Sri Lanka claim seven medals at Commonwealth Chess 2024
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Chenitha Karunasena
Grand Master S.P. Sethuraman of India emerged as the champion of Commonwealth Chess Championship scoring 7 out of 9 points held at Citrus Hotel in Waskaduwa. Grand Master N.R. Vignesh, also from India, came in at second place while Sri Lanka found their way on to the podium through International Master Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, who showed an exceptional performance to win the bronze medal after a hard-fought draw against the eventual winner in the final round.
Other notable performances from the Sri Lankan contingent included came from Dishal Nimsara Weerasekara of Sri Chandananda Buddhist College, Kandy and B. Janukshan of Hindu College, Jaffna, both of whom scored 5.5 points out of 9.
Ranindu Liyanage
Sri Lanka’s most remarkable success in the tournament came in the Under-10 section with both the winner and runner-up in the category. Both Chenitha Karunasena of Nalanda College and Thehas Kiringoda of Ananda College, fought all the way until the end, finishing with 8 out of 9 points. Chenitha edged out to claim the first place based on tiebreaks.
Overall Sri Lanka had seven players finish in the top three in their respective categories, accumulating a total of one gold, two silver and four bronze medals. Chenitha Sihas Dinsara Karunasena of Nalanda College won the gold medal of the Under-10 Open category, while
Thehas Rithmitha Kiringoda of Ananda College claimed the silver medal of the same category.
Nethumi Dihansa Perera of Polymath International School, claimed the silver medal of the Under-8 Girls.
Bronze medals were claimed by Pesandu Rashmitha Liyanage of D.S. Senanayake College, in the Under-18 Open category, Theruni Jayasundara of St. Paul’s Girl’s School, Milagiriya, from the Under-14 Girls category, Sethumlee Devhara Palliyage of Sanghamiththa Balika Vidyalaya, Gampaha from the Under-12 Girls category and Eleesha Warnakulasuriya Fernando of Holy Family Balika Primary School, Wennapuwa in the Under-8 Girls category.
The most successful nation across the entire tournament was India, who won 12 gold, 10 silver and nine bronze medals to be crowned as the most dominant team. Sri Lanka won seven medals while Singapore were also able to win a solitary silver medal.
| Winners List | |
| Open 1: GM S.P. Sethuraman (India) 2: GM N.R. Vignesh (India) 3: IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (Sri Lanka) U-18 Open 1: Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy (India) 2: FM Gaurang Bagwe (India) 3: Pesandu Rashmitha Liyanage (Sri Lanka) U-18 Girls 1: WCM Datta Rajanya (India) 2: Leah Rice (Singapore) 3: Siya Sagar (India) U-16 Open 1: IM Ethan Vaz (India) 2: S. Rohith (India) 3: Goyal Daksh (India) U-16 Girls 1: WFM Shubhi Gupta (India) 2: Mallick Mrittika (India) 3: AFM Yashvi Jain (India) U-14 Open 1: Viresh Sharnarthi (India) 2: M. Mridav (India) 3: V. Raghav (India) U-14 Girls 1: WCM Arshiya Das (India) 2: G Hipparagi Shreya (India) 3: JM Theruni V. Jayasundara (Sri Lanka) U-12 Open 1: Mayukh Majumder (India) 2: Sri Akhil Prasad (India) 3: Poonja Siddhanth (India) U-12 Girls 1: WCM Bordoloi Pratitee (India) 2: Rao Siddhi (India) 3: Sethumlee Devhara Palliyage (Sri Lanka) U-10 Open 1: AP Chenitha Sihas Dinsara Karunasena (Sri Lanka) 2: Thehas Rithmitha Kiringoda (Sri Lanka) 3: Amit Agarwal Advik (India)U-10 Girls 1: WCM Aaradhya Das (India) 2: Bijesh Devi (India) 3: Pungavanam Samhita (India) U-8 Open 1: Ayaan Phutane (India) 2: ACM Sarbartho Mani (India) 3: Hriday Garg (India) U-8 Girls 1: M. Harshika (India) 2: Nethumi Dihansa Perera (Sri Lanka) 3: Warnakulasuriya Eleesha Fernando (Sri Lanka) |