Nepal Chess News: Bibek Thing is Nepal u-19 National Chess Champion

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Kathmandu: Bibek Thing of The Times International College defeated overnight leader Bijay Dangol of Trinity to win the title of the third U-19 National Chess Championships here at the National Sports Council on Sunday.

Bibek needed not less than a victory to lift the title and in the seventh and final round he was up against Bijay, who was on six points where a draw could have fetched the latter his first national crown. Bijay, however, lost the decider and after both players were tied on six points, the winner was decided through head-to-head result. 

Along with the title, Bibek pocketed a cash purse of Rs 10,000 and secured a berth in the National Chess Championships to begin from January 20. Bijay got Rs 6,000. In the sixth round, Bibek had overcome Yaishash Khamboo. Yaishash ended up third in the table on progressive rate after he was tied on five points with four other players. He took Rs 4,000.

Defending champion Rupesh Jaiswal’s miserable performance ended on a disgraceful fifth spot after his brother Bikesh edged him on progressive point. Raj Prajapati of Khwapring School finished sixth and Surya Basnet of St Lawrence was seventh. All of them got Rs 1,000 apiece. Surya Basnet was named the best player of the tournament.

Nepal Chess Association President Rajesh Hari Joshi, Joint-president Santesh Man Singh Pradhan and General Secretary Ekka Lal Shrestha among others handed over the prizes to the winners. (The Himalayan Times)

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More Chess News from Nepal: Madan Krishna Kayastha Wins NECOS Tournament

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More chess news from Nepal coming your way: Madan Krishna Kayastha of Golden Gate International College claimed the NECOS second Nationwide FIDE Rating Chess Tournament title here today.

Despite losing the 10th and final round to 1996-rated fellow collegemate and Candidate Master Rupesh Jaiswal, the 2092-rated Madan clinched the trophy after former Nepal champion Punya Man Karmacharya lost to Krishna Thapa of Gajurmukhi Chess Club.

Madan Krishna, who went to the final round as an undefeated player, accumulated 8.5 points to win a cash prize of Rs 50,000. Despite tying on eight points with Rupesh, the 2022-rated Krishna finished second on Sonneborn-Berger tie-break system and took home Rs 30,000, while Rupesh received Rs 18,000.

The 2104-rated FIDE Master Bilam Lal Shrestha finished fourth with 7.5 points after playing a draw with former Nepal champion Surbir Lama, a 2050-rated from Golden Gate, in the final round. Likewise, 2012-rated Niraj Niraula of Jhapa finished sixth with a win over former Nepal champion Badri Lal Nepal, the 2131-rated top seed rounding up one of his worst outings with a loss. Punya Man and 1945-rated Prakash Nepal of Jhapa, who beat 2002-rated Ganesh Man Duwal today, finished on seventh and eighth spots respectively.

Dharam Bahadur Lama (1974), FM Sujendra Prasad Shrestha (1925), Janardan Shrestha (2025), Naveen Tandukar (1974), Prem Krishna Maharjan (1979) and Shyam Sundar Shrestha (1924) secured top 14 spots with seven points each, while 1881-rated Bibek Thing ended up on 15th spot with 6.5 points.

Other winners included Binita Kapali (women), Nabin Jaiswal (college), Lava Kumar Shrestha (above -60yrs) and Nabaraj Humagain (unrated). Likewise, Rajendra Langwa (Mechi), Mani Raj Dangi (Koshi), Nabin Kumar Chaudhary (Sagarmatha), Himal Lama (Janakpur), Shyam Lal Das (Narayani), Bhagawati Prasad Sharma (Bagmati), Mohan Singh Pradhan (Gandaki), DB Karki (Dhaulagiri), Saurav Pradhan (Lumbini), Uttam Reule (Bheri), Dirgha Raj Joshi (Seti) and Bhim Dutta Pandey (Mahakali) were declared the zone winner.

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