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LMST De Silva of Nalanda College won the 7th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2020 convincingly scoring 9 points out of possible 11 Games. He Drew the final Game with EDS Chandula of Colombo University to make the supremacy. LMST is one of the most promising Chess Players in Sri Lanka who came to the National Team last year being a 13 year boy. He earned Rs. 50,000/= with the Gold medal and the trophy. GC Anuruddha who drew with Young Kevin Ranindu Silva of St. Benedict’s College to score 8 ½ points out of 11 games to placed 1st Runner up. Kevin had to satisfy with the 3rd place with the total of 8 points. Anuruddha received Rs. 30,000/= with the Silver Medal. It is also a good achievement for Kevin who is National Under 16 Champion now since this is one of the most strongest Chess events in the country. He is awarded Rs. 20,000/= with the Bronze Medal. Minul Doluweera placed 4th to receive Rs. 10,000/= while International Master, Romesh Weerawardena placed 5th with Rs. 5,000/=.

The prize distribution was held with Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya, General Secretary of South Asian Chess Council and the Commonwealth Association and the vice President of Asian Chess Federation as the Chief Guest just after the event.

The 7th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2020 was conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka from 11th to 19th July 2020 at the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka with a prize fund of Rupees 115,000/=. Leading 12 Chess players in the country participated in this 11 round, Round Robin Chess Championship.

Final Round Results.

1. AACB Amarasinghe Drew with Minul Doluweera

2. Chandana Wijekoon Drew with Dimuthu Abeywardena

3. EDS Chandula Drew with LMST De Silva

4. Thisal Piyumantha Drew with Elath Mathanga De Silva

5. Kevin Ranindu Silva Drew with GC Anuruddha

6. Romesh Weerawardena Beat Jenith Wiratunge

Standings after final Round

1. LMST De Silva (FM) 9

2. GC Anuruddha (FM) 8 1/2

3. Kevin Ranindu Silva (CM) 8

4. Minul Doluweera (CM) 7 1/2

5. Romesh Weerawardena (IM) 6

6. Elath Mathanga De Silva 5 ½

7. Thisal Manjith Piyumantha 5

8. Chandana Wijekoon 4 ½

9. EDS Chandula 3 ½

10. AACB Amarasinghe 3 ½

11. Dimuthu Abeywardena 3

12. Jenith Wiratunge 3

The Sri Lanka Women’s Grand Prix will be started on saturday, the 25th of July 2020 at the same venue.

Asian Seniors Zone 3.2 starts 3pm Bangladesh time today Friday 17 July. Watch games live

Seniors Over-50 at https://bit.ly/2DKQqP2

Seniors Over-65 at https://bit.ly/3j5zOSi

See results and standings in chess-results.com for all Zones.

Attention All Players in Asian Seniors Online Chess Championship

Complete your registration:

Please register your FIDE name in your Chess.com profile and upload your ID photo. You should join your respective Zonal chess club in chess.com.

Zone 3.2: https://www.chess.com/club/asian-seniors-zone-3-2

Zone 3.3: https://www.chess.com/club/asian-seniors-zone-3-3

Zone 3.4: https://www.chess.com/club/asian-senior-zone-3-4

Zone 3.7: https://www.chess.com/club/asian-senior-zone-3-7

Join your respective club. Otherwise we cannot find you in the tournament and you cannot be paired and have to be removed from the list.

1 hour before start:

Zoom login opens one hour before start of game. You should login to zoom with your real name in English (Latin characters). We will begin the roll call and proctor position of your zoom camera.

30 minutes before start:

If we cannot see you in the zoom room when we call your name, you are considered withdrawn and shall be removed from the pairing list.

15 minutes before start

Login with your laptop to chess.com/live. Otherwise we get the message “player not online”. If you are not in chess.com/live 15 minutes before the start you will be removed from pairing.

You must play on laptop or desktop for screen to be clearly seen on zoom camera. If you do not have laptop 15 minutes before start you will be removed from pairing list.

You should position your zoom camera to show your profile and screen as in photo with adequate lighting. We shall use only one zoom camera in the Zonals.

Starting time:

Pairing will be uploaded starting 10am UAE time. Be ready when the chess clock starts. Disconnection will be scored by Chess.com as a loss. Do not leave your seat during the game. You can go to toilet between rounds. The next round starts 5 minutes after last game. You can check pairings and standings at chess-results.com. Link will be sent via zoom chat.

You are responsible for your internet connection and the working of your computer and zoom. Keep your zoom video and microphone switched on.

During the lunch break stay logged on to chess.com. Do not log out or it will be difficult to log back in and you will lose by disconnection.

Download list of players Asian Seniors – participants by Zone July 13⇑

 

Watch live games of the Asian Seniors Online Chess Championship Zone 3.1 Over-50 and Over-65 in Chess.com.

Here is the link to chess-results.com for Zone 3.1 both over-50 and over-65

http://chess-results.com/tnr530323.aspx?lan=1&art=0&turdet=YES&flag=30

Games start 10am (UAE time GMT +4) and you can watch live games at
Over 50: https://bit.ly/32dNswH
Over 65: https://bit.ly/300WhHE

Download list of players. Asian Seniors – participants by Zone July 10

Asian Seniors – Participants Alphabetical July 10

Zoom Invitations have been sent to players. Only Arbiters and players should be in Zoom rooms.

 

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is starting activities with the 7th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2020 to be held from 11th to 19th of July 2020. The event is the strongest event with participation of 12 players out of top fifteen ranks in the country. They will compete for the supremacy in 11 round Round Robin tournament for the crown. The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is offering a total cash award of Rs. 115,000/- , Giving Rs. 50,000/= as the first price. The CFSL has arranged to broadcast all games  live!

Participants

1. Reigning Champion – Chandana Wijekoon

2. Former National Chess Champion – GC Anuruddha
3. Former National Chess Champion – Minul Sanjula Doluweera
4. International Master – Romesh Weerawardena
5. The 2019 National Team player, Young LMST De Silva
6. Under 16 National Champion – Kevin Ranindu Silva
7. National Amateur Champion – EDS Chandula
8. Buddhika Amarasinghe
9. Seniors – Dimuthu Priyadarhana &
10. Elath Mathanga
11. Young stars – Jenith Weeratunge &
12 Thisal Manjith Piyumantha

Join the Asian Seniors Online Chess Championship organized by the Asian Chess Federation 13-21 July 2020 at Chess.com. At stake are Certificates for Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalists in Zonals and Finals and a  total of $3,000 in cash prizes.

Seven one day Zonal championships shall select the top 3 men and best women to qualify to the Finals. Rapid chess time control shall apply 10 minutes plus 2 second increments from move 1. Strict monitoring in Zoom rooms. Swiss Manager pairings shall be used. Players should remain in their seats during the game but have breaks between rounds.

Regulations Asian Seniors Online Championships 2020

RegistrationForm.2020AsianSeniorsOnlineCh

FIDE in the Corona pandemic took a historic step for the promotion of Chess worldwide with  the concept of Stay Home, Stay Safe, Play Chess. Pakistan Chess Federation fully supported and wholeheartedly participated in FIDE-Checkmate Coronavirus Initiative. The CFP took part in this global campaign to the best of its abilities and organized almost 47 tournaments on a daily basis. Tournaments were supervised by Mr. Amin Malik- (Vice President Chess Federation of Pakistan and Delegate) himself and daily reported FIDE about its activities under Checkmate coronavirus initiative.

As a goodwill gesture we allowed many Chess players from all over Asia, Africa and other parts of the world who vigorously participated in FIDE checkmate coronavirus tournaments organized by the CFP. These matches were strictly monitored, and CFP ensured that no unfair means were used during the event.

Although the campaign was intended to increase the participation and engagement of Chess players, the CFP also maintained record of the top position holders in these tournaments, to increase competitive sportsman spirit and motivate Chess players to compete with new vigor and zeal.  During the process of final lucky draw by FIDE, the CFP members won six prizes which included two guest invitations to the Chess Olympiad 2021 in Moscow. The mega prize winners were Dr. Masood Khattak and Salman Nizamani. Two other members Waqas Dogar and Imran Mughal who won two 2 hours online training by a GM and two members Musavir Khan and Kashif Javaid won two souvenirs.

The CFP organized almost 47 tournaments and points were awarded to top ten players of each tournament. Top players from all over Pakistan, including all National masters, participated in these tournaments under the CFP platform. Out of hundreds of players, 81 players scored at least one top ten performance in a tournament, showing the growing strength of players across the country, while the over-all performance of our top five players were amazingly consistent. Sibt Ali scored marathon 221 points with 10 tournament wins, Daniyal Ahsan scored 155, Dr Muhammad Ayoub got third spot with 143 points over-all.

The Chess Federation of Pakistan fully supports FIDE and Asian Chess Federation for the promotion of Chess worldwide. The CFP would continue to organise online Chess events in the wake of Covid-19 issue and engage our players in healthy mental activity through regularly organizing online tournaments.

Asian Chess Federation in cooperation with National Chess Federation of the Philippines shall organize an online FIDE Arbiters Seminar 10-12 July 2020 by Zoom.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abundo, Casto (PHI), FIDE Lecturer and assistant lecturer will be IA Lee, Patrick (PHI). The language of the Seminar will be English with translation to Tagalog.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Download Registration Form Manila Online FA Seminar

 

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka donated RS. 1 Million to COVID 19 – Healthcare and Social security Fund of Sri Lanka with the support of the Sri Lankan Chess Community. Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya of Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, who is also the General Secretary of Commonwealth Chess Association and a Vice President of Asian Chess Federation, is handing over the documents to His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksha, the president of Sri Lanka. Mrs. Sandamali Aviruppola, Vice President of CFSL and Mr Erosh Jayasinghe of CFSL are also in the picture.