Nepalese Chess Championship
The National Individual Chess Championship is organized by the Nepal Chess Federation- NCF and National Sports Council- NSC, and was first held in 1979. A National Women's Individual Chess Championship has also been held since 2008. From the year of 2009 National Club Team Chess Championship has been started.
National Individual Chess Championship Winners[edit]
Year Place Champion[1] 1 1979 Kathmandu Bikash Man Lama/Bijay Sharma 2 1980 Dhangadhi, Kailali Bikash Man Lama/Bijay Sharma 3 1981 Hetauda Laxmi Prasad Nakarmi 4 1982 Jumla Bikash Man Lama 5 1983 Pokhara, Kaski Gopal Prajapati 6 1984 Biratnagar, Morang Gopal Prajapati 7 1985 Birganj, Parsa Rabin Rajbhandari 8 1986 Lalitpur Badrilal Nepali 9 1988 Kusma, Parbat Naveen Tandukar 10 1992 Kathmandu Bilamlal Shrestha 11 1997 Kathmandu Punyaman Karmacharya 12 1999 Hetauda, Makwanpur Badrilal Nepali 13 2004 Bhaktapur Digesh Shankar Malla 14 2006 Kakarvitta, Jhapa Keshav Shrestha 15 2008 Lalitpur Surbir Lama 16 2009 Jawalakhel, Lalitpur Badrilal Nepali 17 2012 Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur Manish Hamal 18 2014 Banepa, Kavre Keshav Shrestha 19 2016/05 Ilam Bhupendra Niraula 20 2016/12 Dhankuta Madan Krishna Kayastha 21 2019/04 Thakurdwara, Bardiya Purusottam Chaulagain 22 2022/09 Gorkha Municipality, Gandaki Kshitiz Bhandari 23 2023/04 Le Himalaya Hotel, Kathmandu Rupesh Jaiswal
National Women's Individual Chess Championship winners[edit]
Year Place Champion 1 2008 Kathmandu Monalisha Khamboo[1] 2 2011 Kathmandu Tara Ghale[1] 3 2014 Banepa, Kavre Bina Jaiswal[2] 4 2016/05 Ilam Sindira Joshi[3] 5 2016/12 Dhankuta Monalisha Khamboo[1] 6 2019/04 Thakurdwara,Bardiya Sujana Lohani[1] 7 2022/09 Gorkha Municipality,Gandaki Sujana Lohani[1] 8 2023/04 Le Himalaya Hotel,Kathmandu Sujana Lohani[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Umesh K. C. "National Chess Champions of Nepal". Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Original Tournament Report: 3rd National Woman Chess Championship". FIDE chess ratings. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "19th National Championship & 4th Women's National Championship of Nepal". Retrieved 2 February 2017.