Four Players shares the top spot in CFSL Online Under 16 Open Youth Rapid Chess Championship- 2021
Kosala Amaratunge (above left) of JMC International School, Kaluthara won the Championship after three more players, Senuka Ahangama (above center) (DS Senanayake College), Bridjesh Saravanabhavan (abofe right) (Gateway International School) and SMMP Kulathilake(Sangabodhi Vidyalaya, Nittambuwa) shared the highest points of 7 ½ out of 8 games at the above event. All four players were unbeaten where they just gave 1 draw to their opponents and received a forefeet point where Kosala had the better Tie-breaker.
Senuka Aswin Ahangama won the Silver Medal while Brijeash Saravanabhavan won the Bronze Medal on their tie break performance. S M M P Kulathilake had to satisfy with the 4th place.
CFSL Online Under 16 Open Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2021 conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka was successfully held on 1st and 2nd of May 2021 via the Chess.com Platform. A total of 137 players from all over the country registered for the event which was conducted for 8 rounds with the time control of 15 minutes +10 seconds increment per each move played. Players were logged in to chess.com/live (not only www.chess.com) and played on laptops. Players were instructed to register their real name in their chess.com profile and upload their real photo. Age was considered by the 1st of January 2021.
The event was conducted with the highest precautions for anti-cheating regulations. Mobiles or other equipment were not allowed during the games. Only the player was allowed in his/her playing room. Player’s webcam, speaker, and microphone worked at all times. Also, players shared their screens with the organizers with task bar. All other programs except the Chess.com & the zoom were closed while playing the games. Players were not allowed to make noise and to avoid background noise. All the games were closely monitored. Engines were used for the analysis purpose and randomly games were analyzed by www.chess.com and the world Chess representative, Prof. Regan. If any misconduct or violation found, the player to be removed from the event and disciplinary actions will be taken accordingly by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka. Players may be banned for two years from competitive chess in case of ssever misconduct.
Final Standings of top 10 players are as follows.
| Name | Points |
| 1. Kosala Sandeepa Amarathunga (JMC International School) | 7.5 |
| 2. Senuka Aswin Ahangama (DS Senanayake College) | 7.5 |
| 3. Brijeash Saravanabaavan (Gateway International School) | 7.5 |
| 4. S M M P Kulathilake (Sangabodhi Vidyalaya, Nittambuwa) | 7.5 |
| 5. K G T S D Kiriella (Maliyadeva College) | 7 |
| 6. Lalindu Sathmina (Isipathana College) | 6,5 |
| 7. Kavishka Gimhan Laksiri (Asoka Vidyalaya) | 6,5 |
| 8. Aruthran Arunakirinathan (Jaffna Hindu College) | 6,0 |
| 9. Pamok Methdinu Samaranayake(Rahula College, Matara) | 6,0 |
| 10. Nayanaka Insara Wickramarachchi(DS Senanayake College) | 6,0 |
You may find the complete list of final standings from the link here:
http://chess-results.com/tnr559156.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=8