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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 ]
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Trinity College, Kandy is a private Anglican boys' school located in Kandy, Sri Lanka.It offers both day and boarding facilities. It was founded in 1872 by British Anglican missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, modelled on British public school tradition. [2]
The Asian Junior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament open to players in Asia and Oceania (FIDE Zones 3.1 to 3.7) who are under 20 years of age. The tournament has been held annually since 1977 with occasional interruptions.
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.