Nepali, rated 2121, shared point with Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, rated 2033, in the fifth round. He defeated Ratna Byanjankar in the fourth round. Rajendra defeated Madhav Prasad Pradhan in the fourth round.
Sujendra, rated 2064, shared point with Shyam, rated 1987, in the fifth round. In the fourth round, he edged past Niranjan Prajapati.
Keshav, rated 2127, defeated Prem Krishna Maharjan, rated 1984, in the fifth round and Rabindra Shakya, rated 1939, in the fourth round. Likewise, Niraj, rated 2014, beat Krishnahari Shrestha in the fifth round and and Nikesh Duwal in the fourth round.
FIDE Master Manish Hamal, Rupesh Jaiswal, Deergha Raj Joshi, Prashant Bashima, Ganesh Man Duwal, Rajan Chhetri, Ratna Banjyankar, Prachanda Malakar, Madan Krishna Kayastha, Purushottam Chaulagain and Niranjan Prajapati are jointly on the second spot with four points each.
FM Manish was stunned by young sensation Rupesh Jaiswal in the fifth round as the match ended in the draw. Deergha Raj defeated Madhav Prasad Pradhan, Prashant beat Punyaman Karmacharya, Ganesh beat Manoj Chitrakar, Rajan defeated Bikash Gurung, Ratna beat Roshan Kumar Jaiswal, Prachanda Malakar beat veteran Sitaram Agrawal, Madan Krishna beat Surendra Prasad Nepal, Purushottam beat Shivkalyan Shrestha and Niranjan Prajapati defeated Triratna Shakya in the fifth round.
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