Trisali Pooja and Mela 2nd Nationwide FIDE Rating Chess Tournament-2083 (Below 1900)

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55 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 May 2026 to 06 May 2026 in Conference hall of Shree Prithivi MA Vi Yasok, Panchthar, Nepal. Top 10 Elo average was 1891, and top seed was Rishon Thapa (🇳🇵 NEP, 2040).

Jwala Imbung (🇳🇵 NEP, 1928) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Lalit Bahadur Rai (7.0) and Kiran Limbu (7.0). Imbung shared the lead from round 7 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Utsav Khanal (1517) beat Kiran Limbu (1844), a +327-point gap.

Location

🇳🇵Conference hall of Shree Prithivi MA Vi Yasok, Panchthar, Nepal

Dates

04 May 2026 → 06 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇵Rishon Thapa2040

Avg top 10

1,891

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇳🇵Nepal×48

Top 3

🥇
Jwala Imbung
🇳🇵NEP·1928
7.5pts·2087perf+37.0
🥈
Lalit Bahadur Rai
🇳🇵NEP·1841
7.0pts·2028perf+35.8
🥉
Kiran Limbu
🇳🇵NEP·1844
7.0pts·1866perf+14.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Jwala Imbung led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Imbung7.5Limbu7Rai7Nepal6.5Shrestha6.5Rai6.5

R9 · LEADER CHANGE06 May

Jwala Imbung takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Jwala Imbung 3 wins (R1–R3)Kiran Limbu 6 wins (R4–R9)Lalit Bahadur Rai 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Jwala Imbung	*	—	½	1
2Kiran Limbu	—	*	—	—
3Lalit Bahadur Rai	½	—	*	½
4Prakash Chandra Nepal	0	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Imbung, Jwala	1928	NEP	+34B	+15N	+31B	=11N	+6B	=2N	+5N	=4B	+7B	7.5	47.5	51.5	42.00	2087	+37.0
2	Rai, Lalit Bahadur	1841	NEP	+41N	+43B	+18N	=7N	+19B	=1B	+11N	=5B	=4N	7.0	46.5	49.5	36.25	2028	+35.8
3	Limbu, Kiran	1844	NEP	−12B	+24N	−4N	+43B	+30B	+29N	+8B	+11B	+13N	7.0	42.0	45.0	33.00	1866	+14.4
4	Rai, Himal	1843	NEP	+42B	=8N	+3B	+21N	−11B	+15N	+13B	=1N	=2B	6.5	49.0	52.5	36.75	1955	+24.2
5	Nepal, Prakash Chandra	1963	NEP	+17B	+32N	+19B	=6N	=7B	+14N	−1B	=2N	+15B	6.5	48.5	52.5	35.25	1940	-0.4
6	Shrestha, Suman	1870	NEP	+48N	+23B	+10N	=5B	−1N	−13B	+27N	+9B	+12N	6.5	46.5	49.0	32.75	1864	+3.4
7	Rai, Dhiren	1953	NEP	+25N	+27B	+14N	=2B	=5N	−11N	+16B	+10B	−1N	6.0	48.5	53.0	33.25	1911	-4.8
8	Limbu, Kshitiz	1610	NEP	+20N	=4B	+9N	−13B	+25N	=10B	−3N	+26B	+19B	6.0	46.0	51.0	32.25	1785	+32.6
9	Sherpa, Ngima	1660	NEP	+26B	−11N	−8B	+24N	+48B	+12N	+19B	−6N	+20B	6.0	43.5	46.0	28.00	1722	+7.8
10	Nembang, Sunil	1698	NEP	+36B	+37N	−6B	+48N	=12B	=8N	+20B	−7N	+23B	6.0	42.0	44.5	26.25	1712	+5.6
11	Thapa, Rishon	2040	NEP	+30N	+9B	+13N	=1B	+4N	+7B	−2B	−3N	F	5.5	49.5	49.5	31.75	1953	-13.6
12	Khanal, Utsav	1517	NEP	+3N	−14B	+27N	+32B	=10N	−9B	+22N	+18B	−6B	5.5	46.0	50.0	29.00	1768	+118.0
13	Rai, Umesh	1784	NEP	+47B	+29N	−11B	+8N	=15B	+6N	−4N	+21B	−3B	5.5	46.0	49.0	27.25	1828	+10.0
14	Lama, Basanta	1778	NEP	+24B	+12N	−7B	+30N	+23B	−5B	=18N	−15N	+35B	5.5	43.0	47.0	26.25	1735	-7.6
15	Kurumbang, Nanda Kumar	1626	NEP	+55N	−1B	+43N	+33B	=13N	−4B	+32N	+14B	−5N	5.5	42.5	44.0	20.75	1764	+18.8
16	Lawati, Semik	1659	NEP	−33N	+52B	=22N	=20B	+26N	+25B	−7N	+24B	=17N	5.5	40.5	42.5	24.75	1634	-7.2
17	Chaulagai, Shreeyansh	1540	NEP	−5N	−20B	+55N	+28B	+21B	−19N	+35B	+31N	=16B	5.5	39.5	41.0	21.75	1827	+86.8
18	Kerung, Ramesh	1583	NEP	+53B	+21N	−2B	−19N	+49B	+31N	=14B	−12N	+29B	5.5	38.5	40.5	20.25	1735	+63.6
19	Sambahamphe, Mahendra Kumar	1782	NEP	+38N	+33B	−5N	+18B	−2N	+17B	−9N	+22B	−8N	5.0	45.5	49.5	24.00	1622	-29.4
20	Phewadin, Laxmi Prasad	0	NEP	−8B	+17N	+44B	=16N	=22N	+32B	−10N	+27B	−9N	5.0	42.5	45.5	22.25	1631	0.0
21	Lawati, Bijaya Bodh	1843	NEP	+22N	−18B	+41N	−4B	−17N	+33B	+25N	−13N	+38B	5.0	41.0	45.0	22.00	1507	-100.0
22	Lawati, Surya	1507	NEP	−21B	+39N	=16B	+35N	=20B	+23N	−12B	−19N	+40B	5.0	39.0	43.0	22.25	1633	+33.2
23	Khanal, Nayan	1607	NEP	+39B	−6N	+36B	+49N	−14N	−22B	+34N	+37B	−10N	5.0	39.0	41.5	18.50	1586	-10.0
24	Gurung, Mahesh	0	NEP	−14N	−3B	+?N	−9B	+28N	+50B	+30N	−16N	+31B	5.0	39.0	39.0	15.00	1653	0.0
25	Bhattarai, Dinesh	1535	NEP	−7B	+45N	+37B	+31N	−8B	−16N	−21B	+36N	+33B	5.0	38.5	41.5	19.00	1588	+10.8
26	Khabas, Puran	0	NEP	−9N	−30B	+54N	+51B	−16B	+49N	+29B	−8N	+32B	5.0	34.0	36.0	14.50	1601	0.0
27	Lawati, Lal Bhahadur	1616	NEP	+40B	−7N	−12B	=36N	+51B	+44N	−6B	−20N	+47B	4.5	37.0	39.0	14.00	1625	-2.4
28	Sambahamphe, Narendra	0	NEP	−29B	−34N	+47B	−17N	−24B	=42N	+49B	+48B	+37N	4.5	31.5	34.0	13.75	1544	0.0
29	Phuyal, Gobinda	1605	NEP	+28N	−13B	−33N	+52B	+37N	−3B	−26N	+39B	−18N	4.0	39.5	41.5	14.50	1502	-22.0
30	Chaudhary, Ramanand	1563	NEP	−11B	+26N	+46B	−14B	−3N	+36N	−24B	−40N	+45B	4.0	39.0	42.0	15.00	1062	-18.8
31	Fombo, Premraj	1662	NEP	+52N	+46B	−1N	−25B	+34N	−18B	+43N	−17B	−24N	4.0	38.5	40.5	12.00	1380	-36.4
32	Khadka, Bhim Bahadur	1630	NEP	+45B	−5B	+38N	−12N	+46B	−20N	−15B	+43B	−26N	4.0	37.5	40.5	13.00	899	-51.6
33	Kulung, Lumahang	0	NEP	+16B	−19N	+29B	−15N	−44B	−21N	+47B	+42N	−25N	4.0	36.5	39.5	16.00	1503	0.0
34	Rai, Bhagat Kumar	1519	NEP	−1N	+28B	−49N	+50B	−31B	+40N	−23B	−35N	+46B	4.0	34.5	37.0	14.00	887	-60.0
35	Ghimire, Dilliram	1738	NEP	−43N	−38B	+45N	−22B	+52N	+39B	−17N	+34B	−14N	4.0	34.0	36.0	13.00	1393	-70.8
36	Jabegu, Balabir	0	NEP	−10N	+51B	−23N	=27B	+41N	−30B	=48N	−25B	+43N	4.0	34.0	36.0	12.50	1429	0.0
37	Chemjong, Jaya Bikram	1568	NEP	+51N	−10B	−25N	+38B	−29B	+48N	+44B	−23N	−28B	4.0	34.0	36.0	11.50	1539	-12.4
38	Ghimire, Rohan	0	NEP	−19B	+35N	−32B	−37N	−40B	+51N	+46B	+44N	−21N	4.0	32.0	34.0	12.00	1623	0.0
39	Ramtel, Yam	0	NEP	−23N	−22B	+42B	−44N	+47B	−35N	+45B	−29N	+48B	4.0	30.5	33.0	12.00	1321	0.0
40	Meyongba, Buddhi	0	NEP	−27N	−48B	−51N	+45B	+38N	−34B	+50N	+30B	−22N	4.0	29.5	31.5	13.50	1277	0.0
41	FIDE 12376620	0	—	−2B	+53N	−21B	−46N	−36B	−45N	+54B	+49N	+44B	4.0	29.5	31.5	9.50	1694	0.0
42	FIDE 12376604	0	—	−4N	−49B	−39N	+?B	−43N	=28B	+52N	−33B	+51N	3.5	28.5	28.5	6.25	1670	0.0
43	Idhingo, Til Bikram	0	NEP	+35B	−2N	−15B	−3N	+42B	+46N	−31B	−32N	−36B	3.0	39.0	42.0	10.50	1450	0.0
44	Serma, Santosh	1582	NEP	−46N	+55B	−20N	+39B	+33N	−27B	−37N	−38B	−41N	3.0	32.5	34.0	9.50	792	-38.8
45	Lawati, Jakendra	0	NEP	−32N	−25B	−35B	−40N	+55N	+41B	−39N	+50B	−30N	3.0	31.5	33.0	8.00	817	0.0
46	Senehang, Lira	0	NEP	+44B	−31N	−30N	+41B	−32N	−43B	−38N	+55B	−34N	3.0	30.0	31.5	8.50	1351	0.0
47	FIDE 12376639	0	—	−13N	−50B	−28N	+54B	−39N	+52B	−33N	+51B	−27N	3.0	29.0	31.0	6.00	1533	0.0
48	Rai, Progesh	1518	NEP	−6B	+40N	+50N	−10B	−9N	−37B	=36B	−28N	−39N	2.5	39.0	41.5	8.50	899	-44.8
49	Lawati, Tej Bahadur	1511	NEP	F	+42N	+34B	−23B	−18N	−26B	−28N	−41B	=53N	2.5	33.5	33.5	8.50	1444	-10.4
50	FIDE 12376680	0	—	F	+47N	−48B	−34N	+53B	−24N	−40B	−45N	=?B	2.5	23.5	23.5	5.00	1325	0.0
51	Angdembe, Debi Chandra	1572	NEP	−37B	−36N	+40B	−26N	−27N	−38B	+53B	−47N	−42B	2.0	32.0	34.0	6.00	792	-38.0
52	Karki, Bhupendra	0	NEP	−31B	−16N	+53B	−29N	−35B	−47N	−42B	=?N	=54B	2.0	28.0	28.0	3.00	1318	0.0
53	FIDE 12376710	0	—	−18N	−41B	−52N	=55B	−50N	=?B	−51N	=54N	=49B	2.0	22.0	22.0	3.00	1412	0.0
54	FIDE 12376612	0	—	F	F	−26B	−47N	=?N	=55B	−41N	=53B	=52N	2.0	17.5	17.5	2.75	1753	0.0
55	FIDE 12376698	0	—	−15B	−44N	−17B	=53N	−45B	=54N	=?B	−46N	F	1.5	24.0	24.0	2.00	1302	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Khanal, UtsavNEP
+118.0
5.5 pts · #7
2Chaulagai, ShreeyanshNEP
+86.8
5.5 pts · #17
3Kerung, RameshNEP
+63.6
5.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Lawati, Bijaya BodhNEP
-100.0
5.0 pts · #29
2Ghimire, DilliramNEP
-70.8
4.0 pts · #40
3Rai, Bhagat KumarNEP
-60.0
4.0 pts · #55

Biggest upsets

R1+327 Elo gap
Khanal, Utsav1517 beat Limbu, Kiran1844
R5+303 Elo gap
Chaulagai, Shreeyansh1540 beat Lawati, Bijaya Bodh1843
R2+260 Elo gap
Kerung, Ramesh1583 beat Lawati, Bijaya Bodh1843