Sri Lanka Chess Federation president Luxman Wijesuriya welcomes Asian Chess Federation General Secretary Hisham Al Taher to the Asian Juniors and Girls Chess Championship in Sri Lanka.
The Asian Junior Chess Championships 2025 is taking place in Sri Lanka from 25th June to 4th July 2025 at 5-star Citrus Resort Hotel with the participation of a record 164 players from 15 countries. Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Russia under FIDE, Singapore, Uzbekistan and host Sri Lanka are participating in the event.
FM Biswas Sourath of India and IM L M S T De Silva are tied neck and neck with 6.5 points each after eight rounds. Five players are within striking distance at 6 points each.
In the girls divisioin, WIM Oshini Gunawardhana, WCM Velmurugan Sreekarthika of Singapore and WFM Galina Mikheeva of Russia playing under FIDE flag are tied for the lead at 6.5 points. each. Three players are close behind at 6 points each.
