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Dhimal, Bharat
🇳🇵FIDE 12301612· Male· Nepal· Born in 1967
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Bharat Dhimal, a 59-year-old Nepalese player, is rated 1606 — just 9 short of his peak of 1615 (Mar 2024, age 57). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 20 months (2014–2016), 32 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 34 months (2023–2026). Also played 5 rapid events (including 64th Happy Birthday of Badri Lal Nepali FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament-2082) recently. He reached Nepalese #86 in Jul 2015.
Current rating
1606
Standard
Rpd1814·Blz1733
All-time high
1615
−9 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 57
Mar 2024 · age 57
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#144,704
#144,704 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+123 Elo)
1492 → 1615
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 57
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 57
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 57
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1615
at age 57 · −9 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1359 → returned at 1606
Jul 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-9
1615 → 1606
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
4.5/ 950.0%
4W1D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsShivam Kumar BK1,661·17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-B 1899 and Below)·R1·-8.4
3.[L]vsSrujan Kumar G1,833·17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-B 1899 and Below)·R4·-4.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/9 | #239 | 1581 | -8.8 |
Rankings
/
Nepal
#306
out of 947 players
Asia-Pacific
#23,240
in continent
World
#144,692
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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