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Neupane, Sajal
🇳🇵FIDE 12344850· Male· Nepal· Born in 2009
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Sajal Neupane, a 17-year-old Nepalese player, is rated 1686 — just 11 short of his peak of 1697 (Jan 2026, age 17). He has held steady between 1650 and 1700 for 10 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Himalayan Challengers 2026, 8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025, and Mangladevi Singh Memorial 2nd Open FIDE rating Chess Tournament-2082. Also played 11 rapid (including 2nd Kathmandu Metropolitan City Martyr Suraj Sakya Memorial Inter Ward Team Chess Tournament-2082) and 4 blitz events (including Himalayan 100x2: Rajendra KC Memorial Blitz Tournament-2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #10 and #6 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1686
Standard
Rpd1916·Blz1818
All-time high
1697
−11 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 17
Jan 2026 · age 17
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#114,757
#114,757 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
7 entries2026
10th Nepalese U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1697
Jan 2026
All-time peak 1697
at age 17 · −11 from today
Jan 2026
2025
6th Nepalese U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1692
Jan 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Jan 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 16
Jan 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 16
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
Mangladevi Singh Memorial 2nd Open FIDE rating Chess Tournament-2082perf 2614 (+953) · 5/5 · #31
Top opponent
Evolution
+30
1656 → 1686
Tournaments
5
39 games
Score
23.5/ 3960.3%
22W3D14L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSajin MaharjanCM1,974·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R7·+33.3
2.[W]vsPratima Baskota1,604·Mangladevi Singh Memorial 2nd Open FIDE rating Chess Tournament-2082·R6·+16.7
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsKarna Bahadur Budathoki1,728·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R2·-18.2
3.[L]vsSachin Kumar Chaudhary1,733·8th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team club Chess Championship-2025·R5·-17.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6.5/7 | #3 | 1998 | -10.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 4/4 | #53 | 2590 | +41.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/5 | #31 | 2614 | +16.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/1 | #50 | 2679 | -8.4 |
Open Swiss | May 2025 | 4/3 | #79 | 2650 | -34.4 |
Worst Elo result: Ubhauli Parwa 1 st Nationwide Rating Chess Tournament-2082 (-34.4 Elo, finished #79).
Rankings
/
Nepal
#178
out of 922 players
Asia-Pacific
#15,910
in continent
World
#114,754
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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