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The Sri Lankan Chess Championship is organised by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, and was first held in 1972. The Sri Lankan Women's Chess Championship was first held in 1979. [ 1 ]
Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage also simply known as Ranindu Liyanage (born 2003) is a Sri Lankan chess player and current national champion. [1] [2] In July 2021, he became the first Sri Lankan man to participate at the FIDE Chess World Cup. He is currently coached by Uzbekistani chess grandmaster Alexei Barsov. [3]
Romesh Weerawardane (born 22 October 1979) is a Sri Lankan chess player. Weerawardane was the first Sri Lankan to be an International Master. [1] Weerawardane competed in two Chess Olympiads in 2010 and 2016, scoring 2/6 and 2.5/10 respectively.
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 ...
Sachini D. Ranasinghe (born 1994), also known as S.D. Ranasinghe, is a Sri Lankan chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2011). She is the first Sri Lankan player to get awarded the title of Woman International Master and only Sri Lankan player to win Asian zonal 3.2 chess championship and participate at the World chess Cup in 2012.
Suneetha Godigamuwage Wijesuriya (born 18 June 1963) is a veteran Sri Lankan chess player and coach. [1] She won Sri Lanka's first ever gold medal at a World Chess Olympiad when she achieved it during the 30th Chess Olympiad which was held in Manila in 1992.
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]
Sri Lankan female chess players (3 P) Pages in category "Sri Lankan chess players" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.