National champion Badrilal Nepali defeated 1895 rated player Santosh Das while Nepali FIDE Master Manish Hamal held to draw by 1761 rated player Mahananda Khagraj. Likewise, 2104 rated Wilam Lal Shrestha shared points after playing a draw whereas another rated Nepali player Sujendra Prashad Shrestha suffered defeat from Arun Kartik.
However, Nikesh Duwal and Mani Raj Dangi defeated their opponents to earn full points in the eighth round. Rajendra Rai and Bikram Piya lost to their Indian opponents.
Laba Kumar Shrestha, Gyanendra Shrestha and Indra Kumar Basnet also lost in the eighth round. Niranjan Prajapati, 1820 rated, won while Bhagawait Prashad Sharma, 2021 rated, lost to Orissa champion IM Padmini Rawat. Rajendra Prashad Shrestha, Suman Suwal, Balram Napit and Umesh KC lost in the eighth round. Prajjwal Raj Rajopadhyaya secured full point after his opponent Sohail Chaudhary of Bangladesh failed show up in the competition.
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