Bhupendra Niraula | |
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Country | Nepal |
Born | 1981 (age 42–43) Nepal |
Title | Candidate Master (2015) |
Peak rating | 2071 (June 2016) |
Bhupendra Niraula (born 1981) is a Nepalese chess player. [1] He has held the title of FIDE Instructor since 2014 and the FIDE title of Candidate Master (CM) since 2015.
He received the CM title at a zonal tournament in 2015. Niraula won the 19th National Individual Championship organized by the Nepal Chess Federation in 2016 with 7.0 out of 9 points. [2] At the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku, he represented his country for the first time in the most important chess team tournament.
His Elo rating is 1963 (as of July 2024 [update]), which puts him in twelfth place in the Nepalese Elo rankings. [3] His highest Elo rating was 2071 in June 2016. [4]