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New Delhi (27 March 2022) :-  With just two rounds remaining, the 19^th edition of Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess tournament is heading for an exciting finish as top seed National Champion Arjun Erigaisi along with compatriots Harsha Bharathakoti and D Gukesh are now leading the point table with seven points. Visit delhichess.com and chess-results.com.

The eighth round of the tournament witnessed fierce battles which produced decisive results on top six boards as Arjun Erigaisi annihilated former national champion Lalith Babu M R in 28 moves arrived out of Scotch game while Harsha shocked second seed Grandmaster Pavel Ponkratov of Russia with light colour pieces in a Semi-Slav game after 58 moves.

Meanwhile the youngest Indian in history to secure the Grandmaster title D Gukesh joined the Telangana duo of Arjun and Harsha at leader board after beating Karthik Venkataraman with dark colour pieces in a Queen’s Gambit Declined game that lasted just 29 moves.

Defending champion Abhijeet Gupta along with fifth seed Sethuraman S P, International Master Neelash Saha and Iranian FIDE Master Kian Seyed Poormosavi are occupying the joint fourth spot with a drift of half point from the leaders. Abhijeet defeated CRG Krishna while Sethu got the better of Ortik Nigmatov of Uzbekistan. Neelash stunned fourth seed Neuris Delgado Ramirez of Paraguay and Poormosavi beat Deepan Chakkaravarthy in the eighth-round encounter.

In the all-important penultimate round tomorrow, Arjun pitted against Gukesh on top board while Harsha will fight it out with Neelash Saha.

Philippine boys team and Indian girls team lead their respective divisions after 6 rounds of the Asian Under-14 Chess Team Championship held on the Tornelo platform. Visit chess-results.com

The Philippine boys team is composed of:

Bo.	Name	Rtg	FED
1	Buto Al-Basher	1320	PHI
2	Reyes Oshrie Jhames	1136	PHI
3	Casiguran Phil Martin	0	PHI
4	Macabulos Pat Ferdolf	1182	PHI
5	Reyes Prince Jhamie	0	PHI

Here are boys standings after 6 rounds.

The India-A Girls team is composed of

Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Mallick Mrittika	1278	IND
2	WCM	Alana Meenakshi Kolagatla	1193	IND
3		M Sreekumar Anupam	1330	IND
4		Halder Sneha	1225	IND
5		Myra Singh	1360	IND

Here are girls standings after six rounds.

FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia of Bangladesh Ansar became unbeaten champion in the Golden Jubilee Independence Day FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament, On the occasion of the celebration of Golden Jubilee of Independence Day, under the patronage of Saif Powertech Limited and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation was held today (Saturday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room.

FM Tahsin earned 8 points to clinch the title. GM Enamul Hossain Razib of SAIf Sporting Club became runner-up and IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh Police became 3^rd with 7½ points each. Md. Abu Hanif of Access club became 4^th with 7 points.

Eight players earned 6½ points. In tie-breaking system, their positions are: 5^th-FM Khandekar Aminul Islam of Bangladesh Navy, 6^th– gM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh Police, 7^th-FM Subrota Biswas of Bangladesh Navy, 8^th-IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh Navy, 9^th-Swarnavo Choudhury of Bangladesh Ansar, 10^th– Golam Mostafa bhuiyan of Sheikh Russel Chess Club, 11^th-Md Azmaeen Parvez Sayor and 12^th-Anat Choudhury of Rupali Bank Krira Parisad.

Four players become 13^th to 16^th positions with 6 points each: They are: CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy, CM Ikramul Haq Siam of Uttara Central Chess Club and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Bangladesh Police.

Special prizes went to: WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin, WCM Ahmed Walijah, Delwar Hossain, Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, Md. Sajidul Haque and Sakline Mostafa Sajid.

In the morning K M Shahidullah, Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation was inaugurated before the start of the games. Masudur Rahman Mallik, Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation, GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Enamul Hossain Razib, Mahmud Ali Ferdous, former national chess player & County Supervisor of Colombia County in USA, IO Mahmuda Hoque Chowdhury Moly, Executive Member of Bangladesh Chess Federation and IA Md Haroon Or Rashid were present in the inauguration ceremony.

In the 6^th round games: GM Razib beat GM Zia, FM Amindrew with FM Tahsin, IM Minha zdrew with FM Lavlu, IM Fahad beat Feroz Ahmed, FM Subrota beat FM mohammad Javed, Abzid drew with Jabed, CM Siam beat Mihir Lal Das, CM Sharon beat CM Md Shawket Osman Shaon, Sayor beat CM md. Sharif Hossain, and Mostafa beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag. In 7^th round games: GM Razib drew with FM Subrota, GM Zia drew with CM Siam, IM Fahad beat FM Amin, FM Tahsin beat CM Sharon, IM Minhaz beat Jabed, Abzid beat FM Lavlu and Mostafa beat Sayor. In 8^th round: FM Tahsin beat GM Razib, IM Fahad drew with IM Minhaz, GM Zia beat Abzid, FM Subrota beat CM Siam, FM Amin beat Mostafa, CM Mahtab beat Feroz, Hanif beat Aminul, Anata beat F M Javed, Swarnavo beat CM Sharon and Sajid beat CM Sharif. In 9^th round: FM Tahsin  beat GM Zia, IM Fahad beat FM Subrota, GM Razib beat CM Mahtab, Anata drew with IM Minhaz, Swarnavo drew with FM Amin, Hanif beat Sajid, Mostafa beat Abzid, FM Nasir drew with CM Siam and FM Parag drew with Jabed.

Total 110 players including 2 grandmasters, 3 International Masters, 1 Woman International Master, 7 FIDE Master, 1 Woman FIDE Master, 8 Candidate Master and 2 Women’s Candidate Masters take part in the whole day’s 9-round Swiss-League system event.

Grandmaster and National Champion Arjun Erigaisi stormed his way back in the joint lead by defeating International Master Shyam Nikhil in the seventh round of the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament now underway here at Tivoli Resort Hotel. Visit delhichess.com and chess-results.com.

With this victory, he joined Grandmaster Lalith Babu M R and Grandmaster Karthik Venkataraman (photo above) who drew their game at the top of the table.

International Master Nigmatov Ortik from Uzbekistan also claims his spot at the top of the table after his well-fought draw with Grandmaster Sethuraman S.P.

Grandmaster Gukesh D’s thrilling endgame skills against Iran’s International Master Tahbaz Arash steered him to join the tabletop along with Grandmaster Harsha Bharathakoti who defeated Woman Grandmaster Srija Seshadri.

With the top of the table looking strong and ever so competitive, we can only hope to witness some top-class gameplays and be ready for some good results.

New Delhi (25 March 2022) :-  Grand Master and former Commonwealth Champion M R Lalith Babu nosed ahead of the field defeating young International Master Shahil Dey in the fifth round of the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament now underway here at Tivoli Gardens. Visit delhichess.com and chess-results.com.

With his fifth victory in as many games, Lalith who is coming fresh from winning as many as four international events in different countries, maintained a clean slate at the halfway stage of this 25 Lakh prize money tournament.

Arjun Erigaisi’s winning run was halted by fellow P Iniyan (photo above) who played out a draw with pieces. Arjun now shares the second spot with Iniyan and seven others with 4.5 points apiece.  With five rounds still to come, as many as 30 players are on the toes of these nine with four points each in their kitty.

Lalith capitalized on a massive oversight by Shahil Dey. Starting out with the Larsen opening, Shahil Dey got an even middle game as Lalith Babu meticulously developed his forces. On the 24th move disaster struck Dey as he thought he was playing the winning move through a Knight sacrifice but overlooked a deft reply that turned the tables immediately. Lalith who has been in exemplary form did not give a second chance and wrapped the issue in 39 moves.

Iniyan employed a topical variation to counter Arjun’s Sicilian Sveshnikov. The middle game was interestingly poised when Iniyan parted with his queen for two rooks but his earlier sacrifice had meant that Arjun also had an extra pawn. However with a handful of extra pawns Iniyan made another sacrifice to create a brilliant fortress where Arjun’s Queen was helpless against a lone rook. The game was drawn after 41 moves.

The Online Asian Nations Cup 2022 – Under 14 has started on Torenlo, organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation. Participating are 34 teams from 12 countries, namely Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Hong Kong, India, Maldives, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and UAE. The event is held according to the Swiss System for teams in 9 rounds in two categories Open and Girls. Each country is allowed to include 2 teams for each category where the host country has the right of entering three teams each. Visit chess-results.com.

India and Singapore are on top with full six points out of 3 matches in Open section while India dominates in Girls section with full 6 points out of three games. Singapore Open Team I beat Bahrain (4-0), Mongolia (3-1) and Malaysia B (4-0) while India A beat Sri Lanka (Blue), PH Knights (Philippines) (3-1)and Singapore Team( 2 ½ – 1 ½ ) to reach the top the curtail match between India A Vs Singapore 1 is held as the 1^st game tomorrow. Six Teams. India B, Philippines A, Singapore Open 2, Malaysia B, Mongolia and Thailand are in the 3^rd spot with 4 match points out of 3 rounds.

India Women A team took the sole lead after 3 round scoring full 6 match points. They beat Sri Lanka Team (Red) (3-1), Hong Kong Girls (4-0) and New Zealand Girls (4-0) to reach 6 match points. Singapore Girls Team 1 is in the 2^nd spot with 5 match points where they beat Singapore Girls 2 (3-1), India Team B (2 ½ -1 ½) and drew with Philippines Girls (2-2) to score 5 match points. Mongolia Girls, Malaysia Team A, Sri Lanka (Red) and New Zealand Girls are in the 3^rd place with 4 match points.

A small attractive opening Ceremony was held at the start of the event with the participation of Asian Chess Federation Officials. There are 3 rounds each on Saturday & Sunday starting from 11.30 a.m. Sri Lanka time.

 

15 year Old SDBK Seneviratne (above left) of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala and Minethma Lasandi Wickramasinghe (above right) of Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara won the Sri Lanka National (Premier Division) Chess Championships 2022, Open and Girlsevents respectively. Seneviratne who was having a perfect score till 7^th round had two losses in a row at 8^th and 9^th rounds recovered well in the final round to tie with three more players for the first place and won the Championship with the better tie breaker. He beat Sand wiaru Galukagama, Daham Jayasundara, Lahiru Manuranga, Buddhika Amarasinghe, Dhanushka Bandara, Chandana Wijekoon, Isuru Alahakoon and Jenith Weerathunga while losing to Lisara Tennakoon and Nabil Nazar Mohamed to earn 8 points and the title.

Veteran, four times National Chess Champion, Isuru Alahakoon of Sri Lanka Navy also had a good performance to score 8 points and placed 2^nd according to the tie breaker. Isuru beat SMHD Sathkumara, Marlon Fernando, Malith Madusanka, S Sivathanujan, Osheen De Silva, KGSTD Kiriella and Lisara tennakoon, drew with Chandana Wijekoon and Dhanushka Bandara with only lost to the winner SDBK Senevirathne to score 8 points.

Nabil Nazar Mohamed of Gateway College beat Induwara Wijewickrama, Chamin Vithanage, OLB Yatawara, RMISA Rathnayake, Achintha Shamain Kaluarachchi, Sithija Lahiru and SDBK Senevirathne, drew with B Janukshan and Brijeash Saravanabhavan to reach 8 points and 3^rd place on the tie breaker.

Brijeash Saravanabhawan of Gateway College also made his best performance in an event so far to tie for the 1^st place but had to satisfy with the 4^th place according to the tie breaker. He beat Vinsith Perera, Ramiru Gunawardena, Yasantha Jayaweera, Kevin Ranindu Silva, NPG Sithija Lahiru, MN Abdul Basith and Elath Mathanga De Silva, drew with Lisara Tennakkon and Nabil Nazar Mohamed with only one lost to Chandana Wijekoon. All four players shared the total cash award of Rs. 140,000/- as Rs. 35,000/= per each player.

Eleven players, DBK Senevirathne, Isuru Alahakoon, Nabil Nazar Mohamed, Brijeash Saravanabhavan, Lisara Tennakoon (Dharmaraja College), Elath Mathanga De Silva, Thumula Kiriella(Maliyadeva College), NPG Sithija Lahiru, Buddhika Amarasinghe(Super Knight CC), Achinth Shamain Kaluarachchi (St. Mary’s College, Kegalle) and Dhanushka Bandara(Kandy YMCA) Got selected to play the Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2022 – Finals with the directly qualified, regning National Chess Champion Susal De Silva of Nalanda College, over ELO 2300 players, Harshana Thilakarathne and Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage. Chandana Wijekoon of Sri Lanka Navy would be the 1^st standby player to replace if any of the 14 withdraws.

Minethma Lasandi Wickramasinghe also had 7 straight wins with Punsadi Devaraja, Hansali Thrinethsari, Pasindi Wijesuriya, Chethani Chamathka, Tharuli Ranganath, Devindya Oshini Gunawardena, Esha Pallie and Chamodya Yapabandara in the final round. She got a draw with WIM Sachini Ranasinghe in the penultimate round and lost only one game to Wishwara Mapa to score 8 ½ points and earn the ought right title with Rs. 50,000/= in cash.

Wishwara Mapa of Girls high Schools, Kandy also had an excellent performance to score 8 points out of 10 games and earn the 2^nd place with Rs. 25,000/- in cash. She beat U Vishlini, Ranumi Dange, Devindi Vithana, Javindi Akuratiya, Chanindi Mewna Attanayake, Minethma Lasandi Wickramasinghe and Desandi Dihansa Gamage, drew with Tiumi Yashora and Sanidula Dahamdi with a lost to Chethani Chamathka in the 2^nd round.

KM Dahamdi Sanudula of Musaeus College placed 3^rd with 7 ½ points out of 10 games and earn the Bronze Medal and Rs. 15,000/- in cash. She beat R Laxiha, Sumudu Wijesinghe, Nemindi Ramanayake, RGRDM Rajapakse, Chanethma Marasinghe, Janandani Abeysinghe and Esha Pallie, drew with Wishwara Mapa in the last round with two losses to Oneli Vithanawasam and Desandi Dihansa Gamage.

Thirteen players, Minetma, Mapa, Dahamdi, Desandi Dihansa Gamage (Sirimavo Bandaranaike BMV), WIM Sachini Ranasinghe(Grand Prix Chess Cliub), GPY Wijesuriya(Passed Pawn CC), Chamodya Yapabandara(Girls High School), Tiyumi Yashora(Colombo University), Esha Pallie(Visakha Vidyalaya), Janandani Abeysinghe (NSBM Green University), Oneli Vithanawasam(Lycium International School, Wattala), WMN Wijesinghe(Girls High School, Kandy) and Nemindi Linaya Ramanayake (Bandaranayake College) selected to play the Sri Lanka Women’s National Chess Championship 2022 – Finals with the reigning National Chess Champion, Niklesh Tharushi of Visakha Vidyalaya. Yasasi Geemini Abeysekara of Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara will be standby for any withdrawals.

The 3^rd Level of Sri Lanka National Chess Championships Cycle 2022(Open and Girls), the Sri Lanka National (Premier Division) CC, conducted by Chess Federation of Sri Lanka was held from 16^th to 20^th of March 2022 at Palm Beach Hotel, Mt. Lavinia with a total cash award of Rs. 230,000/=. Events are held according to the Swiss System in 10 rounds. Twenty Games of the events are live broadcasted everyday.

The Sri Lanka National/ Women’s National Chess Championships 2022 will be held in the last part of April 2022 in Colombo and details will be published soon.

 

 

Bangladesh Police became the undefeated champion in the Golden Jubilee of Independence Premier Division Chess League 2022, sponsored by Shah Cement and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation.

Bangladesh Police clinched the premier division chess league title with 20 points out of 11 games. This is the hat trick title win of Bangladesh Police in Premier Division Chess League. Earlier, Bangladesh Police also won the title in the 2019 and 2020 Premier Division Chess League.

Bangladesh Police team participated in the Premier Division Chess League this time represented by Captain-Dr. Shoaib Riaz Alam, Players-Indian National Champion GM Erigasi Arjun Indian National Runner-up GM D, Gukesh, GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and FM Master Mehdi Hasan Parag. In the last round match, Bangladesh Police drew with Bangladesh Biman by 2-2 game points.

Saif Sporting Club became runners-up and Bangladesh Biman became third. Saif Sporting Club and Bangladesh Biman both scored 18 points each in 11 games. In tie-breaking system Saif Sporting Club is runners-up with 31 game points and Bangladesh Biman is third with 28 game points. Saif Sporting Club was represented by Captain-IO Mahmuda Hoque Chowdhury Moly, Players-GM Niaz Murshed, Iranian GM Idani Pouya, Georgian GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili, National Champion GM Enamul Hossain Razib, GM Reefat Bin Sattar and FM Md. Taibur Rahman.

Bangladesh Biman was represented by Captain-Shakil Meraj, Players-Indian GM Abhimanyu Puranik, Indian GM Mitrabha Guha, IM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, CM Nayem Haque and Sadat Ibna Sultan.

Rupali Bank Sports Council became 4^th with 12 match points and 22.5 game points and Shahin Chess Club became 5^th with 12 match points and 22 game points. Manha’s Castle finished 6^th with 11 points. Titas Club became 7^th with 10 points, Uttara Central Chess Club 8^th with 8 match points and 21 game points, Leonine Chess Club became 9^th with 8 match points and 19.5 game points, Sheikh Russell Chess Club became 10^th with 6 match points, Bangladesh Navy became 11^th 6 points and Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society became 12^th with 2 points. Bangladesh Navy and Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society have been relegated to the first division.

Board Award: First Board-GM Niaz Murshed (Saif Sporting Club) 5.5 points, 2341 Rating Performance in 7 Games, 2^nd Board-GM Idani Pouya (Saif Sporting Club) 10 points in 11 Games, 2777 Rating Performance, 3^rd Board-GM Abhimanyu Puranik (Bangladesh Biman) 9.5 points, 2618 rating performance in 11 games, 4^th board – GM Mendonca Leon Luke (Manha’s Castle) 9.5, 2622 rating performance in 11 games, Additional 1^st board – GM Ziaur Rahman (Bangladesh Police) ) 4.5 points, 2475 rating performance in 7 games and additional 2^nd board-CM Saiful Islam Chowdhury (Titas Club) 4.5 points, 2211 rating performance in 8 games game.

The eleventh or final round match today (Sunday) morning. In the last round match, Saif Sporting Club defeated Sheikh Russell Chess Club by 3.5-0.5 game points, Rupali Bank Sports Council defeated Bangladesh Navy by 3-1 game points and Titas Club defeated Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society by 3-1 game points. Manha’s Castle drew with Shahin Chess Club by 2-2 game points and Uttara Central Chess Club drew with Leonine Chess Club by 2-2 game.

First Division Chess League at the same time, Sultana Kamal Smirity Pathagar has become the undefeated champion in the first division chess league. Sultana Kamal Smriti won the title by getting maximum 22 points in 11 games. On behalf of Sultana Kamal Smirity Pathagar, two Indian International Masters Harikrishnan A, Ra, Muthaiah Al, Afzal Hossain Sacchu, CM Md. Jamal Uddin, Mohammad Shameem (Captain) and Md. Saiful Islam participated.

Palli Sanchay Bank became runners-up with 16 points. On behalf of Palli Sanchay Bank, IM of India Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad, Subhayan Kundu of India, Anichuzzaman Jewel (Captain), Mohammad Aminul Islam, CM Avik Sarkar and A, B, Bappi participated respectively.

Dhaka Chess Club became 3^rd with 16 points. Participated on behalf of Dhaka Chess Club – Sourath Biswas of India, Alekhya Mukherjee of India, Md. Ratan Ali (Captain), Delwar Hossain, Md. Asifur Rahman and Nurul Islam Emon.

Khelaghor Daba Sangah, Gopalganj became 4^th with 11 points. Other positions are: 5^th– Esoft Arena Chess Club, Point-10, 6^th-Access Club, Match Point-9, Game Point-21, 7^th-Mir Chess Club, Match Point-9, Game Point-20, 8^th-Journalist Shahnoor Khan Smriti Sangsad, Match Point-9, Game Point-18.5, 9^th-Sonali Bank Sports & Club, Point-8, 10^th-Kasparov Chess Club, Match Point-7, Game Point-20, 11^th-Basir Memorial Chess Club, Match Point-7, Game Point-16.5 and 12^th-Agrani Bank Chess Team, Point-6. Board Award: 1^st Board – Sourath Biswas (Dhaka Chess Club) 8 points out of 10 games, 2246 rating performance, 22^nd Board-IM Dhulipall Bala Chandra Prasad (Palli Sanchay Bank) 10 points, 2394 Rating Performance in 11 Games, 3^rd Board-IM Muthaiah Al (Sultana Kamal Smirity Pathagar) 10 points, 2307 Rating Performance in 11 Games, 4^th Board-Aishwin Daniel (Khelaghor Daba Sangah, Gopalganj) 6.5 points, 2187 Rating Performance in 8 games, Additional Board-1 Shreshtha Surai (Access Club) 6 points in 11 Games, 1954 Rating Performance and Additional Board 2 – Feroz Ahmed (Sonali Bank Sports and Recreation Club) 5.5 points, 2000 rating performance in 9 games. 11^th or last round match is held today (Sunday) in the sports room of Bangladesh Chess Federation. In the last round match, Sultana Kamal Smriti Pathagar defeated Khelaghor Chess Association, Gopalganj by 3-1 game points, Palli Sanchay Bank defeated Basir Memorial Chess Club by 4-0 game points, Access Club defeated Agrani Bank Chess Team by 2.5-1.5 game points. Kasparov Chess Club gets a walk-over against Esoft Arena Chess Club. Dhaka Chess Club drew with Sonali Bank Sports and Recreation Club, Mir Chess Club drew with Journalist Shahnoor Khan Smriti Sangsad by 2-2 game points. Champion Sultana Kamal Smriti Pathagar and Runners-up Palli Sanchay Bank has been promoted to the Premier Division. Basir Memorial Chess Club and Agrani Bank Daba Dal have been relegated to the second division.

The prize-distribution and closing ceremony was held tonight (Sunday) at the Banquet Hall of Radisson Blu Water Garden in Dhaka. Honorable Inspector General of Bangladesh Police and President of the Bangladesh Chess Federation Dr. Benazir Ahmed, BPM (Bar) distributed prizes among the winners as the chief guest.

Tarafdar Md. Ruhul Amin, Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation and Managing Director of Saif Powertech Ltd. presided over the awards ceremony.

Abu Saeed Chowdhury, Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation and Deputy Managing Director of Abul Khair Group, Freedom Fighter Brigadier General (Retd.) Shahidullah Chowdhury (photo above), Executive Director of Abul Khair Group, K M Shahidullah, Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Syed Shahab Uddin Shamim, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation and President of FIDE Zone 3.2 (photo below).

Dr. Shoaib Riaz Alam Additional DIG of Bangladesh Police and Joint-Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation (photo above),  Masudur Rahman Mallick, Joint-Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation and Mahir Ali Khan Ratul, Treasurer of Bangladesh Chess Federation were present as special guests in the ceremony. Premier Division Champion Team Bangladesh Police was awarded one lac twenty five thousand, Trophy and Medal, Runners-up Saif Sporting Club received seventy five thousand taka, Trophy and Medal and Third Bangladesh Biman received fifty thousand taka, Trophy and Medal, First Division Chess League champion Sultana Kamal Smriti Patahgar received fifty thousand taka, trophy and medal, Runners-up Palli Sanchay Bank received thirty thousand taka, trophy and medal and the third Dhaka Chess Club received twenty, trophy and medal. The best player on each board in the Premier Division was given a cash prize of ten thousand Taka each and a medal and The best player on each board in the 1^st Division was given a cash prize of five thousand Taka each and a medal.

Roll of Honor:

1^st Division Chess League

 

Roll of honor:

1977-Mohammadan S.C.,1980-Bangladesh Biman,1981-Mohammdan S.C.,1982-Brothers Union,1983-Bangladesh Biman,1984-Bangladesh Ansar,1985-Bengal Group, 1986, 1987-Brothers Union, 1988-Brothers Union,1989-Brothers Union,1990-Bangladesh Biman, 1991-Bangladesh Biman,1992-Bangladesh Biman,1993-Brothers Union,1994-Brothers Union, 1995-Mohammdan S.C.,1996-Mohammadan S.C.,1997-Leonine Chess Club,1998-Bangladesh Biman

1999-Bangladesh Biman,2000-Titas Club,2001-Bangladesh Biman,2002-Bangladesh Biman

2003-Bangladesh Biman,2004-Leonine Chess Club,2005-Leonine Chess Club,2006-Bangladesh Biman,2007-Bangladesh Biman,2008-Destiny 2000 Limited,2009-Bangladesh Biman, 2010-Bangladesh Biman,2011-Farashganj Sporting Club, 2012- Leonine Chess Club, 2013-Fire Service & Civil Defense Sports Club, 2014-Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club,2015- Fire Service & Civil Defense Sports Club,2016-Access Chess Club, 2017-Esoft Arena Chess Club,2018- Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society,2019- Leonine Chess Club, 2020- Champion-Rupali Bank Krira Parisad, Runners-Up : Manha’s Castle, 2021- Champion-Sultana Kamal Smnirity Patahgar, Runners-Up-Palli Sanchay Bank.

 

Premier Division Chess League

 

2011-Champion-Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club, Runners-Up-Bangladesh Biman

2012- Champion-Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club, Runners-Up- Duronto Rajshahi

2013- Champion-Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club, Runners-Up-Bangladesh Navy

2014-Champion- Bangladesh Navy, Runners-Up- Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club

2015-Champion-Sheikh Russell Memorial Chess Club, Runners-Up-Bangladesh Navy,

2016-Champion-SAIF Sporting Club, Runners-Up- Sheikh Russell Memorial Chess Club

2017-Champion-Bengal Chess Club, Runners-Up-SAIF Sporting Club

2018-Champion- SAIF Sporting Club, Runners-Up-Bangladesh Navy

2019-Champion-Bangladesh Police, Runners-Up- SAIF Sporting Club

2020- Champion-Bangladesh Police, Runners-Up-Shahin Chess Club

2021- Champion-Bangladesh Police, Runners-Up-Saif Sporting Club

Youth players SDBK Seneviratne (Maliyadeva College), Brijeash Saravanabawan (Gateway International School) and Lisara Sandamith Tennakoon (Dharmaraja College) are leading the Sri Lanka National (Premier Division) CC 2022 scoring 7 points out of possible 8 games. Only two more games to be played tomorrow. Seneviratne had a perfect score till round 7 but lost his last game to Lisara Tennakookn. Lisara drew two games with NPG Sithija Lahiru and MN Abdul Bhashith while Bridjeash lost only one game to Chandana Wijekoon to reach 7 points.

Monethma Lasandi Wickramasinghe of Sujatha Vidyalaya had a great event where she score straight 7 points  but lost her last game to Wishwara Mapa of Girls High School Kandy. Mapa also lost one game to Chethani Chamathka and drew with senior player, Tiyumi Yashora who is in action after several years.

The Final two rounds will be held tomorrow.

The 3^rd Level of Sri Lanka National Chess Championships Cycle 2022(Open and Girls), the Sri Lanka National (Premier Division) CC is conducted by Chess Federation of Sri Lanka from 16^th to 20^th of March at Palm Beach Hotel, Mt. Lavinia with a Rs. 230,000/=. Events are held according to the Swiss System in 10 rounds.

Twelve players will be qualified to most prestigious Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2022 – finals from the Open section while almost top 14 players will be selected for the Sri Lanka Women’s National Chess Championship 2022 from the Women event. The reigning National Chess Champion, FIDE Master, Susal De Silva of Nalanda College and FIDE Master with 2348 FIDE Ratings and International Master with a rating of 2398, Harshana Thilakaratne are directly qualified for the Open event while Niklesha Tharushi of Visakha Vidyalaya, being the current Women’s National Chess Champion is selected to women’s National CC Finals. But, unfortunately, Harshana and Niklesha has opted to stay out of the finals due to their academic involvements.

Public links to tournaments

Sri Lanka National B Chess Championship – 2022*

Link https://view.livechesscloud.com#8f7361bb-70e5-427e-b2a8-fdeeb17b0b10

 

Sri Lanka Women’s National B Chess Championship – 2022

Link https://view.livechesscloud.com#b88bd52d-34d6-4b2a-ba7c-705ea4092e33

 

Reigning premier league champion Bangladesh Police is now solely lead in the points table with 17 points after end of the 9^th round matches of the Golden Jubilee of Independence Premier Division Chess League powered by Shah Cement and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation now being held at the Crown Hall-Room of Asia Hotel & Resorts in Topkhana Road, Dhaka. Bangladesh Biman is in 2^nd psotion with 16 points and SAIF Sporting Club is in 3^rd position with 14 points.

9^th round matches were held today (Friday). In the 9^th round matches, Bangladesh Police drew with SAIF Sporting Club by 2-2 game points. Indian GM D Gukesh of Bangladesh Police won against GM Enamul Hossain Razib of SAIF Sporting Club, Iranian GM Idani Pouya beat GM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib of Bangladesh Police. Indian GM Erigaisi Arjun and GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh Police drew with Georgian GM Mikheil Mchedlisvili and GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Saif Sporting Club.

Bangladesh Biman lost to Titas Club by 1½-2½ game points. FM Mohammed Abdul Malek of Titas Club beat FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia of Bangladesh Biman, FM Md Saif Uddin Lavlu, Indian IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh and Indian GM Himanshu Sharma of Titas drew with IM Abu Sufian Shakil, Indian GM Abhimanyu Puranik Indian GM Mitabha Guha of Bangladesh Biman respectively.

Shahin Chess Club beat Sheikh Russel Chess Club by 2½-1½game points. Indian IM Aditya Mittal of Shahin Chess Club won against GM Diptayan Ghosh of Sheikh Russel Chess Club. CM Shawket Bin Osman Shaon, Indian IM V Pranav and FM Debaraj Chatterjee of Shahin Chess Club drew with Showat Hossaibn Pollab, Indian GM Shyam Sundar and Shafiq Ahmed of Sheikh Russel Chess Club respectively.

Rupali Bank Krira Parisad beat Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society by 2½-1½game points. Indian GM Srinath Narayanan and Anata Choudhury of Rupali Bank Krira Parisad won against Indian FM S Harshad and Mihir Lal Das of Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society respectively. FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman of Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society won against CM Sadnan Hasan Dihan of Rupali Bank Krira Parisad. Indian FM Panesar Vedant of Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society drew with Indian GM Sankalp Gupta of Rupali Bank Krira Parisad.

Manha’s Castle beat Uttara Central Chess Club by 3-1 game points. CM Sohel Chowdhury and Indian GM Harsha Bharathakoti of Manha’s Castle won against CM Manon Reja Neer and Indian IM Bharath Subramanyiam of Uttara Central Chess Club respectively. Indian GM Mendonca Leon Luke and Md. Masum Hossain of Manha’s Castle drew with Indian FM Nitish Belurkar and CM Ikramul Haq Siam of Uttara Central Chess Club respectively.

Leonine Chess Club beat Bangladesh Navy by 2½-1½game points. Indian IM Srijit Paul and Indian IM Aronyak Ghosh of Leonine Chess Club won against IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin and CM Md. Sharif Hossain of Bangladesh Navy. FM Subrota Biswas of Bangladesh Navy beat Asif Mahmud of Leonine Chess Club. Md. Abzid Rahman of Leonine Chess Club drew with FM Khandekar Aminul Islam of Bangladesh Navy.

 The 10^th or penultimate round matches will start tomorrow (Saturday) from 3:00 PM at Crown-Hall in Asia Hotel & Resorts. 10^th round games are: Saif Sporting Club Vs. Bangladesh Navy, Rupali Bank Krira Parisad Vs. Leonine Chess Club, Uttara Central Chess Club Vs. Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society, Titas Club Vs. Manha’s Castle, Shahin Chess Club Vs Bangladesh Biman and Bangladesh Police Vs. Sheikh Russel Chess Club.

1^st Division Chess League

Sultana Kamal Smriti Pathagar is now solely lead in the points table with maximum 18 points after 9^th round games of the Golden Jubilee of Independence 1^st Division Chess League is now being held at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Dhaka Chess Club is in 2^nd position with 15 points. Palli Sanchay Bank is in 3^rd position with 14 points. The 9^th round matches were held today (Friday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. In the 9^th round matches, Sultana Kamal Smriti Patahgar beat Sonali Bank Sports and Recreation Club by 2½-1½ game points, Dhaka Chess Club beat Agrani Bank Daba Dal by 4-0 game points, Palli Sanchay Bank beat Khelaghor Daba Sangha, Gopalganj by 3½-½ game points, Sangbadik Shahnoor Khan Smriti Sangsad drew with Access Chess Club by 2-2 game points, Mir Chess Club drew with Kasparov Chess Club by 2-2 game points, Esoft Arena Chess Club drew with Basir Memorial Chess Club by 2-2 games. 10^th or penultimate round match will start tomorrow (Saturday) from 3-00 PM in Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room.