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Thapa, Rishon
🇳🇵FIDE 12340197· Male· Nepal· Born in 2005
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Rishon Thapa, a 21-year-old Nepalese player, is rated 2040 — just 10 short of his peak of 2050 (Oct 2025, age 20) and ranked 4th among Nepalese players. He is on a steady climb with +67 Elo over the past 12 months. 75 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025, First Phakphokthum Open Nationwide Rating Chess Tournament-2082, and 3rd NITAI GHOSH MEMORIAL FIDE RATED INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT - 2025. Also played 8 rapid (including Asian Junior Chess Championship 2025 - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including Asian Junior Chess Championship 2025 - Blitz) recently. He reached Nepalese #4 in Apr 2026.
At junior level, he reached #1 and #1 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2040
Standard
Rpd2062·Blz1785
All-time high
2050
−10 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 20
Oct 2025 · age 20
Activity
53
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
75 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#4
#4 · Nepalese players · of 423
Career timeline
10 entries2026
Peak Nepalese rank: #4
at age 21 · rated 2040
Apr 2026
2025
All-time peak 2050
at age 20 · −10 from today
Oct 2025
1st Nepalese U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2049
Aug 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 20
Jul 2025
100 career games
at age 20
Mar 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 19
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+67
1973 → 2040
Tournaments
8
69 games
Score
51/ 6973.9%
44W14D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAbir Mitra1,717·3rd NITAI GHOSH MEMORIAL FIDE RATED INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT - 2025·R3·-17.3
2.[L]vsNabin TandukarCM1,849·Mangladevi Singh Memorial 2nd Open FIDE rating Chess Tournament-2082·R4·-15.2
3.[L]vsSuroj Maharjan1,883·Mangladevi Singh Memorial 2nd Open FIDE rating Chess Tournament-2082·R8·-14.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 4.5/7 | #13 | 2038 | +3.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2162 | +23.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/9 | #32 | 1799 | -36.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 8/9 | #1 | 2235 | +41.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #12 | 2170 | +37.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/9 | #20 | 1899 | -11.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/9 | #7 | 1848 | -20.3 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 8/6 | #1 | 2542 | +29.8 |
Worst Elo result: 3rd NITAI GHOSH MEMORIAL FIDE RATED INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT - 2025 (-36.4 Elo, finished #32).
Most-Played Opponents
vsRajan Subedi
🇳🇵NEP·1980
+4 −3 =3
10 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsSushrut DahalCM
🇳🇵NEP·2019
+1 −2 =4
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAashish Phunyal
🇳🇵NEP·1968
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsPurushottam SilwalCM
🇳🇵NEP·1982
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMuhan Narshing Shrestha
🇳🇵NEP·1957
+0 −1 =5
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Nepal
#4
out of 922 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,854
in continent
World
#21,936
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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