Commonwealth chess championship 2008 begins today (28th
September 2008) at
'Naivedhyam Celebrations Centre', Nagpur (Maharashtra) India.
269 players participated from 10 Commonwealth countries
including 13 GMs, 2 WGMs, 34 IMs, 6 WIMs, 17 FMs, 2 WFMs, 2 CMs and
2 WCMs.
Sri Lankan National Champion M.K.A. Russell and Women’s
National Champion WCM Vineetha Wijesuriya and T.G.M.Peiris other 5 players
participated in this tournament.
Sri Lankan player results after Final
Peiris T G M 6,5
De Silva Osheen 6,5
Annurudha G C 6,0
Russell M K A 5,5
Ranasinghe S D 5,0
WCMWijesuriya G V 5,0
Wettasinghe S V 4,5