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Sambahamphe, Mahendra Kumar
🇳🇵FIDE 12307262· Male· Nepal· Born in 1980
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Mahendra Kumar Sambahamphe, a 46-year-old Nepalese player, is rated 1774 — just 8 short of his peak of 1782 (Jan 2026, age 46). He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 17 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1st Gauradaha Province Level FIDE Rating Chess Tourmament 2083, 8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025, and First Phakphokthum Open Nationwide Rating Chess Tournament-2082. Also played 6 rapid events (including 64th Happy Birthday of Badri Lal Nepali FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament-2082) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 47 months (2014–2018) and 14 months (2018–2020). He reached Nepalese #70 in May 2015.
Current rating
1774
Standard
Rpd1860·Blz1823
All-time high
1782
−8 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 46
Jan 2026 · age 46
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#84,533
#84,533 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
7th Nepalese 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1782
May 2026
All-time peak 1782
at age 46 · −8 from today
Jan 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 45
Aug 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+151 Elo)
1619 → 1770
Mar 2024
2022
14th Nepalese 40-45 player
at age 42 · rated 1625
Apr 2022
2018
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1673 → returned at 1669
Dec 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Martyr Ratna Kumar Bantawa 4th Nationwide Rating Chess Tournament-2081perf 2033 (+278) · 4.5/6 · #63
Top opponent
Evolution
+2
1772 → 1774
Tournaments
6
47 games
Score
27.5/ 4758.5%
25W5D17L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsBijay Maharjan1,889·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R4·+13.0
3.[W]vsKrishna Bahadur Limbu1,805·1st Gauradaha Province Level FIDE Rating Chess Tourmament 2083·R9·+10.9
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6.5/8 | #7 | 1993 | +21.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #21 | 1831 | -29.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/3 | #57 | 1844 | +6.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/8 | #10 | 1851 | +21.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/6 | #63 | 2033 | -11.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4.5/6 | #26 | 1994 | -6.2 |
Worst Elo result: Trisali Pooja and Mela 2nd Nationwide FIDE Rating Chess Tournament-2083 (Below 1900) (-29.4 Elo, finished #21).
Rankings
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Nepal
#97
out of 947 players
Asia-Pacific
#10,504
in continent
World
#84,531
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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