NATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT  CALENDAR - 2010
  Tournament Nature of the tournament By Age Group Rounds Venue
   
 
       
A1 April 7, 9, 10, 11 Sri Lanka Major and Women's Qualifying Chess Championships  CFSL   2, 1, 2, 2(9) Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Kurunegala
             
A2 April 24th -28th National and Women's National B Chess Championships 2010 CFSL     Colombo
             
A3 May 6, 7, 8, 9, 14,      15, 16 National and Women's National A Chess Championships 2010 CFSL     Colombo
             
B1 May 7, 8, 9 Individual Championships-Zonals SLSCA 7, 9, 11 1, 3, 2(6)  
             
B2 May 14, 15, 16 Individual Championships-Zonals SLSCA 13, 15 1, 3, 2(6)  
             
B3 May 21, 22, 23 Individual Championships-Zonals SLSCA   1, 3, 2(6)  
             
B4 June 4, 5, 6  Finals SLSCA 7, 9, 11 2, 3, 2(7) Royal College
             
C1 June 11, 12, 13 Team-six players+one reserve-Zonals (B division only) SLSCA 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 1, 3, 2(6)  
             
C2 June 18, 19, 20 Team-six players+one reserve-Zonals (B division only) SLSCA 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 1, 3, 2(6)  
             
D June 24th - 27th Sri Lanka Junior Nationals 2010 CFSL     Colombo
             
E1 July 02, 03, 04 National Schools Qualifying-Zonals   15, 19 1, 2, 2(5)  
             
B5 July 16, 17, 18  Finals SLSCA 7, 9, 11 2, 3, 2(7) Royal College
             
F August 21st - 25th MORA Kings International Rating Chess Championship CFSL   9 University of Moratuwa
             
G August 26th - 30th 3rd Sri Lanka IM Tournament and 1st Women IM event  CFSL     Pannala
             
E2 Sept. 11, 12, 13 National Schools Finals Ministry 15, 19 2, 2, 2  
             
E3 Sept. 17, 18, 19 National Schools Finals Ministry 15, 19 2, 2, 2  
             
H Sept. 18th - 22nd International Rating Tournament CFSL     To be notified later
             
C3 Oct. 15, 16, 17 Team-Finals SLSCA 10, 16 1, 3, 2(6) Royal College
             
B6 Oct. 22, 23, 24 Individual-Finals SLSCA 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 2, 3, 2(7) Royal College
             
C4 Nov. 5, 6, 9 Team-Finals SLSCA 12, 14, 18, 20 1, 3, 2(6) Royal College
             
I Dec. 01st - 06th Asian Schools Chess Championship CFSL/SLSCA 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 9 Colombo
             
J Dec. 18th - 22nd 2nd Ethugalpura Chess Challenge
International Rating Tournament
2010		 CFSL   9 Kurunegala
A1:  CFSL - Chess Federation of Sri Lanka
A2:  Qualifiers from A1
A3:  Qualifiers from A2.  Participants of A3 and internationally rated players are eligible to enter direct into B4, B5 & B6 tournaments.
B1:  SLSCA - Sri Lanka Schools Chess Association
B2:  Ages for SLSCA individual tournaments are considered as at 01st January
B3:  These days are reseved for zonals that cannot be held on the preceeding two weekends.
B4, B5  & B6:   Finals of B1, B2 and B3.  Criteria of selection to finals: For Colombo, Kandy, Galle and Gampaha zones-5 finalists from
                         the first 32 players and 1 additional finalist per 6 players in excess.  For other zones it will be 3 from the first 32 and 
                         1 per 8 players in excess.
B5:               Alternate dates for B4
C1:   There will be three divisions: Division A is for the teams that participated in the last year except the last three, C for the new comers
                                    and the B for the in-between.  Teams in divisions A, and C must play direct in the finals and the teams in division B 
                                    have to play in the zonals to qualify for the finals.  Teams that were placed last three in the A division are demoted to 
play direct in the division B finals and the teams that were placed first three in the B division are promoted to play 
direct in the A division.  Ages are considered as at 31st, December.
C2:   These days are reseved for zonals that cannot be held on the preceeding weekend.
C3 & C4:       Finals of C1 & C2  Criteria of selection to finals: For Colombo, Kandy, Galle and Gampaha zones-3 finalists from the
                      first 9 teams and 1 additional finalist per 4 teams in excess.  For other zones it will be 2 from first 9 teams and 1 per
                      5 teams in excess.  When there are less than 6 teams, the number will be decided by the committee.
E1:     Probable dates.
E2:     Probable dates.
E3:     Alternate dates for E2
       SOME INTERNATIONAL EVENTS RELEVANT TO US
1.      World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2010 Antalya, Turkey 24-Jul-2010 to 1-Aug-2010
2.      World Junior and Girls U-20 Chess  Championship Chotowa  Czarna, Poland 2-Aug-2010 to 17-Aug-2010
3.      Chess Olympiad 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 19-Sep-2010 to 4-Oct-2010
4.      World Youth Championships 2010 Halkidiki, Greece 19-Oct.-2010  to 31-Oct-2010
5.      Asian Junior U20 Championships Chennai, India 17-Jun-2010 to 27-Jun-2010
6.      Asian Youth Championships 2010, Beijing, China 1-Jul-2010 to 10-Jul-2010
For further details please contact 
  Chess Federation of Sri Lanka 
Mr. G.Luxman Wijesuriya, Hony.Secretary,
107/6, Piyadasa Sirisena Mawatha, Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Phone : 009471 5397829 / Fax 009411 26506222
Email : godigamu@yahoo.com
  SRI LANKA SCHOOLS' CHESS ASSOCIATION
Mrs.Nirmala Eriyagama, Secretary, Sri Lanka Schools Chess Association, Girls' High School, 
Kandy - 0777397152 or 0718248565.
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