Top chess players in Nepal

The 100 highest-rated active players registered with the Nepal chess federation (NEP), ranked by FIDE standard rating out of 408 rated players. Open a profile to see the player's ratings, opening repertoire and available games, or to prepare for a game against them.

Rank	Player	Federation	Standard	Rapid	Blitz	Platform
#01	Bibek Thing FM	NEP	2,248	2,140	2,146	Chess.com
#02	Rupesh Jaiswal FM	NEP	2,176	2,145	2,135	Chess.com
#03	Purushottam Silwal CM	NEP	2,133	2,063	2,190	Chess.com
#04	Kshitiz Bhandari FM	NEP	2,119	2,211	2,274
#05	Rishon Thapa	NEP	2,075	2,093	1,856
#06	Aashish Phunyal	NEP	2,040	2,182	2,103
#07	Sushrut Dahal CM	NEP	2,015	2,143	1,916	Chess.com
#08	Niken Kusatha	NEP	2,007	2,062	1,976
#09	Milan Lama CM	NEP	2,005	1,983	1,960	Chess.com
#10	Muhan Narshing Shrestha	NEP	1,983	2,070	1,962
#11	Rajan Subedi	NEP	1,980	1,988	1,984
#12	Badrilal Nepali	NEP	1,969	2,027	2,077
#13	Prakash Chandra Nepal	NEP	1,964	2,073	2,029
#14	Sushil Chaudhary	NEP	1,948	1,919	1,895
#15	Purusottam Chaulagain CM	NEP	1,948	1,946	1,939	Chess.com
#16	Dhiren Rai	NEP	1,941	2,079	1,906
#17	Shyam Sundar Shrestha	NEP	1,936	1,919	1,921
#18	Sajin Maharjan CM	NEP	1,932	2,070	1,973
#19	Jwala Imbung	NEP	1,930	1,992	1,849
#20	Janardan Shrestha	NEP	1,928	1,885	1,925
#21	Sabin Chandra Ghimire	NEP	1,921	2,013	1,893
#22	Sujan Kafle	NEP	1,921	1,973	-
#23	Rajan Puri	NEP	1,916	1,955	1,967
#24	Avinay Subedi	NEP	1,908	-	-
#25	Suroj Maharjan	NEP	1,907	1,965	1,973
#26	Abheek Shah	NEP	1,906	2,000	1,842
#27	Sudip Tamang	NEP	1,896	1,963	1,872
#28	Amin Shakya	NEP	1,896	1,797	1,907
#29	Prasant Gurung	NEP	1,896	-	-
#30	Krishna Thapa CM	NEP	1,894	1,873	1,922
#31	Kamal Shrestha	NEP	1,892	1,975	1,924
#32	Prem Krishna Maharjan	NEP	1,890	1,953	1,895
#33	Satyam Sharma	NEP	1,890	1,851	2,103
#34	Razin Maharjan	NEP	1,889	1,861	1,894
#35	Lalit Bahadur Rai	NEP	1,888	1,775	-
#36	Singhesor Das	NEP	1,888	1,909	1,892
#37	Bikram Chokami	NEP	1,887	1,882	1,884
#38	Pratik Subedi	NEP	1,885	1,921	1,810
#39	Sangam Katuwal	NEP	1,882	1,639	1,609
#40	Sameep Dahal	NEP	1,880	1,842	-
#41	Baburaja Maharjan	NEP	1,874	-	1,941
#42	Chitra Giri	NEP	1,870	-	-
#43	Baliman Gurung	NEP	1,870	-	-
#44	Shailendra Neupane	NEP	1,866	1,959	1,831
#45	Rajan Kumar Pokhrel	NEP	1,865	1,853	1,870
#46	Khagendra Kumar Angdembe	NEP	1,865	-	-
#47	Nabin Tandukar CM	NEP	1,863	1,916	1,940
#48	Herakaji Maharjan	NEP	1,860	1,890	1,908
#49	Rajendra Bajracharya	NEP	1,859	1,886	1,877
#50	Kiran Limbu	NEP	1,858	-	-
#51	Krishna Man Maharjan	NEP	1,855	1,953	1,930
#52	Bijay Maharjan	NEP	1,855	1,835	-
#53	Suman Shrestha	NEP	1,854	1,842	1,851
#54	Lok Sagar Samba	NEP	1,852	1,811	1,734
#55	Himal Rai	NEP	1,849	1,895	1,884
#56	Sameep Gautam	NEP	1,841	1,618	-
#57	Nilam Basnet	NEP	1,840	1,837	-
#58	Deergha Raj Joshi	NEP	1,838	1,824	1,902
#59	Umesh Rai	NEP	1,830	1,775	1,821
#60	Ratna Byanjankar	NEP	1,830	1,852	1,913
#61	Rajiv Karki	NEP	1,828	1,874	1,768
#62	Agrim Khadka	NEP	1,827	1,846	-
#63	Suraj Ray	NEP	1,819	1,794	1,756
#64	Amrit Shakya	NEP	1,814	-	-
#65	Shree Krishna Shrestha	NEP	1,812	1,835	1,769
#66	Laxmi Nath Kandel	NEP	1,811	1,601	-
#67	Rohit Subba	NEP	1,805	1,792	-
#68	Mission Dahal	NEP	1,803	1,956	1,879
#69	Sajal Neupane	NEP	1,802	1,928	1,916
#70	Ashim Bishwakarma	NEP	1,801	1,720	-
#71	Ashok Mohan Shrestha	NEP	1,800	1,852	1,783
#72	Pratik Sharma	NEP	1,798	1,741	-
#73	Bhawani Limbu	NEP	1,797	1,815	-
#74	Chudamani Kulung Rai	NEP	1,797	1,781	1,886
#75	Radha Krishna Maharjan	NEP	1,797	1,872	1,858
#76	Roshan Dhungana	NEP	1,796	1,680	-
#77	Hem Bhandari	NEP	1,796	1,803	1,753
#78	Ronish Kc	NEP	1,791	-	-
#79	Rajesh Kachhepati	NEP	1,790	1,837	1,987
#80	Krishant Ghimire	NEP	1,789	-	-
#81	Bibek Gurung	NEP	1,789	1,793	1,731
#82	Amrit Mainali	NEP	1,788	-	-
#83	Gopal Prasad Pokhrel	NEP	1,787	1,845	-
#84	Sagar Sai	NEP	1,787	1,849	1,803
#85	Sanjay Maharjan	NEP	1,785	-	1,816
#86	Kshitiz Parajuli	NEP	1,783	1,737	1,665
#87	Sandesh Shrestha	NEP	1,781	1,788	1,788
#88	Prem Limbu	NEP	1,777	1,781	1,789
#89	Gagan Lawati	NEP	1,776	1,781	-
#90	Mahesh Khadka	NEP	1,776	1,715	1,718
#91	Mohammad Imran Khan	NEP	1,775	1,794	1,784
#92	Mahendra Kumar Sambahamphe	NEP	1,774	1,836	1,823
#93	Subhandeep Thapa	NEP	1,773	1,918	1,808
#94	Suman Moktan	NEP	1,773	1,782	1,831
#95	Rabi Shrestha	NEP	1,770	1,715	1,754
#96	Jesan Rai	NEP	1,769	1,675	-
#97	Jeet Bahadur Kepchhaki	NEP	1,769	1,779	1,792
#98	Bishwo Bijay Ghimire	NEP	1,767	1,845	1,835
#99	Bhoj Bahadur Chettri	NEP	1,765	1,691	-
#100	Harkha Bahadur Chongwang	NEP	1,764	1,884	1,791

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