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Matara District Youth
Chess Championships 2010  |
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Matara District Youth Championship
will be held on 12th, 13th and 14th of March 2010 at St. Mary's
Convent, Matara. All Inquiries & entries to : Mr.
Gamini Jayaratne - Tel: 0716814242 Email- gaminijayaratne@yahoo.com
or Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya, Tel:: 0715397829 Email - godigamu@yahoo.com
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Tournament Prospectus
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National
Youth Chess Championship 2010 - Results
(Colombo, Galle, Mahanuwara, Gampaha, Kurunegala) |
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Anuradhapura
District Youth Chess Championships 2010 |
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The Anuradhapura District Youth
Chess Championship 2010 will be held on 12th, 13th, 14th of
March 2010 at Thambuththegama Madya Maha Vidyalaya, Thambuththegama.
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Important
Notice to All Chess Players (Sri Lanka) |
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Change
of CFSL Calendar 2010 - The
given tournament schedule has to be changed due to two emergency
reasons. 1.Government
has declared the school vaccation from 1st 20th of April 2010
considering the elections. 2. FIDE has given a deadline
for Chess Olympiad entries as 20th May 2010. This was noticed
only a week before.
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Golden Square International
Chess Association - Member's Age Group Chess Tournament - 2010 |
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Golden
Square International Chess Association was successfully conducted
their members chess tournament on Sunday, 7th March 2010 under
the age categories as 8/10/12/14/17. |
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Golden Square Age Group
Individual Chess Championship (Western Province) Under 8, 9
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Annual Award Ceremony of the Golden Square International
Chess Association |
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The Annual Award Ceremony of the Golden Square
International Chess Association was held at the Auditorium of
Public Library, Colombo 07. Mr. Ayrat Akhmetov, the First Secretary
of the Russian Embassy and the Director of Russian Centre graced
the ceremony as their Chief Guest. Professor Mrs. Ksanika Hirimburegama,
Vice Chancellor of University of Colombo and.. More |
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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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Golden Square Age
Group Individual Chess Championship (Western Province) |
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The Golden Square Age Group
Chess Championship (Western Province) Under 11/12/13/14/15/17/19
Age Categories will be held at Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya,
Colombo 08 on 12th, 13th & 14th March 2010. contact Mrs.
Suneetha Wijesuriya, Tournament Convener on 0712 726210.
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Prospectus
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FIDE
publishes 1st Mrach 2010 Rating List. Click
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Results & Photos of
the Brain Encounter Chess Championship 2010 |
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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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Paul Morphy Chess Club wins the Inter
Club Super League |
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The
Paul Morphy Chess Club won the Inter Club Super League Chess
Championship after a close battle with Fisher Chess Club yesterday.
The Inter Club Super League Chess Championship conducted by
the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka was held from 4th to 7th February
2010 at Royal College,...........Read
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Girls High School wins Sri Lanka women's
Inter Club Chess Championship |
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The Girls high School Chess Team
won the Inter Club Chess Championship convincingly, scoring
a total of 27 points out of possible 30 points....... Read
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Inter Club B Chess Championship
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The Wayamba university A team
consisted of Nuwan Liyanage, WSN Chandraratne, WLC Chandraratne,
AMCB Alahakoon, WSVK Koggala, HB Dassanayake and CD Manawasekara
emerged champions at the Finals ...............Read
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Romesh wins 3rd Colombo
International Chess Festival 2010
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Romesh
Weerawardena, the top seed won 3rd Colombo International Chess
Festival, the International rating tournament after a close
battle. RS Kalugampitiya and PMAB Athukorala also tied with
him with 7 ½ points out of 9 games.... Read
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8th Parsvnath Chess Tournament - Maghami
clinches title in a tie-break |
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Third seed Iranian Grandmaster Maghami Ehsan
Ghaem ensured a thrilling end to the 8th Parsvnath International
Chess Tournament by setting for a draw with Bangladeshi Grandmaster
Ziaur Rahman in the eleventh and final round ..Read
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Final Ranking of the 2nd National Blitz Chess Championship 2009 |
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Mutual Chess Promotional Programme between
South Africa and Sri Lanka |
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There was a proposal from South African Chess
Federation to have a mutual Chess Promotional programmewith
the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka to promote Chess in both countries.
This proposal came to us because they have observed the rapid
development of Chess Events in Sri Lanka and they also needed
to timprove their stucture of events...More |
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The Chess Federation is searching a suitable
place for the headquarters |
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The Chess Federation
is searching a suitable place for the headquarters. The building
should have a space to have a tournament of at least 100 players
and should be situated near Colombo. Even a House is also okay
with parking facilities. Anyone who could support in this matter
may contact Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya, Hony. Secretary of Chess
Federation of Sri Lanka on 0715397829 or Email godigamu@yahoo.com. |
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Super Six Chess Championship 2009 - Final
Result and Board Prize details |
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5th Asian Schools Chess Championship |
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5th Asian Schools Chess Championship was successfully
concluded on Wednesday, 22nd December 2009 at Ceylon Continental
Hotel,, Colombo Sri Lanka. At the award ceremony by welcoming
all the delegations of various countries Read
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Kalugampitiya wins
“Ethugalpura Chess Challenge” |
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R.S.
Kalugampitiya wins “Ethugalpura Chess Challenge” International
Rating Chess Championship conducted by CFSL at Blue Sky Hotel
at Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. C.K.D. Fonseka is the 1st runner up
and Chamika Perera is the 2nd runner up in the tie-break after
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Boris Gelfand from Israel became a winner
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Sampath Bank wins MCA Rapid Chess Championship
- 2009 |
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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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Photos
of the Chess Award ceremony at St. Lawrence’s School |
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11th Anniversary Celebrations
of the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club |
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Results of the Sri Lanka School Chess
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Results of the Youth Rapid Chess Championship
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Top results of the World Youth Championships
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AKCC under 11 Age Group
Chess Tournament |
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Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of
the Russian Centre conducted a very successful Age Group Chess
Tournament at Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya to commemorate their
11th Anniversary on this Sunday. The main category of this event
was under 11 and there were sub categories as under 8 / 9 /
& 10. Photo
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Final Results of Golden Square International Chess
Association Western Province Chess Tournament – 2009 (Age Group
– 13 / 14 / 15 / 17 / 19) |
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Final Results of Inter University Chess
(Men / Women) Championship 2009 |
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Asian Chess News |
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6th Asian School Chess Championship 2010 and Asian
Junior Chess Championship 2011 in Sri Lanka, News from Asian
Continental Meeting was held in Hanoi Vietnam .. Read
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Soumya Swaminathan Is World Junior Champion
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| Youth Rapid
Chess Championship 2009 Results (Qualifying Events) |
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Final Results of the Inaugural Age Group
Chess Tournament organized by St. Lawrence’s College -
30th and 31st October 2009 |
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Under 15 - Yasantha Jayaweera of
St. Peters College |
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Under 14 - Ravindu Supun Karunathilake of Mahanama College |
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Under 12 - N. Sriram of Hindu Colege |
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Under 10 - Pasindi Yathra Wijesuriya of Sri Sangamitta BalikaVidyalaya |
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Castle All Island Team Rapid Chess Championship
2009 |
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FIDE Arbiter Titles for
Luxman & Ruwantha |
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Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya
and Mr. Ruwantha Laksan Pigera both the Sri Lankan Arbiters
have been awarded FIDE Arbiter titles at the 80th FIDE Congress
held in Last week.
While congratulating them and wish all success. Titles
approved at the 80th FIDE Congress |
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Inter Schools All Island Chess Championship
2009 - Under 16, 18 & 20 Final Results ................................
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Chess
in Paradise: the Ravana Challenge in Sri Lanka
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from www.chessbase.com By R. Anantharam – Chief Arbiter. Read
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Russia ; the Glorious
Champion! World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad |
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2009 World Under-16 Chess Olympiad which is
organized in a small and cute town, Akhisar, has unfortunately
come to an end like every beautiful thing… Russia, the heavy
favourite before the start, has proved herself once again as
the motherland of chess and finished the Olympiad first with
30 points although her road to the cup hasn’t been very smooth.
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Final Results of Vidyartha College U-11
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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
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China wins World
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Athula Russell, wins 2nd MORA Kings |
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Swedish Astronaut to play Chess from
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Remember American astronaut
Greg Chamitoff, who a year ago played chess against the NASA
ground stations. Well, now European Space Agency astronaut Christer
Fuglesang, Sweden, is going to do the same, playing a game against
the Swedish public. Right now Fuglesang is in quarantine awaiting
an August 24th launch. But the game has already started, ...........
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Indians sweep Asian Youth Chess Championships
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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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The
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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Padmini Rout and Ashwin
Jayaram Win Gold in Continental Asian Junior Boys and Girls
Chess Championships 2009 Sri Lanka |
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Padmini
Rout of India scored her seventh consecutive victory to remain
alone at the top at the end of the seventh round of the Asian
Junior Girls’ Chess Championship in Colombo, Sri Lanka today.
Ashwin Jayaram, also of India dropped half a point for the first
time in the tournament to his Kazakhstan opponent Amanov Zhanibek.
He has secured 6.5 points and still managed to stay one point
ahead of Amanov and M.R. Lalith Babu, another international
master from India..Read
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