Sri Lanka claim two golds at Western Asia Youth Rapid Chess
View(s):Sri Lanka claimed two gold medals at the Western Asia Youth Rapid Chess Championship, which kicked off at the Citrus Hotel in Waskaduwa earlier this week. Chamuditha Sasen Bandara Herath of Maliyadeva College, competing in the Under-10 Open, and Thisarindu Induwara of Royal College, competing in the Under-14 Open, pocketed gold medals in their respective categories recording identical scores of 5.5 points out of 7.
Others who earned medals for Sri Lanka were Eleesha Warnakulasuriya Fernando (2nd place, U-8 Girls),
L.M.H.T.I. Bandara (3rd place, U-8 Girls), Dulein Thenula Ambagahawaththa (2nd place, U-8 Open), Risali Lohasna Jayaweera (3rd place, U-10 Girls), Chenitha Sehas Dinsara Karunasena (3rd place, U-10 Open) and Sethumlee Devhara Palliyage (2nd place, U-12 Girls).
Chamuditha Sasen
The tournament was contested across seven rounds with the participation of over 300 players from 11 countries under six age categories. Kazakhstan players came on top with four gold medals in the rapid segment while India won three gold medals. Sri Lanka and Iran won two gold medals apiece. The West Asian Youth Chess Championship will continue in the standard and blitz formats as Sri Lanka hopefully anticipates more medals.
Thisarindu Induwara
Results:
U-8 Open
1: ACM Palaniappan K. Kavish (India)
2: Dulein Thenula Ambagahawaththa (Sri Lanka)
3: Nurisolm Abdulakhatov (Uzbekistan)
U-8 Girls
1: Azaliya Balaknova (Kazakhstan)
2: Eleesha Warnakulasuriya Fernando (Sri Lanka)
3: L.M.H.T.I. Bandara (Sri Lanka)
U-10 Open
1: HM Chamuditha Sasen Bandara Herath (Sri Lanka)
2: Rakhim Makhsatuly (Kazakhstan)
3: Chenitha Sehas Dinsara Karunasena (Sri Lanka)
U-10 Girls
1: Zhansaya Sholpanbek (Kazakhstan)
2: Shree R. Pooja (India)
3: Risali Lohasna Jayaweera (Sri Lanka)
U-12 Open
1: Aihan Rahbar (Iran)
2: Garg Ayaan (India)
3: Suleyman Akhmet (Kazakhstan)
U-12 Girls
1: Shah Hanya (India)
2: Sethumlee Devhara Palliyage (Sri Lanka)
3: WCM Khusbu Warsia (Bangladesh)
U-14 Open
1: THD Thisarindu Induwara (Sri Lanka)
2: Nurmukhammed Kabinazar (Kazakhstan)
3: Adizhan Yessengali (Kazakhstan)
U-14 Girls
1: AFM Gupta Aadhya (India)
2: AFM S. Sree Shanmathi (India)
3: Mariya Kholyavko (Kazakhstan)
U-16 Open
1: FM Sultanbeibarys Dumanuly (Kazakhstan)
2: FM Imran MD (India)
3: Goyal Daksh (India)
U-16 Girls
1: Zhaniya Nouanova (Kazakhstan)
2: AFM Jain Yashvi (India)
3: WFM Jain Sachi (India)
U-18 Open
1: Sechani Arshia Mohamaddian (Iran)
2: Sankar Subramaniam Jai (India)
3: FM Erzhan Zhakshylkov (Kyrgyzstan)
U-18 Girls
1: WFM Galina Mikheeva (FIDE)
2: WFM Guldona Karimova (Uzbekistan)
3: Aidana Madi (Kazakhstan)