryan	Rating 1929	Born 2011
5	Neupane, Sajal	Rating 1928	Born 2009
6	Subedi, Pratik	Rating 1921	Born 2009
7	Thapa, Subhandeep	Rating 1918	Born 2010
8	Karki, Kashiv	Rating 1913	Born 2011
9	Gurung, Prashant	Rating 1910	Born 2008
10	Gajurel, Aaditya	Rating 1908	Born 2009
11	Sainju, Agrim	Rating 1877	Born 2014
12	Gurung, Basanta	Rating 1876	Born 2007
13	Ranabhat, Sujan	Rating 1865	Born 2008
14	Gurung, Sanskar	Rating 1864	Born 2007
15	Belbase, Kushal	Rating 1854	Born 2007
16	Sharma, Satyam	Rating 1851	Born 2008
17	Khadka, Agrim	Rating 1846	Born 2009
18	Bhandari, Aayush	Rating 1821	Born 2012
19	Bastola, Nitesh	Rating 1810	Born 2006
20	Kc, Sudip	Rating 1810	Born 2006
21	KC Prabir	Rating 1807	Born 2012
22	Ghimire, Bipin	Rating 1804	Born 2007
23	Baruwal, Sandesh	Rating 1796	Born 2011
24	Dahal, Agni	Rating 1795	Born 2007
25	Mali, Ramesh	Rating 1780	Born 2008

1 Silwal, Purushottam CMBorn 2008 2190
2 Sharma, Satyam Born 2008 2103
3 Shrestha, Muhan Narshing Born 2006 1962

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Neupane, Sajal	Rating 1916	Born 2009
5	Gurung, Prashant	Rating 1913	Born 2008
6	Sherpa, Olo Tenzi	Rating 1881	Born 2006
7	Shah, Abheek	Rating 1842	Born 2009
8	Satyal, Himalaya	Rating 1831	Born 2006
9	Baruwal, Sandesh	Rating 1823	Born 2011
10	Subedi, Pratik	Rating 1810	Born 2009
11	Thapa, Subhandeep	Rating 1808	Born 2010
12	Chaurasiya, Pratik	Rating 1807	Born 2011
13	Baruwal, Sandip	Rating 1804	Born 2006
14	Dahal, Ujwal	Rating 1802	Born 2006
15	Gurung, Basanta	Rating 1792	Born 2007
16	Karki, Kashiv	Rating 1780	Born 2011
17	Pant, Sarthak	Rating 1780	Born 2011
18	Mahamad, Jasim Al Saiyed	Rating 1776	Born 2009
19	Sainju, Agrim	Rating 1770	Born 2014
20	Khadka, Arjan	Rating 1766	Born 2008
21	Maharjan, Samjal	Rating 1764	Born 2010
22	Pandey, Abhinav	Rating 1760	Born 2009
23	Panthi, Unique	Rating 1760	Born 2006
24	Gupta, Yubraj	Rating 1756	Born 2013
25	KC Prabir	Rating 1749	Born 2012

1 Poudel, Radhika Born 2009 1704
2 Maharjan, Angel Born 2011 1646
3 Shrestha, Riya Born 2010 1645

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Magar, Ritisha Gharti	Rating 1635	Born 2007
5	Shrestha, Nihana	Rating 1611	Born 2014
6	Shrestha, Ojashwi	Rating 1611	Born 2014
7	Khadka, Ayusha	Rating 1607	Born 2013
8	Lama, Trisara	Rating 1590	Born 2013
9	Puri, Danisha	Rating 1587	Born 2006
10	Giri, Isha	Rating 1584	Born 2014
11	Gurung, Purnima	Rating 1566	Born 2009
12	Rai, Kristi	Rating 1565	Born 2011
13	Adhikari, Precious	Rating 1563	Born 2011
14	Kc, Bipasana	Rating 1540	Born 2014
15	Khatri, Paridhi	Rating 1530	Born 2012
16	Shrestha, Glossy	Rating 1516	Born 2016
17	Magar, Nayuma	Rating 1492	Born 2014
18	Dawadi, Prawisha	Rating 1490	Born 2014
19	Duwal, Shresha	Rating 1479	Born 2011
20	Kandel, Ujjivani	Rating 1473	Born 2013
21	Shrestha, Garima	Rating 1469	Born 2009
22	Senehang, Lira	Rating 1468	Born 2007
23	Acharya, Agrata	Rating 1455	Born 2016
24	Sainju, Anannya	Rating 1451	Born 2013
25	Rai, Semril	Rating 1448	Born 2011

1 Poudel, Radhika Born 2009 1764
2 Gurung, Purnima Born 2009 1701
3 Giri, Isha Born 2014 1687

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Maharjan, Angel	Rating 1628	Born 2011
5	Prajapati, Kripa	Rating 1605	Born 2009
6	Tamang, Tenzin	Rating 1599	Born 2008
7	Shrestha, Riya	Rating 1590	Born 2010
8	Subba, Numa	Rating 1569	Born 2013
9	Lama, Trisara	Rating 1565	Born 2013
10	Pandey, Swikriti	Rating 1564	Born 2007
11	Acharya, Agrata	Rating 1558	Born 2016
12	Shrestha, Nihana	Rating 1553	Born 2014
13	Kunwar, Soyasna	Rating 1548	Born 2011
14	Adhikari, Precious	Rating 1527	Born 2011
15	Ojha, Nelisa	Rating 1525	Born 2011
16	Khatri, Paridhi	Rating 1516	Born 2012
17	Baskota, Pratima	Rating 1511	Born 2010
18	Pariyar, Niruta	Rating 1511	Born 2009
19	Shrestha, Glossy	Rating 1511	Born 2016
20	Rai, Samira	Rating 1509	Born 2014
21	Senehang, Lira	Rating 1507	Born 2007
22	Upreti, Aditya	Rating 1504	Born 2014
23	Shrestha, Ishika	Rating 1502	Born 2012
24	Maharjan, Jyotsana	Rating 1501	Born 2014
25	Sainju, Anannya	Rating 1494	Born 2013

1 Giri, Isha Born 2014 1720
2 Puri, Danisha Born 2006 1708
3 Gurung, Purnima Born 2009 1705

Rank	പേര്	റേറ്റിംഗ്	Born
4	Oli, Inshu	Rating 1640	Born 2012
5	Shrestha, Shubhashree	Rating 1624	Born 2018
6	Shrestha, Nihana	Rating 1592	Born 2014
7	Shrestha, Glossy	Rating 1578	Born 2016
8	Lama, Trisara	Rating 1566	Born 2013
9	Pant, Pragya	Rating 1564	Born 2010
10	Shrestha, Riya	Rating 1557	Born 2010
11	Shrestha, Sanam	Rating 1556	Born 2008
12	Maharjan, Angel	Rating 1555	Born 2011
13	Sharma, Yashashwi	Rating 1484	Born 2010
14	Koirala, Nilam	Rating 1470	Born 2011
15	Ojha, Nelisa	Rating 1470	Born 2011
16	Thapa, Anupama	Rating 1465	Born 2006
17	Acharya, Agrata	Rating 1452	Born 2016
18	Duwal, Shresha	Rating 1426	Born 2011
19	Sainju, Anannya	Rating 1426	Born 2013
20	Pandit, Shuvani	Rating 1411	Born 2017

A name in blue opens that player’s page on 8by8verse. Juniors are players under 20. Only active players are ranked.

Statistics

Registered players: 8,452
Active players: 7,299
Rated in Classical: 1,579
Rated in Rapid: 1,819
Rated in Blitz: 904
Women: 831
Juniors (under 20): 3,142

Rating spread, Classical

41

102

123

87

47

17

5

3

1

0

Active players in each band of 100 rating points.

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1400 to 1499: 41
1500 to 1599: 102
1600 to 1699: 123
1700 to 1799: 87
1800 to 1899: 47
1900 to 1999: 17
2000 to 2099: 5
2100 to 2199: 3
2200 to 2299: 1
2300 to 2399: 0
2400 to 2499: 0
2500 to 2599: 0
2600 to 2699: 0
2700 and above: 0

Titles

0GM
0IM
7FM
15CM
0WGM
0WIM
1WFM
2WCM

Arbiters with a FIDE title: 140
Trainers with a FIDE title: 8

1

players from this federation have claimed their NCR, their National Chess Rating, on 8by8verse.

FIDE rating list, October 2026. Titles are counted as FIDE lists them on that date.

Officials

Maharjan, HerakajiPresident
Rai, DipenSenior Vice President
Bogati, Dhan BahadurVice President
Byanjankar, ShyamVice President
Pradhan, Madhav PrasadVice President
Kanu, Shivji PrasadVice President
Lama, Dharam BahadurDelegate/General Secretary
Khamboo, MonalishaDeputy General Secretary
Ranabhat, Tara BahadurTreasurer
Chhetri, Pratima MahatMember
Chaudhary, SushilMember
Gaire, ChandramaniMember
Parajuli, Rajendra KumarMember
Prajapati, NiranjanMember/Rating Officer
Tamrakar, RajuMember
Pun, BalaramMember
Gurung, SushilaMember
Pokharel, RamilaMember
Shahi, RabinaMember
Bhandari, PoojaMember
Pun, BabidewalMember

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