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Day 1: Division 3 Stage of Online Olympiad 2020

8 August 2020

By globalchess.lk team

Sri Lanka Team is competing in Pool B of Division 3 Stage on 7th, 8th, and 9th of August 2020.

10 Teams, 9 rounds, 3 days, 3 Rounds per day.

The time control is 15 minutes for the game and 5 seconds increment per move, starting from move one.

Sri Lanka Team faced Chinese Taipei, Scotland, and Nigeria in the first three rounds respectively, and scored 13 game points out of possible 18. 

Here are the detailed results of Day 1.

Rank table after 3 Rounds 

Team pairings of Day 1      

Board Pairings of Day 1


The Polymath College International, Navinna Maharagama is the Sri Lanka Team host this prestigious participation.   

You can go through the tournament games (Day 1) of Sri Lanka Team below.

[Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Song, Raymond"] [Black "Thilakarathne, G M H."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2254"] [BlackElo "2010"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Chinese Taipei"] [BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRI"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bd3 b5 7. c4 g5 8. Nxg5 Ne5 9. Bf1 bxc4 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 h6 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Rg8+ 14. Kh1 Qa5 15. Qe3 Rb8 16. Nc3 Qh5 17. Qf4 Nd7 18. Bxc4 Ne5 19. Be2 Qg6 20. Qg3 Qh7 21. Qf4 Qg6 22. Qg3 Qh7 23. Qf4 Qg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan"] [Black "Liu, Yeh Yang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1652"] [BlackElo "2004"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeam "Chinese Taipei"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O Bxb3 13. axb3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Rg1 Rc8 16. g4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Kf8 18. g5 Nh5 19. Rh1 g6 20. Nd5 Nxf4 21. Rxh8+ Kg7 22. Rxc8 Nxe2 23. Bxe2 Bxg5 24. b4 Qa4 25. Rh1 Bh6 26. Rc3 f6 27. Rc7+ Nf7 28. Bc4 Qe8 29. Nc3 g5 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. Rxb7 Qc8 32. Bf7+ Kg7 33. Bd5+ Kg6 34. Ne2 f5 35. Nd4 f4 36. Bf7+ Kf6 37. Rxh6+ Ke5 38. c3 Kxe4 39. Re7+ Kd3 40. Rh3+ Kd2 41. Re2+ Kd1 42. Rh1# 1-0 [Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Shih, Ching-An"] [Black "Dahampriya, H K T Dewnethmie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1680"] [BlackElo "1466"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Chinese Taipei"] [BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRI"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd3 d5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxb4 a5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. O-O Bc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e5 Qh4 16. Ne2 f5 17. Rac1 f4 18. f3 g5 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Qb7 Rf7 21. Qxa8+ Kg7 22. Qxc6 g4 23. Qxe6 h5 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. e6 Rg7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Qxf4 Qd8 28. Ng3 gxf3 29. Rxf3 Qe8 30. Nf5 Ra7 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Rg3+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Rg7 34. Qxg7# 1-0 [Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Ranasinghe, S D."] [Black "Chen, Chi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1820"] [BlackElo "1353"] [PlyCount "189"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeam "Chinese Taipei"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qe3+ Kf8 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. Qxe8+ Rxe8 17. Bxd5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Ba3 19. Rb3 Bc5 20. Rf3 f6 21. e3 Rd8 22. e4 Ke7 23. Kg2 Rd7 24. Rc1 Rhd8 25. Rc2 Bd4 26. Rd3 Be5 27. Ra3 Bd4 28. Ra4 Bc5 29. Rac4 Rd6 30. R4c3 R6d7 31. a4 Rd6 32. Re2 R6d7 33. Rcc2 Rd6 34. h4 R6d7 35. Kf3 g6 36. Rc1 Rf8 37. Bc6 Rd3+ 38. Kg2 Rd6 39. Bd5 Rd7 40. h5 Kd8 41. Rh1 f5 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Rh6 fxe4 44. Bxe4 g5 45. Rg6 Be7 46. Bc6 Rd6 47. Rxd6+ Bxd6 48. Bb5 Bc5 49. f3 Kc7 50. Re5 Rg8 51. Kh3 Kd6 52. Rf5 Rg6 53. Kg4 Be3 54. Rf7 Kc5 55. Rxa7 Kb4 56. Re7 Bd2 57. Re4+ Kc5 58. Kf5 Rg8 59. Rc4+ Kd6 60. Rc6+ Kd5 61. Rxb6 Rf8+ 62. Kg4 Rc8 63. Rb7 Ke5 64. Re7+ Kf6 65. Re4 Rd8 66. Bc6 Rd6 67. Rc4 Be3 68. a5 Ba7 69. a6 Rd3 70. Be4 Ra3 71. Rc6+ Ke5 72. Kxg5 Be3+ 73. Kg4 Ba7 74. Rg6 Kd4 75. Bf5 Bb8 76. f4 Ba7 77. Bc8 Re3 78. Rg7 Bb6 79. Rd7+ Kc5 80. Bb7 Ba7 81. Bf3 Bb6 82. a7 Bxa7 83. Rxa7 Kb6 84. Rf7 Kc5 85. f5 Kd6 86. Rf6+ Ke5 87. Re6+ Kd4 88. Rxe3 Kxe3 89. f6 Kf2 90. f7 Kg1 91. f8=Q Kh2 92. Qh8+ Kg1 93. Qh1+ Kf2 94. Qg2+ Ke1 95. Qe2# 1-0 [Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Wang, Ting-Hao"] [Black "De Silva, L M S T."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1788"] [BlackElo "1680"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Chinese Taipei"] [BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRI"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nge2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 c6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. h3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f5 d5 12. g4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qb6+ 14. Kh2 h6 15. Qe1 a5 16. Ng3 c5 17. Be3 Rad8 18. a4 b4 19. Nb5 Ba6 20. c4 Nb8 21. Nh5 Nxh5 22. gxh5 Bf6 23. Qg3 Rd3 24. Bxc5 Qd8 25. Rf3 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Qd2 27. b3 Rd8 28. Qe3 Qb2 29. Rf1 Bg5 30. Qf3 Qd2 31. Rf2 Qc1 32. Rf1 Qd2 33. Rf2 Qe1 34. Rf1 Qh4 35. Qg4 Qxg4 36. hxg4 Bf4+ 37. Kh1 Rd3 38. Rf3 Rd1+ 39. Rf1 Rd3 40. Rf3 Rd1+ 41. Rf1 Rd2 42. Nc7 Bb7 43. Nd5 Nd7 44. Nxf4 Nxc5 45. Nd5 Nxb3 46. Rf3 Nd4 47. Rf1 b3 48. Rb1 b2 49. Nc3 Rc2 50. Nb5 Rc1+ 0-1 [Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Tharushi, T H D Niklesha"] [Black "Tsai, Sophie Yi-Hsuan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1540"] [BlackElo "1155"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeam "Chinese Taipei"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. e5 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bd3 e5 14. Qc2 g6 15. O-O exd4 16. Bc4+ Kg7 17. cxd4 Nb6 18. Bb3 Bf5 19. Qb2 Be4 20. Ne5 Rad8 21. a4 Qe7 22. Rfe1 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nxg6 Qg5 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. a5 Nc4 27. Qxb7 Nxa5 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qc7+ Kg6 30. Re6+ Kh5 31. Qxh7+ Kg4 32. Re4+ Qf4 33. Qg6+ Rg5 34. f3+ Kh4 35. g3+ Rxg3+ 36. hxg3+ Kh3 37. Qh5+ Kxg3 38. Qh2+ Kxf3 39. Qxf4# 1-0 [Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Greet, Andrew N"] [Black "Thilakarathne, G M H."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2434"] [BlackElo "2010"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Scotland"] [BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRI"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bf4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. Rfd1 Qb8 12. Be2 Be7 13. Qg3 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qxg7 Rg8 16. Qh6 Rg6 17. Qd2 b5 18. Bf3 Kf8 19. a4 b4 20. Ne2 Kg8 21. Rac1 Kh8 22. Rc6 Rg8 23. Rdc1 Ra7 24. Ng3 a5 25. Qh6 Qf8 26. Qe3 Rd7 27. Qb6 Qd8 28. Qb5 Rd2 29. Qxe5 Qd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Rc7 Re8 32. e5 Ng8 33. Nh5 Red8 34. Ra7 Rd2 35. Rcc7 Re8 36. Bc6 Red8 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Rxe7 Kg8 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. Rb7 Rc2 41. Bf3 Rxb2 42. Bh5 Kg7 43. Rxf7+ Kh6 44. h4 Rh8 45. g4 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 1-0 [Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Alahakoon, Isuru"] [Black "Tate, Alan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2106"] [BlackElo "2268"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeam "Scotland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"] [BlackTeamCountry "SCO"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Nbd2 Qf6 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bc2 Rfe8 15. Qd3 g6 16. h3 a6 17. N1h2 Qg7 18. Ng4 f6 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Bf5 21. Qd2 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Ne7 1/2-1/2 [Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"] [Black "Dahampriya, H K T Dewnethmie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2282"] [BlackElo "1466"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Scotland"] [BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRI"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. a3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Rfc8 15. Rc3 Nd8 16. Rd3 Qb5 17. Bc3 Rc7 18. h4 h6 19. Nh2 Rac8 20. a4 Qa6 21. Ng4 Bxh4 22. Rh3 Bg5 23. Rf1 Kf8 24. f4 Be7 25. Nxh6 gxh6 26. Rxh6 Ke8 27. f5 Kd7 28. f6 Ba3 29. Rh8 Rc4 30. Qh5 Kc7 31. Rf3 Bb4 32. Bxb4 Rxb4 33. b3 Kb8 34. Rg3 Rxd4 35. Rgg8 Qb6 36. Kh2 Rb4 37. Rf8 Rxb3 38. Rhg8 Qc7 39. Re8 Rc3 40. Re7 Qb6 41. Rd7 R3c4 42. Qh8 a6 43. Rdxd8 Qc7 44. Rxc8+ Qxc8 45. Rxc8+ Rxc8 46. Qg7 d4 47. Qxf7 Rd8 48. Qe7 Kc8 49. Qxe6+ Kc7 50. Qe7+ Rd7 51. Qc5+ Kd8 52. e6 Rh7+ 53. Kg3 Rh6 54. Qf8+ 1-0 [Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Ranasinghe, S D."] [Black "Lampard, Alice"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1820"] [BlackElo "1763"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeam "Scotland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"] [BlackTeamCountry "SCO"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd2 a6 10. a3 Rb8 11. Rb1 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 f5 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Be3 h6 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 f4 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Bg4 Nd4 21. Nd5 f3 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Re3 Qh3 25. Qf1 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Ra8 27. Ree1 Ra3 28. Be3 Rxd3 29. Rec1 Nb3 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Ra8 32. Nc7 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Nxa1 34. Nxb5 Bf8 35. Nc3 Nc2 36. b5 Nxe3+ 37. fxe3 d5 38. exd5 Kf7 39. Kf2 Bc5 40. Kxf3 Ke7 41. Ne4 Bb6 42. Nd2 Bc5 43. Nc4 g5 44. Ke4 Ba7 45. Nxe5 Kf6 46. Nc4 h5 47. b6 Bb8 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. e4+ Kf6 50. e5+ Ke7 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kf5 h4 53. gxh4 gxh4 54. h3 Ke7 55. Na5 Kd7 56. Nc6 1-0 [Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Abdulla, Murad"] [Black "Doluweera, Minul Sanjula"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2167"] [BlackElo "1806"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Scotland"] [BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRI"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. a3 Bc5 8. g4 Na6 9. Bg2 Nc7 10. Bd2 Bd4 11. Qg3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd5 14. c3 Bc5 15. g5 Bd6 16. Qg4 Qc7 17. c4 Nf4 18. c5 Be5 19. d4 O-O-O 20. dxe5 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Bc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qxe5+ 24. Kf1 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qxc5 27. Qd2 Qxa3 28. Kg2 Qa4 29. Rd1 Qe4+ 30. f3 Qd5 31. c4 Qxd2+ 32. Rxd2 b5 33. c5 a5 34. Kf2 Kc7 35. Ke3 h6 36. h4 e5 37. gxh6 gxh6 38. Ke4 f6 39. Ra2 a4 40. Kf5 Kb7 41. Kxf6 Ka6 42. Kxe5 Ka5 43. Kd4 b4 44. Kc4 b3 45. Rb2 h5 46. f4 Ka6 47. f5 Kb7 48. f6 Kc7 49. f7 a3 50. Rxb3 a2 51. Ra3 a1=Q 52. Rxa1 Kd7 53. f8=Q Ke6 54. Re1+ Kd7 55. Re7# 1-0 [Event "2020 FIDE Online Olympiad"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.07"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Jayaweera, Sayuni Gihansa"] [Black "Smith, Sarah E"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1519"] [BlackElo "1390"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2020.08.07"] [EventRounds "9"] [WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeam "Scotland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"] [BlackTeamCountry "SCO"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a4 Ba6 14. h3 Rfb8 15. Qc2 Bh8 16. f4 Rb4 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rxb5 19. Nxd6 Rbb8 20. Nc4 Ne8 21. e5 Qc8 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Nxa5 Ra8 24. Nc6 Qc7 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Nc6 Ra2 27. Bc4 Nb6 28. Bxa2 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Qd7 30. Qxc5+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ Kg7 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nxf5+ Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kg7 35. Rxf7+ Qxf7 36. Bxf7 1-0