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6th Global Festival - Intercontinental Online Youth Team Chess Cup 2020

12 October 2020

By globalchess.lk Team

Sri Lanka’s No 1 player Harshana Thilakarathna represented the Team Asia- The Champion Team at the 6th Global Festival - Intercontinental Online Youth Team Chess Cup 2020 which was organized by the Global Chess Festival and European Chess Union.

It was held on 10th October 2020 on the tornelo.com platform.

The detailed results of the tournament are available here.

You can visit the organizer’s website for more details. 

The games of Harshana are given below.

[Event "Intercontinental Online Youth Team Ches"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.10.10"] [Round "1.18"] [White "Mwale, Samuel"] [Black "Thilakarathne, G M H."] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 0-1 [Event "Intercontinental Online Youth Team Ches"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.10.10"] [Round "2.18"] [White "Thilakarathne, G M H."] [Black "Gavrilescu, David"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2250"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. h3 Ne7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Rd2 e5 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qg4 Nf5 20. Bg5 Rd7 21. Nc3 h5 22. Qd1 Nd4 23. Bf6 Bc5 24. Qe1 Re8 25. Ne4 Bf8 26. Rad1 Nxb3 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. axb3 Bf5 29. c4 Qc6 30. Rd5 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxf6 32. Rd7 b5 33. c5 Bxc5 34. Qb7 Qxf2+ 0-1 [Event "Intercontinental Online Youth Team Ches"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.10.10"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Yearwood, Sean"] [Black "Thilakarathne, G M H."] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. g3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. e4 Nh5 13. h3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nde4 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nf7 17. Bh4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxe4 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qe5 22. Re1 Qg5 23. Rxb7 Bd4 24. Kg2 Rf8 25. f4 Qd8 26. Bc2 Qc8 27. Ree7 Bf6 28. Red7 Qe8 29. h4 Qe3 30. h5 g5 31. Bxh7+ Kg7 32. Bg6 gxf4 33. Rxf7+ Rxf7 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Qf3 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 Be5 37. gxf4 Bd4 38. Qg3 Bf2 39. Qf3 Qe1 40. h6 1-0 [Event "Intercontinental Online Youth Team Ches"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.10.10"] [Round "4.18"] [White "Thilakarathne, G M H."] [Black "Mwale, Samuel"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nge7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nb3 a6 11. Be2 b5 12. a3 Ne5 13. Rad1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nd4 Rb8 16. Qc1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bd4 f6 19. f3 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Bf2 Qe5 22. Rd4 Qh5 23. Rxc4 Bb5 24. Rxc7 Rbc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nd5 Qe5 27. c3 Bc4 28. Nb6 Rc6 29. Qd2 Qb5 30. Nd5 Kf7 31. Nb4 Bf8 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Rb1 Qa4 34. Qd4 Qb3 35. Qd1 Qa2 36. b3 Be2 37. Qd5+ Kg7 38. Re1 Qc2 39. Bd4 Be7 40. Qe6 Kf8 41. Bxf6 1-0 [Event "Intercontinental Online Youth Team Ches"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.10.10"] [Round "5.18"] [White "Gavrilescu, David"] [Black "Thilakarathne, G M H."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2250"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nh4 O-O 9. Bg2 g6 10. a4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. h4 Re8 15. Bh6 Rc4 16. Nd2 Rc7 17. Nf1 Nc5 18. Bg5 Ne6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne3 Rc5 21. Ncd5 Bg7 22. c3 Bh6 23. Ng4 Bg7 24. h5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nf8 26. Qe2 Nd7 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qxa6 f5 29. Ne3 e4 30. Rad1 Ne5 31. Nc2 Nd3 32. Rxd3 exd3 33. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Qa8 35. Qe2 Qxa4 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Nd3 Qd1+ 38. Bf1 Rc4 39. Qxd6 Ra4 40. Nf4 Ra1 41. Qxg6+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Bf8 43. Qe2 Qxe2 44. Nxe2 Rb1 45. Nd4 f4 46. gxf4 Rxb2 47. Bc4 Bd6 48. f5 Kf8 49. Kg2 Bc5 50. Ne2 Rc2 51. Kf3 Rd2 52. Ke4 Bxf2 53. Nf4 Bc5 54. f6 Kf7 55. Kf5 Rf2 56. d6+ Kf8 57. d7 Rd2 58. Bd5 Be7 59. Ng6# 1-0 [Event "Intercontinental Online Youth Team Ches"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.10.10"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Thilakarathne, G M H."] [Black "Yearwood, Sean"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 Ndf6 10. Rd1 Qxd1+ 11. Qxd1 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 e5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nxe5 1-0