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Karki, Rajiv
🇳🇵FIDE 12300900· Male· Nepal· Born in 1986
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Rajiv Karki, a 40-year-old Nepalese player, is rated 1828 — just 10 short of his peak of 1838 (Apr 2025, age 39). He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 28 months (2012–2015), 14 months (2015–2016) and 14 months (2018–2019). Recent appearance: 8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025. Also played 7 rapid events (including 64th Happy Birthday of Badri Lal Nepali FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament-2082) recently. He reached Nepalese #42 in Oct 2020.
Current rating
1828
Standard
Rpd1916·Blz1763
All-time high
1838
−10 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 39
Apr 2025 · age 39
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#67,784
#67,784 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
All-time peak 1838
at age 39 · −10 from today
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+254 Elo)
1568 → 1822
Oct 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 38
Jun 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 38
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1600
at age 37
Jul 2023
100 career games
at age 37
Mar 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-10
1838 → 1828
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
6/ 1060.0%
6W0D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsBikram Chokami1,880·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R2·-8.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/7 | #24 | 2072 | -0.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #99 | 1080 | -8.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRajan Subedi
🇳🇵NEP·1944
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsKshitiz BhandariFM
🇳🇵NEP·2119
+1 −5 =2
8 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsBadrilal Nepali
🇳🇵NEP·1969
+1 −4 =3
8 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsAashish Phunyal
🇳🇵NEP·1940
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsPrakash Chandra Nepal
🇳🇵NEP·1983
+0 −6 =1
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Nepal
#63
out of 947 players
Asia-Pacific
#8,160
in continent
World
#67,783
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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