Yonal Sumanathilake and Yenuli Udapola Lead
Two players, Yonal Sumanathilake (above left) of Royal International School, Kegalle and Ranpalee Attanayake (above right) of Furguson High School scored 4 points out of 4 games to lead the Sabaragamuwa (Open) event with full points and being unbeaten. Yonal Sumanathilake beat Yasandu Jayawardane, H V C I B Hedeniya, P B B Nawaratne and Tharuli Dinethma while Ranpalee Attanayake beat Danira Nethmitha, W S D Piyasinghe, Oshada Senarathne and Hirantha Rathnayake to share the lead.
K. Nisal Perera (The Chess Mates Academy, Wellawaya) is in the 3rd place with 3 ½ points on the better tie breaker.
In the Womens Novices Chess championship of North western Region 5 players namely; Yenuli Udapola (above left) of Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya, RMDD Rasnayake (above center) of Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya, LGHMS Somarathne (above right) of Royal International School, Kurunegala, MABT Mudarapperuma (Giriulla Chess Club) and Denuri Ariyathilake (Royal International School, Kurunegala) shared the top scoring 4 out of 4 games being unbeaten
Yenuli Udapola beat Savithi Herath, MD Dissanayake, TM Bandara and Monadi Amarasinghe while RMDD Rasnayake beat IMSK Idirisinghe, JA Rishithi Dhanodhya and WMLGN Weerasekara with a bye in the 1st round to score 4 points. LGHMS Somarathne scored wins against Dinethra Jayakody, MAOD Madurapperuma, Senuli Dinethma and Useli Bandara while MABT Mudarapperuma beat Nulara Athukorala, Tharuprbha Weerasinghe, Hansali Amaratunge and HGKG Amaratunge to score full points. Denuri Ariyathilake beat Sandali Liyanaarachchi, Kavee Rajapaksha, Tenuli Udapola and DMBS Dissanayake in her 4 points..
The Novices Division of the Sri Lanka Online Rapid National Chess Championships 2021 is planned to have in 7 regions, Western I (Colombo District), Western II (Gampaha and Kaluthara District), Central Province, Wayamba Province, Southern Province, Sabaragamuwa region (Sabaragamuwa and Uva Provinces) and Northern Region (Northern, Eastern, and North Central Provinces).
Top 19 players of the Sabaragamuwa Open event and the Top 21 players of the North-Western Women’s event will obtain the license to the appropriate Major Division Chess Championships to be held from late August 2021.
The Inaugural Sri Lanka Online National Rapid Chess Championship Cycle 2021 consists of 4 stages. The Cycle is started with the Novices events in 7 regions followed by the Major Division Events in the same regions. The Top players will join with the selectees from Major Division events in the National B event. The Top 14 players of the National B will join the current National Chess Champion and the Top rank player in the 15 round, Round Robin event in the 1st stage of the finals while a knocked out of top four players of Round Robin event will be played as 2nd stage of the finals. The same structure will be followed in the Women’s Event as well.
The event details are available at the following links:
https://chess-results.com/tnr573641.aspx?lan=1
https://chess-results.com/tnr573642.aspx?lan=1