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Joshi, Deergha Raj
🇳🇵FIDE 12300527· Male· Nepal· Born in 1971
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Deergha Raj Joshi, a 55-year-old Nepalese player, is rated 1838. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 5 career breaks: 17 months (2006–2008), 36 months (2014–2017), 18 months (2021–2022), 22 months (2022–2024) and 13 months (2024–2026). Recent appearance: 8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including 1st Uttarakhand Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament - 2026) recently. His peak of 2080 was reached at age 37 (Apr 2008, Nepalese #7 at the time).
Previously known as Deeragh Raj Joshi (until Jan 2009).
Current rating
1838
Standard
Rpd1824·Blz1902
All-time high
2080
−242 pts below
Apr 2008 · age 37
Apr 2008 · age 37
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#64,871
#64,871 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2025
6th Nepalese 50-55 player
at age 54 · rated 1859
Sep 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+151 Elo)
1708 → 1859
Nov 2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1859 → returned at 1838
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 53
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1708 → returned at 1859
Dec 2022
2021
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1726 → returned at 1708
May 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-21
1859 → 1838
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
1/ 425.0%
0W2D2L
Top 2 wins
1.[D]vsBijay Maharjan1,889·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R6·+1.5
2.[D]vsBikram Chokami1,880·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R5·+1.2
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsAshok Mohan Shrestha1,743·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R7·-12.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/4 | #73 | 1658 | -21.2 |
Worst Elo result: 8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025 (-21.2 Elo, finished #73).
Most-Played Opponents
vsRajan Puri
🇳🇵NEP·1916
+0 −4 =4
8 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsBadrilal Nepali
🇳🇵NEP·1969
+3 −5 =0
8 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsAashish Phunyal
🇳🇵NEP·1940
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsRupesh JaiswalFM
🇳🇵NEP·2067
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsRajan Subedi
🇳🇵NEP·1944
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Oct 2024
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Rankings
/
Nepal
#59
out of 947 players
Asia-Pacific
#7,771
in continent
World
#64,870
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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