Butwal Mayor Cup Provisional Chess Tournament-2082
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57 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 18 Dec 2025 to 20 Dec 2025 in Butwal, Nepal. Top 10 Elo average was 1350, and top seed was Suman Shrestha (🇳🇵 NEP, 1842).
Ayush Demanraura (🇳🇵 NEP, 1712) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Anup Jung Shah (6.0) and Anup Thapa (6.0). Demanraura won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Om Giri (1558) beat Aarush Nag (1701), a +143-point gap.
Location
🇳🇵Butwal, Nepal
Dates
18 Dec 2025 → 20 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes for game
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
1,350
Participants
57
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇵Nepal×22
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTitle race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
49
25
11
4
2
1
2
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Ayush Demanraura 4 wins (R4–R7)Anup Thapa 4 wins (R4–R7)Anup Jung Shah 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ayush Demanraura | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Anup Thapa | — | * | — | — |
| 3Anup Jung Shah | — | — | * | 1 |
| 4FIDE 12371912 | ½ | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demanraura, Ayush | 1712 | NEP | +56N | +23B | =4N | +22B | +12N | +14B | +5N | 6.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 24.75 | 2394 | +13.2 |
| 2 | Shah, Anup Jung | 1742 | NEP | +39B | +15N | +37B | =14B | +4N | +6N | =?B | 6.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 23.25 | 2483 | +16.4 |
| 3 | Thapa, Anup | 0 | NEP | +53B | +34B | −5N | +37N | +?B | +7N | +12B | 6.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 17.00 | 1604 | 0.0 |
| 4 | FIDE 12371912 | 0 | — | +?N | +?B | =1B | +17N | −2B | +?N | +13B | 5.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 12.25 | 1542 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Kunwar, Pramis | 1594 | NEP | +54N | +51B | +3B | −26N | +9B | +22N | −1B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 18.00 | 920 | -13.2 |
| 6 | BK, Shivam Kumar | 1683 | NEP | +55N | +47B | −18N | +21B | +20N | −2B | +14N | 5.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 15.00 | 949 | -8.2 |
| 7 | Giri, Om | 1558 | NEP | +35N | +50B | −36B | +27N | +19N | −3B | +26N | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 17.50 | 1682 | +13.2 |
| 8 | FIDE 12371939 | 0 | — | +49N | +?B | +19N | +25B | +13N | −?N | −?B | 5.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 1705 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Kc, Ronish | 0 | NEP | +?N | −?B | +?N | +?B | −5N | +25B | +19N | 5.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 1701 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Khatri, Bibek | 0 | NEP | +?N | −?N | +?B | −?B | +37N | +?B | +21N | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 1637 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 12371963 | 0 | — | +?B | −?N | +?B | +?N | +?N | −12B | +?N | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1643 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 12372447 | 1768 | — | +33B | =31N | +?B | +16N | −1B | +11N | −3N | 4.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 14.75 | 920 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Shrestha, Kushal | 0 | NEP | +21N | +20B | +?B | +36N | −8B | =?N | −4N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 11.00 | 1674 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Shrestha, Super | 0 | NEP | +?N | +?B | +?B | =2N | +36B | −1N | −6B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 6.00 | 1686 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 12372048 | 0 | — | +?N | −2B | +?N | =?B | −16B | +48N | +22B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6.50 | 1521 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 12372013 | 0 | — | =32B | +?N | +31B | −12B | +15N | +?N | −?B | 4.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 9.75 | 1613 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 12372528 | 0 | — | =?B | +?N | +32B | −4B | −?N | +?N | +33B | 4.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.00 | 916 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Belbase, Aayush | 0 | NEP | +38N | +?B | +6B | −?N | =?B | +?N | −?N | 4.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 1670 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Nag, Aarush | 1701 | NEP | +57B | +53N | −8B | +24N | −7B | +40N | −9B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 8.00 | 758 | -28.8 |
| 20 | FIDE 12371858 | 0 | — | +?B | −13N | +40B | +?N | −6B | −29N | +41B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 6.00 | 883 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 12372030 | 0 | — | −13B | +?N | +38B | −6N | +?B | +?N | −10B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.00 | 883 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Thapa, Sanskar | 0 | NEP | +?N | +?B | +?B | −1N | +?N | −5B | −15N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.00 | 1617 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Budathoki, Karna Bahadur | 0 | NEP | +?N | −1N | +?B | −?N | −27B | +43B | +49N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.00 | 901 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 12372021 | 0 | — | −?N | +?B | +50N | −19B | −38N | +42B | +44N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 8.00 | 928 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 12371386 | 0 | — | +?N | +28B | +?B | −8N | −?B | −9N | +?B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 1592 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Magar, Rishon Thapa | 0 | NEP | +?N | +?B | +?N | +5B | −?B | −?N | −7B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 1663 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 12372366 | 0 | — | +?N | −?N | +?B | −7B | +23N | −?B | +?N | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 12371882 | 0 | — | +?B | −25N | +29B | +?N | −?B | −?N | +?B | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 881 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 12372277 | 0 | — | −?N | +?B | −28N | +?B | +?N | +20B | −?N | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 843 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 12372110 | 0 | — | +?B | −?N | +?B | −?N | +49B | +?N | −?B | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 861 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 12372005 | 0 | — | +?N | =12B | −16N | +51B | +?N | −?B | −?N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 879 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 12334910 | 0 | — | =16N | +?B | −17N | +?B | −?N | F | +?B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1660 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 12372145 | 0 | — | −12N | +?B | +?N | −?B | +?N | =?B | −17N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1634 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 12372218 | 0 | — | −?B | −3N | +?B | −?N | +?B | =?N | +?B | 3.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 881 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 12372285 | 0 | — | −7B | +?B | +?N | −?N | =?B | +?N | −?B | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 779 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Jaiswal, Bipin Kumar | 1744 | NEP | +46N | +52B | +7N | −13B | −14N | F | F | 3.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 10.00 | 2358 | +15.6 |
| 37 | FIDE 12371866 | 0 | — | +?N | +?B | −2N | −3B | −10B | −45N | +55N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.00 | 949 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 12372382 | 0 | — | −18B | +?B | −21N | +?N | +24B | F | −?N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 769 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Ghimire, Sarthak | 0 | NEP | −2N | +?B | −?N | −?B | +?N | +?B | F | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1679 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Khadka, Aryan | 0 | NEP | −?B | +?N | −20N | +?B | +?N | −19B | −?B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1460 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Maheshwari, Shivansh | 0 | NEP | −?B | −?N | +?N | +?B | +?N | −?B | −20N | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1510 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Khadka, Ayusha | 0 | NEP | −?N | −?B | +?N | +?N | −?B | −24N | +?B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1499 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 12372234 | 0 | — | −?B | −?B | +?N | +?N | −?B | −23N | +?B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 858 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 12345598 | 0 | — | +?B | −?N | −?N | −?B | +?N | +?B | −24B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 799 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 12372200 | 0 | — | −?N | −?B | F | +?N | +?B | +37B | −?N | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 851 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 12372153 | 0 | — | −36B | +?N | −?N | −?B | +?B | +?N | −?B | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 830 | 0.0 |
| 47 | FIDE 12372080 | 0 | — | +?N | −6N | −?B | +?B | −?N | −?B | =?N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1471 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 12372412 | 0 | — | +?N | −?B | =?N | −?N | +?B | −15B | −?N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 769 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Pokhrel, Bikalpa | 0 | NEP | −8B | +?B | F | −?N | −30N | +53B | −23B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.00 | 785 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Rawal, Athit | 0 | NEP | +?B | −7N | −24B | −?N | +?B | −?N | −52B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 758 | 0.0 |
| 51 | FIDE 12372340 | 0 | — | +?N | −5N | =?B | −31N | −?B | −?B | =?N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 820 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 12352802 | 0 | — | +?B | −36N | F | F | −?B | F | +50N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 836 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 12372064 | 0 | — | −3N | −19B | F | −?N | +?B | −49N | −?B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 928 | 0.0 |
| 54 | FIDE 12372250 | 0 | — | −5B | −?B | −?N | +?B | −?N | −?N | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 799 | 0.0 |
| 55 | FIDE 12372196 | 0 | — | −6B | −?N | F | −?B | −?N | F | −37B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 844 | 0.0 |
| 56 | FIDE 12372170 | 0 | — | −1B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 920 | 0.0 |
| 57 | FIDE 12372188 | 0 | — | −19N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 928 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shah, Anup JungNEP+16.46.0 pts · #10
- 2Jaiswal, Bipin KumarNEP+15.63.0 pts · #14
- 3Giri, OmNEP+13.25.0 pts · #19
Top rating losers
- 1Nag, AarushNEP-28.84.0 pts · #42
- 2Kunwar, PramisNEP-13.25.0 pts · #56
- 3BK, Shivam KumarNEP-8.25.0 pts · #33
Biggest upsets
- R5+143 Elo gap