Sethika Hansira Samaraweera of Royal International School, Kurunegala won the Sri Lanka National Youth Chess Under 8Yrs Championship 2022 convincingly scoring full points of 7 out of possible 7 games. Sethika was very positive with 7 wins against Hamrith P Riyon, Jayarathne K P D M P, Jayasinghe D Dulen Abiru, Baddegamage Sadew Dewsanka, Meemanage Saviru Thinal, Ekanayake E M Methuka and Palliya Guruge Kemindu Sehas to earn the National Youth (Under 8) Champion title, trophy and the Gold Medal. Visit chess-results.com.
Six players tied for the 2nd rank with 6 points out of 7 games and Kemindu Sehas Palliyaguruge(Rahula College, Matara) managed to win 2nd place with the Silver medal with the better tie breaker. Kemindu best Egodawatta W Vinuja Nimsith, De Silva L Sanuth Adithya, Aayuishmaan Samson, Batagoda Bevin Yashel, Wijethungaarachchi Thinuthi Suhas, Sahabandu and G S A Jenuvi Dahamneeand lost to the winner Sethika in the final round to reach 6 points.
RB Hasadi Sethumsa(Sujatha Vidyalaya) had the nest best tie breaker and awarded the Bronze Medal. She also scored 6 points, beat Illangasinghe I M N, Karunasena A P Chenitha Sihas, Herath H M Chanidu Saven Bandara, Gunawardhana Yuvin Sejitha, Gobishan Piratheepan, Ovitigala Dehain Nethvidu and lost to Meemanage Saviru Thinal to reach 6 points.
Saviru Thinal Meemanage (Nalanda College) and Rasindu Manketh Kasthuriarachchi (Rahula College Matara) also scored 6 points and had to satisfy with the 4th and 5th places due to the poor tie breaking points.
The Sri Lanka National Youth Chess Championships 2022 is in progress from 20th April 2022 to 5th June 2022. Earlier the District qualifying events were held in 19 districts and around 5,000 Chess players participated for the events. This particular under 8 years open event was held from 26th to 28th May 2022 at Sastrananda Vidyalaya, Dehiwala according to Swiss System in 9 rounds. The top three will get the selection to play in International Youth Chess events.
