Kaviska wins CFSL Online Youth Rapid Chess
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Winner Kavishka Gimhan Laksiri
Kavishka Gimhan Laksiri won the Under-14 category of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) Online Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2021 convincingly by scoring a total 8.5 points out of possible 9 games. He scored 8 out of 8 points in the first eight rounds by scoring wins against Pansilu Karunarathne, Senith Gunarathne, Rashmitha Mettanmanda, Yemith Gunaratne, Oneli Withanawasam, CM I.P.T.S. Gunawardena, S.M.M.P. Kulathilake and WCM Sanindula Dahamdi and got a draw in the final round to win the championship.
Sanidula Dahamdi finished second
The CFSL Online Youth Rapid Chess Championship for Under-14 years was held on January 23 and 24 at the Chess.com platform under the Swiss System with 9 rounds.
Players below 14 years of age by January 1, 2021 were eligible to participate in this competition, which had the time control of 15 minutes with additional 10 seconds per each move played. A total of 295 players took part in the event.
Daham Jayasundara was placed third
The event was held with strict anti-cheating regulations where all players were observed from a zoom meeting when they are playing. The players are allowed to play with laptops and desktops only.
Sanidula Dahamdi of Musaeus College performed well to win the silver medal scoring 8 points out of 9 games, just losing to the winner. This is very rare that a girl perform to this level in an open event and her achievements is excellent to reach this far.
JM Daham Jayasundara also tied with Sanidula with 8 points at the end. But, he had to be satisfied with the bronze medal due to the less tie breaker points he had. The top three players will receive the medals and certificates while the champion will receive the trophy. Merit certificates will be issued to the first 38 players.
CFSL will conduct similar events for other age groups in the coming weeks.
