First Phakphokthum Open Nationwide Rating Chess Tournament-2082

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72 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Oct 2025 to 28 Oct 2025 in Phakphokthum, Illam, Nepal. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1929, and top seed was Purushottam Silwal (🇳🇵 NEP, CM, 2129).

Purushottam Silwal (🇳🇵 NEP, CM, 2129) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Rishon Thapa (7.5) and Jwala Imbung (7.5). Silwal shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Utsav Khanal (1449) beat Yam Prasad Limbu (1778), a +329-point gap.

Location

🇳🇵Phakphokthum, Illam, Nepal

Dates

26 Oct 2025 → 28 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇵CMPurushottam Silwal2129

Avg top 10

1,929

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇳🇵Nepal×63

Top 3

🥇
CMPurushottam Silwal
🇳🇵NEP·2129
7.5pts·2119perf+2.8
🥈
Rishon Thapa
🇳🇵NEP·2049
7.5pts·2155perf+23.0
🥉
Jwala Imbung
🇳🇵NEP·1871
7.5pts·2094perf+47.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Thapa7.5Silwal7.5Imbung7.5Rai6.5Shrestha6.5Rai6.5

R7 · LEADER CHANGE28 Oct

CM Purushottam Silwal takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.5/9. Silwal takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (52.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rishon Thapa drew with CM Purushottam Silwal (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Rishon Thapa	*	½	½	1
2CMPurushottam Silwal	½	*	1	—
3Jwala Imbung	½	0	*	—
4Lalit Bahadur Rai	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Silwal, PurushottamCM	2129	NEP	+10B	=31N	+12B	+4N	+3B	=2N	+7B	=6N	+9B	7.5	52.0	56.5	47.25	2119	+2.8
2	Thapa, Rishon	2049	NEP	=66N	+14B	+23N	+5B	+16N	=1B	=3N	+4B	+7B	7.5	50.5	52.0	43.75	2155	+23.0
3	Imbung, Jwala	1871	NEP	+24N	+35B	+9N	+7B	−1N	+20B	=2B	+13N	+10B	7.5	49.0	53.5	42.25	2094	+47.4
4	Rai, Dhiren	1943	NEP	+22N	+20B	=5N	−1B	+17N	+21B	+31B	−2N	+23B	6.5	47.0	51.5	33.25	1981	+9.4
5	Rai, Lalit Bahadur	1820	NEP	+65B	+28N	=4B	−2N	+38B	−6N	+32B	+33N	+31B	6.5	43.5	45.0	27.75	1891	+18.6
6	Shrestha, Muhan Narshing	1891	NEP	F	+66B	−31N	+52B	+18N	+5B	+11N	=1B	+16N	6.5	40.0	40.0	31.75	2077	+32.0
7	Angdembe, Khagendra Kumar	1841	NEP	+18N	+8B	+11N	−3N	+22B	+9B	−1N	+20B	−2N	6.0	51.0	56.0	33.50	1945	+24.2
8	Subba, Khadga	1631	NEP	+13B	−7N	+41B	=34N	=14B	+15N	+12B	−10N	+22B	6.0	45.5	49.5	32.25	1801	+32.6
9	Lama, Basanta	1759	NEP	+32B	+40N	−3B	+25N	+24B	−7N	+22B	+42N	−1N	6.0	44.5	48.5	27.50	1837	+17.6
10	Adhikari, Kritisara	1699	NEP	−1N	+62B	+33N	−16B	+47N	+52B	+21N	+8B	−3N	6.0	42.5	44.5	24.00	1776	+8.6
11	Shrestha, Suman	1883	NEP	+29B	+26N	−7B	+31B	−20N	+30N	−6B	+44N	+24B	6.0	42.0	46.0	28.50	1805	-13.4
12	Rai, Surendra Kumar	1777	NEP	+67N	+19B	−1N	−22B	+28N	+58B	−8N	+30B	+42B	6.0	40.5	42.0	23.50	1739	-7.8
13	Ghimire, Bishwo Bijay	1787	NEP	−8N	−33B	+55N	+56B	+41B	+43N	+25B	−3B	+27N	6.0	39.0	42.0	24.00	1657	-20.0
14	Limbu, Yam Prasad	1778	NEP	=46B	−2N	+43N	+60B	=8N	+37B	−42N	+40B	+21N	6.0	38.5	41.0	24.75	1647	-19.8
15	Sambahamphe, Ranjan	0	NEP	−21N	+61B	−52N	+70B	+50N	−8B	+58N	+29B	+20N	6.0	32.0	33.0	19.00	1703	0.0
16	Subedi, Rajan	2011	NEP	−17B	+46N	+48B	+10N	−2B	=38N	+34B	+36N	−6B	5.5	42.5	46.0	24.25	1820	-35.0
17	Khadka, Agrim	1692	NEP	+16N	=23B	−20N	+43B	−4B	−32N	+53B	+38N	+34B	5.5	39.5	42.5	24.00	1772	+27.2
18	Ghimire, Rabindra	1632	NEP	−7B	+55N	+21B	=26N	−6B	+53N	−23B	+39N	+32B	5.5	39.5	42.5	22.50	1635	-1.2
19	Khanal, Nayan	1545	NEP	+34B	−12N	−26B	=66B	+60N	−35B	+61N	+46N	+36B	5.5	32.5	34.0	17.75	1711	+60.8
20	Sambahamphe, Mahendra Kumar	1754	NEP	+25B	−4N	+17B	+32N	+11B	−3N	+24B	−7N	−15B	5.0	47.5	52.0	26.00	1857	+21.2
21	Limbu, Abhinash	0	NEP	+15B	+29N	−18N	+27B	+34B	−4N	−10B	+25N	−14B	5.0	45.0	49.5	25.50	1719	0.0
22	Sherpa, Ngima	1667	NEP	−4B	+50N	+28B	+12N	−7N	+44B	−9N	+52B	−8N	5.0	43.0	46.0	21.50	1631	-6.6
23	Rai, Himal	1849	NEP	+70B	=17N	−2B	+30N	+46B	F	+18N	=27B	−4N	5.0	43.0	44.0	20.25	1808	-6.4
24	Shrestha, Raj	1655	NEP	−3B	+30N	+40B	+36N	−9N	+41B	−20N	+54B	−11N	5.0	42.0	45.0	20.50	1641	-5.2
25	Poudel, Manish	1595	NEP	−20N	+45B	+35N	−9B	+29N	+54B	−13N	−21B	+62N	5.0	38.5	40.5	18.50	1663	+17.2
26	Lawati, Semik	1725	NEP	+56N	−11B	+19N	=18B	=37N	−42B	−33N	+49B	+52N	5.0	36.5	39.5	20.00	1546	-66.8
27	Yonghang, Bhim	1732	NEP	−40B	=38N	+65B	−21N	+57B	+46N	+39B	=23N	−13B	5.0	35.5	37.0	17.25	1667	-10.2
28	Chhanayl, Netra	1583	NEP	+36B	−5B	−22N	+53N	−12B	+60N	−44N	+59B	+54N	5.0	34.5	37.0	15.50	1560	-2.4
29	Khadka, Bhim Bahadur	1662	NEP	−11N	−21B	+63B	+51N	−25B	+57N	+62B	−15N	+43B	5.0	34.5	36.5	14.50	939	-32.4
30	FIDE 12370886	0	—	+54N	−24B	+?N	−23B	+69N	−11B	+41N	−12N	+45B	5.0	34.0	34.0	12.00	991	0.0
31	Rai, Umesh	1755	NEP	+48N	=1B	+6B	−11N	+58B	F	−4N	+35B	−5N	4.5	46.0	48.5	20.75	1862	+21.6
32	Limbu, Kshitiz	1613	NEP	−9N	+60B	+59N	−20B	=35N	+17B	−5N	+37B	−18N	4.5	40.0	42.5	17.25	1601	-3.2
33	Limbu, Aayush	1523	NEP	F	+13N	−10B	−41N	+49B	=36N	+26B	−5B	+35N	4.5	40.0	40.0	21.25	1806	+87.2
34	Ghimire, Tara Nidhi	1705	NEP	−19N	+52B	+37N	=8B	−21N	+47B	−16N	+50B	−17N	4.5	39.0	42.0	17.50	1600	-36.8
35	Rai, Yogesh	1710	NEP	+68B	−3N	−25B	+59N	=32B	+19N	+38B	−31N	−33B	4.5	38.5	40.0	16.25	1583	-56.4
36	Limbu, Bikram Jit	1745	NEP	−28N	+47B	+56N	−24B	+39N	=33B	+37N	−16B	−19N	4.5	38.0	41.0	17.75	1578	-36.2
37	Lawati, Surya	1543	NEP	+44B	+69N	−34B	+57N	=26B	−14N	−36B	−32N	+41B	4.5	35.5	36.5	14.50	1347	-36.4
38	Chaulagai, Shreeyansh	1531	NEP	+72N	=27B	=66N	+45B	−5N	=16B	−35N	−17B	+59N	4.5	35.0	35.0	12.50	1571	+7.6
39	Poudel, Radhika	0	NEP	+42B	=65N	−46B	+40N	−36B	+48N	−27N	−18B	+47N	4.5	33.5	35.0	15.75	1618	0.0
40	Magar, Ganesh	1581	NEP	+27N	−9B	−24N	−39B	+51N	F	+43B	−14N	+44B	4.0	38.0	39.0	16.50	1538	-8.8
41	Niroula, Nitin	0	NEP	+58N	+67B	−8N	+33B	−13N	−24N	−30B	+55B	−37N	4.0	36.5	38.0	11.50	1563	0.0
42	Khanal, Utsav	1449	NEP	−39N	+72B	−49N	F	+45B	+26N	+14B	−9B	−12N	4.0	36.0	36.0	15.00	1760	+57.2
43	Limbu, Saroj	0	NEP	+?B	+70N	−14B	−17N	+66N	−13B	−40N	+58B	−29N	4.0	31.5	31.5	5.00	1583	0.0
44	Nembang, Yunchhohang	0	NEP	−37N	−58B	+64N	+67B	+65N	−22N	+28B	−11B	−40N	4.0	30.5	32.0	10.00	1543	0.0
45	FIDE 12354872	0	—	+?B	−25N	+50B	−38N	−42N	+61B	−52N	+63B	−30N	4.0	29.0	29.0	7.50	726	0.0
46	Poudel, Devi Prasad	1621	NEP	=14N	−16B	+39N	+49B	−23N	−27B	+47N	−19B	−50N	3.5	38.5	42.0	14.50	1546	-27.2
47	Rai, Binita	1519	NEP	+51B	−36N	=53B	+48N	−10B	−34N	−46B	+65N	−39B	3.5	33.0	34.5	10.00	1550	+9.2
48	Rai, Raj Kumar	1612	NEP	−31B	+53N	−16N	−47B	+56N	−39B	=51N	=67B	=49N	3.5	31.0	32.5	10.25	1550	-29.6
49	Rai, Sujan	0	NEP	+61N	−56B	+42B	−46N	−33N	−50B	+57B	−26N	=48B	3.5	30.0	32.0	10.75	1400	0.0
50	Ghimire, Suprashant	0	NEP	+71N	−22B	−45N	F	−15B	+49N	=59B	−34N	+46B	3.5	30.0	30.0	9.25	1539	0.0
51	Pokhrel, Rashmit	0	NEP	−47N	+?B	=67N	−29B	−40B	=68N	=48B	−53N	+65B	3.5	23.5	23.5	4.75	1502	0.0
52	FIDE 12370894	0	—	F	−34N	+15B	−6N	+59B	−10N	+45B	−22N	−26B	3.0	39.5	39.5	12.50	938	0.0
53	Rai, Progesh	0	NEP	F	−48B	=47N	−28B	+67N	−18B	−17N	+51B	=58N	3.0	30.5	30.5	8.00	1445	0.0
54	Rai, Ridam	0	NEP	−30B	−63N	+61N	F	+62B	−25N	+65B	−24N	−28B	3.0	29.0	30.5	5.50	1423	0.0
55	FIDE 12370916	0	—	+64N	−18B	−13B	F	F	−59N	+60B	−41N	+57B	3.0	28.5	29.5	7.50	910	0.0
56	Baskota, Pratima	1580	NEP	−26B	+49N	−36B	−13N	−48B	F	−64N	+71B	+63N	3.0	27.5	28.5	6.50	926	-50.8
57	Limbu, Matap	0	NEP	F	+64B	+70N	−37B	−27N	−29B	−49N	+61B	−55N	3.0	26.0	27.0	5.00	1452	0.0
58	Lawati, Tej Bahadur	1527	NEP	−41B	+44N	+71B	F	−31N	−12N	−15B	−43N	=53B	2.5	32.5	33.5	6.50	967	-16.0
59	Subedi, Sugam	0	NEP	F	+68N	−32B	−35B	−52N	+55B	=50N	−28N	−38B	2.5	30.0	31.5	6.25	1361	0.0
60	Rai, Dipesh	0	NEP	F	−32N	+68B	−14N	−19B	−28B	−55N	+70B	=67N	2.5	28.0	28.0	3.25	1519	0.0
61	Lawati, Jakendra	0	NEP	−49B	−15N	−54B	+68N	+64B	−45N	−19B	−57N	F	2.0	28.5	28.5	3.50	1557	0.0
62	FIDE 12370908	0	—	F	−10N	−69B	F	−54N	+63B	−29N	+64B	−25B	2.0	24.0	24.0	4.00	853	0.0
63	FIDE 12370924	0	—	F	+54B	−29N	F	+?B	−62N	F	−45N	−56B	2.0	22.0	22.0	3.00	825	0.0
64	FIDE 12365394	0	—	−55B	−57N	−44B	F	−61N	F	+56B	−62N	+68N	2.0	18.5	18.5	4.50	1619	0.0
65	Kerung, Karna Prasad	1631	NEP	−5N	=39B	−27N	F	−44B	+66B	−54N	−47B	−51N	1.5	32.0	33.5	3.75	1499	-27.2
66	Bantawa, Raj Kumar	1692	NEP	=2B	−6N	=38B	=19N	−43B	−65N	F	F	F	1.5	31.0	31.0	8.75	1580	-16.8
67	Bomzan, Urgen	1619	NEP	−12B	−41N	=51B	−44N	−53B	F	F	=48N	=60B	1.5	28.0	28.0	4.75	1519	-10.0
68	Serma, Santosh	1569	NEP	−35N	−59B	−60N	−61B	+70N	=51B	−71N	F	−64B	1.5	19.0	19.0	2.75	1676	+11.6
69	FIDE 12371025	0	—	F	−37B	+62N	F	−30B	F	F	F	F	1.0	23.0	23.0	2.00	745	0.0
70	Phuyal, Gobinda	1638	NEP	−23N	−43B	−57B	−15N	−68B	F	F	−60N	+71B	1.0	23.0	23.0	1.00	909	-33.2
71	Rai, Isha	0	NEP	−50B	F	−58N	F	F	F	+68B	−56N	−70N	1.0	21.5	21.5	1.50	1388	0.0
72	FIDE 12370959	0	—	−38B	−42N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	692	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Limbu, AayushNEP
+87.2
4.5 pts · #23
2Khanal, NayanNEP
+60.8
5.5 pts · #20
3Khanal, UtsavNEP
+57.2
4.0 pts · #38

Top rating losers

1Lawati, SemikNEP
-66.8
5.0 pts · #25
2Rai, YogeshNEP
-56.4
4.5 pts · #19
3Baskota, PratimaNEP
-50.8
3.0 pts · #70

Biggest upsets

R7+329 Elo gap
Khanal, Utsav1449 beat Limbu, Yam Prasad1778
R1+319 Elo gap
Khadka, Agrim1692 beat Subedi, Rajan2011
R6+276 Elo gap
Khanal, Utsav1449 beat Lawati, Semik1725