National Chess Championships Day 1
FM Rupesh Jaiswal & FM Kshitiz Bhandari Lead in Open, 4 way tie in Women Section

National Chess Championships Day 1

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The 25th National Chess Championship and the 10th Women's National Chess Championship started today. It is scheduled from January 26 to February 1, 2025. The fireworks began early in the open section with interesting pairings in the 11 Round-Robin Championship Format. 
1. Open Section
2. Women's Section


Open Section
With interesting matchups, it was one filled with intense struggle and opening surprises. 

Fireworks in Round One
FM Jaiswal Vs CM Dahal

The live Broadcast of Games was halted due to metal tables and incompatibility of DGT boards on them,  which was solved after Round 1. 

Two interesting battles of Round one between FM Kshitij Bhandari Vs Prodigy Purushottam Silwal and FM Rijendra Rajbhandari vs Aashish Phuyal will be added soon. 


Round Two

FM Kshitij Bhandari won against the defending champion Rajan Subedi who was slightly better during the middlegame phase but blundered heavily to lose the game. 


Women's Section
With new faces and some participants very young(below 14 years),  the field is filled with youth and experience. 

The field

4 Players are sharing the lead after the end of today's play. The Women Section is slowly heating up. 

Standings after Day 1


You can find the Live Games for the National Chess Championship Here:-

1. Open Section  2. Women Section



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