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WCM Dahamdi Sanudula-National Amateur Chess Champion 2020 (Women’s)

6 October 2020

By globalchess.lk team

The 7th National Amateur Women’s Chess Championship 2020 was started on 1st October 2020 at Sanhinda Reception Hall, Delkanda. The event was finished on 4th October 2020 crowning WCM Dahamdi Sanudula as the National Amateur Chess Champion 2020 (Women’s) with a comfortable 100% score.

The list of the players, who got 5.5 points and above out of 9 rounds is given below.

Place

Title

Name

Rating

Points

1

WCM

Sanudula K M Dahamdi

1430

9,0

2

 

Sandeepani M Tharushi

1625

7,5

3

 

Ranganath Tharuli Vihasna

1362

6,5

4

 

Attanayake Chanindi Mewna

1403

6,5

5

WCM

Wickramasinghe Minethma Lasandi

1575

6,0

6

 

Indrajith J A K N T

1332

6,0

7

 

Abeysinghe H M H Janandani

1519

6,0

8

 

Wickramarathne P W G Gaveshi

1284

6,0

9

 

Weerathunga W Gimashi Dewlini

1024

5,5

10

 

Sandanayake Dehansa Nisanduni

1178

5,5

11

 

Cooray B S M T

1258

5,5

12

 

Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini

0

5,5

13

 

Gamage Desandhi Dhihansa

1278

5,5

14

 

Akuratiya A G Javindi Avarjana

1217

5,5

 

The game between the champion and the 1st Runner up is given below.

[Event "7th National Amateur Ch. 2020 Women's"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.10.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Sandeepani, M Tharushi"] [Black "WCM Sanudula, K M Dahamdi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "1625"] [BlackElo "1430"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 a5 9. e4 c5 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. e5 Bc7 13. Re1 Nc6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Rac1 Na2 17. Ra1 Nb4 18. Rac1 Na2 19. Rcd1 Nb4 20. Nb1 Nc6 21. Na3 Na7 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. axb5 Nb6 24. Ba3 Nd7 25. d4 Bb6 26. c4 Be4 27. Nd2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Re8 29. Nf3 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Bc5 31. Qb2 Qe7 32. Nc2 Nb6 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. Qd4 Rec8 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Ne3 dxc4 37. Rd6 Nd5 38. Nxc4 Rxb5 39. Nd2 Rc8 40. Re4 h6 41. Rd7 Rc2 42. Nc4 Rxb3 43. Nxa5 Rd3 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Nxb7 Rdd2 46. Nd6 Rxf2+ 47. Kg1 Nf4 48. Re3 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Rcf2+ 50. Ke1 Ra2 51. Kf1 Rgf2+ 52. Kg1 Rfc2 53. Kf1 Rh2 54. Rh8+ Kxh8 55. Nxf7+ Kg8 56. Nxh6+ gxh6 57. Kg1 Rag2+ 58. Kf1 Rh1# 0-1