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SL Men’s National Rapid Chess Champion 2020– FM LMST De Silva

28 August 2020

by globalchess.lk Team

The Sri Lanka Men's National Rapid Chess Championship was held 22nd Saturday August 2020 at Sathara Building, Maharagama. 

FM L.M.S.T. De Silva - the number 23 seated player from Nalanda College Colombo managed to become the Men's National Rapid Chess Champion 2020 half a point ahead of CM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage who became the 1st runner-up with better tiebreak against CM Chandana Wijekoon. 

The nine rounds event was conducted under the time control of 15 minutes at the start of the game and 10 seconds increment per move for each player. 

The following is the top 20 list from the participation of 252 players. 

Place

Starting
Rank

Title

Name

Rating

Points
(Out of Total 9
)

1

23

FM

De Silva L M S T

1680

8,5

2

27

CM

Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan

1652

8,0

3

8

CM

Wijekoon Chandana

1899

8,0

4

37

 

Sivathanujan S

1473

7,5

5

1

FM

Alahakoon Isuru

2106

7,5

6

18

CM

Doluweera Dinul Thisura

1741

7,0

7

7

 

Subasinghe K R V R

1902

7,0

8

19

 

Theekshana H G Denuwan

1728

7,0

9

22

 

Madusanka L D P

1689

7,0

10

50

 

Nabil Nazar Mohamed

1354

7,0

11

35

 

Kodithuwakku Lisara

1493

7,0

12

5

 

Amarasinghe A A C B

1941

6,5

13

53

 

Gamage Ovin Vidmal

1341

6,5

14

13

FM

Doluweera Minul Sanjula

1806

6,5

15

38

 

Samaraweera Dimuth Indeepa

1469

6,5

16

3

 

Karunaratne D C J

2043

6,5

17

49

 

Arthigan J

1354

6,5

18

48

 

Kithmal P M Kalindhu

1357

6,5

19

34

CM

Dahanayake Isara Banidu

1498

6,5

20

33

 

Dorison G Jude

1504

6,5