Photograph by : Tharindhu Weerasekara

CFSL Online Under 18Yrs Girls Youth Rapid Chess C'ship 2021 - Oneli Vithanawasam wins Championship Convincingly!

24 May 2021

By Tharindu Wickramanayake

Oneli Vithanawasam of Lyceum International School Wattala played exceptionally well to win the event by scoring 6 out of possible 7 games being unbeaten throughout. She beat the other overnight leader Prasansa Premanath in the 5th round and drew with Esandi Newansa and Piyumi Uthpala in the last two rounds to finish the event with 6 points. Earlier she beat Hasandi Akuratiya, Miyuni Jayasinghe, Tenuli Dahamna Rathnayake and Nemindi Linaya  Ramanayake in the first 4 rounds. She received the Championship trophy and the Gold Medal.

Oneli Vithanawasam of Lyceum International School Wattala is also a member of the Super Knights Chess Club. She learns the game under the Guidance of Coach Yasiru Mihiranga (CEO/Founder of Super Knights Chess Club)

CFSL Online Under 18 Girls Open Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2021 conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka was successfully held on the 8th and 9th of May 2021 via the Chess.com Platform. A total of 36 players from all over the country registered for the event which was conducted for 7 rounds with the time control of 15 minutes +10 seconds increment per each move played.

The list of the players who got 4 points and above is given below.

Rank Name Rating Chess.com User Name Points
1 VithanawasamOneli 1349 OneliVithanawasam 6,0
2 Newansa M Esandi 1121 NewansaMEsandi 5,5
3 Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya 1345 elsasrilanka 5,5
4 Amarathunga Piyumi Uthpala 0 PiyumiUthpala 5,5
5 Premanath Prasansa 1517 prasansa_premanath 5,0
6 Gamage Desandhi Dhihansa 1302 desandhigamage 5,0
7 Rathnayake R M Dulinma Hemalni 0 Dulinma 5,0
8 Attanayake Chanindi Mewna 1317 chanindi2007 4,0
9 Bimansa D G Jayandi 1048 Bimansa_Jayandi 4,0
10 Indrajith J A K N T 1359 Anupamanethmi 4,0
11 Kumarasinghe Minuli 1154 Thasuni_2005 4,0
12 Rathnayake Tenuli Dhahamna 1184 tenulirathnayake 4,0
13 Akuratiya A G Hansadie Aradhya 1043 Aradhya77 4,0
14 Akuratiya A G Javindi Avarjana 1201 Javindi2007 4,0
15 Sandanayake Nimansa Sasanduni 1193 Nimansa2004 4,0
16 Jayasinghe Thenugi Dilanya 1316 dilanthe 4,0

 

Oneli with her chess coach Mr.Yasiru Mihiranga

The games of the event which were played by the champion, 1st runner-up, and 2nd runner-up are given below.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Vithanawasam Oneli"] [Black "Akuratiya A G Hansadie Aradhya"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1758"] [BlackElo "1371"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O Ng4 7. f3 Nf6 8. Bh6 Nh5 9. g4 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Ng7 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Qxh7+ Kf8 14. Qh8# 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Jayasinghe Miyuni Thisanya"] [Black "Vithanawasam Oneli"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1714"] [BlackElo "1758"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rfe1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd2 Qg5 14. f4 Qh6 15. Rf1 Nf6 16. Ng3 Ng4 17. h3 Qh4 18. Rf3 Nh6 19. f5 g6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Nd7 22. Bc2 Nf8 23. Qf2 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Rf4 Bg4 26. Rxg4 Qd8 27. Nh5 Re6 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Nd7 30. Nf4 Nf6 31. Rg3 Qxd4+ 32. Qf2 Qd6 33. Rd3 Qe5 34. Qe3 Qg5 35. Nfe2 Qf5 36. Rd1 Re8 37. Qd4 Qg5 38. Nf4 Qf5 39. Nfe2 Qg5 40. Rd3 Qh5 41. Rf3 Nd5 42. g4 Qg5 43. Nf4 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Nxf4+ 45. Rxf4 h5 46. Qd8+ Qxd8 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Ne4 Re2+ 49. Kf3 Qd3# 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Vithanawasam Oneli"] [Black "Rathnayake Tenuli Dhahamna"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1758"] [BlackElo "1584"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. h4 h5 7. f3 Bb7 8. Nh3 Nd7 9. Nf2 Ngf6 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O-O Qd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Rde8 16. a4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qb4 Re2 19. Ne4 Rxg2 20. Qxc4 Kd8 21. Qf1 Rxc2 22. Kxc2 Qxa4+ 23. Kb1 Qb3 24. Bg5+ Kc8 25. Bc1 Bxd5 26. Qxa6+ Bb7 27. Qd3 Qb6 28. Qc2 d5 29. Nc5 Bc6 30. Na4 Qa6 31. Nc5 Qb5 32. Rd3 Bf8 33. Nb3 Qb4 34. Qxc6 Bd6 35. Qc3 Qb5 36. Qxh8+ Kb7 37. Qc3 Bb4 38. Qc2 c5 39. Rxd5 Qa4 40. Nxc5+ Bxc5 41. Qxa4 Kb6 42. Rxc5 Kxc5 43. Be3+ Kd5 44. Rc1 Ke5 45. Rc5+ Kf6 46. Qa6+ Kg7 47. Bd4+ Kh6 48. Qc8 g5 49. Qh8+ Kg6 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qg7# 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya"] [Black "Vithanawasam Oneli"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1921"] [BlackElo "1758"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Be5 Nd7 11. Bg3 c5 12. c3 Rac8 13. Nf1 a6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ng3 f5 16. Nd2 Rf6 17. Qe2 b5 18. Ngf1 Rg6 19. Kh1 Rf8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Bc2 Rh6 22. Kg1 Nf6 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Nb3 Qc7 25. Nd4 Nh5 26. h4 Nf7 27. e4 fxe4 28. fxe4 Ng3 29. Nxg3 Qxg3 30. Nf3 Ne5 31. Rf1 Nxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 Qxf3 34. gxf3 Rxh4 35. exd5 Bxd5 36. Kf2 Rh2+ 37. Ke3 Rxc2 38. a3 Rxb2 39. f4 Rh2 40. Kd4 Rh4 41. Ke5 Rh5+ 42. Kd4 Rf5 43. Rf1 Kf7 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Rh1 h6 46. Ra1 e5 47. fxe5+ Kxe5 48. a4 Rf3+ 49. Kd2 Ke4 50. Re1+ Kf4 51. Ra1 Rf2+ 52. Kd3 Rf3+ 53. Kd2 Bc4 54. axb5 axb5 55. Ra7 g5 56. Rh7 Rh3 57. Rh8 h5 58. Rf8+ Kg4 59. Rd8 Rd3+ 60. Rxd3 Bxd3 61. Kxd3 h4 62. Ke2 Kg3 63. Kf1 Kf3 64. Kg1 h3 65. Kh2 g4 66. Kh1 g3 67. Kg1 g2 68. Kh2 Kf2 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Premanath Prasansa"] [Black "Vithanawasam Oneli"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1783"] [BlackElo "1758"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bf4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd4 Bd6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bxf4 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. g3 Bd6 18. Nf5 Qb6+ 19. Qf2 Bc5 20. Nd4 Ne4 21. Qc2 Bxd4+ 22. cxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Kg2 Rac8 24. Qe2 f5 25. Na3 f4 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Vithanawasam Oneli"] [Black "Newansa M Esandi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1758"] [BlackElo "1655"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 e6 5. f3 Nf6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h5 8. g5 Nh7 9. Bd3 f5 10. gxf6 Qxf6 11. Be5 Qf7 12. Bxg6 Qxg6 13. Nh3 Nd7 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Nf2 Qf5 16. Qd3 g5 17. hxg5 Nxg5 18. Ke2 Nb6 19. Rag1 Nf7 20. b3 h4 21. Rh3 Rc8 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. e4 Bb4 24. Ncd1 dxe4 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Nd5 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Kxd2 Nf4 29. Rf3 Ne6 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nd7+ Ke7 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Rhf8 34. Rh3 Rcd8+ 35. Ke3 Rd4 36. c3 Rdf4 37. Rgh1 Rh8 38. Nf2 Ng5 39. Kxf4 Nxh3+ 40. Rxh3 Ke6 41. Nd3 Rf8+ 42. Kg4 Rg8+ 43. Kxh4 Kf5 44. Nf2 Kf4 45. Kh5 Kxe5 46. Ng4+ Kf4 47. Nh6 Rg5+ 48. Kh4 Rg6 49. Kh5 Rg5+ 50. Kh4 Rg6 51. Nf7 Rg7 52. Nh6 Rg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Amarathunga Piyumi Uthpala"] [Black "Vithanawasam Oneli"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2174"] [BlackElo "1758"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Qc7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Re1 O-O 14. h3 Rfd8 15. Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. a3 Bxh3 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. b4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc4 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. f3 Bf5 23. Ne4 a5 24. c3 Rd3 25. Rac1 axb4 26. axb4 Ra3 27. b5 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rdxc3 29. Rxc4 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rb3 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rb8 Kg6 33. Kf2 Kf5 34. g4+ Kf4 35. Rb7 Rxf3+ 36. Ke2 Kxg4 37. Rxf7 g5 38. b6 f5 39. b7 Rb3 40. Rc7 h5 41. Kd2 h4 42. Kc2 Rb6 43. Kc3 h3 44. Rc4+ Kg3 45. Rb4 Rxb7 46. Rxb7 h2 47. Rb1 f4 48. Kd3 f3 49. Ke3 g4 50. Ra1 f2 51. Rf1 h1=Q 52. Rxh1 Kg2 53. Rd1 g3 54. Ke2 Kh2 55. Kf3 f1=Q+ 56. Rxf1 g2 57. Rf2 Kh1 58. Rxg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Premanath Prasansa"] [Black "Newansa M Esandi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1783"] [BlackElo "1655"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Qe7 6. c3 O-O 7. a3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb6 12. Qd3 g6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Nd5 Qe6 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. d5 Ne5 17. dxe6 Nxd3 18. exf7+ Kg7 19. Bxd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rxf7 21. a4 b4 22. Bc4 Rc7 23. b3 Nd7 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Bd4 Kf8 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rad1 Ke7 28. Rd5 Rc5 29. Red1 Ra7 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Rd5 Kf6 32. Rxc5 a5 33. Kf1 h5 34. Rc6+ Kg5 35. Re6 Kf4 36. Ke2 Kg5 37. Rxe5+ Kf6 38. Re6+ Kg7 39. Ra6 Rb7 40. Rxa5 Kf6 41. Rb5 Rd7 42. Rxb4 Ke5 43. a5 Kd6 44. a6 Kc5 45. Rb5+ Kc6 46. Rd5 Ra7 47. b4 Kb6 48. Rd6+ Kc7 49. Rxg6 Kc8 50. b5 Re7 51. b6 Re8 52. Rg7 Kb8 53. Bd5 Kc8 54. a7 Re7 55. a8=Q+ Kd7 56. Qc6+ Kd8 57. Rg8+ Re8 58. Rxe8# 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Newansa M Esandi"] [Black "Ranasinghe Sanuli Dulanya"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1655"] [BlackElo "928"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Qb3 Bd6 7. Qxb7 O-O 8. Qxc6 Rb8 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxf2 11. Kxf2 Bxf4 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. exf4 Re8 14. Nbd2 Qe7 15. Rae1 Qd8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qxe8+ Rxe8 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Re7 h6 20. Rxc7 a6 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nc6 Re8 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Nxd5 Rd8 25. Nxf6+ Kg6 26. Nd7 Kh5 27. Ne5 g5 28. Kg3 Rg8 29. Rf7 gxf4+ 30. Kxf4 Kh4 31. Ndf3+ Kh5 32. Rxf5+ Rg5 33. Nxg5 hxg5+ 34. Rxg5+ Kh6 35. Kf5 Kh7 36. Kf6 Kh6 37. Ng4+ Kh7 38. Kf7 Kh8 39. Rh5# 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Joachim D T S"] [Black "Newansa M Esandi"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1224"] [BlackElo "1655"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. h3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. a3 Nexd5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Nf4 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2 d5 16. Bb3 Ne6 17. c4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd5 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Re8 21. Qc4 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Re8 25. Nc5 b6 26. Nb3 Nf4 27. Nd4 Ne2+ 28. Nxe2 Rxe2 29. Rc1 Re7 30. a4 Kf8 31. b5 Ke8 32. f3 Kd8 33. Rd1+ Rd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. g4 Ke6 36. Kg2 Ke5 37. Kg3 g5 38. h4 f6 39. h5 Kd4 40. f4 Ke3 41. fxg5 fxg5 42. Kg2 Kf4 43. Kh3 Kf3 44. Kh2 Kxg4 45. Kg2 Kxh5 46. Kf3 g4+ 47. Ke4 Kh4 48. Kd5 g3 49. Kc6 g2 50. Kxc7 g1=Q 51. Kb7 Qg7+ 52. Ka6 Kg4 53. a5 bxa5 54. Kxa5 Qb2 55. Ka6 h5 56. Ka5 Kf5 57. Ka6 Ke6 58. Ka5 Kd5 59. Ka4 Kc4 60. b6 Qb4# 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Newansa M Esandi"] [Black "Attanayake Chanindi Mewna"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1655"] [BlackElo "1644"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c3 c5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. Ndf3 c4 12. b3 b5 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Qc7 16. Ng4 Nf5 17. Rf3 h5 18. Nf2 g5 19. Nd1 g4 20. Rf1 Qc6 21. bxc4 bxc4 22. Rb1 Ng7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxc4 Ba6 25. Na5 Qc8 26. Qxe4 Nf5 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. Rxb5 Bc7 29. Ne3 Nd6 30. Rg5+ Kh8 31. Rxh5+ Kg7 32. Qh7# 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Newansa M Esandi"] [Black "Gamage Desandhi Dhihansa"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1655"] [BlackElo "1735"] [PlyCount "191"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 c5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Re1 Re8 13. e4 Be6 14. Bb5 Red8 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qe2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 a6 20. Bf1 Rd2 21. Re2 Rad8 22. Rae1 Kf8 23. a3 Nh5 24. Re7 R2d7 25. R7e5 Rd5 26. Re7 b6 27. Bxa6 Rg5+ 28. Kh1 g6 29. Bc4 Rf5 30. R7e3 Rd2 31. R1e2 Rd1+ 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxf3 34. Kg2 Rf4 35. Be2 Re4 36. Kf1 Nf4 37. Bb5 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 Ke7 39. Kd2 Kd6 40. Be8 f6 41. b4 g5 42. Bf7 h5 43. a4 cxb4 44. cxb4 Kc6 45. Be8+ Kb7 46. Kc3 h4 47. Kc4 Nh3 48. f3 Ng1 49. Kb5 Ka7 50. Bc6 f5 51. Kc4 Ne2 52. Bd7 Ng1 53. Bxf5 Nxf3 54. h3 Ne5+ 55. Kd5 Nf3 56. Ke4 Nh2 57. Ke3 Nf1+ 58. Kf2 Ng3 59. Bg6 Kb7 60. Kf3 Nh1 61. Kg4 Nf2+ 62. Kxg5 Nxh3+ 63. Kxh4 Nf4 64. Be4+ Ka6 65. Kg4 Ne6 66. Kf5 Nd4+ 67. Ke5 Nb3 68. Bd3+ Ka7 69. Kd5 Kb7 70. Kc4 Nd2+ 71. Kb5 Ka7 72. Kc6 Nb3 73. Kb5 Nd4+ 74. Kc4 Nc6 75. Be4 Ne5+ 76. Kd5 Nd7 77. Kd6 Nb8 78. b5 Na6 79. bxa6 Kxa6 80. Kc6 Ka5 81. Bc2 Ka6 82. Bd3+ Ka5 83. Bb5 Kb4 84. Kxb6 Ka3 85. a5 Kb4 86. a6 Kc3 87. a7 Kd4 88. a8=Q Kc3 89. Qd5 Kb4 90. Qc4+ Ka3 91. Kc5 Kb2 92. Qd3 Ka1 93. Qd2 Kb1 94. Kb4 Ka1 95. Kb3 Kb1 96. Qb2# 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Vithanawasam Oneli"] [Black "Newansa M Esandi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1758"] [BlackElo "1655"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 e6 5. f3 Nf6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h5 8. g5 Nh7 9. Bd3 f5 10. gxf6 Qxf6 11. Be5 Qf7 12. Bxg6 Qxg6 13. Nh3 Nd7 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Nf2 Qf5 16. Qd3 g5 17. hxg5 Nxg5 18. Ke2 Nb6 19. Rag1 Nf7 20. b3 h4 21. Rh3 Rc8 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. e4 Bb4 24. Ncd1 dxe4 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Nd5 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Kxd2 Nf4 29. Rf3 Ne6 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nd7+ Ke7 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Rhf8 34. Rh3 Rcd8+ 35. Ke3 Rd4 36. c3 Rdf4 37. Rgh1 Rh8 38. Nf2 Ng5 39. Kxf4 Nxh3+ 40. Rxh3 Ke6 41. Nd3 Rf8+ 42. Kg4 Rg8+ 43. Kxh4 Kf5 44. Nf2 Kf4 45. Kh5 Kxe5 46. Ng4+ Kf4 47. Nh6 Rg5+ 48. Kh4 Rg6 49. Kh5 Rg5+ 50. Kh4 Rg6 51. Nf7 Rg7 52. Nh6 Rg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Newansa M Esandi"] [Black "Indrajith J A K N T"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1655"] [BlackElo "1522"] [PlyCount "175"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 c6 5. c3 f5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. c4 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Bd7 13. c5 Nc8 14. O-O-O h6 15. Ngf3 Ne4 16. Rdf1 b6 17. Ne5 bxc5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. dxc5 Qe7 20. Nb3 a5 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Qa4 Ne7 24. f3 e5 25. Nb3 exf3 26. gxf3 Qa7 27. Rh5 Qc7 28. Qg4 Nf5 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Qxf5 a4 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Nd2 Rb8 33. Qf5 Qa5 34. Qxe5 Qxc5+ 35. Qc3 Qd6 36. f4 Rb5 37. Kb1 a3 38. Nb3 axb2 39. Kxb2 c5 40. Ka1 c4 41. Nd4 Rb7 42. Rh1 Qg6 43. Rg1 Qd6 44. Nf5 Qe6 45. Qe5 Qb6 46. Rh1 Kh7 47. Qc3 Qg6 48. Qc2 Qf6+ 49. Nd4+ Kg8 50. Qf5 Qb6 51. Qe6+ Qxe6 52. Nxe6 Re7 53. f5 Kf7 54. Kb2 Kf6 55. Rf1 g6 56. g4 h5 57. g5+ Kf7 58. Kc3 gxf5 59. Nd8+ Kg6 60. Rf3 Kxg5 61. Nc6 Re4 62. Kd2 Kg4 63. Rf1 c3+ 64. Kd3 h4 65. Nd4 h3 66. Rg1+ Kh5 67. Rg3 h2 68. Rg8 Rh4 69. Rh8+ Kg4 70. Rxh4+ Kxh4 71. Nf3+ Kg3 72. Nxh2 Kxh2 73. Kxc3 Kg3 74. Kd4 Kf3 75. a4 f4 76. exf4 Kxf4 77. a5 Kf5 78. a6 Ke6 79. a7 Kf5 80. a8=Q Kf4 81. Qxd5 Kg4 82. Qf7 Kg3 83. Ke4 Kg2 84. Ke3 Kg1 85. Ke2 Kh1 86. Qg6 Kh2 87. Kf2 Kh3 88. Qg3# 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya"] [Black "Thilakawardena A K P Namya Dine"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1921"] [BlackElo "1095"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 h6 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 c4 9. Bc2 Bxg3 10. hxg3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 b5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe2 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rae1 Nf6 21. Ne5 Re6 22. Kf1 Rfe8 23. Nc6 Ne4 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nf3 Kf7 26. g4 Ng5 27. Nxg5+ hxg5 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. g3 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Ke6 31. Ke2 g6 32. f4 f5 33. gxf5+ Kxf5 34. fxg5 Kxg5 35. Kf3 Kf6 36. Kf4 g5+ 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. g4+ Kf6 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Kd2 a5 41. a3 a4 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kf3 Kc6 44. Ke3 Kb6 45. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Palliyage Sethumlee Devhara"] [Black "Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1561"] [BlackElo "1921"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Ne5 c5 7. f4 Nc6 8. Ndf3 a6 9. c3 Qc7 10. O-O h6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Bg4 Be4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Qg4 cxd4 17. exd4 c5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Qf3 Rab8 20. Rab1 a5 21. Kh1 Rb7 22. a3 Rfb8 23. Qf2 Ne4 24. Qe2 Nxc3 25. Qc2 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 cxd4 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Bxd4 f6 29. Nd3 Bxa3 30. Re1 Rc4 31. Bg1 Bxb2 32. Rxe6 Bd4 33. h3 Rb1 34. Ne1 Bxg1 35. Kxg1 Rxf4 36. Kh2 Re4 37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. Nc2 a4 39. Na3 Rb3 40. Nc2 a3 41. Nxa3 Rxa3 42. Kg1 Ra2 43. Kf1 e3 44. Kg1 Kf7 45. Kf1 Ke6 46. Kg1 Kf5 47. Kf1 Kf4 48. Kg1 Kg3 49. Kf1 f5 50. Kg1 Ra1# 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Weerathunga W Gimashi Dewlini"] [Black "Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1600"] [BlackElo "1921"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bf4 e6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. a3 a6 15. Nf1 b5 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Ng3 Nc4 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. Rad1 Rfc8 21. f4 a5 22. Nf1 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Rc1 Ne4 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Qe2 Qb4 30. Ra1 Qxd4+ 31. Kh2 Rc8 32. Qb5 Qxa1 33. Qd7 Rf8 34. Qe7 Qc3 35. Nd7 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Qf2+ 37. Kh2 Qxf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qc7+ 40. Kg1 Qd6 41. Qxd6 Nxd6 42. Nxf8 Kxf8 43. Kf2 e5 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kd3 Ke6 46. Ke3 Nc4+ 47. Ke2 f5 48. Kd1 e4 49. Ke1 Ke5 50. Ke2 d4 51. Ke1 d3 52. Kd1 Kd4 53. Ke1 Ke3 54. g4 d2+ 55. Kd1 Nb2+ 56. Kc2 Ke2 57. Kxb2 d1=Q 58. Ka2 Qd4 59. Kb1 Qd2 60. Ka1 Kd3 61. Kb1 Kc3 62. Ka1 Qb2# 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya"] [Black "Vithanawasam Oneli"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1921"] [BlackElo "1758"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Be5 Nd7 11. Bg3 c5 12. c3 Rac8 13. Nf1 a6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ng3 f5 16. Nd2 Rf6 17. Qe2 b5 18. Ngf1 Rg6 19. Kh1 Rf8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Bc2 Rh6 22. Kg1 Nf6 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Nb3 Qc7 25. Nd4 Nh5 26. h4 Nf7 27. e4 fxe4 28. fxe4 Ng3 29. Nxg3 Qxg3 30. Nf3 Ne5 31. Rf1 Nxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 Qxf3 34. gxf3 Rxh4 35. exd5 Bxd5 36. Kf2 Rh2+ 37. Ke3 Rxc2 38. a3 Rxb2 39. f4 Rh2 40. Kd4 Rh4 41. Ke5 Rh5+ 42. Kd4 Rf5 43. Rf1 Kf7 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Rh1 h6 46. Ra1 e5 47. fxe5+ Kxe5 48. a4 Rf3+ 49. Kd2 Ke4 50. Re1+ Kf4 51. Ra1 Rf2+ 52. Kd3 Rf3+ 53. Kd2 Bc4 54. axb5 axb5 55. Ra7 g5 56. Rh7 Rh3 57. Rh8 h5 58. Rf8+ Kg4 59. Rd8 Rd3+ 60. Rxd3 Bxd3 61. Kxd3 h4 62. Ke2 Kg3 63. Kf1 Kf3 64. Kg1 h3 65. Kh2 g4 66. Kh1 g3 67. Kg1 g2 68. Kh2 Kf2 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Bimansa D G Jayandi"] [Black "Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1233"] [BlackElo "1921"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Ndf3 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxb5 12. a4 Qxb2 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rfb1 Qc7 15. Qd3 Ne4 16. c4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Qc2 dxc4 19. Qxc4 b6 20. Qc2 h6 21. Bf4 Bb7 22. Qc1 Nd3 23. Be3 Nxc1 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya"] [Black "Kumarasinghe Minuli"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1921"] [BlackElo "1519"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. h3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Be2 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. Qc2 Na5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Rfe1 Nd5 14. Bh2 Rc8 15. Nc4 Rf6 16. Qe2 Ba6 17. Rad1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Kf8 19. Ba6 Ra8 20. Bb7 Rg6 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. a3 f4 23. c4 Nf6 24. Bxf4 Nh5 25. Bh2 Qe8 26. d5 exd5 27. cxd5 Na5 28. d6 Kg8 29. Qxe7 Qa8 30. Qe8+ Qxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Rde1 Nc4 33. R8e7+ Kf8 34. Rxd7 Nf6 35. Rxa7 Nd5 36. d7 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Nce3+ 38. fxe3 Nxe3+ 39. Rxe3 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.05.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Premanath Prasansa"] [Black "Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1783"] [BlackElo "1921"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bf4 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 a5 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Ne5 Rab8 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Qd1 Na7 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Nf3 Ne7 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. f4 Nc6 22. Qg4 Nb6 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Rxe6 Qd7 26. Rae1 Qf7 27. Qg5 Re8 28. Bg6 Rxe6 29. Bxf7 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Re4 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Rxf4+ 33. Kg3 Rf6 34. Qc5+ Kf7 35. Qh5+ Rg6+ 36. Kh2 Re8 37. d5 Re5 38. Qf3+ Rf6 39. Qd3 Rd6 40. Qf3+ Rf6 41. Qd1 Rd6 42. Qb3 Rexd5 43. Qxb7+ Ne7 44. c4 Rd2 45. c5 Rg6 46. Qf3+ Kg8 47. Qa8+ Kf7 48. Qf3+ Kg8 49. Qa8+ Kh7 50. Qe4 Rdxg2+ 51. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 52. Kxg2 Kg6 53. b4 axb4 54. a5 Nc6 55. a6 b3 0-1

About the Author

Mr.Tharindu Wickramanayake is a former captain of the University of Peradeniya chess team and a member of the Super Knights Chess Club.