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Kusatha, Niken
🇳🇵FIDE 12314560· Male· Nepal· Born in 2002
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Niken Kusatha, a 24-year-old Nepalese player, is rated 2007 — his current career high and ranked 7th among Nepalese players. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: 8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025. Also played 4 rapid (including 64th Happy Birthday of Badri Lal Nepali FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament-2082) and 1 blitz events (including Nepal Sambat 1146 Bhaktapur District Blitz Chess Tournament-2082) recently. He reached Nepalese #6 in Jan 2022 and has been in Nepalese top 10 for 27 months and counting.
At junior level, he reached #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2007
Standard
Rpd2052·Blz1976
All-time high
2007
at best
Jan 2026 · age 24
Jan 2026 · age 24
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#7
#7 · Nepalese players · of 471
National top 10 since Nov 2025
National top 10 since Nov 2025
Career timeline
15 entries2026
27 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
since Oct 2021
Jun 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 24
Jan 2026
All-time peak 2007
at age 24
Jan 2026
2022
1st Nepalese U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2005
Apr 2022
Peak Nepalese rank: #6
at age 20 · rated 2005
Jan 2022
2021
Crossed 2000
at age 19
Oct 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025perf 2101 (+94) · 5.5/7 · #5
Top opponent
Evolution
+20
1987 → 2007
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
5.5/ 778.6%
5W1D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsShailendra Neupane1,947·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R5·+8.3
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsAashish Phunyal1,955·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R4·-11.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 5.5/7 | #5 | 2101 | +19.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRupesh JaiswalFM
🇳🇵NEP·2067
+4 −4 =6
14 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsGanesh Man Duwal
🇳🇵NEP·1826
+5 −6 =2
13 games·last met May 2025
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vsAashish Phunyal
🇳🇵NEP·1940
+2 −5 =4
11 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsKshitiz BhandariFM
🇳🇵NEP·2119
+0 −7 =3
10 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSajin MaharjanCM
🇳🇵NEP·1932
+3 −2 =5
10 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Nepal
#7
out of 947 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,312
in continent
World
#26,431
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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