Nepal edged past Balaram Sanjel of Makawanpur In the last round to finish on top. As the champion, he bagged a purse of Rs 15,000 and qualified for the Asian Amateur Championship to be held in Saudi Arabia in November and the World Amateur Championship scheduled to be held in Singapore in April.[break]
Purushottam Chaulagain of Standard Chartered finished second with 6.5 points. He overcame Bivek Thing of Times International College in the last round. Suman Shrestha of Dhankuta secured third position in the tie-breaker after he was tied on six points with Suraj Pandit of Kathmandu. Shrestha and Pandit received Rs 7,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively. Shrestha overcame Herakaji Maharjan of Lalitpur in the last round and Pandit saw off Rajan Subedi of Damak, Jhapa.
Collecting 5.5 points each, Subedi, Rahul Chau Pradhan of Kavre and Nabin Kumar Chaudhary of Saptari secured fifth through seventh positions. Bivek Thing, Balaram Sanjel and Sundar Karki of Makawanpur finished eighth to tenth respectively. All of them bagged Rs 2,000 each.
The event organized by Makawanpur District Chess Association was officiated by Gyanendra Khaiju, the first international arbiter from Nepal.
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