The 2nd Sri Lanka Youth Girls (Under 14) Chess Grand Prix 2021

 Dahamdi and Esha maintain lead after 6 rounds

 Dahamdi Sanudula (above left, from Musaeus College) of Group X and Esha Pallie (above right, from Visakha Vidyalaya) of Group Y are in the lead after the 6th round of the 2nd Sri Lanka Youth Girls Chess Grand Prix 2021 – Round Robin Events at Chess Federation of Sri Lanka Headquarters. Yesterday leaders, Dahamdi beat Dehansa Sandanayake and Yasasi Abeysekara in Group X while Esha beat Chanindi Attanayake and Oneli Weerawardena in Group Y, both in 5th and 6th round games respectively to continue their lead with 6 out of 6 games.

The prestigious 2nd SL Youth Girls Chess Grand Prix 2021 is scheduled from 2nd to 10th April 2021 with 18 leading Girls Under 14 Yrs Chess players. The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is offering Rs. 55,000/= as the cash awards for the event. All games are live broadcasted and the link is given below. The CFSL is planning to arrange live streaming of the event time to time and the links will be notified accordingly.

Nemindi Ramanayake (photo above) of Bandaranayake Central College, Veyangoda is in 5 points in Group Y after she scored a win against Sasmi Sithumsa in the 6th round and received the bye in the 5th round. It was not a good day for the yesterday 2nd seed Dehansa Sandanayake of St. Paul’s Girls School since she scored only a draw with Tharuli Ranganath out of two games today. She is in the 3rd spot in Group X with shared 4 points with Yasasi Abeysekara(Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara) and Tharuli Ranganath (Yoshida International School).

Oneli Vithanawasam (photo above) of Lyceum International School, Wattala and Oneli Weerawardena of Lyceum International Rathnapura are sharing the 2nd spot in Group Y with 4 ½ points each where both of them lost to Esha Pallie, the leader and drew with each other.

The last 3 rounds will be held on Friday, the 9th of April 2021 evening at 3.30 and Saturday, the 10th of April 2021 two games. Then the top four players in Group X and Y will play a knocked out rounds of Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Finals to end the event as FIDE world cup format of 2 classical games, Two Rapid Games and 2 Blitz games with alternative colours and a sudden death format game to end if all earlier systems are equal.

The event is held according to the strict health guidelines provided by the Ministry of Health and The Medical Unit of Ministry of Sports. The following regulations should be adhered:

  1. A directory of participants is kept.
  2. Facilities for fever checking, Hand washing are available. Players should come wearing a Face masks
  3. Gloves and face shields are provided by CFSL and players should wear them all the time they stay in the venue.
  4. The social distancing should be adhered. Tables are arranged that way as 1 game per table.
  5. No spectators, parents are allowed in the venue. They can drop the players at the venue and may come back to collect after the game.
  6. Player gathering after the games is strictly prohibited.

 

Standing after Rd 6

Group X

Rk. Name                                           School                         Pts.

1 WCM Sanudula K M Dahamdi       Musaeus College          6

2 Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya       Bandaranayake College 5

3 Sandanayake Dehansa Nisanduni   St. Pauls Girls Schools             4

4 Abeysekara Yasasi Geemini                   Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara  4

5 Ranganath Tharuli Vihasna Yoshida International School  4

6 Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini    Furguson High School  3

7 Somarathne L H M G S Royal International School, Kurun . 2

8 Sithumsa H G Sasmi Lyceum International School              2

9 Bimansa D G Jayandi Bandaragama Central College          1

 

 

Group Y

Rk. Name                               School                                                 Pts.

1 WCM Pallie Ehsha Mishela Visakha Vidyalaya                  6

2 Vithanawasam Oneli Lyceum International, Wattala                       4.5

3 Weerawardana Y W Oneli Vihanga Lyceum , Ratnapura    4.5

4 Gamage Desandhi Dhihansa Sirimavo Balika Vidyalaya     4

5 Attanayake Chanindi Mewna Devi Balika Vidyalaya          3

6 Rathnayke, Tenuli                Gothami Balika Vidyalaya      3

7 Wilvalaarachchi Oneli          Gothami Balika Vidyalaya      3

8 Amarathunga Piyumi Uthpala JMC International                1.5

9 Sendanayake Anujana Hasandi, Mathugama Central College 0.5

 

The links for Live Games:

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Link https://view.livechesscloud.com#deda9b3f-e6a0-47f4-8dcd-a5dba7cd74a5

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Link https://view.livechesscloud.com#9dedf647-cdd5-49cb-9757-0878849282c5

 

Stay safe! Enjoy Chess!