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Purushottam Silwal of Kathmandu and Ashish Phuyal of Dolakha have taken the lead by adding 5 points in the National 'B' Chess Championship on Thursday.
In the fifth round, emerging player Purushottam, who tied with FM Rupesh Jaiswal, defeated Lalitpur's Suroj Maharjan. 40 male and 20 top female players are competing in this tournament.
On the open side, CM Milan Lama of Makwanpur, FM Rupesh Jaiswal of Rautahat and FM Rijendra Rajbhandari of Kathmandu, Nikesh Kusatha of Bhaktapur have taken the joint second place by scoring 4 and a half points.
Milan beat Rajesh Kashpati from Bhaktapur and tied with Rupesh, Rupesh had tied with Purushottam before that.
Rijendra, defeated by Ashish, defeated veteran CM Naveen Tandukar. Nikesh tied with Ashish who defeated Sushil Chaudhary from Dhanusha.
Vinita Kapali from Kirtipur scored 5.5 points and took the single lead. She won over Riya Shrestha from Kathmandu in the fifth round and Denisa Puri in the sixth round.
Chitwan's Lakshmi Kandel is in second place with 5 points. She defeated Banke's Isha Giri and Jhapa's Poonam Prasai. Isha defeated Parsa's Sushila Gurung.
will be the final match on the women's side on Friday, while the seventh and eighth stage matches on the open side will be held, according to the Nepal Intelligence Federation.
