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Thapa, Lekha Bahadur

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FIDEFIDE 12302236· Male· Nepal· Born in 1981

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Lekha Bahadur Thapa, a 45-year-old Nepalese player, is rated 1842 — just 8 short of his peak of 1850 (May 2012, age 31). He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 20 months (2012–2014), 27 months (2014–2016), 77 months (2016–2022) and 33 months (2022–2025). Recent appearance: Japan Open 2025(Challenger Category). Also played 2 rapid events (including Japan Rapid Chess Championship 2025) recently. He reached Nepalese #39 in Oct 2012.

Previously known as Lekh Bahadur Thapamagar (until Nov 2019).

Current rating

1842

Standard

Rpd1867·Blz1886

All-time high

1850

−8 pts below
May 2012 · age 31

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#63,663

#63,663 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
8th Nepalese 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 1842
Jun 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 43
Mar 2024
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 41
Dec 2022
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 1741 → returned at 1842
Dec 2022
2019
Renamed to Thapa, Lekh Bahadur
at age 38
Nov 2019
2016
Inactive for 77 months
paused at 1799 → returned at 1741
Jun 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Toyoaki Fukuda 1,703
Japan Open 2025(Challenger Category) · Sep 2025 · +6.2 Elo
Evolution
-3
1845 → 1842
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
5/ 862.5%
4W2D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Japan Open 2025(Challenger Category)
Open Swiss
Sep 20255/8#251825-3.0

Rankings

/
Nepal
#57
out of 947 players
Asia-Pacific
#7,613
in continent
World
#63,662
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
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1
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2
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3
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2,067
4
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2,061
5
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2,034
6
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2,019
7
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2,007
8
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2,005
9
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2,002
10
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1,992
...
57🇳🇵Thapa, Lekha Bahadur1,842
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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2,777
3
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2,761
4
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2,753
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,735
8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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2,731
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7613🇳🇵Thapa, Lekha Bahadur1,842
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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63662🇳🇵Thapa, Lekha Bahadur1,842