Kithma Sithmal hogged the limelight for Ananda College ‘B’ in an Inter School Under 15 Division II cricket encounter as he hammered 245 runs in 126 balls for them to post a massive total of 424 runs against Wesley ‘B’ at Campbell Park yesterday. Ananda went on to win the match by 285 runs. Sithmal’s […]
CFSL Online Women Team Chess Championships 2022 The Passed Pawn Chess Club inclusive of Women’s International Master (WIM) Sachini Ranasinghe (Captain), WIM Nelunika Metmani, WIM from India B. Shri Savitha, WFM Dasuni Hansika Mendis and WCM Sanudula Dahamdi claimed the top position at the end of the first stage of the CFSL online Women Team […]
Online Women’s Rapid Team Chess Cup 2021
Chess Champs Academy team led by Thilini Koswatte won the maiden Online Women’s Rapid Teams Chess Cup conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL). At the grand finals, which was held in double rounds, each player received black and white moves. Chess Champs scored three match points against their rivals who could score only one match point in first round.
In the first round the Women Grand Master from Kazakhstan, Gulmira Dauletota and Tharushi Sandeepani scored points for Passed Pawns while Women International Master from India Isha Sharma and Saumy Zainab scored points for Chess Champs Academy. But, in the second round Thilini played a key role out playing strong Kazakhstani WGM Gulmira at a critical juncture when their WIM Isha Sharma had suffered a lost from Sri Lankan Women International Master Sachini Ranasinghe. Dinushki Premanath and Saumy Zainab, both former national champions excelled scoring full points for their team
CFSL Online Women’s Rapid Teams Chess Cup 2021
Passed Pawns Chess Club captained by Sachini Ranasinghe won the ‘A’ Division title of the first ever CFSL Online Women Rapid Teams Chess Cup organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka on Sunday.
The team also inclusive of Kazakhstan woman grand master Dauletova Gulmira, national runners up Tharushi Sandeepani, Dasuni Hansika Mendis and Pasindi Wijesuriya took the title pushing Fischer Chess Club ‘B’ to the runner up position.
CFSL had ranked teams according to their strengths and the five strongest teams were drawn in ‘A’ Division. ‘B’ Division champions Sokians CC and first and second runners up Fischer Chess Club ‘B’ and Castle Siege Chess Club respectively also joined the fray making it a competition of eight teams involving 40 players.