The National Amateur Open & Women’s Chess Championships 2022
Pesandu Rashmitha Liyanage and WCM Ehsha Mishela Pallie crown s the champions of the National Amateur Open & Women’s Chess Championships 2022.
Pesandu
Rashmitha Liyanage of Super Knights Chess Club and WCM Ehsha Mishela Pallie
of Visakha Vidyalaya won the championships of the National Amateur Open
& Women’s Chess Championships 2022 which was organized by the
Chess Federation of Sri Lanka. Championships were held from 06th to 09th
October at Colombo public library auditorium. Tournaments consisted of
a total of 9 rounds each and play in standard time control of 90 minutes
plus 30 seconds increment from move 01. A total of Rs 250,000.00 cash
fund was offered to the winners with trophies, medals & certificates.
Where champions of open and women’s will get Rs 40,000.00 and Rs
25,000.00 respectively.
In the Open championship,
231 players competed. Pesandu Rashmitha Liyanage won the championship
scoring 7.5/9 points where he only lost one game in round 6 and drew in
2nd round. For the first runner-up position, 9 players were tied with
7/9 points. But with better tie-breaks, M D Vinuda Shenal Gunathilake
of Royal College and CM A A C B Amarasinghe of Super Knights Chess Club
became first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
In the Women's championship, 82 players competed. WCM Ehsha Mishela Pallie won the championship scoring 8/9 points where she only drew two games in 7 and 9 rounds. For the first runner-up position, 2 players were tied with 7/9 points. But with a better tie-break, Prathibha Nethsarani Bandara of Horizon International College became the first runner-up and Dehansa Nisanduni Sandanayake of St. Paul’s Girls’ School became the second runner-up.
Congratulations to all the winners.
In the Women's championship, 82 players competed. WCM Ehsha Mishela Pallie won the championship scoring 8/9 points where she only drew two games in 7 and 9 rounds. For the first runner-up position, 2 players were tied with 7/9 points. But with a better tie-break, Prathibha Nethsarani Bandara of Horizon International College became the first runner-up and Dehansa Nisanduni Sandanayake of St. Paul’s Girls’ School became the second runner-up.
Congratulations to all the winners.
