Indians claim nine out of top ten
Indrajeet Mahindrakar made a blazing start 7.5/8. His sole draw of the event was in the fifth round against Nepal's very own Purushottam Silwal. Indrajeet had a full point lead heading into the final round. A draw against second seeded Apollosana Mangang Rajkumar would have made him a clear champion. However, Indrajeet decided to go for maximum and become a dominant champion, finishing a full point ahead of the rest.
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A total of 147 players including a WIM took part from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and USA in this five-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament which was organized by Dolakha Chess Home Nepal in Dolakha, Nepal from 19th to 23rd May 2023. The time control for the tournament was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 10 | Mahindrakar, Indrajeet | IND | 1900 | 8,5 | 45,5 | 41,5 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 9 | AIM | Nagarkatte, Vedant | IND | 1904 | 7,5 | 45 | 40,5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 22 | Mohit, Kumar Soni | IND | 1783 | 7 | 51 | 45,5 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Singh, Y. Dhanabir | IND | 2043 | 7 | 50 | 45 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 16 | Singh, Soram Rahul | IND | 1843 | 7 | 46 | 41,5 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 15 | Priyanshu, Barua | IND | 1861 | 6,5 | 49,5 | 44,5 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Apollosana Mangang, Rajkumar | IND | 2093 | 6,5 | 49 | 45,5 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 32 | Anushka, Gupta | IND | 1649 | 6,5 | 48 | 42,5 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 19 | Kishan, Kumar | IND | 1802 | 6,5 | 47,5 | 42,5 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 1 | FM | Jaiswal, Rupesh | NEP | 2145 | 6,5 | 47 | 42,5 | 0 | |
| 11 | 11 | CM | Chaulagain, Purushottam | NEP | 1880 | 6,5 | 46 | 41,5 | 0 | |
| 12 | 39 | Anubhab, Gupta | IND | 1597 | 6,5 | 45,5 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 35 | AIM | Subhabrata, Roy | IND | 1612 | 6,5 | 44 | 39,5 | 0 | |
| 14 | 5 | Lama, Dawa | NEP | 1959 | 6,5 | 43 | 38,5 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 29 | Iftikar, Alom Mazumdar | IND | 1686 | 6,5 | 43 | 38,5 | 0 |
