The Under-19 Nepal champion Rupesh Jaiswal of GoldenGate Int'l College became the Candidate Master (CM) and Prachanda Malakar stepped inch closer to getting the title as Nepal thrashed Malawi 3.5-0.5 in the ninth round of the 40th World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday.
Rupesh defeated 1859-rated Paul Khuphwathea 1859 after the 26th move to accumulate 4.5 points and earn the CM title. The 1956-rated rookie became the third Nepali CM after Keshav Shrestha and Uttam Raj Thapa Magar had achieved the title during the 39th Chess Olympiad in Russia in 2010.
Playing with white pieces, Rupesh utilised a blunder from his opponent in the 16th move and Khuphwathea was forced to quit the match 10 moves later.
Prachanda snatched full point against 2100-rated Joseph Xavier Nyambalo after 73 moves. Prachanda has 3.5 points and will earn a CM title if he gets one point from two remaining matches.
FIDE Master Manish Hamal beat 2116-rated CM Chiletso Chipanga after the 53rd move for his third win. Meanwhile, any remaining hopes of CM Keshav becoming the FIDE Master ended after a draw with unrated Joseph Mwale. With the third victory, Nepal have accumulated seven points and jumped eight positions up to the 117th. Nepal will play against Lithuania in the 10th round.
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