GHS take inter-school Chess title

Anushka WITHANAGE

The Girls High-School Chess Team won the Inter-School Chess Championship convincingly, scoring a total of 27 points out of a possible 30 points. They won all five matches in this five round Swiss system tournament which was conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka at Royal College, Colombo recently.

The outstanding Girls High School team consisted of Dinushki Premanath, Irindu Basnayake, Navodya Selvaratnam, Dilshani Ranasinghe, Jeewanthi Ratnayake, Janani Nanayakkara and Yashmi Lamawansa. Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya emerged runner up with 20.5 points and Ever Winners Chess Club was third with 17.5 points.

Wayamba University

Chess championship

The Wayamba university 'A' team consisting of Nuwan Liyanage, WSN Chandraratne, WLC Chandraratne, AMCB Alahakoon, WSVK Koggala, HB Dassanayake and CD Manawasekara emerged champions at the Finals of the Inter Club 'B' Chess Championship conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka from Royal College, Colombo recently. They scored a total of 22.5 points out of 30 games after a close battle.

Reborn Youth Chess Club won the second place with 20 points and Black and Gold Chess Club won the third place with 19 points. The top two teams of the Inter-Club 'B' Chess Championship will qualify to play in the Super League Chess Championships next year.