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Welcome to Lankachess.com. We hope to
publish Sri Lankan Chess activities via this web site. Please
send us your Chess News, Information and Details (
Chess Achievement, Chess Tournaments and Award ceremonies
etc:...E-mail - bwithanage@gmail.com Last updated
3rd
of February 2012 |
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Final Results of Colombo
Inter Scool Chess Tournament  |
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Results
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Kurunegala District Youth Chess Championships
2012 |
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The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is organizing The Kurunegala
District Youth Chess Championships'12 on 10th, 11th and 12th
of February 2012 at Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala. Tournament
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Gampaha District Youth Chess Championships
2012 |
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The
Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is organizing The Gampaha District
Youth Chess Championships' 12 on 10th, 11th and 12th of February
2012 at Parakrama Vidyalaya, Bandarawatte, Gampaha.Tournament
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5th
Colombo International Chess Festival - 2012 |
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On
be half of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, the Passed Pawn
Chess Club is organizing the 5th Colombo International Chess
Festival 2012, an International Rating Open Chess event for
the 5th successive year with a total prize fund of nearly Rs.
250,000/= in cash and other attractive awards. The event will
be played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds from 15th
to 22nd February 2012.Download Tournament Prospectus>
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Golden Queens Chess Club Age Group
Individual Chess Tournament - 2012 |
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The
Age Group Individual Chess Tournament of the Golden Queens Chess
Club was successfully concluded at C.W.W. Kannangara Vidyalaya,
Colombo 8 on Saturday, 14th January 2012. After 2 days event
Award Ceremony also held at the College Hall.
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World
Schools Selection (Sri Lanka) |
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FIDE publishes January
2012 FIDE Rating List Click
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Jaffna
Chess Festival - Results |
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Super Six Chess Championship
2011
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7th
Asian Schools Chess Championship 2011 |
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Kolonnawa Chess Academy
9th Anniversary |
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Kolonnawa
Chess Academy celebrated their 9th Anniversary at the King George
Auditorium of University of Colombo. At the event they distributed
the memorial trophies for several age categories for the tournament
conducted in this year. Mr. Yadamini Gunawardena, Son of Hon.
Minister Dinesh Gunawardena was the Chief Guest.
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Ethugalpura
International Rated Chess Championship 2011
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Special
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Harshana
Thilakaratne tied For the 1st place in the World Youth Chess
Championships 2011
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Young
Harshana Thilakaratne from Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala tied
for the 1st place in the World Youth Chess Championships Under
8 Open Event scoring 7.5 points out of 9 Games. Harshana who
was a very talented young Chess player in the country shared
the Equal First place with Liang Awondar (USA), Ram Aravind
(INDIA) and Yu Kaifeng (China)......... Read
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Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov to become a custodian of the Buddha Shakyamuni relics
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On
November 16th 2011 there was an official meeting between the
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Deputy Secretary of the
Buddhist patriarchy Amarapura Maha Nikaya Mr. Pallekande Ratanasara
Maha Tepo, to discuss technicalities of the arrival of sacred
relics from Sri Lanka to the Republic of Kalmykia. Read
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Annual
Award Ceremony of the Golden Square International Chess Association
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Annual
Award Ceremony of the Golden Square International Chess Association
was Successfully conducted at the Auditorium of Colombo Public
Library and there were about 500 winners and the parents were
gathered in this main hall. Photo Below , Click your choice
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Results
of the ‘Knights in Battle ’ Blitz Chess Challenge 2011 
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World
Youth Chess Championship 2011 |
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Women's
World Chess Championship 2011 |
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Fisher
Chess Clubs wins the Sri Lanka Inter Club International Rating
Chess Championships 2011
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The
Fisher Chess Club won the Sri Lanka Inter Club Super League
Chess Championships convincingly scoring total of 11 match points
out of possible 12. They had an excellent performance with 23.5
game points, 3.5 more game points than the 2nd place team. Read
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Results
of the National Youth Rapid Chess Championships - 2011
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Results
of the 3rd National Blitz Chess Championship 2011
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Results of the Golden
Square Team Chess Tournament – 2011 (Under 8, 9 &10 Boys
and Girls)
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The
Junior Group Team Chess Championship (Western Province) conducted
by the Golden Square International Chess Association was held
at Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo 08. There were six categories
as under 8,9 & 10 Girls and Boys. Results
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Chess
Selection Tournament In Jaffna |
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The
only International Master in the event, Anwesh Upadhyaya from
India grabbed the 2nd Buddhi International Championships convincingly
scoring with 8.5 points out of 9 games yesterday. He, the top
seed in the event with an ELO of 2408 had only a draw against
Abhishek Das of India in through out the event. Anwesh received
Rs 60,000/- with the Beautiful Buddhi International Trophy and
the Gold Medal. Read
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Thumula
Gamage won the second place from Victorian Country Chess Championship
reserves 2011 |
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This
tournament held l on 8th and 9th of October 2011 at Swan Hill.
Swan Hill is a city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia.
Here are the results. 1st-2nd Nigel Barrow & Stewart Booth
5, 3rd-4th Vineetha Wijesuriya & Leigh Healey 4. Reserves:
1st Joel Beggs, 3.5, 2nd Thumula Gamage 3 (also top junior)
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Annual
Prize Giving of the Golden Square Chess Tournament
(Members) -
2011
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Annual
Prize Giving of the Golden Square Chess Tournament (Members)
was held recently at the Auditorium of the Lions Activity Centre,
Colombo. WIM Sachini Ranasinghe graced the ceremony as the Chief
Guest and distributed the medals to the winners. Mr. Susil Perera,
Managing Director of W.S.Perera & Sons (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Priyadarshana
Perera, Director of Piyasiri Printing Systems, Dr. Sandaruwan
De Silva, Mr. W.J.K.D. Ranpatige, Mr. W.S.P. Arangala, Asst.
Treasurer of Chess Federation of Sri Lanka were grace the occasion
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Winners
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Winners
Girls |
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Results of the Golden
Square Team Chess Tournament – 2011 (Under 11,12,13,14,17 &
20 , Boys and Girls)
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The
above Chess Tournament which was organized by the Golden Squares
International Chess Association was successfully conducted at
the Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya, Borella. Results
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Chamika
And Sachini wins Chess Nationals 2011
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Chamika Perara, a 16 year old
student of Trinity College became the Sri Lanka National Chess
Champion convincingly. Young Chamika played the event very confidently
and scored a total of 9 1/2 points out of possible 13 games
to achieve this title. It was a one sided race for Sachini Ranasinghe
(Musaeus College), the maiden women International Master of
Sri Lanka in the Women's Nationals. She scored a total of 12
points out of possible 13, just giving away couple of draws
throughout the event. Final
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Prize
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CPCA Youth Chess Championships
2011 |
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St. Mary's College All
Island Inter School Chess Championship 2011 |
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National B and Women's
National B Chess Championships 2011
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First Paul Morphy Blitz Chess Championship
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The
Paul Morphy Blitz Chess Challenge was successfully conducted
by the Paul Morphy Chess Club at the J R Jayawardena Center,
Town Hall on the 13th of August 2011. 130 players from all parts
of the country and representing most of the leading schools
and clubs were present at this tournament to compete for the
Rs 100 000 prize fund ....Read
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World Junior: Swiercz
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It
was a dramatic finish, with everything decided in the last two
rounds. Tournament leader Robert Hovhannisyan stopped the ambitious
GM Ray Robson in round twelve, while himself being caught by
Polish GM Dariusz Swiercz in the very last round. India's Padmini
Rout did Deysi Cori a great favour by knocking out Olga Girya,
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Romesh
wins 4th Mora Kings' International Rating Chess Championships
2011 |
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Romesh
Weerawardena, the top seed won 4th Mora Kings' International
Rating Chess Championships 2011, the International rating tournament
after a close battle. Prasanna Kurukulasuriya and G T D Premachandra
also tied with him with 8 points out of 9 games. Results
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National
Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2010 Finals |
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64 Squares International
Chess Acedamy All Island Age Group Blitz Chess Championship
Finals 2010 |
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Chess Workshop at Rathnavali Balika
Vidyalaya, Borella
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A
very successful chess coaching camp was organized by Rathnavali
Balika Vidyalaya, Borella, Colombo, for the primary students
and their parents at the school premises. There were about 250
participants in this program. This was conducted by Mrs. Suneetha
Wijesuriya, Read
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Inter University Chess Championship
2011 - Sri Lanka |
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Major Division & Women’s National
Qualifying Chess Championships 2011- |
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Fide
President visit to India - World Title Match At Chennai In 2012
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The
FIDE President continues his working trip to India which has
turned out very rich and productive. Read
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has
accepted to stage the Anand versus Gelfand World Chess title
match either in April or in May of 2012. Read
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All
Indian Chess Federation welcomes new office bearers
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(By
Arvind aaron) All Indian Chess Federation welcomes new office
bearers Grandmaster Vishy Anand greets the newly elected office
bearers at a colourful function. Anand, wished the new team
headed by J.C.D. Prabhakar (President), Bharat Singh Chauhan
(Secretary) and R.M. Dongre (Treasurer) Read
more from www.indianchessfed.org
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"Frank
Lee Woodword" memorial Southern Province age group individual
chess championship 2011, organized by Mahinda College, Galle
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India
Dominates in Asian Junior and Girls Championships, Iran won
the seniors
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Golden Square International
Chess Association - Member's Age Group Chess Tournament - 2011 |
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Golden
Square International Chess Association was successfully conducted
their Annual Members Chess Tournament on Saturday, 4th June
2011 at Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo. There were several
age categories as under 8/10/12/14/16 Boys and Girls.Results |
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Grand
Welcome for FIDE President by Anatoly Karpov Chess Club
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Anatoly
Karpov Chess Club of the Russian Centre organized a Grand ceremony
to welcome Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of Fide (World
Chess Federation) and his delegation at the Russian Centre Auditorium.
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Asian
Youth Chess Championship 2011 - Subic, Philippines
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Final results of the Western Province
Inter School Team Chess Championship organized by Viharamadevi
Balika Vidyalaya, Kiribathgoda..
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Udith
Jayasundara’s Performance Creditable to Sri Lanka
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Udith
Jayasundara of Nalanda College collected 5 points out of 9 games
and managed to get the sixth place in under
17 Open category in the Word Individual School
Chess Championship 2011 which was concluded at Krakow in Poland.
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Dhamso International Chess Festival 2011
- Results
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Simultaneous
Displayed by Chess Olympiad Gold Medalist Suneetha in Chennai,
India.
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Mrs.
Suneetha Wijesuriya, President of the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club
of the Russian Centre in Colombo and the Chairperson of Lanka
Chess Foundation and Mr. Bandula Withanage, Web Master of www.lankachess.com
visited India on .....Read
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Mrs.
Suneetha, Chess President of the Russian Centre AKCC visit the
Chess Centre at the Russian Cultural Centre, Chennai, India.
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Mrs.
Suneetha Wijesuriya, the President of the Anatoly Karpov Chess
Club got the opportunity to meet Mr. Ebenezer Joseph, Fide Trainer
and the Chief Consultant of the Emmanuel Chess Centre of the
Russian Cultural Centre in Chennai, India.....Read
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Lanka
Chess Puzzle Books for Indian Organisers
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Mrs.
Suneetha Wijesiriya, Author of the series of Lanka Chess Puzzle
Books presented Books 1 & 2 both to Indian Chess Organizers,
Mr. Manuel Aaron, Chairman of the Aaron Chess Academy, Chess
Mate, Chennai, India....Read
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WIM,
Sachini Performs well in National Youth Under 18 Open
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Sachini
Ranasinghe (Musaeus College), the Newly awarded Women International
Master performed well in the National Youth Chess Championship
Open Section. She opted to play in the Open section of under
18 Years Youth Championship this year and scored 5 points out
of 7 games with only lost to National Player, Chamika Perera
and two more draws........ Read
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National Youth Chess
Championships 2011_Final Results
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Annual General Meeting
of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka 2011
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The
Annual General Meeting of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka
was held on 30th March 2011 at the Royal College Union Auditorium
at 4.30 p.m. Mr. Upali Gunasekera, the Principal of Royal College
was elected unanimously as the president of the Chess Federation
of Sri Lanka. Read
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Sachini
First WIM for Sri Lanka - Congratulations |
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Sachini
Ranasinghe finished top in the Asian Zonal 3.2 Women Championship
2011, just now at the Nagarodaya, Colombo 08. She scored a total
of 7 points. She was very confident from the start of the event,Read
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Asian Zonal Chess Championship Zone
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Sachini (Sri Lanka) and GM Rahman Ziaur
(Bangladesh) win Asian Zonal Chess Championship Zone 3.2 |
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Sachini Ranasinghe of Sri Lanka shined,
becoming the 1st WIM in Sri Lanka winnig the Asian Zonal 3.2
Women's Chess Championship convincingly here today. It was not
a suprize for Bangladeshi Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman, who was
the top seed to win the Asian Zonals effortlessly.Read
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Anatoly Karpov Chess
Club Organised a Simultaneous Chess Exhibition with the support
of Grand Master Nigel Short |
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The
Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of the Russian Centre organized a
Jt. Media Conference and a Simultaneous Chess Exhibition with
the support of Grand Master Nigel Short who was a World Chess
Championship Finalist, 3 Times European Chess Champion and Commonwealth
Chess Champion. Grand Master Short played with 20 players at
once at the Russian Centre and managed to win all the games.
Grand Master Nigel Short played few moves of an Exhibition Game
with Mr. Ayrat Akhmetov, Director of the Russian Centre in Colombo
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Results of the Golden
Square Individual Chess Tournament – 2011 (Under 12,13,14,15,17
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Chess
and music
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Chess
Kids coach, Vineetha Wijesuriya, spent last Sunday hanging out
with the Mayor of Dandenong and promoting chess at a music festival.
Vineetha was playing up to 20 games at the same time and won
every game! Chess
Kids Link
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Successful
Chess Coaching Camp at Gampaha
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A
very successful Chess Coaching camp was conducted by Mrs. Suneetha
Wijesuriya, Chairperson of Lanka Chess Foundation and the President
of Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of the Russian Centre at Sumedha
College Main Hall, Gampaha. Read
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CRG
Krishna wins the Sri Lanka Open International
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CRG Krishna of India won the Sri Lanka open Chess
Championship convincingly, when he beat Romesh Weerawardena
in the 10th and Final round at the Public Library Auditorium,
Colombo yesterday(2011.03.06). Read
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Champion
Krishna C R G (IND) |
1st Runner up
Arun Karthik R (IND) |
2nd Runner up
IM Vishnu Prasanna (IND) |
4th Place R S
Kalugampitiya (SRI) |
Women's Champion
S D Ranasinghe (SRI) |
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Final Results of Golden
Kings Chess Coaching Academy Western Province Team Chess Championship
– 2011 ---- Photos
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Grand
Award Ceremony for Russian Ambassador Challenge Trophy Team
Chess Tournament – 2011 |
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Navin Wins Colombo Chess
Festival 2011 |
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Navin
Kanna, the top seed from India won the 4th Colombo International
Chess Festival convincingly. From the beginning he led the event
and finally he drew with RMCM Rajapakse in the final round to
finish with 8 1/2 points to achieve the title.Read
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Sri
Lanka Navy Wins the Russian Ambassador Challenge Trophy Chess
Championship |
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After
the final round ( 5th round ) Sri Lanka Navy won the above championship
by collecting 16 points out of 20 games. Sri Lanka Navy team
consisted with L.P.P.R. Jayanka, K.W.C.U. Silva, B.R.M. Madugalla,
M.N.C. Jayarathna and L.D.P. Madusanka. Read
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M. P. Dharmarathna Memorial Western
Province Individual Chess Championship 2011.. Results
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Varuna wins Novice Championship
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Varuna
Abeyratne of Ananda College won the Sri Lanka National (Novice
Division) Chess Championship convincingly. He scored a total
of 6 ½ points out of possible 7 games.Read
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Sri Lanka Junior National
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Yasas
Kalana Kuruwitage of Royal College and Supeshala Thilakawardena
of Musaeus College dominated the 7 round Junior National Chess
Championship held from the 28 th to 31 st January 2011. The
Chess Federation organized this Under 20 Chess Championship
held over 7 rounds, which was held at Royal College and the
Duplication Reception Hall.Read
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Chess Coaching Camp at Alawwa Rathanalankara
Maha Vidyalaya |
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A
successful chess coaching camp was conducted by Chess Olympiad
Gold Medalist Mrs. Suneetha Wijesuriya, Chairperson of Lanka
Chess Foundation and the President of Anatoly Karpov Chess Club
of the Russian Centre, Read
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Results of the Golden Square Individual
Age Group Chess Tournament – 2011 |
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Golden
Square International Chess Association successfully conducted
the junior individual event of their Golden Square Individual
Chess Championship (Western Province) at C.W.W. Kannangara Vidyalaya,
Colombo in 28th, 29th & 30th January 2011. There were 8
categories as Boys & Girls as under 8/9/10/11 and results
are as follows. Results
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Girls Junior Nationals Chess Championships
2011 Results |
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Sri Lanka Junior Nationals Chess Championships
2011 Results |
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64Squares Chess Challenge - 2011 ....
Results |
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9th Parsvnath International Open Chess
Tournament - 2011 Results |
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2nd
Chess Trainers Training Programme in Sri Lanka
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The
Chess Federation of Sri Lanka conducted a successful trainers
training programme on 23rd and 24th of December 2010 at the
Auditorium of the Royal College, Colombo. Mr. Lakshman Wijesuriya,
Secretary of the Chess Federation and General Secretary, Commonwealth
Chess Association........ Read
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Kolonnawa
Chess Academy has celebrated the 12th Anniversary
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New
chess record in Ahmedabad, India Read
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India
Wins Five Gold Medals |
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Asian Schools Chess Championship 2010 |
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WYCO U-16 Has Ended! 1.
Armenia, 2. India, 3. Russia More
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1st
International FIDE Arbiters Seminar in Sri Lanka |
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The
first ever FIDE Arbiter Seminar held in Sri Lanka, organized
by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka with the support of the
Asian Chess Federation and the World Chess Federation, FIDE
was held from the 3rd to the 06th of December, at the University
of Moratuwa......Read
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16th Asian Games - Kasimzhanov
and Yifan are gold
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The
16th Asian Games have started, and take place from November
12th to the 27th. It is a full Olympic calibre event, with every
sport you would expect, from gymnastics to swimming to... chess.
The chess is divided into two events, the individual rapids,
which are nine rounds of action with the men's and women's sections,
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GM Alik Gershon sets new Guinness World
Record for simultaneous games, Gershon plays against
523 opponents, wins against 454 Read
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Dinushki
wins WFM Title - Congratulations Dinushki |
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Dinushki
Premanath, the Women's National Champion of Sri Lanka achieved
the requirements for the Women's FIDE Master title on the last
round of the Chess Olympiad yesterday. She scored a total of
6 points out of 9 games. She will be the 4th person to achieve
this title after Pramodya Senanayake, Nirmala Chandrasiri and
Supeshala thilakawardena. You may see chess-results.
com for more details.
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Results and Photos of
the Golden Kings Chess Championship – 2010 |
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The Western Province Age Group Individual Chess
Tournament conducted by Golden Kings Chess Coaching Academy
at Buddhist Girls School – Mt. Lavinia on 2nd and 3rd of October
2010. There were played by 638 players from 56 Boys Schools
and 35 Girls Schools in Western Province. Winners
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FIDE
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Mr.
Luxman Wijesuriya elected unanimously as the General Secretary
of the Commonwealth Chess Championship for another 4 year term
in the FIDE Congress 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. He was
honourd by appointing him as the Asian Zone 3.2 after establishing
a new single
zone to india. The most important news that Sri Lankan Federation
is assigned to host the most prestegious Asian Youth Chess Championships
in 2012.
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Ukraine
wins Chess Olympiad 2010... Players |
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Silver medal for Russia
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Bronze medal for Israel
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Russia
wins women World Chess Olympiad ... Players |
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Silver medal for China
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Bronze medal for Georgia
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41st Chess Olympiad to be staged in
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Isipathana College Western Province
Individual Chess Championship 2010
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The above chess tournament was
concluded on Sunday and the Prize Giving was held at college
main hall. D.S. Senanayake College won the overall Boys Trophy
and Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya won the overall Girls Trophy
and Lyceum International School won the overall International
Schools Trophy. Individual results are bellow. Winners
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Mega
Simultaneous chess exhibition tournament |
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Lanka
Chess Foundation was organized a very successful Mega Simultaneous
chess exhibition tournament at Defence Services College, Colombo.
Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapakse. Secretary of the Defence Ministry graced
the occasion as the Chief Guest and Mr. Ayrat Akhmetov was their
Guest of Honour............ Read
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Chess Workshop at
Army Rehabilitation Centre (Ranaviru Sevana),
Ragama. |
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A
Chess Seminar and a practical program was conducted by Mrs.
Suneetha Wijesuriya, the Chairperson of Lanka Chess Foundation
and the President of the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club with the
help of Mr. Bandula Withanage, Webmaster of lankachess.com,
at Army Rehabilitation Centre (Ranaviru Sevana), Ragama....
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Final Results of Western Province Individual
Chess Championship 2010, Organized by Knights Flame Chess Academy |
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World University Chess
Championship
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KCA
Western Province Individual Chess Tournament |
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The
Western Province Individual Chess Tournament conducted by Kolonnawa
Chess Academy was concluded on 7th August 2010 at Henry Olcott
Vidyalaya, Kolonnawa and the award ceronony was held at Sanasa
Auditorium at Gothatuwa. Results
... Prizegiving
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Pera Chess Fest 2010 |
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Chess Coaching
Camp for Ananda Parents |
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A chess
coaching camp was organized by Ananda College Primary Chess
Club for the parents of year 2 & 3 students. This camp was
conducted by Chess Olympiad Gold Medalist Mrs. Suneetha Wijesuriya,
the Chairperson of Lanka Chess Foundation and the President
of Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of the Russian Centre. Read
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China, India Dominate
Asian Youth |
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China
won four golds as they garnered ten medals, followed by India
with three golds in a 14 medal harvest as the two chess superpowers
dominated the Asian Youth Championships organized by the Chinese
Chess Association 8-14 July 2010 in Beijing, China. Vietnam
won three golds while Iran and Mongolia won one gold each. See
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Mrs.
Suneetha Wijesuriya,10 times women’s National Chess Champion,
Chess Olympiad Gold Medallist and the President of Lanka Chess
Foundation and the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of Russian Centre,
launched two chess books as Lanka Chess Puzzles 1 and 2 ....
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Chess Workshop at Ex.
President’s Security Division – IV
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Mrs.
Suneetha Wijesuriya, Chairperson of Lanka Chess Foundation and
the President of Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of the Russian Centre
conducted a very successful chess coaching camp for the staff
members of Ex. President’s Security Division – IV at Independence
Avenue, Colombo 7 ...... Photos
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Shyam Sundar and Vo Thi Kim Phung Won
the Asian Junior Titles |
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International Master Shyam Sundar of India
and WFM Vo Thi Kim Phung of Vietnam won the Stree Seva Mandir
Asian Junior & Asian Junior Girls Chess Championships respectively.
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Young
Thumula wins RJ Shield Open chess
tournament
in Australia
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Sri
Lankan Thumula started to play chess in Australia from Anzac
day open held in Melbourne Chess Club.next Victorian Juniors
2009 and RJ shield Chess Championship in July 2009. He became
3rd in u 12 in RJ Shield chess tournament. Read
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Pavel Maletin takes Commonwealth
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Russia’s
Pavel Maletin won the Commonwealth chess title following a 31-move
draw against M. R. Lalith Babu while runner-up R. R. Laxman
led an Indian sweep of the Commonwealth medals at the Clarks
Inn, Pacific Mall, here on Tuesday....Read
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Congrats
to Vishy Anand for winning the World Chess Championship. |
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Anand retained the title of the World Chess Champion.... Read
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Experience Matters, Anand Keeps
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Vishy wins, retains
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11th
of May 2010 Chessbase.com Report Viswanathan Anand
successfully defended his World title by defeating Veselin Toplalov
in the last 12th Game of the World Chess Championship which
concluded at Sofia, Bulgaria late Tuesday night. Anand had won
the title in 2000, 2007 and 2008.........Read
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National
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Ni Hua., Pourkashiyan
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Chinese GM Ni Hua and Iranian
WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan won the 9th Asian Individual Championships
held 20-30 April 2010 in Subic Freeport, Philippines. .......
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Successful Chess Coaching Camp at Auditorium
of Divisional Secretariat Alawwa |
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A very successful chess coaching
camp was conducted by Mrs. Suneetha Wijesuriya, President of
the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of the Russian Centre and the
Chairperson of Lanka Chess Foundation. There were more than
300 students from various schools in Alawwa together with teachers
and parents participated in this event. Photos>>>
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Results & Photos of
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The Annual Prize Giving
of the Russian School of Chess ( (Anatoly
Karpov Chess Club ) 2010 |
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The
Annual Prize Giving of the Russian School of Chess ( Anatoly
Karpov Chess Club ) was held17th February 2010 at the Russian
Centre Auditorium. His Excellency Vladimir P. Mikhaylov, the
Russian Ambassador graced the occasion as their Chief Guest
and Mr. Ayrat Akhmatov, Director of the Russian Centre was the
Guest of Honour. Read
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Dharmapala Kings’ Super
Challenge Chess Tournament 2010 |
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Dharmapala
Kings’ Super Challenge Chess Tournament 2010, conducted by the
Kottawa Dharmapala Maha Vidyalaya, Kottawa, was concluded today
after six rounds and the Award Ceremony was held today (2010.02.14)
at 2.30.p.m at the College Main Hall.....
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Sampath Bank wins MCA Rapid Chess Championship
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Sampath
Bank Chess Team consisted with Dulan Edirisinghe, Sanjeewa Subasinghe
& Nuwan Harishchandra managed to win this year Mercantile
Rapid Chess Championship conducted by the Mercantile Chess Association
at Lions Activity Centre, Colombo 07. Read
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Chess
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The Ravana Challenge International
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Mikheil Mchedlishvili wins inaugural Ravana Challenge
Chess Championship. Georgian Mikheil Mchedlishvili(sitting)
pipped Vladimir Georgiev(standing) of Macedonia in the tie-break
after both grandmasters ended with 7.5 points at the end of
the 10th and final round of the Ravana Challenge Chess Championship
that concluded today at the Ceylon
Continental Hotel today (September19,2009).ReadMoreNewsFrom
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2nd Chess Coaching Camp at Head Quarters
of Western Naval Command |
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As the second step to promote the strategic
game of chess within the Sri Lanka Navy, A very successful chess
coaching camp conducted by Anatoly Karpov Chess Club joined
with Lanka Chess Foundation on Thursday, 10th September 2009
at the Head Quarters of Western Naval Command Area at Colombo
Fort... Read
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Chess coaching camp at Western Naval Command Headquarters |
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As an initiative to promote the strategic game of chess within the Sri Lanka Navy, a workshop was held by Mrs. Suneetha Wijesuriya, Chairperson of Lanka Chess Foundation and President of the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club for the sailors of Sri Lanka Navy, at Western Naval Command Headquarters on 03rd July 2009..... Read More and Photos |
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Changes in the Laws of Chess |
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most recent FIDE PB meeting approved changes in the Laws of
Chess, coming into force as of July 1st, 2009. According to
new laws,... Read
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Successful Chess Workshop at Humbuluwa
Maha Vidyalaya, Alawwa |
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A very successful Chess coaching camp was organized by Humbuluwa Maha Vidyalaya,
Alawwa today (28th of June 2009) at the school main hall. This
chess camp was conducted by the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of
the Russian Centre in Colombo join hand with Lanka Chess Foundation. Read
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Chess Workshop at Piliyandala Sir John
Kothalawala Maha Vidyalaya |
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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......Read
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IM RR Luxman wins
2nd International Masters event of Sri Lanka |
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Athula Shined in the
IM Tournament. MK Athula Russell,
the National Chess Champion showed that he is ready to gain
the 1st IM title to Sri Lanka, winning the runner up position
ahead of Two Indian International Masters and the Nepalese FIDE
master in the 2nd Sri Lanka International Masters Chess Tournament
held from 25th February to 4th March 2009 at the SANASA Campus,
Kegalle....Read
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