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Sri Lanka Team to FIDE Online Olympiad 2020
29 July 2020
by GlobalChess.lk team
Sri Lanka Team will join Stage 1 under Division 3 which comprises 35 seeded and 15 qualified from Division 4. These 50 teams will be divided into 5 pools as 10 teams each. From a round-robin, 9 rounds event 3 best teams of each pool will be advanced to Division 2.
The time control for all matches will be 15 minutes for the game and 5 seconds increment per move, starting from move one.
All matches can be followed on https://www.chess.com/live and https://www.chess.com/events/ and will have expert commentary on https://www.chess.com/tv
The Division 3 Event will be held on August 7th to 9th 2020.
SRI LANKA TEAM
Board 1: Thilakarathne, G M H
Board 2: Alahakoon, Isuru
Board 3: Dahampriya, H K T Dewnethmie
Board 4: Pavalachandran, Ashvini
Board 5: De Silva, L M S T
Board 6: Jayaweera, Sayuni Gihansa
Reserve players
Galappaththi, Chinthaka Anuruddha;
Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan;
Fernando, G. W Nethmi L;
Ranasinghe, S D;
Doluweera, Minul Sanjula;
Tharushi, T H D Niklesha
Federation Official
Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya
Team Captain
Mr. P. R. A. Fernando
Chess Federation of Sri Lanka has appointed Mr. Rajeendra Kalugampitiya (Former National Champion) as the coach of the team.
We wish our team very best to show the strength of Sri Lanka Chess. You can visit the official website of FIDE Online Olympiad 2020.
