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Ghimire, Sabin Chandra
🇳🇵FIDE 12313521· Male· Nepal· Born in 1992
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Sabin Chandra Ghimire, a 34-year-old Nepalese player, is rated 1921 and ranked 23rd among Nepalese players. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2017–2018), 39 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 18 months (2024–2026). Recent appearance: 8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025. Also played 2 rapid events (including 64th Happy Birthday of Badri Lal Nepali FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament-2082) recently. His peak of 1954 was reached at age 26 (Sep 2018); he also reached Nepalese #15 in Mar 2024.
Current rating
1921
Standard
Rpd1983·Blz1893
All-time high
1954
−33 pts below
Sep 2018 · age 26
Sep 2018 · age 26
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#23
#23 · Nepalese players · of 471
Career timeline
10 entries2024
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1930 → returned at 1921
Jun 2024
Peak Nepalese rank: #15
at age 32 · rated 1933
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 1907 → returned at 1893
Aug 2019
2018
Best 12-month gain (+130 Elo)
1824 → 1954
Sep 2018
All-time peak 1954
at age 26 · −33 from today
Sep 2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 26
Sep 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-9
1930 → 1921
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
4W0D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsBadrilal Nepali1,958·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R4·+11.1
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsSandesh Shrestha1,773·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R5·-14.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 4/7 | #23 | 1867 | -9.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBadrilal Nepali
🇳🇵NEP·1969
+3 −4 =0
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsAashish Phunyal
🇳🇵NEP·1940
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSuman Moktan
🇳🇵NEP·1773
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsNabin TandukarCM
🇳🇵NEP·1866
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Aug 2024
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Rankings
/
Nepal
#23
out of 947 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,081
in continent
World
#42,999
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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