Bhupendra Niraula
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Bhupendra Niraula | |
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| Country | Nepal |
| Born | 1981 (age 43–44) |
| 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]
