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.
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