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Buddhika Amarasinghe -National Amateur Chess Champion 2020 (Open)

6 October 2020

By globalchess.lk team

7th National Amateur Chess Championship 2020 Open was started on 1st October 2020 at Sanhinda Reception Hall, Delkanda. The event was finished on 4th October 2020 crowning Buddhika Amarasinghe as the National Amateur Chess Champion 2020 (Open).

The list of the players, who got 6 points and above out of 9 rounds is given below.

Place

Title

Name

Rating

Points

1

 

Amarasinghe A A C B

1933

8,0

2

 

Jayaweera Y

1770

7,5

3

 

Nabil Nazar Mohamed

1444

7,5

4

 

Senevirathne S D B K

1492

7,0

5

 

Saravanabaavan Brijeash

1606

7,0

6

 

De Silva Osheen

1776

6,5

7

 

Sivathanujan S

1752

6,5

8

 

Hettiarachchi D W K

1265

6,5

9

 

Maithripala W D P N

1356

6,5

10

 

Kithmal P M Kalindhu

1611

6,0

11

CM

Wijekoon Chandana

1865

6,0

12

 

Weerasekara Dishal Nimsara

1446

6,0

13

 

Gamage G D P A

1219

6,0

14

 

Gunathilake M D Vinuda Shenal

1529

6,0

15

AFM

Sathmina S L Lalindu

1553

6,0

16

 

Sandaruwan M G Ravindu

1533

6,0

17

 

Dandeniya D D L N

1314

6,0

18

 

Samarakoon Vivash Ransara

1299

6,0

19

 

Buddhika Chathuranga

1146

6,0

 

The last round game, which made Amarasinghe Champion is given below.

[Event "National Amateur Ch. 2020 Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.10.04"] [Round "9"] [White "Amarasinghe, A A C B."] [Black "Wijekoon, Chandana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1933"] [BlackElo "1865"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. a4 Bd6 11. Be5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 b4 13. a5 Qa7 14. Na4 O-O 15. c4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Nec5 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nxa4 21. Bxd7 Nc5 22. Bc6 Rab8 23. Qe3 b3 24. h4 Rf8 25. Rd2 Rbd8 26. Rfd1 Rb8 27. h5 h6 28. Kg2 Rbc8 29. g4 Kh7 30. Kg3 f6 31. Bd7 f5 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Kf4 c6 34. Bxc8 Qe7 35. Bxf5+ Kh8 36. Kg4 Rxf5 37. Kxf5 Qh4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Qxc5 Qh3+ 40. Ke4 Qg4+ 41. Ke3 Qg5+ 42. Ke2 Qg4+ 43. f3 Qg2+ 44. Qf2 1-0