Gehansa, Jenuki and Dulnima Takes the lead at half way mark
Gehanasa Dange, Jenuki Alwis (photo below) Dulnima Rathnayake took the lead with full 4 points out of 4 gamesafter the 4th round of the CFSL Youth Under 12 Yrs Girls Chess Championship 2021 today. Gehansa beat Yenuli Hesanya, PYS Hansanee, Chenaya Ekaratne and Theruni Jayasundara while Jenuki beat Thisuli Jayawardane, Rithika Rajinikanth, Gimsaree Siriwardena and Thiyonne Barthelot in the 1st four games. Dulnima beat Labiba Lifthikan, Heasara Sayumali, Linuki Thisenka and Sasmi Sithumsa to reach four points.
The CFSL Online Youth Under 12 Yrs Girls Chess Championship 2021 conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is in progress on 13th and 14th of March 2021 at the Chess.com flatform. A total of 84 players from all over the country is participating in the event which is conducted on Swiss System in 7 rounds with the time control of 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per each move played.
With the current COVID 19 Pandemic situation, the Chess Federation as all other Chess organizations have started online Chess with all precautions for cheating. All players participating are allowed to play with laptop/ Desktops only and they are compelled to be in a Zoom meeting throughout the games with shared screen. The Chess arbiters are closely observing them through this zoom meeting throughout the game. All other checking measures for cheating is in action and the Chess Federation has declared 2 year ban from Chess if any player found guilty in cheating while playing.
The top seed Tharuli Ranganath, Anujana Sendanayake and Esandi Newansa are closely following the leaders with 3 ½ points each. The 5th round will start on 14th March 2021 at 9.00 a.m.
Final Standings of top 10 players:
Rk. | Name | Club/City | Pts. | |||
1 | Dange Gehansa Ranumi | Girls High School, Kandy | 4 | |||
2 | Alwis Jenuki | Lyceum International Wattala | 4 | |||
3 | Rathnayake R M Dulinma | Viharamahadevi BMV | 4 | |||
4 | Ranganath Tharuli Vihasna | Yoshida International | 3.5 | |||
5 | Sendanayake Anujana H | Ananda Satralaya, Mathugama | 3.5 | |||
6 | Newansa M Esandi | Dharmsoka College | 3.5 | |||
7 | Jayasundara J M Theruni V | Dark Knights CC | 3 | |||
8 | Barthelot Thiyonne | Singing Fish Chess Club | 3 | |||
9 | Siriwardane K Gimsaree | Anula Vidyalaya | 3 | |||
10 | Sithumsa H G Sasmi | Lyceum International, Ratnapura | 3 | |||