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Asian Youth Chess Championships 2022 - Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan team became th runners-up in Sheikh Russel Cup Invitational Team Chess Championship 2022 - Bangladesh.

The Sheikh Russel Cup Invitational Team Chess Championship 2022 was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from the 13th to the 17th of October 2022. A team consisting of five players competed in the event. Mr Kanishka Anuradha Welipitiya worked as the team manager. Teams from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal & Pakistan competed.The Sri Lankan team consisted of the IM L M S T De Silva, FM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, Lisara Samadhith Tennakoon, Achinthya Shamen Kaluarachchi and S D B K Senevirathne.

Oshini Gunawardhana is the new Asian Youth Champion in the Under 10 Girls category

Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana of Wycherley International School was crowned as the Asian Youth Under 10 Girl champion. She scored 8.5 points from 9 rounds where she only drew in the 8th round against her opponent Bahar Mirzakhani of Iran. At the start of the tournament, she ranked third place and from the start, she dominated the event..........Read More

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.....Read More

WCM G P Y Wijesuriya won the bronze medal at Asian Amateur Women Chess Championship 2022

WCM G P Y Wijesuriya a member of the Sri Lanka Women's National Team became the second runner-up in the Asian Amateur Women Chess Championship 2022 which was concluded on 05th October 2022 in Muscat, Oman. The event was held from 29th September to 05th October 2022. 51 Players from 13 countries competed in this tournament. The tournament was held as 09 rounds event with a time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move 01. In the initial starting rank list, WCM Pasindi Wijesuriya ranked 11th. She scored 7/9 points at the end of the tournament and she only lost two games. With her performance at the event, Added to her bronze medal, she will gain 32 ELO ratings. H M H Janandani Abeysinghe also a member of the Sri Lanka Women's National Team competed in this tournament and she scored 5.5/9 points and abled to ranked 13.

Congratulations IM Susal De Silva !

First Sri Lankan player who crossed the ELO 2500 barrier.

Sri Lanka National Blitz Chess Championships 2022

Lisara Kodithwakku of Royal College and WCM K M Dahamdi Sanudula of Musaeus College were crowned as the Sri Lanka National Blitz champion and Woman Blitz National Champion... > Read More

Sri Lanka National Rapid Chess Championships 2022

Pasan Vindula Liyanapathirana of Anandians Chess Club and M Esandi Newansa of Dharmasoka College were crowned as the Sri Lanka National Rapid champion and Woman National Champion........> Read More

Junior Nationals Open & Girls Chess Championships 2022

The Junior Nationals Open & Girls Chess Championships took place from 8th-11th September. The tournament was placed at Berrewaerts Royal Primary College, Ampitiya........Read More

Sri Lanka National Team (Super League) Chess Championship 2022

Super Knights Chess Club claimed its victory in Sri Lanka National Team (Super League) Chess Championship 2022. After 09 rounds, with only one round lost to the Sri Lanka Navy Chess Club, Super Knights Chess Club dominated the event from beginning. Anandians Chess Club and Kandyan Lions Chess Club secured first-runners up & second runners up places respectively... Read More

44th FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2022

Uzbekistan Kids Surprise Winners of the Chess Olympiad: Armenia Gets the Silver Medal, While India B, Formed by Young Talents, Outpaced its seniors and snatched The Bronze < Click here for more read

Ukraine Victorious at the Womens Chess Olympiad: Georgia Claims Silver, Leader India an Only Bronze Following Loss in the Last Round < Click here for more read

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44th FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2022 - Day 10

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India A and B Are in the Chase, While Armenia and Uzbekistan Lead After 10 Rounds

Indian womens team a shoots into sole lead with 17 points

Read More > 44th FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2022 - Round 10

Arkady Dvorkovich, reelected as FIDE President

Arkady Dvorkovich has been reelected for a second term as President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) with 157 votes, against 16 for his electoral opponent, the Ukrainian chess Grandmaster Andrii Baryshpolets. A third candidate, the French Bachar Kouatly, withdrew his candidacy after giving his speech before the voting started... Read more from www.fide.com

Suneetha is awarded by World Chess Federation

Suneetha Wijesuriya well known Chess promoter, Gold medalist at the 30th FIDE World Chess Olympiad 1992 was awarded the Outstanding Game Changer of Chess in Asia ... > Read More

44th FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2022 - Day 9

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UZBEK KIDS LEAD THE CHESS OLYMPIAD : INDIA B VS UZBEKISTAN, THE CLASH OF THE YOUNGSTERS

Women's Olympiad: Major etback For India in Round 9

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USA toppled by Indian teenagers

India A Women's team held to a draw by Ukraine but retains the lead

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44th FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2022 - Day 7

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INDIA A WOMENS TEAM SCORE ANOTHER THUMPING VICTORY TO ENHANCE SOLE LEAD

USA AND ARMENIA DRAW AT THE CHESS OLYMPIAD

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44th FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2022 - Day 6

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News from www.fide.com > Triple-gold Armenia leads the Olympiad halfway through

Indian eves crush Georgia to jump into sole lead

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News from www.fide.com > 44th Chess Olympiad: Gukesh D scores his fifth win to cross 2715 mark

Women's Olympiad: Three teams forge ahead with 10 and 9 points each

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News from www.fide.com > USA stumbles in Chennai Olympiad

Women's Chess Olympiad: Eight teams won all matches after four rounds

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News from www.fide.com > All three Indian teams on 100% in Chennai

Womens Chess Olympiad: Mongolia stages a huge upset, favorites ease through

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News from www.fide.com > Favourites have a field day in Round 2 of Women's Chess Olympiad

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News from www.fide.com > Favorites start strongly

44th FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2022 - Day 1 > Read More

The Opening Ceremony

The opening Ceremony of the 44th chess Olympiad 2022 took place on 28th July at 6 pm Indian Standard Time. The ceremony was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and India .......>.Read More .... > Video 1 ...... > Video 1

Photos, Videos and Report from Chess Federation of Sri Lanka

The 44th Chess Olympiad, organized by The International Chess Federation, commonly referred by its French acronym FIDE will be held in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu, India from 28th July to 10th August 2022.The Chess Olympiad is a classic worldwide event where the best of the best compete against each other for their respective nations. ....> Read More >>Sinhala Translate >>Tamil Translate

The National Chess Team which participates in the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022 - Chennai India.
We Wish both Teams All The Very Best!

Mens Team Participating The 44th Chess Olympiad 2022

Womens Team Participating The 44th Chess Olympiad 2022

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CFSL International Chess Day celebration with Softlogic Glomark

International Chess Day is celebrated on the 20th of July every year mainly to remember the establishment of the International Chess Federation. It was founded on 20th July 1924. The day has been celebrated since 1966 by people around the world. The International Chess Federation comprises 181 chess federations. To mark the day, various chess events are organized by the members of the chess federation......Read More

Sri Lanka National Youth Chess Championships 2022 - Vinudha is the Sri Lanka National Youth Under 14 Years Champion

Vinuda Shenal Gunathilake of Royal College Colombo won the Sri Lanka National Youth Under 14 Years Chess Championships 2022 scoring 6 points out of 7 possible games with the better tie breaker after tying with 4 more players, Disara Tennakoon, Malisha Weeratunge, Disal Weerasekara and DRBG Galkotuwa. .......Read More

CFSL Golden Jubilee year National Chess Championships 2022

Susal and Sachini are New King and Queen!

The Reigning National Chess Champion 17 year Old FIDE Master, Susal de Silva of Nalanda College won the Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2022 .. Read More

Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2022 - Awards Ceremony Photo Album

Half way report.....Read More ............... 2nd Report Read More

Sri Lanka National Chess Championship - 2022

Sri Lanka Women's National Chess Championship - 2022

Sri Lanka National B & Women's National B Chess Championship - 2022 - SDBK Seneviratne and Minethma Wickramsinghe gets the Honours

15 year Old SDBK Seneviratneof Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala and Minethma Lasandi Wickramasinghe of Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara won the Sri Lanka National (Premier Division) Chess Championships 2022, Open and Girls events respectively........ Read More

Live Games link > Sri Lanka National B Chess Championship - 2022

Live Games link > Sri Lanka Women's National B Chess Championship - 2022

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Vivash is strong, wins the Championship convincingly - The 3rd Sri Lanka Youth Chess Grand Prix 2022

Vivash Smarakoon of Royal College won the 3rd Sri Lanka Youth Chess Grand Prix 2022 when he beat his schoolmate Thisarindu induwara 1 ½ - ½ convincingly. Vivash started the 1st game with Black pieces and the opening was a scotch games where he made little complicated by opening the d file early. In couple of moves he got a Bishop and a Knight for a Rook with a winning advantage. When White took the Queen to the Queenside in 22nd move Vivash sacrificed a piece fearlessly, which brought him the total control of the game and the win. ........Read More

Pesandu Liyanage wins 9th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2022 !

Pesandu Rashmitha Liyanage of DS Senanayake College won the Championship of the 9th Sri Lanka Grand Prix 2022 convincingly...... Read More

The Chess Federation declared the Golden Jubilee Celebrations

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is completing the 50 years in 2022 and they declared the Golden Jubilee year with the plans of the Celebration activities at a grand Ceremony held on Saturday, the 22nd of January 2022 at the Russian Center in Colombo. Read More

9th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2022

Pesandu Liyanage and S Sivathanujan in the Finals!

Pesandu Rashmitha

S Sivathanujan

Vinuda Shenal

Osheen De Silva

Pesandu Rashmitha Liyanage of DS Senanayake College won both his Semi Final Games with Osheen De Silva of Sri Lanka Navy convincingly and advanced to the finals while S Sivathanujan of Kokavil Hindu College also advanced to the finals comfortably by scoring two comprehensive wins with his opponent, young Vinuda Shenal Gunatilake of Royal College. .....Read More

Chess Federation is 50 years Old !

The Chess Federation is celebrating it’s Golden Jubilee this year. The CFSL was formed as the famous World Chess Championship match between Russian Grand master and reigning World Chess Champions Borris Spasskey and energetic American Grand Master Boby Fischer in 1972.....Read More

2nd CFSL Online Women Team Chess Championships 2022 - 2nd CFSL Online Women Team Chess Championships 2022

The passed Pawn Chess Club consists of WIM Sachini Ranasinghe (Captain), WIM Nelunika Metmani, WIM from India B Shri Savitha, WFM Dasuni Hansika Mendis and WCM Sanudula Dahamdi won the Championship of the 2nd CFSL Online Women Team Chess Championships 2022 convincingly..... Read More

CFSL National Chess Championship / Women’s Chess Championship 2021

Susal and Niklesha are new Chess King and Queen

16 year Old Susal De Silva of Nalanda College won the Sri Lanka National Chess Championship after a heavy battle of 4 hours...Read More...... Related Articles

Asian Junior Blitz Chess Championships 2021

VS Rahul of India and Melika Mohammadi of Iran wins the Championships

VS Rahul of India won the Asian Junior Blitz Championship 2021 scoring 6 ½ out of 7 games convincingly being unbeaten. He who won the Asian Junior Championships as well beat KA Galkotuwa, Kosala Amarathunga, SDBK Senevirathna(All three from Sri Lanka), Indian International Master Vardaan Nagpal, Orimi Gholami and Kian Poormosavi both from Iran and drew with top seed Mitabha Guha to win the Gold Medal......>>> Read More

Asian Junior Chess Championships 2021

Indians sweeps out, WIM Savitha and Rahul wins the titles

VS Rahul He beat (2387) of India drew with Orini Gholami of Iran to finish with 7 ½ points out of 9 games, being unbeaten to win the Asian Junior Chess Champion 2021 title with the IM title and a GM norm. Rahul had a great performance, leading from the start till the end to win the Gold Medal.....Read More........ Related Articles

Magnus Carlsen wins his fifth consecutive world title match News from FIDE < click here

Sri Lanka National B Chess Championships 2021(open & Women)
Susal and Chanindi Win the Gold Medals

Susal De Silva of Nalanda College received yet another Championship for his awards bag when he won the Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2021 convincingly scoring 7 ½ points out of 9 possible games being unbeaten. Chanindi Mewna Attanayake of Devi Balika Vidyalaya reached to a milestone of her Chess career when she beat the all time leader Desandi Dihansa Gamage to reach the top of the women’s event with a score of 7 points...... Read More

Asian Youth Online Chess Championship 2021

Ardra Pradeepkumar

Arundi Beminiwatte

Oshini Gunawardena

Sanudula Dahamdi

Only Oshini is successful, Wins the Bronze Medal in Under 10 Girls

Oshini Devinya Gunawardena of the Furguson High School, Kandy won the Bronze medal at the Asian Youth Online Girls Under 10yrs Chess Championship 2021 on Sunday, the 24th of October 2021.....Read More

Three Players to play in the Online Asian Women's Rapid Chess Championship 2021>>>Read More

Inaugural Online Rapid National Chess Championship Cycle 2021 (Open/Women’s)

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is organizing a comprehensive Online Rapid Chess Championship Cycle for the first time in Sri Lanka This event will be the selection event for the International Online Rapid Chess Championships this year and the event will help all Chess players to stay at home at this difficult time with supporting to grow their Chess Strength. The event will be held on the Chess.com platform with all the fair play regulations approved by FIDE. The Time Control is 15 minutes + 10 second increment for each move played..Read More

Sri Lanka Girls National Youth Chess contingent to compete in the Asian Youth Online Chess Championship 2021

The Sri Lanka Girls Youth Chess contingent is to be compete in the Asian Youth Online Girls Chess Championships 2021 .......Read More

Sri Lanka National Chess Championship Cycle 2021 –Major Division
Northern Open, North Western Women’s, Southern Open, and Central Women’s events concluded as Sivathanujan, Herath, Chenuka and Chanethma as winners...... Read more & Photos
 

Hardware for Vinuda Shenal, Haritha Shavina, W A N Senpathi and Thishanuga P ..... Read more & Photos

 

Gold for Pesandu, Senuja, Chanindi and Minethma > Read more & Photos

The Medalists are Rewarded by CFSL

FM Susal De Silva

Esandi Newansa

Oshini Gunawardena

IM Harshana Thilakarathne

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka rewarded the Chess Champions who won Medals at the World Youth Chess Championships and the Western Asian Youth Chess Champions as below:.......Read More

The Sri Lanka Online National (Major Division) Starts on 2nd October 2021....Read More

Joytu Sheikh Hasina International Chess Tournament - Ranindu and Sasith have an average score.... Read More

The Western Asian Online Youth Chess Championships 2021

Sri Lanka wins Two Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze!

FM Susal De Silva

Esandi Newansa

Oshini Gunawardena

IM Harshana Thilakarathne

Sri Lanka number 1 ranked, International Master, Harshana Thilakarathne won the Gold medal in the most important under 18 years (Open) category of the Western Asian Online Youth Chess Championships concluded on 20th September 2021. Harshana who is from Maliyadeva College played excellent Chess being the leader from the 1st round and won the Gold medal convincingly........Read More............ Teams Results

Oshini Online World Youth Chess Champion 2021 - Under 10G

Sri Lanka's Oshini Devinya Gunawardena beat Megan Althia Paragua of USA convincingly in the Finals of the Online FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2021 and became the Online FIDE World Youth Chess Champion 2021 - Under 10 Girls.
Congratulations! Oshini and the proud Coach - Akhila Kavinda. The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is awarding Rs. 100,000/- to the World Youth Chess Champion and Rs. 50,000/- with our best complements.

FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021 - Sri Lanka Qualifies to Division II

The Sri Lanka Chess Team qualified to the Division II of the FIDE online Chess Olympiad 2021 after a successful performance at the Division III event held on the 27th, 28th and 29th of August 2021 at the Tornelo Platform....Read More

Inaugural Online Rapid National Chess Championship Cycle 2021 (Open/Women’s)

The Major Division Starts on 28th August 2021 with

Western 1 – Open/ Wayamba – Open/ Western 2 – Women/ Southern - Women

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is organizing a comprehensive Online Rapid Chess Championship Cycle for the first time in Sri Lanka started from 1st week of June 2021. The 7 Novices Division events and 7 Women’s Novices Division event were finished on the 15th of August 2021 successfully..... click here for read more details

Three Players to play in the Online Asian Women's Rapid Chess Championship 2021

The players, WFM Dinushki Premanath, WCM Sanudula Dahamdi and WIM Sachini Ranasinghe are named by the National Selection Committee of Chess to participate in the Online Asian Women's Rapid Chess Championship 2021 to be held on 23rd, 24th and 25th of August at the Tornelo Platform.
They were the top 3 players at the Special Selection Tournament which was held for selecting the Sri Lanka National Chess Team recently. The Online Asian Women's Chess Championship 2021 conducted by the Asian Chess Federation will have 9 rounds in Swiss System a total of 70 players from 13 countries have registered for the event.

Sri Lanka Inaugural Online Rapid Chess (Novices Division) Championship 2021 - Sabaragamuwa (Open) and Wayamba (Women) ... Read More

Nisal and Sandali Grabs the Championships!

Sathindu Vidujaya Lankathillake (St. Thomas College, Bandarawela) - 2nd Place Sabaragamuwa (open)

Nisal Dilushana Thilakarathne of St. Thomas College, Bandarawela - First Place Sabaragamuwa (open)

Yonal Sadeesha Sumanathilake (Royal International School, Kegalle) - 3rd Place Sabaragamuwa (open)

Useli Ikshana Bandara of Maliyadeva Girls School, Kurunegala - 2nd Place Wayamba (Women)

Sandali Somarathne of Royal International School, Kurunegala- First Place Wayamba (Women)

Monadi Methusha Amarasinghe of Dhammissara National School - 3rd Place Wayamba (Women)

Sri Lankan National Online Novices Championship – 2021
North Western Open Event and Sabaragamuwa Women’s event

Rathnayaka and Arunodya Shines!..Read More

D C B K Senevirathne Maliyadeva College, Kurunega - 2nd Place Waymba

D R M R S Rathnayka Maliyadeva College, Kurunega - First Place Waymba

J M I P B Jayakody Wickramashila National School - 3rd Place Waymba

S M I U Mudalige (Furguson High School) - 2nd Place Sabaragmuwa – Women’s category

Pahasarani Arunodya (Dharmapala Maha Vidyalaya, Ratnapura) - First Place Sabaragmuwa – Women’s category

Sasmi Sithumsa (Lyceum International, Ratnapura) - 3rd PlaceSabaragmuwa – Women’s category

German Ambassador donates chess equipment to the Sri Lankan Chess Federation to promote handicapped chess in Sri Lanka

On 4 August 2021, German Ambassador Holger Seubert donated 8 electronic chess sets to the Sri Lanka Chess Federation (SLCF) at a handover ceremony in his residence. The donation from Germany aims to assist the promotion of chess within disadvantaged groups in Sri Lanka. The state of the art chess equipment from Germany, worth 1.5 million LKR, has been designed to cater for handicapped persons in particular..Read More .....Hiru News

The FIDE Online World Cup 2021 – Youth and Cadet - Onlei scores 4 out of 6 at the halfway Mark > Read More

Sri Lanka National Online Novices Chess Championship 2021 - Northern (Northern, North Central & Eastern) Open event and Southern (Galle, Matara & Hambanthota) - Women's event ...... Read More

Rishiikaran and Minudi wins outright!

Adshayan Senthilnathan (Jaffna Hindu College) - 2nd Place Northern Open even

Rishiikaran Sivaskaran (Jaffna Hindu College) - First Place Northern Open event

Sajeev K(Jaffna Hindu College) - 3rd PlaceNorthern Open even

Sethumli Devhara Palliyage (Sangamittha BV, Galle) 2nd Place - Southern Women’s event

Minudi Devindi Ranasinghe of Dharmasoka College - First Place Southern Women’s event

Namya Dinethmi Thilakawardana (St. Tomas Girls High School, Matara) - 3rd Place Southern Women’s event

Asian Schools Online Rapid Chess Championship 2021 – Open Events - Susal is the best from Sri Lanka!

Susal De Silva of Nalanda College completed the event with 6 ½ points out of 9 games at the end of the Asian Schools Online Rapid Chess Championship 2021 conducted by the Asian Chess Federation and organized by the Philippines Chess Federation. Susal who was in the 2nd equal stage after 6 games with 5 points on 30th could score only 1 ½ points from 3draws with International Master M Pranesh(India), Prin Laohawirapap(Thailand) and Y Sethumadhav(India)in the last day. Read More

The FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021 - Selection Trials
The National Chess Champion is superior .... Read More
Ranindu Joins Minul while Niklesha Joins Dahamdi to the top after 6 rounds!.. Read More
Minul and Esha in the lead! .... Read More
Asian Schools Online Rapid Chess Championships 2021 – Girls Events ..... Read More

Sanudula Leads in Under 15 Years Girls! Oshini also shines in under 9 Girls!... Read More

Sanudula still leads the Sri Lankan Score card!... Read More

Sri Lanka Online Rapid National Chess Championship Cycle 2021 - Southern Open & Central Women’s events

Pamok Samaranayake and Miyurini Gamage wins the Championships! .... Read More

Emal Imandiv Dissanayake - First Runner Up - Southern Open

Pamok Samaranayake - Champion - southern Open

Savitha Nimsanda - Second Runner Up - Southern Open

Subhaga Kushali Somarathne - First Runner Up

Miyurini Gamage - Champion - Central Women's

Madushika Weerasinghe - Second Runner Up - Central Women's

International Chess Day ! Read More

Sri Lanka Online Rapid National Chess Championship Cycle 2021 - Central Region – Open and Northern Region – Girls events

Galkotuwa and Rajinikanth wins the Championships! ... Read More

Deeptha Ekanayake (Dharmaraja College)- 2nd Place Central

Sanija Galkotuwa (Dharmaraja College) - First Place Central

Dumindu Edirisinghe (St. Anthony’s College)- 3rd Place Central

Suvarnika - 2nd Place Northern– Women’s category

Rejinikanth Rithikashamy ( Fish Chess Club) - First Place Northern– Women’s category

P Thishanuga - 3rd Place Northern– Women’s category

FIDE Chess World Cup 2021 - Journey Ends for Ranindu ....... Read More

FIDE Chess World Cup 2021 - Runindu lost a hard fought game!

Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage is playing positive Chess at the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021, but lost a hard fought game yesterday in the 1st round with Strong Russian Grandmaster Oparin Grigoriy (2654). He played 90 moves in a marathon game fighting to get a draw in a position having a Rook for his opponent's Rook and a Bishop. The Grandmaster was strong and Ranindu having less time in his clock made the game in favour of the Russian...... Read More

Sri Lanka Online National Rapid Chess Championship Cycle 2021

Sanjeewa and Chenaya grabs the Championship! ...... Read More

Piyumi Amarathunga - 2nd Place Western 2

Dayan Munasinghe - First Place Western 2

EABT Edirisinghe - 3rd Place Western 2

Haritha Thillainathan - 2nd Place Western 1 – Women’s category

Chenaya Ekaratne - First Place Western 1 – Women’s category

Arundi Beminiwatte - 3rd Place Western 1 – Women’s category

Ranindu leaves for FIDE Chess World Cup

Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage of Ananda College is leaving to Russia today to represent Sri Lanka at the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021 today. Ranindu write his name in golden letters in the Sri Lankan Chess history being the first player to participate in the strongest Chess Event in the World...................... Read More ........ Ada Derana News (Video)

Inaugural Sri Lanka Online National (Novices Division) Chess Championships 2021 – Final Report Western (Colombo) 1 Open and Western 2 (Gampaha & Kaluthara) Girls

Seniru and Amaya wins the Honour ! >>> Read More

Aloka Jeewantha Hettiarachchi of Nalanda College - 2nd Place

Seniru Ranuth Nagasinghe of Lyceum International School, Nugegoda - First Place

Dulnith Sanviru of Royal College - 3rd Place

Dulinma Hemalini Rathnayake of Viharamahadevi BMV, Kiribathgoda - 2nd Place

Amaya Induwari Ranasinghe of Viharamahadevi BMV, Kiribathgoda - First Place

Jaynandi Bimansa of Bandaragama Central - 3rd Place

Knowledge for Masters ... Read More

On the path to producing world level players, the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka has acknowledged the need for polished chess trainers in the country. And hence the National Chess Trainers Commission has developed many programs and strategies to standardize the skills of chess trainers in Sri Lanka. “Knowledge for masters” is another unique attempt at developing skills and equipping our coaches with the required knowledge, with the long-term goal of producing sustainable talent. The event will kick-start on the 4th of July 2021 at 9.00 AM via Zoom.

FIDE Online Queen's Chess Festival 2021

Sanidula and Oshini Wins the Bronze Medal in the Final Stage!

KM Sanidula Dahamdi - Musaeus College

Oshini Devundya Gunawardena - Ferguson Girls School, Ratnapura

14 Year Old, KM Sanidula Dahamdi of Musaeus College won the 3rd place in Finals of the rating Category between 1500 - 1699 of the FIDE Queens Chess Festival 2021, Conducted by the FIDE Women's Commission. Sanidula Scored 8 1/2 points out of 11 games to reach the joint 2nd spot ......... Read More

Learn Chess! It's Free!

The chess Federation of Sri Lanka has started a project to teach Chess to 10,000 people during this Pandemic Period. For the moment the country is closed and we have planned to organize online teaching of Basics of Chess to those who new to Chess. The program is totally free for the participants and arranged to conduct in Sinhala, Tamil and English Languages.Google form for Registrations
Link - https://forms.gle/jXF6eWaqemzjF6iH8.................... Click here for more

The Asian Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship 2021 - Ranindu Draws with the Grandmaster and wins the Bronze Medal!

CM Ranindu Liyanage - Bornze

GM Ziaur Rahma - Silver

GM Enamul Hussain - Gold

SL National Chess Champion Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage of Ananda College fought hard Grand Master Enamul Hussain and got a draw in style to win the Bronze Medal in the Asian Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship 2021 of Zone 3.2 of FIDE ......Read More

Asian Continental Hybrid Chess Championship 2021

FIDE Masters Susal De Silva(Nalanda College) and Minul Doluweera (University of Colombo) scored 4 ½ points each out of possible 9 games at the end of the above event scoring the highest performance of a Sri Lankan player made in an Asian Continental Chess Championship ever...Read More

You can see reports via CFSL Website and the FB Page>>> WEB ........ FB Page

The Annual General Meeting of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka was held virtually as a zoom conference today.(click on image for enlarge)

Inaugural Online Rapid National Chess Championship Cycle 2021 (Open/Women’s)

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is organizing a comprehensive Online Rapid Chess Championship Cycle for the first time in Sri Lanka starting from 1st week of June...... Read More

Oneli Vithanawasam wins CFSL Online Under 18Yrs Girls Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2021!

Esandi Newansa - 2nd Place

Oneli Vithanawasam - First Place

Nemindi Linaya - 3rd Place

Oneli Vithanawasam of Lyceum International School Wattala who was sharing the lead yesterday with 4 points out of 4 games, played exceptionally well to win the event by scoring 6 out of possible 7 games....... Read More

The Inaugural CFSL Online Youth (Under 18Yrs. Open) Rapid Chess Championship- 2021

L M S T De Silva wins with dominant performance!
Aruthran Arunakirinathan (Jaffna Hindu College) - 2nd Place

L M S T De Silva (Nalanda College) Champion

J A K N T Indrajith (St. Joseph’s BMV, Kegalle) - 3rd Place

Sri Lanka National Number 3, L M S T De Silva of Nalanda College dominated the whole tournament by scoring a grand slam of 7 points out of 7 games at the Inaugural CFSL Online Youth (Under 18Yrs. Open) Rapid Chess Championship 2021..... Read More

Dahamdi wins 2nd Sri Lanka Youth Girls (Under 14) Chess Grand Prix 2021

Sandula Dahamdi (Musaeus College) won the first round and had a draw in the second round against her strong opponent Ehsha Pallie (Visakha Vidyalaya) and won the event without getting tie.... Read More

The CFSL Online Youth Under 10 Yrs Chess Championship 2021 - Dandeniya wins the event convincingly!

KG Wimalarathne - 2nd Place

DDLN Dandeniya - Champion

Sethum Samaraweera - 3rd Place

DDLN Dandeniya of Maliyadeva College scored a grand slam of 8 points out of 8 games at the CFSL Online Youth Under 10 Yrs Chess Championship today..........Read More

2nd Sri Lanka Youth (Under 14Yrs) Chess Grand Prix 2021 - It is really a Grand Finals! SDBK wins by Armageddon Tie Break

SDBK Senevirathne of Maliyadeva College beat Sanudula Dahamdi of Musaeus College in an exciting match which went till the 3rd tie breaker, the Armageddon game to complete the Championships. When the final stage began at 9.00 a.m. 21st March 2021, Sanidula Dahamdi met SDBK Seneviratne in the finals and Brijeash Saravanabhavan of Gateway College met Dinul Vinsitha Weerasekera of Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya in the consolation finals...... Read More

Lanka Chess Mart is the first ever Chess theme shop in Sri Lanka

The grand opening ceremony of Lanka Chess Mart showroom was held recently at 44 C, Ananda Rajakaruna Mawatha, Punchi Borella, Maradana....... Read More

CFSL Online Youth (Under 10 Years) Girls Chess Championship 2021 - Arundi Beminiwatta wins the Championship!......Read More

Arundi Beminiwatte - 1st Place

Oshini Gunawardena - 2nd Place

Sasmi Sithumsa - 3rd Place

CFSL Online Youth Under 12 Girls Chess Championship 2021 - Anujana Sendanayake from Mathugama wins the Championship Read More

Anujana Hasandi - 1st Place

Esandi Newansa - 2nd Place

HGS Sanulya - 3rd Place

The Sri Lanka National Inter Club (Super League) Chess Championship 2021 - University of Sri Jayawardenapura Chess Clubs wins the Championship again!

University of Sri Jayawardenapura Chess Club team emerged Champion for the 2nd consecutive year at the Sri Lanka National Inter Club Super League Chess Championship 2021 before two rounds to complete the event. At the conclusion the scored 17 points out of total 18 possible and 5 points ahead of the runner up team which is remarkable.. Read More

The Inaugural CFSL Online Youth (Under 12Yrs) Championship 2021 - 11 year Old Haritha Hansan Champion with full score! .....>> Read More

Haritha Hansan

Aloka Hettiarachchi

Thehara Galagedara

The 2nd Sri Lanka Women's Chess Grand Prix 2021 - Sanudula takes the sole Lead after the half way Mark

Fourteen year old KM Sanudula Dahamdi of Musaeus College won the 2nd Sri Lanka Women’s Chess Grand Prix 2021 convincingly at the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka headquarters today. She led the event from the start and finished with 9 points out of possible 11 games......... Read More / Photos

Ranindu wins 8th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2021 - The 8th Sri Lanka Grand Prix 2021

Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage of Ananda College, the reigning National Chess Champion showed that he is the strongest after the first tie breaker, the Rapid Games happened since the Classical Games ended in equal points with two draws with Minul Sanjula Doluweera of Royal College. Minul started with white in the 1st round and opened with the queen’s Gambit to end the round with a tame draw. In the 2nd round Ranindu started with e4 and Minul’s answer was Carro Khann defense, c6. Ranindu replied with advance e4 and again agreed to a draw in the 28th move....Read More

CFSL Online Women Rapid Teams Chess Cup 2021

The Chess Champs Academy Team led by Thilini Koswatte won the the maiden CFSL Online Women’s Rapid Teams Chess Cup 2021 conducted by the Chess Federat5ion of Sri Lanka convincingly. At the grand finals, which was held in double rounds giving each layer a Black and a white Chess Champs scored 3 match points where their rivals could score only one match point in first round. ......Read More

Kaviska Wins the Youth Chess Event

Kavishka Gimhan Laksiri won the CFSL Online Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2021 – Under 14 Yrs convincingly by scoring a total 8.5 points out of possible 9 games. He scored 8 out of 8 points in the first 8 rounds by scoring wins against Pansilu Karunarathne, Senith Gunarathne, Rashmitha Mettanmanda,..........Read More

National Selection Committee for Chess - 2020/2021

The following new National Selection Committee for Chess has been appointed by the Hon. Minister of Sports for the year 2020/ 21.1. Prof. Rasika Perera 2. Miss. Pramodya Senanayake 3. Mrs. UGY Methmali 4. Mr. Chamika Perera 5. Mr. Ishan Wiratunge,CFSLI wish them all the best to work for the betterment of the game! - Luxman Wijesuriya, President - CFSL/ General Secretary - South Asian Chess Council/ General Secretary - Commonwealth Chess Association/ Vice President - Asian Chess Federatio

Harshana Thilakaratne Becomes the International Master!

Harshana Thilakarathne was awarded the International Master Title by the World Chess Federation at their Council Meeting held in Early October 2020....... Read More

Global Chess Festival

Harshana carries the Sri Lankan flag to the Asian Winning Inter Continental Youth Chess Cup

The Inter Continental Online Youth Chess Cup organized by the European Chess Union with the support of FIDE, the World Chess Federation was held on the 10th of October 2020.... Read More

7th Sri Lanka National/ Women’s National Amateur International Rating Chess Championships 2020

AACB Amarasjinghe and WCM Dahamdi Sanudula emerge National Amateur Champions

Buddhika Amarasinghe(SJP Chess Club) and Dahamdi Sanudula(Museaus Colleged) excelled at the Sri Lanka National Amateur Chess Championship 2020...Read More

7th National Amateur Chess Championship 2020 Women's - Pairings & Results

7th National Amateur Chess Championship 2020 Open - Pairings & Results

CFSL National Chess Championship/ Women’s Chess Championship 2020

National Championship 2020 Ranindu the King And Nethmi Queen!

A sixteen year school boy from Ananda College, Colombo, Ranindu Liyanage was crowned as the National Chess Champion convincingly at Hotel Taj Samudra yesterday. Ranindu who was playing excellent Chess from the beginning since 11th September, concluded with a total of 10 ½ points out of possible thirteen.....Read More

Awarding of trophies and certificates - Sri Lanka National B and Sri Lanka Women's National B Chess Championship 2020 - Photos

Awarding of trophies and certificates - Sri Lanka National and Sri Lanka Women's National Chess Championship 2020 - Photos

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CFSL National Chess Championship/ Women’s Chess Championship 2020 - Players

CFSL National Chess Championship/ Women’s Chess Championship 2020 – Day 3

Ranindu storms to the lead as top seeds collide. Nethmi unbeatable!

As the opening weekend of the National Chess Championships comes to an end, the 2nd seeded Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (Ananda College) came on top by first in the 4th round holding the top seeded Susal de Silva to draw in a double rook ending using a French defense and then went on to win against Maheesha Dabarera (Maliyadeva College) who was leading ....Read More

CFSL National Chess Championship/ Women’s Chess Championship 2020 – Day 2

The second day of the National/Women’s National Chess Championship organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka concluded with exciting results. The second round started at 9 a.m. 12th September, while the third at 3.30 p.m. in both men and women categories. There was a huge enthusiasm among all the players to get themselves awarded as the national chess champion/ women’s champion. The players were paired under the round-robin method.... Read More

CFSL National Chess Championship/ Women’s Chess Championship 2020 – Day 1

Sri Lanka National/ Women’s National Chess Championship was commenced on 11th September 2020 at CFSL headquarters, Nugegoda in a grand style. The most prestigious National Chess Championships were started with a small Openning Ceremony under the Patronage of Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya, the newly elected President of CFSL......Read More

Inaugural Sri Lanka National Youth Girls Chess Championships 2020

Sanidula Dahamdi the Champion!

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Sri Lanka Senior National Chess Championship 2020

TDR Pieris won the Sri Lanka Senior Chess Nationals again!

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India and Russia declared joint winners of the Online Chess Olympiad Read more from fide.com

9thMercantile/ Government Chess Championship 2020

Dialog wins the team Championship Praneeth Kumar the top

Dialog Asiata team became the Champion at the Sri Lanka Mercantile/ Government Service Chess Championship 2020 conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka from 29th August to 1st September 2020 at SATHARA Hall, Maharagama......Read More and Final Results

Luxman Wijesuriya Elected the President of The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka

Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya Elected as the President of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka unanimously at the Annual General Meeting of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka.. Read More

Sri Lanka National B Chess Championships 2020

Ranindu and Nevanji top in Sri Lanka National B Chess Championships 2020

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Susal and Sachni Emerged Champion in National Rapid Chess Championships 2020

Ranindu and Sandeepani are National Blitz Chess Champions 2020

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The Inaugural Sri Lanka Youth Chess Grand Prix 2020 - Under 14 Years

Dimuth Outstanding – Wins the Championship outright

The Inaugural Sri Lanka Youth Chess Grand Prix 2020 - Under 14 Years

 

Youth Grand Prix - 2020 Group X

The National Chess Team which participate in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 > Read More

 

Inaugural Sri Lanka Women Chess Grand Prix 2020

 

WIM Sachini Ranasinghe is the Chess Queen at Inaugural Sri Lanka Women Chess Grand Prix 2020

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Sachini Ranasinghe still leads with a free point in 7the round

WIM Sachini Ranasinghe (Nf3 Chess Club) is in the lead after 7 games of the Inaugural Sri Lanka Women’s Chess Grand Prix 2020 scoring 6 ½ points out of possible 7 when he received the bye which was created due to the withdrawal of Nemindi Ramanayake after 4 rounds. Sachini just gave a draw to WIM Nelunika and scored 6 wins including the bye in her 7 games.Read More .. Pairings & Results

Women International Master, Sachini Ranasinghe leads at the halfway Mark

WIM Sachini Ranasinghe (Nf3 Chess Club) is in the lead after 6 games of the Inaugural Sri Lanka Women’s Chess Grand Prix 2020 scoring 5 ½ points out of possible. Sachini who was four times Sri Lanka National Women’s Champion beat Dinushki Premanath, THD Niklesha, Oneli Weerawardena, Ashvini Pavalchandran and Prasansa Premanath in a row and gave a draw in the last, 6th round to Women International Master, Nelunika Methmani, who fought strongly to get the draw.Read More .. Pairings & Results

LMST De Silva Wins the 7th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2020

LMST De Silva of Nalanda College won the 7th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2020 convincingly scoring 9 points out of possible 11 Games. He Drew the final Game with EDS Chandula of Colombo University to make the supremacy. LMST is one of the most promising Chess Players in Sri Lanka who came to the National Team last year being a 13 year boy. Read More

Starting of Chess Activities after the COVID Break - 7th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2020

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is starting Chess Activities after a long break of silence with the 7th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2020 to be held on 11th, 12th, 13th, 17th, 18th and 19th of July 2020 at the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka. Only 12 leading Chess players will compete for supremacy at the event. Read More - Pairings & Results

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka donated RS. 1 Million to COVID 19 - Healthcare and Social security Fund of Sri Lanka

 

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka donated RS. 1 Million to COVID 19 - Healthcare and Social security Fund of Sri Lanka with the support of the Sri Lankan Chess Community. Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya of Chess Federation of Sri Lanka who is also the General Secretary of Commonwealth Chess Association and a Vice President of Asian Chess Federation is handing over the documents to His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksha, the president of Sri Lanka. Mrs. Sandamali Aviruppola, Vice President of CFSL and Mr Erosh Jayasinghe of CFSL also in the picture.

Sayuni Wins South Asian Zone of the Asian Girls Online Rapid Chess Championship 2020

 

Sayuni Gihansa Jayaweera of Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda, the Women's National Chess Champion of Sri Lanka won the Championship of the Souths Asian Zone of the Asian Girls (Under 20 Yers) Online Rapid Chess Championship today. She scored 6 points out of possible 7 games just giving two draws to her team mate and to a girl from Bangladesh....... Read More

Inaugural Internet Base CFSL Chess Fiesta - 2020

 

Inaugural Internet Base CFSL Chess Fiesta - 2020 Rating Below 1200 & Unrated - Men

Inaugural Internet Base CFSL Chess Fiesta - 2020 Unrated - Women

Inaugural Internet Base CFSL Chess Fiesta - 2020 Rating Above 1200 - Men

Inaugural Internet Base CFSL Chess Fiesta - 2020 Rated - Women

Sri Lanka National B and Women's National B Chess Championships 2020

 

13th Colombo International Open Rating Chess Championship - 2020 .... Pairings & Results

 

National Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2020

 

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National Youth Blitz Chess Championship 2020

 

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Sri Lanka National Major Division Chess Championship 2020 - Report

 

The Under 6 Years National Cadet Championship 2020

 

Binara Aradhya Gunathilake of Dharmasoka Primary School, Mahara won the Championship with the Gold medal convincingly scoring full points, 6 out of 6 games. Rasindi Himansika of Worrier's Knight Chess Academy shined at the Under 6 Girls Cadet Championship scoring 5.5 points out of 6 games to win the title with the Gold Medal.......Read More. Pairings & Results >> Under 06 Boys .... Under 06 Girls

Presidential Sports Awards 2019

 

The Ministry of Sports has called the nominations for Presidential Sports Awards to be awarded for the year 2019. If you feel that you or any other Chess players have qualifications, please let me know with details as attached below. Luxman Wijesuriya, Hony. Tournament Secretary – CFSL, General Secretary - South Asian Chess Council, General Secretary - Commonwealth Chess Association, Vice President - Asian Chess Federations...... Download details

Kalutara Chess Festival -VIII Open International Rating Chess Championship 2020 - Open Champion A A C B Amarasinghe, Best Female Methushi Amaya Fernando. Category Prizes - Open Winners

 

The National Youth Chess Championship 2019

 

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Lisara Kodithuwakku wins Kolonnawa Chess Classics 2019

 

Lisara Kodithuwakku of Lycium International School won the ‘ 5th Kolonnawa Chess Classic’ International rating open Chess Championship 2019 convincingly. Pairings & Results .. More Photos ... Report

6th Sri Lanka National Amateur (Open & Women) International Rating Chess Championships 2019

 

Pairings & Results - Open

Pairings & Results - Women

Sri Lanka Inter Club Super League Chess Championship 2019 Results

 

Sri Lanka Inter Club [B] Chess Championship 2019 Results

 

Sri Lanka Inter Club Women's Chess Championship 2019 Results

 

FIDE Master Lasal crown as the Champion in the 11th Ethugalpura International Rated Chess Championship 2019

11th Ethugalpura International Rated Chess Championship 2019 was concluded on 4th December 2019 at the Hotel Blue Sky, Kurunegala in a grand manner. On the behalf of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, Knights Flame Chess Club organizing the event annually. 677 players have competed in the 2019 event and it was the largest players’ participation in the Ethugalpura history. Young FIDE Master LMST De Silva won the championship comprehensively with 9/10 points. He was unbeaten throughout the tournament and only drew in last two rounds with the FM Chinthaka Anuruddha Galappaththi (ELO 2070) & AACB Amarasinghe (ELO 1908). Lasal still 13 years old and schooling at Nalanda College, Colombo....... Read More

11th Ethugalpura BLITZ Chess Challenge 2019 - Final Results

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CFSL Chess Calendar 2020

 

The 6th Sri Lanka Senior Chess Championship 2019

 

Pairings & Results

National Rapid Chess Championship 2019

 

National Rapid Chess Championship 2019 Open - Final Ranking

National Rapid Chess Championship 2019 Women - Final Ranking

National Blitz Chess Championships 2019

 

National Blitz Chess Championship 2019 Open - Final Ranking

National Blitz Chess Championship 2019 Women - Final Ranking

SLSCA Team Chess Championship Finals- 2019

 

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Mercantile/ Government Services International Rated Blitz Chess Championship & Rapid Chess Championship 2019

 

MAS Holdings won the Rapid open Chess Championship and Virtusa won the Rapid Women’s Chess Championship in Mercantile/ Government Services International Rated Blitz Chess Championship 2019. LSEG-Orange HRM won the Blitz open Chess Championship and HNB team won the Blitz Women’s Chess Championship in Mercantile/ Government Services International Rated Blitz Chess Championship 2019.More Photos

Mercantile / Government Services International Rated Chess Championship 2019 Blitz

Mercantile / Government Services International Rated Chess Championship 2019 Rapid

National School Games - Chess 2019

 

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World Youth Championship: India and Russia reign supreme - News from Fide.com Read More

 
4th Anniversary celebrations and the Annual Award Ceremony of Lanka Chess Academy International  

The above ceremony recently held at the Colombo Public Library Auditorium in a grand way. About 300 winners of LCAI branches received medals and certificates according to the achievement of the exam and tournament at this event. LCAI awarded special valuable certificates to the students who completed all three chess courses under the syllabus of the Academy..Read More Photos Below

Good Level Certificates

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Excellent Level Certificates Set 1

Excellent Level Certificates Set 2

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National Sports Festival Chess Championship 2019 - MEN Pairings & Results

 

National Sports Festival Chess Championship 2019 - WOMEN Pairings & Results

 

Buddhi International Open Rating Chess Championship-2019 Open Champion FM Isuruand Alahakoon, Best Female WIM Sachini Ranasinghe. Category Prizes Excel ..PDF .. Photo

 

Inter Club Rapid Chess Championship - 2019 Open Results

 

Inter Club Rapid Chess Championship - 2019 Women's Results

 

Inter Club Blitz Chess Championship - 2019 Open Results

 

Inter Club Blitz Chess Championship - 2019 Women's Results

 

Sri Lanka University Games 2019 - Chess Men Results

 

Sri Lanka University Games 2019 - Chess Women Results

 

Harshana wins Silver Medal at Western Asian Youth Chess Championship 2019

 

Harshana Thilakarathne, the National Chess Champion won the Silver Medal of the western Asian Youth Chess Championship 2019 yesterday. The event was held at New Delhi, India from 4th to 11th September 2019. Sri Lanka field a 16 member National Youth chess Team for the event.Harshana was the only player who could achieve a medal at the standard Chess event. He also shined by winning the Silver Medal at the Western Asian Youth Blitz Chess Championship 2019.Devnethmi Dahampriya also shined winning the Bronze Medal at the Western Asian Rapid Youth Chess Championship 2019 - Under 16 Girls event. Report by Luxman Wijesuriya, Hony. Tournament Secretary - CFSL, General Secretary - Commonwealth Chess Association,Vice President - Asian Chess Federation

5th Negombo Chess Festival 2019, Open Champion Anuruddha Galappaththi and Best Female Tiumi Yashora - Read More

 

Junior and Girls National Chess Championships 2019

Sri Lanka Junior National Chess Championship 2019 - Pairings & Results

Sri Lanka Junior Girls National Chess Championship 2019 - Pairings & Results

“FOXHILL CHESS FIESTA” Pairings & Results

 

Kandy Open 22nd - 27th August 2019 Pairings & Results

 

First time in Sri Lankan Chess History Two Major Awards for a Queen and King at the Presidential Sport Awards 2017/2018

 

“Kreeda Rathna “the life time achievement award of excellence for WFM/FI Suneetha Wijesuriya. Most popular upcoming sportsman of the year for FM Harshana Thilakaratne. Congratulations and All the Very Best for a Great Future

The National Chess Championships 2019

 

Harshana, the King and Sayuni, Queen at Sri Lanka Chess Nationals! CFSL provide the highest cash fund, Rs. 320,000/= this year Read More

Photo courtesy of Mr.Ruwan Gunaratne

Sri Lanka National Chess Championship - 2019 - Pairings & Results

Sri Lanka Women's National Chess Championship - 2019 - Pairings & Results

Live Games - https://srilankachess.lk/

Abhijeet Gupta wins the Commonwealth title for a record fifth time!

 

Legends have a habit of raising their game when the situation demands it. That's the reason why they have maximum grand slams to their credit, or highest number of goals, or most runs scored! In chess, the mark of a strong player stems from how he plays in the last round, especially when he is in a must-win situation....Read More News from Chessbase India, Photo: Sagar Shah

8th Mercantile/ Government Services International Rating Chess Championships 2019 - Pairings & Results

 

Anuruddha and Sayni Wins National B Titles

 

The experienced, GC Anuruddha, a former National Chess Champion won the Sri Lanka National B Chess title 2019 scoring 8 points out of the possible 10 games while Sayuni Gihansa Jayaweera (Dharmasoka College), former Women’s National Chess Champion also scored 8 points to achieve the Women’s National B Chess Championship 2019, both convincingly......... Read More

National [B] Chess Championship 2019 - Pairings & Results

Women's National [B] Chess Championship 2019 - Pairings & Results

Live Games - https://srilankachess.lk

Chandana Wins 6th Sri Lanka Grand Prix 2019

 

Chandana Wijekoon of Sri Lanka Navy won the 6th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2019 at the Chess federation of Sri Lanka scoring 8 points out of possible 11 games. He got the lead from the very beginning and maintained the lead and finish with a draw with IM Romesh Weerawardena, the main rival in the last games. ... Read More

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Report - 9th Dhamso International Chess Festival 2019 > Read More

 

India to host the 2019 Commonwealth Championship Read More

 

FIDE new office in Lausanne is now fully operational .. Read More

 

Five Sri Lankan chess players are among the top 10 of their age categories in the World School Individual Chess Championships 2019.

 

Under 11 Boys 8th Place - Yadeesha Rashmane Dissanayaka

Under 11 Girls 8th Place - Nemindi Linaya Ramanayake

Under 15 Girls 8th Place - W Buthmi J Epa

Under 15 Girls 9th Place - Ashvini Pavalachandran

Under 17 Girls 6th Place - Chamodya Yapa Bandara

Click on the image for enlarge – Photos from Mr. Samantha Ramanayake

2019 World Schools Chess Championship ....... Official website

 

9th Dhamso International Chess Festival 2019 Pairings & Results

 

Asian Youth Chess Championships - 2019 Citrus Hotel, Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka

 

Vietnam Youth Chess Players win the Asian Youth Chess Championship - 2019, Fide Master Harshana Tilakaratne won a silver medal and honored Sri Lanka. Daily News Report

 

The Asian Youth Chess Championships 2019 finished on the 10th of April in Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka. 571 boys and girls from 23 countries competed in 6 age categories The Asian Youth rapid and Blitz events were also held parallel to the main event.... Read More

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National Youth Blitz Chess Championship 2019

 

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National Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2019

 

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SLSCA Individual Chess Championship Finals - 2019

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Results of National Arbiter Examination 2019 - Click here for Results

 

Chess will be a candidate to join the Olympic Games in Paris 2024

The President of the International Chess Federation Arkady Dvorkovich has officially launched a campaign for chess to be included as a sport at the Paris Olympic Games 2024. Read More News from https://www.fide.com

12th Colombo International Chess Festival 2019 - Results  
Harshana Thilkarathne made his Maiden IM Norm  

FM Harshana Thilkarathne Made his maiden IM norm at the 3rd Saturday Grand Master Chess tournament in Serbia. He scored 6.5 points out of possible 11 games to place third among the 12 players played. Congratulations! Harshana. Final standing ... More detail

Sri Lanka National Youth Chess Championship 2018

 

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20th Anniversary celebration of the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club  

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The 20th Anniversary celebration of the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club was held at the Russian Centre in Colombo amidst a crowd of Chess lovers. The occasion was graced by the presence of the Chief Guest, Madam Anastasia Khokhlova, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Russian Federation and Director of the Russian Centre In Colombo ......Read More

Lakshitha Randil & WCM Pasindi Wijesuriya won 4th Kolonnawa Chess Classic 2018 Open International Rating Chess Championship Category Prizes ... More Photos

Inaugural Inter Club Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2018

 

Inter Club Rapid 2018 Open

Inter Club Blitz 2018 Open

Inter Club Rapid 2018 Women

Inter Club Blitz 2018 Women

Ethugalpura International Rated Chess Championship 2018 Pairings & Results

Carlsen Wins World Championship

Magnus Carlsen is the once and future king of chess. Wednesday, Carlsen, 27, defended the title he first won in 2013 by beating Fabiano Caruana, 26, in a series of rapid games to break a tie in their match in London.Read More from https://worldchess.com Photo from https://worldchess. com/news/88

Ju Wenjun defends Women’s World Champion's title

Three weeks after the start of the Women’s World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, the world’s strongest woman chess player was determined. The rating favorite of the event, Ju Wenjun from China, defended the title she had won in spring, beating the Russian Kateryna Lagno in the final match.Read more from www.fide.com .Official website ... Photo Courtesy by https://ugra2018.fide.com/

World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad-2018

 

Pairings & Results -All

Pairings & Results - Sri Lanka

Official website

Mercantile and Government Services Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2018

 

Rapid Results

Blitz Results

5th Sri Lanka National Senior Chess Championship - 2018 - Results

 

SLSCA Team Chess Championship Finals- 2018

 

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Sri Lanka National Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2018

 

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43rd Chess Olympiad: Double gold for China!

 

China is taking home two team gold medals from the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi!...... Read more from www.fide.com __ Closing ceremony Photos

Sri Lanka Women team second place in Category D Section at 43rd World Chess Olympiad

 

43rd World Chess Olympiad – Batumi, Georgia

Teams - Sri Lanka - Open ......... Woman

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89th FIDE Congress - Batumi, Georgia

 

Mr Luxman Wijesuriya was appointed as one of the Vice presidents of the Asian Chess Federation and re-elected as the General Secretary of the Commonwealth Chess Association. Congratulations

Arkady Dvorkovich elected FIDE President

 

Mr.Arkady Dvorkovich has defeated Georgios Makropoulos 103:78 and will follow Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as the 7th President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). Read more from chess24.com ...... www.fide.com

PERA CHALLENGE 2018 - Tournament Prospectus PDF ... DOC

 
Anatoly Karpov Chess Club (AKCC) promoted CHESS in a big way!!!  

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The 500th Chess Coaching Camp of the ANATOLY KARPOV CHESS CLUB was conducted very successfully by Woman Fide Master and Fide Instructor Suneetha Wijesuriya who is the Founder President and the Chief Instructor of the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of the Russian Centre in Colombo recently at the 3rd Annual National Sports Exhibition of Sri Lanka SPORTEX – 2018 which was held at BMICH and organized by SPORTSINFO.

Buddhi International Open Rating Chess Championship 2018

 

Pairings & Results

National Schools Games 2018 - Chess

 

Under 17 Boys

Under 17 Girls

Under 20 Boys

Under 20 Girls

2018 World Junior Chess Championship and Under 20 Girls Championship

 

Pairings & Results - Open

Pairings & Results - Girls

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CM Supun Kuruppu & WCM Pasindi Wijesuriya won Sri Lanka Junior National Chess Championship 2018

 

Open
1.Supun Kuruppu -Ananda College -Champion
2.Ranidu Dilshan Liyanage -Ananda College -Second
3.Krishna Rahul Jeyanthan -Ananda College -Third

Girls
1.G.P.Y Wijesuriya -Visakha Vidyalaya -Champion
2.H.M.H Janandani Abeysinghe -Mahamaya Girls-Kandy -Second
3-H.K.T Dewnethmie Dahampriya -Visakha Vidyalaya -Third

Sri Lanka Open International Rating Chess Championship 2018 Pairings & Results

 

Negombo Chess Festival 2018 - Pairings & Results

9th Kandy Open International Rating Chess Championship From 06th to 13th August 2018 Pairings & Results

7th Mercantile/ Government Services International Rating Chess Championships 2018. - Pairings & Results

Sri Lanka Inter University Chess Championships 2018 Men - Pairings & Results ..... Women - Pairings & Results

Sri Lankan medals bucket filled with 17 Asian Medals in 14th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2018

CM Kevin Ranidu Silva wins Under 13 Standard Open Category Gold medal, Rapid Category Silver Medal & Blitz Category Gold Medal. WCM Ehsha Pallie wins Under 11 Girls Standard Category Silver medal, Rapid Category Gold Medal & Blitz Category Bronze Medal. FM Sasith Nipun Piyumantha wins Under 17 Standard Open Category Bronze medal & Rapid Category Gold Madel. FM Harshana Thilakarathne wins Under 15 Standard Open Category Silver medal & Blitz Category Silver Medal. Nethmi Fernando wins Under 15 Girls Rapid Category Silver Medal. FM L M S T De silva wins Under 13 Open Category Silver Medal. Lisara Kodithuwakku wins Under 13 Standard Open Category Bronze Medal. Tenara De silva wins under 17 Girls Standard Category Bronze Medal. WCM Sanudula Dahamdi Under 11 Girls Rapid Category Bronze Madel. Chamodya Yapa Bandara wins Under 17 girls Blitz Category Bronze Medal and Lasal. Jayawardana wins under 17 Open Blitz Category Bronze Medal ...... Read More

Closing Ceremony - More Photos

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14th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2018 starts in Sri Lanka. The inauguration of the 14th edition of the Asian Schools Chess Championship was held on 09th July 2018 with the total participation of 454 players. Event is progressing at beautiful city of Coastal area, Citrus Hotel - Waskaduwa. Event will held till 15th July 2018. Read More

Inauguration Ceremony Photos

14th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2018 - more Photos from Facebook Page

 

14th Asian Schools Blitz Chess Championship 2018

Open U7

Open U9

Open U11

Open U13

Open U15

Open U17

Girls U7

Girls U9

Girls U11

Girls U13

Girls U15

Girls U17

  14th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2018

Open U7

Open U9

Open U11

Open U13

Open U15

Open U17

Girls U7

Girls U9

Girls U11

Girls U13

Girls U15

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  14th Asian Schools Rapid Chess Championship 2018

Open U7

Open U9

Open U11

Open U13

Open U15

Open U17

Girls U7

Girls U9

Girls U11

Girls U13

Girls U15

Girls U17

Commonwealth Chess Championships 2018..... Website ... Pairings

 

Harshana Thilakarathne (FM) wins Under 16 Championship in Commonwealth Chess Tournament 2018

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Sri Lanka National Amateur International Rating Chess Championships

 
  5th National Amateur Chess Championship 2018 Open Pairings & Results
 

5th National Amateur Chess Championship 2018 Girls Pairings & Results

Ju Wenjun became the new Women`s World Champion

Ju Wenjun made a draw with Tan Zhongyi in the last classical game of the Women`s World Chmpionship Match and became the 17th Women`s World Champion in the history of chess. She is also the 6th Chinese player who achived this title. Read More from www.fide.com ... Official website

Sri Lanka National Championship and Women’s National Chess Championship 2018 - Report  

Isuru Alahakoon wins the 2018 Sri Lanka National Championship for the fourth time and Dinushki Premanath (WFM) wins 2018 Women’s National Chess Championship for the Second time. Read More

  Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2018 - Pairing & Results
  Sri Lanka Women's National Chess Championship 2018 -Pairings & Results
3rd Anniversary celebrations and the Annual Award Ceremony of Lanka Chess Academy International  

The 3rd Anniversary celebrations and the Annual Award Ceremony of Lanka Chess Academy International (Pvt) Ltd was held recently at the Public Library Auditorium. Mr. Milton Amarasinghe, ...Read More Photos>Set 1 .Set 2 . Set 3 . Set 4 . Set 5 . Set 6 . Set 7

World School Chess Championship 2018

Harshana Thilakarathne (CM) wins Silver Medal World School Chess Championship 2018

Boys U7

Boys U9

Boys U11

Boys U13

Boys U15

Boys U17

Girls U7

Girls U9

Girls U11

Girls U13

Girls U15

Girls U17

Dhamso International Chess Festival 2018 - Pairings and Results

IM CRG Krishna and S Nevinka De Silva wins Dhamso International Chess Festival 2018

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Winners List

Asian Youth Chess Championships 2018  

Congratulations Sasith Nipun Piyumantha for been the Under 16 Champion and Gold Medalists at the Asian Youth Chess Championship held in Ching Mai, Thailand. This is the highest achievement that a Sri Lankan Chess Player received at the Asian Youth Championship. He is a product of Dharmashoka College, Ambalangoda.We Wish you All the Very Best a for Bright Future... We are proud of you... More Photos

 

Asian Youth Chess Championships 2018 Standard - Pairings and Results

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08 Open

10 Open

12 Open

14 Open

16 Open

18 Open

 

08 Girls

10 Girls

12 Girls

14 Girls

16 Girls

18 Girls

 

Asian Youth Chess Championships 2018 Rapid - Pairings and Results

08 Open

10 Open

12 Open

14 Open

16 Open

18 Open

08 Girls

10 Girls

12 Girls

14 Girls

16 Girls

18 Girls

11th Colombo International Chess Championship 2018  

Pairings and Results

SLSCA Individual Chess Festival 2018 - Finals

Boys U 7

Boys U 9

Boys U 11

Boys U 13

Boys U 15

Boys U 17

Boys U 20

Girls U 7

Girls U 9

Girls U 11

Girls U 13

Girls U 15

Girls U 17

Girls U 20

National [B] Chess Championship 2018 - Results

 

Women's National [B] Chess Championship 2018 - Results

 

Inter School Chess Festival 2018(Districs) - Pairings & Results

“Lanka Chess Puzzles 5” by Suneetha Wijesuriya

 

“Lanka Chess Puzzles 5” book launching ceremony was held recently at the Russian Centre Auditorium. Read More

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2018_CFSL_Calendar....... Click here to download

 

6th Kalutara Chess Festival Open International Rating Chess Championship 2018 - Pairings and Results

 

At the annual SLT SILK Sports Awards - SLT SILK Outstanding Dedication and Contribution to Promote Sports - Awarded to Mrs.Suneetha Wijesuriya WFM / FI

 
 

SLT SILK Chess Player of The Year - Zainab Saumy

 

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Award Winners List & Photos

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