Four Players Equally top the ranking table!
Day one of the Sri Lanka Online Under 16 Girls Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2021 organised by Chess Federation of Sri Lanka came to an astonishing end with Desandhi Dhihansa Gamage (photo above) of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya leading the pack with the better tie breaker after sharing an impressive score of 4/4 games with three more players, Piyumi Amarathunga (above right) of JMC College, Kaluthara, Ashvini Pavalachandran (below left) of Wycherley International School and Esandi Newansa (below right) of Dharmasoka College. The young talent, Desandhi beat KTS Karannagoda, HGKG Amarathunga , Dulinma Hemalni Rathnayake and Chanthuli Thanishka De Silva .
In the 2nd position on tie breaker of the ranking table is Piyumi Uthpala Amarathunga beating Lethmini Nawodya Wellala , Oneli Vihanga Weerawardana , Nemindi Linaya Ramayanake and DADT Srilal . A Women’s National Team Member, Ashvini Pavalachandran and Esandi Newansa are sharing the 3rd position of the ranking table with less tie breaking points. Ashvini beat Ansshi Anumitha Arunrojan , Minuli Kumarasinghe , Javindi Avarjana Akuratiya and Yasasi Geemini Abeysekara while Esandi beat Diyenka Samarasekara , Prasansa Premanath , Oneli Omaya Wilvalaarachchi and Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana .
To ensure the young chess prodigies of Sri Lanka keep playing chess and loving the sport, The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka organised the “Sri Lanka Online Under 16 Girls Youth Rapid Chess Championship” on 15th & 16th of May 2021 amidst a global pandemic. The tournament was held via chess.com platform with strict anti-cheating measures and throughout supervision by the arbiters. Players are allowed to play with only a Laptop/ Desktop and possession of any other equipment is prohibited. Players were asked to login to their chess.com accounts with their real name and real photo; zoom application was used to gain live feed of the player. All games are sent to chess.com and FIDE anti-cheating experts for analysis and if any player is found guilty of cheating, that particular player is banned from playing competitive chess for 2 years by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka.
The tournament consisted of 70 players and 4 of the 7 rounds ended on the 1st day.
The results can be taken from the following link : http://chess-results.com/tnr560484.aspx?lan=1&art=0
The top 5 rankings after round 4 of the tournament is mentioned below and Wishing the very best for the day two of the tournament to all the players.
1 . Desandhi Dhihansa Gamage | Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya | 4 points
2 . Piyumi Uthpala Amarathunga | JMC College International | 4 points
3 . Ashvini Pavalachandran | Wycherley International School | 4 points
3 . Esandi M Newansa | Dharmasoka College | 4 points
5 . Chanthuli Thanishka De Silva | Anula Vidyalaya | 3 points