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Mechnagar, August 10. The sixth National Amateur Intellectual Championship jointly organized by the Nepal Intellectual Federation and Jhapa Night Chess Club held five senior rounds and the seventh junior round on the third day.
CM Purushottam Choulagai managed to maintain a single-match lead by scoring 4.5 points with Ashish Phunyal in the National Amateur Class Under 2000 Classic. Purushottam, who is also a former Nepali champion, tied the score with his 1896-class opponent Ashish and came close to the championship.
Ashish scored 4 points and was ranked second. Along with him, CM Krishna Thapa and Rajendra Rai also scored 4 points and were tied for second. Former champion Krishna Thapa of 1933 rating won the fifth stage long distance race with Prem Limbu of 1769 rating in about 3 hours and 30 minutes. Similarly, Rajendra Rai of 1893 rating won a tough victory over Rishon Thapa of 1862 rating.
Awakening the potential of the competition, Vikas Mainali of 1891 and Dhiren Rai of 1734 scored 3.5 points and tied for third place. Sindira Joshi, the women’s national champion of 1708, lost to Umesh Rai of 1809 in a fierce competition from 26 adult national players.
Ranjit Rai, rated 1699, won seven out of seven matches and remained in the lead with 7 points in the under-1700 rating match held at the Mechinagar Conference Hall. Rai also managed to improve his personal rating by 50 points while maintaining 100% of the results in his favour.
Ramhari Karki, who was rated 1629, lost to Ranjith in the third round and currently has 6 points and occupies the second position. Karki defeated Kapil Gurung who was rated 1626 today. Similarly, Shivam Kumar Bick with 1648 points and Krishna Prasad Sigdel with 1598 points have 5.5 points and are tied for the third position.
Pooja Bhandari, a female chess player who is preparing to participate in the Hungarian Chess Olympiad in September, won all her matches today with her own advantage. Pooja Bhandari, who has a rating of 1687, scored 5.5 points among her male opponents with 5 wins and 1 draw, and ranked third. Following Bhandari, Poonam Prasain, a female chess player with a rating of 1529, scored 3 points, and Pratima Baskota, who is unrated, scored 2.5 points.
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