{"id":12080,"date":"2022-05-03T23:04:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T23:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=12080"},"modified":"2023-10-26T06:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T06:59:28","slug":"sri-lanka-championships-de-silva-and-ranasinghe-clinch-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/sri-lanka-championships-de-silva-and-ranasinghe-clinch-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Championships: De Silva and Ranasinghe clinch titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The reigning national champion, 17-year-old FM\u00a0Susal de Silva<\/strong>\u00a0of Nalanda College, won the Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2022 for the second consecutive year scoring 10\/13.\u00a0<\/p>

The Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2022, with a half-million rupees prize fund, took place from April 23 to May 1 in the Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research Institute, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo. Both tournaments, organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, were 14-players round-robins with classical time control.\u00a0<\/p>

One of the most promising players in the country, Susal De Silva, grabbed the lead from the very start and beat his main rival\u00a0Ranindu Liyanage<\/strong>\u00a0in the eighth round clash, which gave him so much needed tie-breaking points to win the title, the gold medal and shared cash prize. On his way to this achievement, Susal scored eight victories and suffered just a single defeat at the hands of Achinthya Shamane Kaluarachchi.\u00a0<\/p>

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The top-seed FM, Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage of Ananda College, netted 10 points and tied for first place but settled for silver due to inferior tiebreaks. FM\u00a0Isuru Alahakoon<\/strong>\u00a0of Sri Lanka Navy claimed bronze, scoring 8\u00bd\/13.<\/p>

Unfortunately, the women’s event did not bring together the country’s best players as the reigning champion, Tharushi Niklesha and Harshana Thilakarathne (rated over 2300), withdrew due to academic reasons.\u00a0<\/p>

WIM\u00a0Sachini Ranasinghe<\/strong>\u00a0confidently won her fifth national title, scoring 9\/13.\u00a0Desandi Dihansa Gamage<\/strong>\u00a0of Sirimavo Bandaranaike College finished just a half-point behind and earned silver.\u00a0Janandani Abeysinghe<\/strong>\u00a0of NSBM Green University came out third with 8\/13.\u00a0<\/p>

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The top five players in both events qualified for the Sri Lanka national teams to participate in the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022.\u00a0<\/p>

The awards ceremony was held on May 1 at Hotel Taj Samudra, right after the final round. Mr\u00a0Luxman Wijesuriya<\/strong>, President CFSL, General Secretary of the Commonwealth Chess Association and Mr\u00a0Shiang Wong<\/strong>, Deputy General Manager \u2013 Product Marketing of SLT Mobitel (the primary sponsor of the national chess federation), presented the awards to the champions.<\/p>

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The games can be seen via the links below:<\/p>

Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2022<\/a>
Sri Lanka Women’s National Chess Championship 2022<\/a><\/p>

Final standings Open:<\/strong><\/p>

1<\/p><\/td>

De Silva Susal<\/p><\/td>

2162<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2<\/p><\/td>

Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan<\/p><\/td>

2345<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3<\/p><\/td>

Alahakoon Isuru<\/p><\/td>

2014<\/p><\/td>

8\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4<\/p><\/td>

Kiriella K G T S D<\/p><\/td>

1737<\/p><\/td>

8<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5<\/p><\/td>

Nabil Nazar Mohamed<\/p><\/td>

1680<\/p><\/td>

7\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

6<\/p><\/td>

Kaluarachchi Achinthya S<\/p><\/td>

1801<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

7<\/p><\/td>

Senevirathne S D B K<\/p><\/td>

1757<\/p><\/td>

6<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

8<\/p><\/td>

Bandara Dhanushka<\/p><\/td>

1882<\/p><\/td>

6<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

9<\/p><\/td>

Tennakoon Lisara Samadhith<\/p><\/td>

1680<\/p><\/td>

5\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

10<\/p><\/td>

Amarasinghe A A C B<\/p><\/td>

1855<\/p><\/td>

5\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

11<\/p><\/td>

Lahiru N P G Sithija<\/p><\/td>

1783<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

12<\/p><\/td>

Saravanabaavan Brijeash<\/p><\/td>

1643<\/p><\/td>

4\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

13<\/p><\/td>

Wijekoon Chandana<\/p><\/td>

1823<\/p><\/td>

4\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

14<\/p><\/td>

De Silva Elath Mathanga<\/p><\/td>

1816<\/p><\/td>

3\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


Final standings Women:<\/strong><\/p>

1<\/p><\/td>

WIM\u00a0 Ranasinghe S D<\/p><\/td>

1698<\/p><\/td>

9<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2<\/p><\/td>

Gamage Desandhi Dhihansa<\/p><\/td>

1447<\/p><\/td>

8\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3<\/p><\/td>

Abeysinghe H M H Janandani<\/p><\/td>

1465<\/p><\/td>

8<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4<\/p><\/td>

WCM\u00a0 Wijesuriya G P Y<\/p><\/td>

1581<\/p><\/td>

7\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5<\/p><\/td>

WCM\u00a0 Wickramasinghe Minethma<\/p><\/td>

1527<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

6<\/p><\/td>

WCM\u00a0 Sanudula K M Dahamdi<\/p><\/td>

1710<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

7<\/p><\/td>

Mapa M M W H<\/p><\/td>

1587<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

8<\/p><\/td>

Pallie Ehsha Mishela<\/p><\/td>

1475<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

9<\/p><\/td>

Abeysekara Yasasi Geemini<\/p><\/td>

1324<\/p><\/td>

6<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

10<\/p><\/td>

Wijesinghe W M M N<\/p><\/td>

1509<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

11<\/p><\/td>

Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya<\/p><\/td>

1387<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

12<\/p><\/td>

Vithanawasam Oneli<\/p><\/td>

1449<\/p><\/td>

2<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

13<\/p><\/td>

Yapa Bandara Chamodya<\/p><\/td>

1533<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

14<\/p><\/td>

Yashora Tiumi<\/p><\/td>

1624<\/p><\/td>

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The reigning national champion, 17-year-old FM\u00a0Susal de Silva\u00a0of Nalanda College, won the Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2022 for the second consecutive year scoring 10\/13.\u00a0 The Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2022, with a half-million rupees prize fund, took place from April 23 to May 1 in the Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research Institute, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo. Both tournaments, organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, were 14-players round-robins with classical time control.\u00a0 One of the most promising players in the country, Susal De Silva, grabbed the lead from the very start and beat his main rival\u00a0Ranindu Liyanage\u00a0in the eighth round clash, which gave him so much needed tie-breaking points to win the title, the gold medal and shared cash prize. On his way to this achievement, Susal scored eight victories and suffered just a single defeat at the hands of Achinthya Shamane Kaluarachchi.\u00a0 The top-seed FM, Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage of Ananda College, netted 10 points and tied for first place but settled for silver due to inferior tiebreaks. FM\u00a0Isuru Alahakoon\u00a0of Sri Lanka Navy claimed bronze, scoring 8\u00bd\/13. Unfortunately, the women’s event did not bring together the country’s best players as the reigning champion, Tharushi Niklesha and Harshana Thilakarathne (rated over 2300), withdrew due to academic reasons.\u00a0 WIM\u00a0Sachini Ranasinghe\u00a0confidently won her fifth national title, scoring 9\/13.\u00a0Desandi Dihansa Gamage\u00a0of Sirimavo Bandaranaike College finished just a half-point behind and earned silver.\u00a0Janandani Abeysinghe\u00a0of NSBM Green University came out third with 8\/13.\u00a0 The top five players in both events qualified for the Sri Lanka national teams to participate in the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022.\u00a0 The awards ceremony was held on May 1 at Hotel Taj Samudra, right after the final round. Mr\u00a0Luxman Wijesuriya, President CFSL, General Secretary of the Commonwealth Chess Association and Mr\u00a0Shiang Wong, Deputy General Manager \u2013 Product Marketing of SLT Mobitel (the primary sponsor of the national chess federation), presented the awards to the champions. The games can be seen via the links below: Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2022Sri Lanka Women’s National Chess Championship 2022 Final standings Open: 1 De Silva Susal 2162 10 2 Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan 2345 10 3 Alahakoon Isuru 2014 8\u00bd 4 Kiriella K G T S D 1737 8 5 Nabil Nazar Mohamed 1680 7\u00bd 6 Kaluarachchi Achinthya S 1801 6\u00bd 7 Senevirathne S D B K 1757 6 8 Bandara Dhanushka 1882 6 9 Tennakoon Lisara Samadhith 1680 5\u00bd 10 Amarasinghe A A C B 1855 5\u00bd 11 Lahiru N P G Sithija 1783 5 12 Saravanabaavan Brijeash 1643 4\u00bd 13 Wijekoon Chandana 1823 4\u00bd 14 De Silva Elath Mathanga 1816 3\u00bd Final standings Women: 1 WIM\u00a0 Ranasinghe S D 1698 9 2 Gamage Desandhi Dhihansa 1447 8\u00bd 3 Abeysinghe H M H Janandani 1465 8 4 WCM\u00a0 Wijesuriya G P Y 1581 7\u00bd 5 WCM\u00a0 Wickramasinghe Minethma 1527 7 6 WCM\u00a0 Sanudula K M Dahamdi 1710 7 7 Mapa M M W H 1587 7 8 Pallie Ehsha Mishela 1475 6\u00bd 9 Abeysekara Yasasi Geemini 1324 6 10 Wijesinghe W M M N 1509 5 11 Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya 1387 4 12 Vithanawasam Oneli 1449 2 13 Yapa Bandara Chamodya 1533 3 14 Yashora Tiumi 1624 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[49,261],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-12080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-national-championships","tag-srilanka"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12080"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12085,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080\/revisions\/12085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12080"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=12080"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=12080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}