Advocate Sadiksha Acharya has won the second edition of the Himalayan Queen's Gambit. She remained undefeated in the match held at Thapathali Chess Park on Sunday, scoring 6.5 points.
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Advocate Sadiksha Acharya has won the second edition of the Himalayan Queens Gambit. She achieved success by scoring 6.5 points in the match held at Thapathali Chess Park on Sunday, remaining undefeated.
In the blitz chess tournament conducted on the basis of the Swiss league system, Sonalika Saraf also scored 6.5 points, the same as Sadiksha. Despite the equal points, Pioneer Associate Lucky Sadiksha won the title on the basis of tiebreaker. Precious Adhikari and Shubhashree Shrestha also scored 6 points. However, Precious came third, leading on the basis of tiebreaker.
Prakriti Neupane (5.5 points), Asmita Dahal (5.5), Meghna Adhikari (5) and Aarti Rai (5) finished in the top eight and won medals. Similarly, Ruthvi Singh (4 points) in U-7, Sangeeta Das (4.5) in U-10, Supriya Khatri (5) in U-13, Grishma Poudel (5) in U-16 and Shivangi Nath (5 points) in the above 40 years of age stood first.
Marvelous English Boarding won the school title. It won the trophy by collecting eight points based on the evaluation of the top three players. Greenland International School came in second with five points. Shree Panchakanya Basic School came in third with four points.
The FIDE Women's Commission for Chess of the World Chess Federation is conducting the 'FIDE Women's Chess Marathon' in March, and under it, the Himalayan Chess Academy organized the Himalayan Queen's Gambit in Nepal, in which 103 players aged 6 to 47 years participated. The Himalayan Chess Academy, which celebrated its second anniversary on Saturday at the Royal Singhi Hotel, has organized a total of 14 competitions including Queen's Gambit, Classical, Rapid, Blitz and Puzzle Solving.
Trophies, medals and awards were presented to the winning players by Himalayan Chess Academy founder Monalisha Khambu, Koshi Province Intelligence Association president Surendra Kumar Rai, National Independent Party leader Sirjana Shrestha, Thapathali Chess Park president Sanuraj Bajracharya and 2045 National Intelligence Champion Naveen Tandukar.
