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Four players are sharing leads in the points table with 3½ points each after 4^th round games of the Begum Laila Alam 12^th FIDE Rating Women’s Chess Tournament, under the financial patronage of veteran chess player Begum Laila Alam and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation.

The event is now being held at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room. Leaders are: WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin, WIM Rani Hamid, WFM Nazrana Khan Eva and Nusrat Jahan Alo.

Eight players are sharing 2^nd position with 3 points each. They are: WFM Noshin Anjum, Kazi Zarin Tasnim, Wadifa Ahmed, WFM Zakia Sultana, Tasnia Tarannum Orpa, Omnia Binta Yusuf Lubaba, Neelava Choudhury and Essaba Masnun. 4^th round games were held today (Sunday).

Teams have arrived in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam for the 31st SEA Games. In photo is the Philippine delegation prior to departure at the airport in Manila. The Men’s and Women’s Individual Standard Chess Tournament will be held 10-15 May followed by Rapid and Blitz events as follows:

Here are the men’s and women’s participants in chess-results.com

Following detailed discussions with the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) and the Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (HAGOC), the OCA Executive Board (EB) today decided to postpone the 19th Asian Games, which were scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China, from 10 to 25 September 2022. The new dates of the 19th Asian Games will be agreed between the OCA, the COC and the HAGOC and announced in the near future.

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Three players are sharing leads in the points table with maximum 3 points each after 3^rd round games of the Begum Laila Alam 12^th FIDE Rating Women’s Chess Tournament, under the financial patronage of veteran chess player Begum Laila Alam and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation. The event is now being held at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room.

Sharing the lead are WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin, WIM Rani Hamid and Nusrat Jahan Alo.  Four players are sharing 2^nd position with 2½ points each. They are: WFM Noshin Anjum, WFM Nazrana Khan Eva, Israt Jahan Diba and Warsia Khusbu.

3^rd round games were held today (Saturday). In the 3^rd round: WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin beat Tasnia Tarannum Orpa, Israt Jahan Diba drew with  WFM Nazrana Khan Eva, Nusrat Jahan Alo beat Wadifa Ahmed, WIM Rani Hamid beat Omnia Binta Yusuf Lubaba, Warsia Khusbu beat Raiba Sobhan Adhora, WFM Noshin Anjum beat Ashiya Sultana and WFM Zakia Sultana drew with Afrin Jahan Munia.

The 4^th round matches will start tomorrow (Sunday) from 3:30 PM at same venue.

Nine players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 2 points each after 2^nd round games of the Begum Laila Alam 12^th FIDE Rating Women’s Chess Tournament, under the financial patronage of veteran chess player Begum Laila Alam and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation.

The event is now being held at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room. Joint leaders are: WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin, WFM Nazrana Khan Eva, Wadifa Ahmed, WFM Rani Hamid, Ishrat Jahan Diba, Tasnia Taranum Orpa, Nusrat Jahan Alo, Omnia Binte Yusuf Lubaba and Raiba Sobhan Adhora. Four players are sharing 2^nd position with 1½ points each. They are: WFM Noshin Anjum, WFM Zakia Sultana, Warsia Khusbu and Ashiya Sultana. 2^nd round games were held today (Friday).

The Asian Online Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities is an open individual tournament for chess players who belong to any of the three disability categories (visually impaired, hearing impaired and physically disabled), in online format.

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The Queens’ Online Chess Festival 2022, a series of continental women’s online  blitz ournaments, starts on June 05, 2022
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The event organized by FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess in cooperation with FIDEEvents Commission, is supported by the Asian Chess Federation, the African Chess Confederation, the European Chess Union, and the Confederation of Chess for Americas.

Female players from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas will compete in the Continental Online Blitz Qualification Tournaments first, and those who qualify will advance to the Queens’ Online Individual and Team Finals. Download Queens’ Online Chess Festival 2022 – presentation
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Begum Laila Alam 12^th FIDE Rating Women’s Chess Tournament, under the financial patronage of veteran chess player Begum Laila Alam and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation began from today (Thursday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room. Visit chess-results.com.

A total of 49 women including two Women Internationa Masters and 3 Women FIDE Masters are participating in this competition. Before start of the games the inauguration ceremony was held, Begum Laila Alam inaugurated the event as chief guest. WIM Rani Hamid and three sons of Begum Laila Alam: Wali Alam, Wazir Alam and Waqi Alam were present as special guests. Anjum Ara Aksir, Executive Member and Chairman of Women’s Committee presided over the ceremony and IO Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly Member of the Executive Committee and Member-Secretary of Women’s Committee of Bangladesh Chess Federation gave speech in the ceremony.

AThe competition is being held in a 7-round Swiss-league system and the winners will be awarded a total of eighty thousand Taka in cash prizes, crests, medals and certificates.

The Reigning National Chess Champion 17 year old FIDE Maste Susal de Silva of Nalanda College won the Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2022 for the 2^nd Successive year scoring 10 points out of possible 13 games. Susal who is one of the most promising Chess players in the country kept the lead from the beginning, beat his rival Ranindu Liyanage in the 8^th round which gave him the needed tie breaking points to win the National Chess Championship 2022 title Trophy, the Gold Medal and share of cash award of Rs. 112,500/=.

Susal beat AACB Amarasinghe, Isuru Alahakoon, Dhanushka Bandara, Chandana Wijekoon SDBK Senevirathne, Brijeash Sarawanabhawan, Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage and NPG Sithija Lahiru drew with  Nabil Nazar, KGTSD Kiriealla, Lisara Samadith Tennakoon  and Elath Mathanga De Silva and lost only one game to  Achinthya Shamane Kaluarachchi to earn 10 points.

Top seed FIDE Master, Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage of Ananda College also scored ten points out of possible 13 games but had to satisfy himself with the Silver Medal due to the lack of tie breaking points. Ranindu beat  Brijeash Sarawanabhawan, KGTSD Kiriealla, NPG Sithija Lahiru, Elath Mathanga, Achintha Shyamane Kaluarachchi, Lisara Samadith Tennakoon, AACB Amarasinghe, Dhanushka Bandara and SDBK Senevirathne, drew with  Chandana Wijekoon, & Nabil Nazar and lost two games to the Champion Susal and Isuru Alahakoon to reach 10 points, Silver Medal and Share of cash award of Rs. 112,500/=.

FIDE Master, Isuru Alahakoon of Sri Lanka Navy managed to place 3^rd with 8 ½ points out of 13 games. Isuru beat Elath Mathanga De Silva, Chandana Wijekoon, Nabil Nazar, Ranindu Liyanage, AACB Amarasinghe, Dhanushka Bandara and SDBK Senevirathne, drew with Brijeash Saravanabhawan, KGTSD Kiriella and NPG Sithija Lahiru and lost to LMST De Silva, Achinthya Shamane Kaluarachchi and Lisara Tennakoon to win the bronze Medal with Rs. 40,000/= Thumula Kiriella  of Maliyadeva College scored 8 points and earned Rs. 20,000/= while Nabil Nazar Mohomed of Gateway College scored 7 ½ points to place 5^th and earn Rs. 10,000/=. In cash.

Four times Women’s National Champion, Women International Master, Sachini Ranasinghe won her 5^th Women’s National Chess Championship title convincingly scoring 9 points out of possible 13 games. She beat Pasindi Wijesuriya, Oneli Vithanawasam, Janandani Abeysinghe, Nemindi Ramanayake, Tiumi Yashora, WMMN Wijesinghe and Wishwara Mapa, drew with Yasasi Abeysekara, Chamodya Yapabandara, Desandi Gamage and Esha Mihisha Pallie with two loses against Sanudula Dahamdi and Minethma Wickramasinghe. She earned the Women’s National Chess Champion Trophy, Gold Medal and Rs. 100,000/= in Cash.

Desandi Dihansa Gamage of Sirimavo Bandaranaike College won the 2^nd spot with 8 ½ points out of 13 games. She scored wins against Tiyumi Yashora, Wishwara Mapa, Pasinidi Wijesuriya, Oneli Vithanawasam, Chamodya Yapabandara, Minethma Wickramasinghe and Yasasi Geemini Abeysekara, drew with Sanudula Dahamdi, Sachini Ranasinghe and Nemindi Ramanayake with two losses to WMMN Wijesinghe and Esha Pallie to earn the Bronze medal with Rs. 25,000/= in cash.

Janandani Abeysinghe of NSBM Green University managed to win the 3^rd place with 8 points. She beat Sanudula Dahamdi, Oneli Vithanawasam, Yasasi Geemini Abeysekara, Minethma Wickramasinghe, Nemindi Ramanayake, Desandi Gamage and Wishwara Mapa, Drew with Esha Pallie and Pasinidi Wijesuriya and lost 4 games to Sachini Ranasinghe, Chamodya Yapabandara, Tiyumi Yashora and WMMN Wijesinghe to earn the Bronze Medal with Rs. 25,000/- in cash.  Pasindi Yathra Wijesuriya of Passed Pawn Chess Club scored 7 ½ points out of 13 games to earn 4^th place with Rs. 15,000/- while Minethma Lasandi Wickramasinghe scored 7 points each with Wishwara Mapa and earn 5^th place on better tie breaker.

The top five players in both events are selected to the Sri Lanka National Open and Women Chess Teams which participate in the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022 in India.

The Golden Jubilee year Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2022 – Open & Women’s was conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka for a half a million Cash fund. The best 14 players of each section in Sri Lanka was competed in round Robin system in 13rounds for the supremacy.

The Awards Ceremony of the event was held on 1^st May at Hotel Taj Samudra just after the final round. Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya, President CFSL, General Secretary of the Commonwealth Chess Association and Mr. Wong, Deputy General Manager – Product of SLT Mobitel being the Main Sponsor of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka distributed the Awards for the National Champions.

The games can be taken from

Sri Lanka National Chess Championship – 2022

Link https://view.livechesscloud.com#97a5d9b6-d404-4667-b072-395ad40a3e9a

 

Sri Lanka Women’s National Chess Championship – 2022

Link https://view.livechesscloud.com#bc74da78-0d23-4c09-8c81-d5ac51ce9e13

 

The Final Standings

 

Open – Final Ranking in 13 Rounds
Rk.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1
1	De Silva L M S T	2162	Nalanda College	10	1
2	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan	2345	Ananda College	10	0
3	Alahakoon Isuru	2014	Sri Lanka NAVY	8.5	0
4	Kiriella K G T S D	1737	Maliyadeva College	8	0
5	Nabil Nazar Mohamed	1680	Gateway College	7.5	0
6	Kaluarachchi Achinthya S	1801	St Mary’s College	6.5	0
7	Senevirathne S D B K	1757	Maliyadeva College	6	1
8	Bandara Dhanushka	1882	Kandy YMCA CC	6	0
9	Tennakoon Lisara Samadhith	1680	Dharmaraja College	5.5	1
10	Amarasinghe A A C B	1855	Super Knights CC	5.5	0
11	Lahiru N P G Sithija	1783	Uni of Moratuwa	5	0
12	Saravanabaavan Brijeash	1643	Gateway College	4.5	1
13	Wijekoon Chandana	1823	Sri Lanka NAVY	4.5	0
14	De Silva Elath Mathanga	1816	IFS R&D International	3.5	0

 

 

Women – Final Ranking after 13 Rounds
Rk.	Name	Rtg	Club/City			Pts.	TB1
1	WIM  Ranasinghe S D	1698	Grand Prix Chess Club			9	0
2	Gamage Desandhi Dhihansa	1447	Sirimavo Bandaranaike V.			8.5	0
3	Abeysinghe H M H Janandani	1465	NSBM Green University			8	0
4	WCM  Wijesuriya G P Y	1581	Passed Pawn CC			7.5	0
5	WCM  Wickramasinghe Minethma	1527	Sujatha Vidyalaya			7	1.5
6	WCM  Sanudula K M Dahamdi	1710	Musaeus College			7	1
7	Mapa M M W H	1587	Girl’s High School			7	0.5
8	Pallie Ehsha Mishela	1475	Visakha Vidyalaya			6.5	0
9	Abeysekara Yasasi Geemini	1324	Sujatha Vidyalaya			6	1
10	Wijesinghe W M M N	1509	Girl’s High School			5	38.8
11	Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya	1387	Bandaranayake Central			4	27.3
12	Vithanawasam Oneli	1449	Lyceum International			2	28.8
13	Yapa Bandara Chamodya	1533	Girl’s High School			3	31
14	Yashora Tiumi	1624	University of Colombo			2	27.3