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Rai, Umesh
🇳🇵FIDE 12300373· Male· Nepal· Born in 1980
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Umesh Rai, a 46-year-old Nepalese player, is rated 1785 — just 29 short of his peak of 1814 (Mar 2025, age 45). He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 14 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025, First Phakphokthum Open Nationwide Rating Chess Tournament-2082, and Martyr Ratna Kumar Bantawa 4th Nationwide Rating Chess Tournament-2081. Also played 7 rapid events (including 1st KMC-29 Ward Chairman Cup Rapid Chess Tournament-2082) recently. He took a 33-month break between Jan 2015 and Nov 2017. He reached Nepalese #49 in Apr 2018.
Current rating
1785
Standard
Rpd1791·Blz1841
All-time high
1814
−29 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 45
Mar 2025 · age 45
Activity
36
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#80,989
#80,989 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
13 entries2026
5th Nepalese 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1785
May 2026
2025
All-time peak 1814
at age 45 · −29 from today
Mar 2025
Best 12-month gain (+181 Elo)
1630 → 1811
Feb 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 45
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 44
Jun 2024
2022
100 career games
at age 42
May 2022
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+32
1753 → 1785
Tournaments
4
32 games
Score
19/ 3259.4%
18W2D12L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsMuhan Narshing Shrestha1,891·First Phakphokthum Open Nationwide Rating Chess Tournament-2082·R3·+13.2
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsNarayan Rai1,621·Martyr Ratna Kumar Bantawa 4th Nationwide Rating Chess Tournament-2081·R5·-13.7
2.[L]vsSushil Subedi1,760·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R6·-10.7
3.[L]vsLalit Bahadur Rai1,820·First Phakphokthum Open Nationwide Rating Chess Tournament-2082·R9·-8.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 3/6 | #36 | 1824 | +7.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/8 | #13 | 1858 | +21.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/7 | #34 | 2050 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | May 2025 | 5.5/5 | #51 | 2546 | -23.4 |
Worst Elo result: Ubhauli Parwa 1 st Nationwide Rating Chess Tournament-2082 (-23.4 Elo, finished #51).
Rankings
/
Nepal
#81
out of 922 players
Asia-Pacific
#10,016
in continent
World
#80,988
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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