The National Individual Chess Championship is organized by the Nepal Chess Federation- NCF and National Sports Association- NSC, 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.
| Year | Place | Champion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2008 | Monalisha Khamboo | ||
| 2 | 2011 | Tara Ghale | ||
| 3 | 2014 | Banepa, Kavre | Bina Jaiswal[2] | |
| 4 | 2016/05 | Sindira Joshi[3] | ||
| 5 | 2016/12 | Monalisha Khamboo | ||
| 6 | 2019/04 | Sujana Lohani | ||
| 7 | 2022/09 | Sujana Lohani | ||
| 8 | 2023/04 | Sujana Lohani |
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