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etc:... E-mail - bwithanage@gmail.com Last updated
23rd of August 2019 |
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First
time in Sri Lankan Chess History Two Major Awards for a Queen
and King at the Presidential Sport Awards 2017/2018 |
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“Kreeda
Rathna “the life time achievement award of excellence for WFM/FI
Suneetha Wijesuriya. Most popular upcoming sportsman of the year
for FM Harshana Thilakaratne. Congratulations and All the Very
Best for a Great Future |
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The
National Chess Championships 2019
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 Harshana,
the King and Sayuni, Queen at Sri Lanka Chess Nationals! CFSL
provide the highest cash fund, Rs. 320,000/= this year Read
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Photo courtesy of Mr.Ruwan Gunaratne |
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Abhijeet
Gupta wins the Commonwealth title for a record fifth time! |
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Legends
have a habit of raising their game when the situation demands
it. That's the reason why they have maximum grand slams to their
credit, or highest number of goals, or most runs scored! In chess,
the mark of a strong player stems from how he plays in the last
round, especially when he is in a must-win situation....Read
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8th
Mercantile/ Government Services International Rating Chess Championships
2019 - Pairings
& Results |
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Anuruddha
and Sayni Wins National B Titles
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The
experienced, GC Anuruddha, a former National Chess Champion won
the Sri Lanka National B Chess title 2019 scoring 8 points out
of the possible 10 games while Sayuni Gihansa Jayaweera (Dharmasoka
College), former Women’s National Chess Champion also scored
8 points to achieve the Women’s National B Chess Championship
2019, both convincingly......... Read
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Chandana
Wins 6th Sri Lanka Grand Prix 2019 |
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Chandana
Wijekoon of Sri Lanka Navy won the 6th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix
2019 at the Chess federation of Sri Lanka scoring 8 points out
of possible 11 games. He got the lead from the very beginning
and maintained the lead and finish with a draw with IM Romesh
Weerawardena, the main rival in the last games. ...
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Report - 9th
Dhamso International Chess Festival 2019 > Read
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India
to host the 2019 Commonwealth Championship Read
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FIDE new office
in Lausanne is now fully operational .. Read
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Five Sri Lankan
chess players are among the top 10 of their age categories in
the World School Individual Chess Championships 2019. |
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on the image for enlarge – Photos from Mr. Samantha Ramanayake |
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Youth Chess Championships - 2019 Citrus Hotel, Waskaduwa, Sri
Lanka |
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Vietnam
Youth Chess Players win the Asian Youth Chess Championship - 2019,
Fide Master Harshana Tilakaratne won a silver medal and honored
Sri Lanka. Daily
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Asian Youth Chess Championships 2019 finished on the 10th of April
in Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka. 571 boys and girls from 23 countries
competed in 6 age categories The Asian Youth rapid and Blitz events
were also held parallel to the main event.... Read
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National
Youth Blitz Chess Championship 2019 |
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National
Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2019 |
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SLSCA
Individual Chess Championship Finals - 2019 |
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Chess
will be a candidate to join the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 |
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The
President of the International Chess Federation Arkady Dvorkovich
has officially launched a campaign for chess to be included as
a sport at the Paris Olympic Games 2024. Read
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12th
Colombo International Chess Festival 2019 -
Results |
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Harshana
Thilkarathne made his Maiden IM Norm |
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FM
Harshana Thilkarathne Made his maiden IM norm at the 3rd Saturday
Grand Master Chess tournament in Serbia. He scored 6.5 points
out of possible 11 games to place third among the 12 players played.
Congratulations! Harshana. Final
standing ...
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Sri Lanka National
Youth Chess Championship 2018 |
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20th
Anniversary celebration of the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club |
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Players Photo |
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Players Photo |
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20th Anniversary celebration of the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club
was held at the Russian Centre in Colombo amidst a crowd of Chess
lovers. The occasion was graced by the presence of the Chief Guest,
Madam Anastasia Khokhlova, First Secretary of the Embassy of the
Russian Federation and Director of the Russian Centre In Colombo
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Lakshitha
Randil & WCM Pasindi Wijesuriya won 4th Kolonnawa Chess Classic
2018 Open International Rating Chess Championship Category
Prizes ... More
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Inaugural Inter
Club Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2018 |
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Carlsen
Wins World Championship |
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Magnus
Carlsen is the once and future king of chess. Wednesday, Carlsen,
27, defended the title he first won in 2013 by beating Fabiano
Caruana, 26, in a series of rapid games to break a tie in their
match in London.Read
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Ju
Wenjun defends Women’s World Champion's title |
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Three
weeks after the start of the Women’s World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk,
the world’s strongest woman chess player was determined. The rating
favorite of the event, Ju Wenjun from China, defended the title
she had won in spring, beating the Russian Kateryna Lagno in the
final match.Read
more from www.fide.com .Official
website ... Photo Courtesy by https://ugra2018.fide.com/ |
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World
Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad-2018 |
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Mercantile and Government
Services Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2018 |
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5th Sri Lanka National Senior Chess Championship
- 2018 - Results |
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SLSCA Team Chess Championship
Finals- 2018 |
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Sri Lanka
National Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2018 |
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43rd
Chess Olympiad: Double gold for China! |
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89th
FIDE Congress -
Batumi, Georgia |
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Mr
Luxman Wijesuriya was appointed as one of the Vice presidents of
the Asian Chess Federation and re-elected as the General Secretary
of the Commonwealth Chess Association. Congratulations |
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Arkady
Dvorkovich elected FIDE President |
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Mr.Arkady
Dvorkovich has defeated Georgios Makropoulos 103:78 and will follow
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as the 7th President of the World Chess Federation
(FIDE). Read
more from chess24.com ...... www.fide.com |
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Anatoly
Karpov Chess Club (AKCC) promoted CHESS in a big way!!! |
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500th Chess Coaching Camp of the ANATOLY KARPOV CHESS CLUB was
conducted very successfully by Woman Fide Master and Fide Instructor
Suneetha Wijesuriya who is the Founder President and the Chief
Instructor of the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of the Russian Centre
in Colombo recently at the 3rd Annual National Sports Exhibition
of Sri Lanka SPORTEX – 2018 which was held at BMICH and
organized by SPORTSINFO. |
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Buddhi
International Open Rating Chess Championship 2018 |
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National Schools Games 2018 - Chess |
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2018 World Junior Chess Championship and
Under 20 Girls Championship |
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CM Supun Kuruppu &
WCM Pasindi Wijesuriya won Sri Lanka Junior National Chess Championship
2018 |
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Open
1.Supun Kuruppu -Ananda College -Champion
2.Ranidu Dilshan Liyanage -Ananda College -Second
3.Krishna Rahul Jeyanthan -Ananda College -Third
Girls
1.G.P.Y Wijesuriya -Visakha Vidyalaya -Champion
2.H.M.H Janandani Abeysinghe -Mahamaya Girls-Kandy -Second
3-H.K.T Dewnethmie Dahampriya -Visakha Vidyalaya -Third
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9th
Kandy Open International Rating Chess Championship From 06th to
13th August 2018 Pairings
& Results |
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7th Mercantile/ Government Services International Rating
Chess Championships 2018.
- Pairings
& Results |
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Sri
Lankan medals bucket filled with 17 Asian Medals in 14th Asian
Schools Chess Championship 2018 |
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CM
Kevin Ranidu Silva wins Under 13 Standard Open Category Gold medal,
Rapid Category Silver Medal & Blitz Category Gold Medal. WCM
Ehsha Pallie wins Under 11 Girls Standard Category Silver medal,
Rapid Category Gold Medal & Blitz Category Bronze Medal. FM
Sasith Nipun Piyumantha wins Under 17 Standard Open Category Bronze
medal & Rapid Category Gold Madel. FM Harshana Thilakarathne
wins Under 15 Standard Open Category Silver medal & Blitz
Category Silver Medal. Nethmi Fernando wins Under 15 Girls
Rapid Category Silver Medal. FM L M S T De silva wins
Under 13 Open Category Silver Medal. Lisara Kodithuwakku
wins Under 13 Standard Open Category Bronze Medal. Tenara
De silva wins under 17 Girls Standard Category Bronze Medal. WCM
Sanudula Dahamdi Under 11 Girls Rapid Category Bronze Madel. Chamodya
Yapa Bandara wins Under 17 girls Blitz Category Bronze Medal and
Lasal. Jayawardana wins under 17 Open Blitz Category
Bronze Medal ...... Read
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14th
Asian Schools Chess Championship 2018 starts in Sri Lanka. The
inauguration of the 14th edition of the Asian Schools Chess Championship
was held on 09th July 2018 with the total participation of 454
players. Event is progressing at beautiful city of Coastal area,
Citrus Hotel - Waskaduwa. Event will held till 15th July 2018.
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Inauguration
Ceremony Photos |
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14th
Asian Schools Blitz Chess Championship 2018 |
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14th
Asian Schools Chess Championship 2018 |
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14th
Asian Schools Rapid Chess Championship 2018 |
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Harshana
Thilakarathne (FM) wins Under 16 Championship in Commonwealth
Chess Tournament 2018 |
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Sri
Lanka National Amateur International Rating Chess Championships |
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Ju
Wenjun became the new Women`s World Champion |
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Ju Wenjun
made a draw with Tan Zhongyi in the last classical game of the
Women`s World Chmpionship Match and became the 17th Women`s World
Champion in the history of chess. She is also the 6th Chinese
player who achived this title. Read
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Sri
Lanka National Championship and Women’s National Chess Championship
2018 - Report |
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Isuru
Alahakoon wins the 2018 Sri Lanka National Championship for the
fourth time and Dinushki Premanath (WFM) wins 2018 Women’s
National Chess Championship for the Second time. Read
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3rd
Anniversary celebrations and the Annual Award Ceremony of Lanka
Chess Academy International |
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celebrations and the Annual Award Ceremony of Lanka Chess Academy
International (Pvt) Ltd was held recently at the Public Library
Auditorium. Mr. Milton Amarasinghe, ...Read
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World
School Chess Championship 2018 |
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Harshana
Thilakarathne (CM) wins Silver Medal World School Chess Championship
2018 |
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IM
CRG Krishna and S Nevinka De Silva wins Dhamso International Chess
Festival 2018 |
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Asian
Youth Chess Championships 2018 |
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Congratulations
Sasith Nipun Piyumantha for been the Under 16 Champion and Gold
Medalists at the Asian Youth Chess Championship held in Ching
Mai, Thailand. This is the highest achievement that a Sri Lankan
Chess Player received at the Asian Youth Championship. He is a
product of Dharmashoka College, Ambalangoda.We Wish you All the
Very Best a for Bright Future... We are proud of you... More
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Asian Youth
Chess Championships 2018 Standard - Pairings and Results |
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Asian Youth Chess Championships 2018 Rapid - Pairings
and Results |
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11th
Colombo International Chess Championship 2018 |
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SLSCA
Individual Chess Festival 2018 - Finals |
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National
[B] Chess Championship 2018 - Results |
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Women's
National [B] Chess Championship 2018 - Results |
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“Lanka
Chess Puzzles 5” by Suneetha Wijesuriya |
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| “Lanka Chess Puzzles 5”
book launching ceremony was held recently at the Russian Centre
Auditorium. Read
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6th
Kalutara Chess Festival Open International Rating Chess Championship
2018 - Pairings
and Results |
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At
the annual SLT SILK Sports Awards - SLT SILK Outstanding Dedication
and Contribution to Promote Sports - Awarded to Mrs.Suneetha Wijesuriya
WFM / FI
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SLT
SILK Chess Player of The Year - Zainab Saumy |
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