Nepalese Chess Championship

The National Individual Chess Championship is organized by the Nepal Chess Federation- NCF and National Sports Council- NSC, and was first held in 1979. A National Women's Individual Chess Championship has also been held since 2008. From the year of 2009 National Club Team Chess Championship has been started.

National Individual Chess Championship Winners

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! !! Year !! Place !! Champion
 * 1 || 1979    || Kathmandu                    ||Bikash Man Lama/Bijay Sharma
 * 2 || 1980    || Dhangadhi, Kailali       ||Bikash Man Lama/Bijay Sharma
 * 3 || 1981    || Hetauda                    ||Laxmi Prasad Nakarmi
 * 4 || 1982    || Jumla           ||Bikash Man Lama
 * 5 || 1983    || Pokhara, Kaski           ||Gopal Prajapati
 * 6 || 1984    || Biratnagar, Morang       ||Gopal Prajapati
 * 7 || 1985    || Birganj, Parsa           ||Rabin Rajbhandari
 * 8 || 1986    || Lalitpur                     ||Badrilal Nepali
 * 9 || 1988    || Kusma, Parbat                ||Naveen Tandukar
 * 10 || 1992   || Kathmandu                    ||Bilamlal Shrestha
 * 11 || 1997   || Kathmandu                    ||Punyaman Karmacharya
 * 12 || 1999   || Hetauda, Makwanpur       ||Badrilal Nepali
 * 13 || 2004   || Bhaktapur                    ||Digesh Shankar Malla
 * 14 || 2006   || Kakarvitta, Jhapa        ||Keshav Shrestha
 * 15 || 2008   || Lalitpur                     ||Surbir Lama
 * 16 || 2009   || Jawalakhel, Lalitpur     ||Badrilal Nepali
 * 17 || 2012   || Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur||Manish Hamal
 * 18 || 2014   || Banepa, Kavre            ||Keshav Shrestha
 * 19 || 2016/05 || Ilam                        ||Bhupendra Niraula
 * 20 || 2016/12 || Dhankuta                    ||Madan Krishna Kayastha
 * 21 || 2019/04 || Thakurdwara, Bardiya    ||Purusottam Chaulagain
 * 22 || 2022/09 || Gorkha Municipality, Gandaki    ||Kshitiz Bhandari
 * 23 || 2023/04 || Le Himalaya Hotel, Kathmandu    ||Rupesh Jaiswal
 * }
 * 13 || 2004   || Bhaktapur                    ||Digesh Shankar Malla
 * 14 || 2006   || Kakarvitta, Jhapa        ||Keshav Shrestha
 * 15 || 2008   || Lalitpur                     ||Surbir Lama
 * 16 || 2009   || Jawalakhel, Lalitpur     ||Badrilal Nepali
 * 17 || 2012   || Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur||Manish Hamal
 * 18 || 2014   || Banepa, Kavre            ||Keshav Shrestha
 * 19 || 2016/05 || Ilam                        ||Bhupendra Niraula
 * 20 || 2016/12 || Dhankuta                    ||Madan Krishna Kayastha
 * 21 || 2019/04 || Thakurdwara, Bardiya    ||Purusottam Chaulagain
 * 22 || 2022/09 || Gorkha Municipality, Gandaki    ||Kshitiz Bhandari
 * 23 || 2023/04 || Le Himalaya Hotel, Kathmandu    ||Rupesh Jaiswal
 * }
 * 19 || 2016/05 || Ilam                        ||Bhupendra Niraula
 * 20 || 2016/12 || Dhankuta                    ||Madan Krishna Kayastha
 * 21 || 2019/04 || Thakurdwara, Bardiya    ||Purusottam Chaulagain
 * 22 || 2022/09 || Gorkha Municipality, Gandaki    ||Kshitiz Bhandari
 * 23 || 2023/04 || Le Himalaya Hotel, Kathmandu    ||Rupesh Jaiswal
 * }
 * 22 || 2022/09 || Gorkha Municipality, Gandaki    ||Kshitiz Bhandari
 * 23 || 2023/04 || Le Himalaya Hotel, Kathmandu    ||Rupesh Jaiswal
 * }
 * 23 || 2023/04 || Le Himalaya Hotel, Kathmandu    ||Rupesh Jaiswal
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National Women's Individual Chess Championship winners

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! !! Year !! Place !! Champion
 * 1 || 2008    || Kathmandu        ||Monalisha Khamboo
 * 2 || 2011    || Kathmandu         ||Tara Ghale
 * 3 || 2014    || Banepa, Kavre            ||Bina Jaiswal
 * 4 || 2016/05 || Ilam ||Sindira Joshi
 * 5 || 2016/12 || Dhankuta         ||Monalisha Khamboo
 * 6 || 2019/04 || Thakurdwara,Bardiya          ||Sujana Lohani
 * 7 || 2022/09 || Gorkha Municipality,Gandaki          ||Sujana Lohani
 * 8 || 2023/04 || Le Himalaya Hotel,Kathmandu          ||Sujana Lohani
 * }
 * 5 || 2016/12 || Dhankuta         ||Monalisha Khamboo
 * 6 || 2019/04 || Thakurdwara,Bardiya          ||Sujana Lohani
 * 7 || 2022/09 || Gorkha Municipality,Gandaki          ||Sujana Lohani
 * 8 || 2023/04 || Le Himalaya Hotel,Kathmandu          ||Sujana Lohani
 * }
 * 8 || 2023/04 || Le Himalaya Hotel,Kathmandu          ||Sujana Lohani
 * }
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