A very successful chess coaching camp was conducted
by Mrs. Suneetha Wijesuriya, Chess Olympiad Gold Medalist who is the
President of the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of the Russian Centre and
Lanka Chess Foundation on Friday, 12th June 2009 at Sir John Kothalawala
Maha Vidyalaya at Piliyandala. This chess coaching camp was organized
by Sir John Kothalavala Vidyalaya Chess Club with the blessings of the
Principal Madam Malani Surasinghe and with the guidance of Mr. Dileepa
Priyantha Perera, the teacher in charge of Chess and Mrs. M.D. Thusitha
Samanthi, the Prefect of Games. There were about 200 students participated
from the school and few students of Rawathawatta Methodhist College
also were present with their sports in charge Mr. Deepal Nilanka Fernando
at this occasion. After the coaching camp Mrs. Wijesuriya , who gave
the knowledge about the opening, middle game and end game to these participants
handed over few chess books for the school library.