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Sri Lanka wins five gold medals at 3rd Asian School Chess Festival. |
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:00 |
 Sri Lanka managed to win 5 gold medals out of total 10 awarded at the 3rd Asian School Chess Festival organized by the Chess Federation
of Sri Lanka, with the auspices of the Asian and World Chess Federations at Hotel Tourmaline, Kandy from 3rd to 10th January 2008. This is
the biggest International Chess Event in Sri Lanka and India, UAE, Syria and Iran along with Sri Lanka participated in the event. .
Sri Lanka managed to win 5 gold medals out of a total of 10 awarded at the 3rd Asian School Chess Festival organized by the Chess Federation
of Sri Lanka, with the auspices of the Asian and World Chess Federations at Hotel Tourmaline, Kandy from 3rd to 10th January 2008. This is
the biggest International Chess Event in Sri Lanka and India, UAE, Syria and Iran along with Sri Lanka participated in the event. There
were a total of 10 events, under 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 Boys and Girls with total of 108 players altogether.
This is the biggest win for Chess as well since Sri Lankan players drag five gold medals in Under 7 boys, Under 9 Girls, Under 11 Girls
and Under 13 Boys and Girls events while India also got 5 golds in under 15 Girls and Boys under 7 Boys and they tied for the Under 11
Girls and Boys first place. Iran also shared a gold medal with India in under 11 Boys category. Sri Lanka drag the all team positions
except the Under 15 Girls Silver and Under 9 Boys Gold.
To download Final Standings please click here.
The full results are as below:
| Under 7 Boys |
| Gold |
Kavindu Niketh Gamage (Sri Lanka) |
| Silver |
DO Mirissage (Sri Lanka) |
| Bronze |
HK Weerasinghe (Sri Lanka) |
| Under 7 Girls |
| Gold |
Bansi Prathima (India) |
| Silver |
Sandanimali Thilakaratne (Sri Lanka) |
| Bronze |
MMG Maddumage (Sri Lanka) |
| Under 9 Boys |
| Gold |
Shaik Nubairshan (Sri Lanka) |
| Silver |
M. Satvik (Sri Lanka) |
| Bronze |
Jorge Ebenezer (Sri Lanka) |
| Under 9 Girls |
| Joint Gold |
Savindi Jayaratne (Sri Lanka) and Ivana Maria (India). She is the current World Chess Champion for under 8 years. |
| Bronze |
Inuri Kahanda (Sri Lanka) |
| Under 11 Boys |
| Joint Gold |
Saleh Mirzaie (Iran) and Cyrus Pereira (India) |
| Bronze |
DGSD Munasinghe (Sri Lanka) |
| Under 11 Girls |
| Gold |
Anuththara Chandrasiri (Sri Lanka) |
| Silver |
Arundathie Senanayake (Sri Lanka) |
| Bronze |
Nishta Gupta (India) |
| Under 13 Boys |
| Gold |
Pasan Kavikeshawa (Sri Lanka) |
| Silver |
Nihal Manjunath (India) |
| Bronze |
WCC Perera (Sri Lanka) |
| Under 13 Girls |
| Gold |
Lumbini Ambanwela (Sri Lanka) |
| Silver |
Dinushki Premanath (Sri Lanka) |
| Bronze |
Ravindee Gunaratne (Sri Lanka) |
| Under 15 Boys |
| Gold |
Ajmera Atishay (India) |
| Silver |
Oshadi Kottahachchy (Sri Lanka) |
| Bronze |
KA Akhila Kavinda (Sri Lanka) |
| Under 15 Girls |
| Gold |
Pon Kritika (Women's FIDE master, India) |
| Silver |
Samasha Sayanjalee (Sri Lanka) |
| Bronze |
Dhakshika Gunawardena (Sri Lanka) |
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