CHESS FEDERATION OF SRI LANKA

TOURNAMENT CALENDAR 2008/09

Month	Tournament	Dates
November ’08	National Youth Rapid Championship (Qualifying)	6^th (Colombo) 7^th (Kalutara) 15^th (Gampaha) 16^th (Kurunegala)
December ’08	Asian Schools Championship IM Norm Tournament (Not confirmed) Novices (Qualifying) Inter Club ‘B’ Qualifying National Youth Rapid (Final)	8^th- 15^th 8^th- 15^th 5^th, 6^th, 7^th (Colombo, Kurunegala) 12^th, 13^th, 14^th (Galle, Kandy) 26th, 27th, 28th (Galle, Kandy) Dec. 17^th
January ’09	Inter Club ‘B’ Qualifying International Rated Tournament (Royal College) Inter Club Final Novices Final	2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th (Colombo, Kurunegala) 9^th-15^th 20^th-22^nd 30^th, 31^st (Jan), 1^st, 2^nd (Feb)
February ’09	Colombo Chess Festival (Passed Pawn CC) National Youth Qualifying (Badulla, Kalutara) National Youth Qualifying (Kandy, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Nuwara Eliya) National Youth Qualifying (Matara, Colombo)	7^th – 11^th 13^th-15^th 20^th -22^nd 27^th, 28^th (Feb), 1^st (Mar)
March ’09	Sri Lanka Open Championship National Youth Qualifying (Jaffna, Eastern Province) National Youth Qualifying (Gampaha, Ratnapura, Galle, Polonnaruwa)	7^th-11^th 13^th-15^th 20^th- 22^nd
April ’09	Asian Universities Championship National Youth Finals National Major Championship (Zonal)	3^rd- 10^th 8^th-11^th 23^rd – 26^th
May ’09	National ‘B’ Championship (Zonal)	9^th-11^th and 15^th-17^th
June ’09	National ‘A’ Championship	5^th-8^th, and 12^th- 14^th
August ’09	Mora Kings Rating Tournament University of Moratuwa 2^nd Sri Lanka IM Tournament	4^th-10^th 11^th - 17^th
Information forward by Luxman Wijesuriya, Hony. Secretary, Chess Federation of Sri Lanka