1st National Junior Chess Championship-2025 (Girls)
Open SwissStandard
16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2025 to 14 Jun 2025 in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal. Top 10 Elo average was 320, and top seed was Isha Giri (🇳🇵 NEP, 1636).
Angel Maharjan (🇳🇵 NEP, 1567) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Danisha Puri (5.5) and Precious Adhikari (5.0).
Location
🇳🇵Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal
Dates
12 Jun 2025 → 14 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇵Nepal×12
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE13 Jun
Riya Shrestha takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Maharjan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Angel Maharjan 3 wins (R4–R6)Precious Adhikari 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Danisha Puri | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Angel Maharjan | — | * | 1 | — |
| 3Precious Adhikari | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Nihana Shrestha | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maharjan, Angel | 1567 | NEP | +10B | +9N | −4N | +7B | +8N | +3B | =5B | 5.5 | 26.0 | 30.0 | 23.25 | 881 | -14.0 |
| 2 | Puri, Danisha | 0 | NEP | +?B | =?N | +11B | +15N | =4B | +6N | =?B | 5.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 12.25 | 1636 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Adhikari, Precious | 0 | NEP | +?B | +7N | +?B | +4N | −?B | −1N | +8B | 5.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 12.50 | 1620 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Giri, Isha | 1636 | NEP | F | +13N | +1B | −3B | =2N | +12B | +10N | 4.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 18.75 | 2371 | +14.0 |
| 5 | Acharya, Agrata | 0 | NEP | +?N | −15B | −6N | +?B | +9N | +7B | =1N | 4.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 10.75 | 1571 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Shrestha, Nihana | 0 | NEP | =11B | +8N | +5B | −?N | +?B | −2B | +?N | 4.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 10.25 | 1613 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Shrestha, Glossy | 0 | NEP | +?N | −3B | +12B | −1N | +14B | −5N | +?B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 6.50 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Shrestha, Ojashwi | 0 | NEP | +?N | −6B | +16B | +14N | −1B | +?B | −3N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Pant, Pragya | 0 | NEP | +?N | −1B | +?N | −10B | −5B | +16N | +11B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 5.50 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Ojha, Nelisa | 0 | NEP | −1N | +?B | +13B | +9N | +15B | −?N | −4B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 9.00 | 823 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 12351695 | 0 | — | =6N | +?B | −2N | −?N | +?B | +15B | −9N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.25 | 808 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Kandel, Ujjivani | 0 | NEP | +?N | −?B | −7N | +?B | +?B | −4N | =15N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 850 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 12366358 | 0 | — | F | −4B | −10N | −16N | +?B | +?N | +?B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 1645 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 12364355 | 0 | — | −?B | +?N | +?B | −8B | −7N | −?N | +?B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 808 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 12343137 | 0 | — | F | +5N | =?B | −2B | −10N | −11N | =12B | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 6.25 | 1618 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Magar, Nayuma | 0 | NEP | −?N | +?B | −8N | +13B | −?N | −9B | F | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 818 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Giri, IshaNEP+14.04.5 pts · #5
- 2Shrestha, OjashwiNEP0.04.0 pts · #16
- 3Ojha, NelisaNEP0.04.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Maharjan, AngelNEP-14.05.5 pts · #13
- 2Shrestha, OjashwiNEP0.04.0 pts · #16
- 3Ojha, NelisaNEP0.04.0 pts · #10