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Sri Lankan chess prodigy Susal Thewjan de Silva of Nalanda College is the second runner-up in the Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2020. In Anuradhapura, where he attended Primary School before being selected for Nalanda after passing the scholarship exam in Grade 5, Susal won the West Asian Chess Championship (U12 age group) in 2017 to be crowned the youngest FIDE Master when he was just ...
Sri Lanka National Chess Champions 2017 Champion : Minul Doluweera and Women's Champion: Sayuni Gihansa Jayaweera – {(c) Ruwan Gunarathne)} Rajeendra Kalugampitiya – National Chess Champion 2016 National Chess Champion Isuru Alahakoon 2012-2014.jpg
Pages in category "Sri Lankan chess players" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
She initially worked with the Sri Lanka Chess Federation to popularise and develop chess in Sri Lanka. In 1994, she conducted a simultaneous chess exhibition at the BMICH to promote the board game and she won 15 games during the exhibition. Then Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene attended the exhibition chess event as the chief guest. [7]
Category: Chess in Sri Lanka. ... Sri Lankan Chess Championship This page was last edited on 26 July 2020, at 20:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Harshana Thilakarathne (born 2003) is a Sri Lankan chess player and International Master. [1] Currently, he is the no 2 chess player in Sri Lanka and completed his education at the Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala. [2]
In October 2020, Ranindu won his first national chess championship title at the age of 16 and became the first schoolboy from Ananda College to become national champion after 20 years. [5] [6] [7] He also later emerged as a winner of the Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2021. [8] He also claimed bronze medal at the 2021 Asian Hybrid Chess Championship.
He represented Sri Lanka in 1978, 2004, and 2006 at the Chess Olympiad. [1] He won the New York State Chess Championship in 1975 and again in 2001. [4] He was inducted into the New York State Chess Hall of Fame in 1996. Weeramantry started his chess teaching career in 1979 at Hunter College Campus Schools in Upper Manhattan. To mark the program ...