Nepalese Chess Championship

The National Individual Chess Championship is organized by the Nepal Chess Association, 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

	Year	Place	Champion[1]
1	1979	Kathmandu	Bijay Sharma
2	1980	Dhangadhi	Bijay Sharma
3	1981	Kathmandu	Laxmi Prasad Nakarmi
4	1982	Jumla	Bikash Man Lama
5	1983	Kaski	Gopal Prajapati
6	1984	Morang	Gopal Prajapati
7	1985	Parsa	Rabin Rajbhandari
8	1986	Lalitpur	Badrilal Nepali
9	1988	Parbat	Naveen Tandukar
10	1992	Kathmandu	Bilamlal Shrestha
11	1997	Kathmandu	Punyaman Karmacharya
12	1999	Makwanpur	Badrilal Nepali
13	2004	Bhaktapur	Digesh Shankar Malla
14	2006	Jhapa	Keshav Shrestha
15	2008	Lalitpur	Surbir Lama
16	2009	Lalitpur	Badrilal Nepali
17	2012	Kanchanpur	Manish Hamal
18	2014	Kavre	Keshav Shrestha
19	2016/05	Ilam	Bhupendra Niraula
20	2016/12	Dhankuta	Madan Krishna Kayastha
21	2019/04	Bardiya	Purusottam Chaulagain

National Women's Individual Chess Championship winners

	Year	Place	Champion
1	2008	Kathmandu	Monalisha Khamboo[1]
2	2011	Kathmandu	Tara Ghale[1]
3	2014	Kavre	Bina Jaiswal[2]
4	2016/05	Ilam	Sindira Joshi[3]
5	2016/12	Dhankuta	Monalisha Khamboo[1]
6	2019/04	Bardiya	Sujana Lohani[1]

References

1. Umesh K. C. "National Chess Champions of Nepal". Retrieved 2 February 2017.
2. "Original Tournament Report: 3rd National Woman Chess Championship". FIDE chess ratings. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
3. "19th National Championship & 4th Women's National Championship of Nepal". Retrieved 2 February 2017.