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Youth Chess Grand Prix 2021 Champion -S.D.B.K. Senevirathne
25 March 2021
by globalchess.lk Team
Sri Lanka Youth Grand Prix 2021 Under 14 Years was started at the Headquarters of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, Nugegoda on 9th March 2021 as Group X and Y, 2 separate events of 12 players each and conducted semifinals and finals to find the Champion, 1st and 2nd runner ups from the top 2 players of each Group.
S.D.B.K. Senevirathne crowned as the Champion by beating WCM K.M. Dahamdi Sandula who became the 1st Runner up. Brijeash Saravanabaavan secured the 2nd Runner up by beating Dinul Vinsitha Weerasekara at the Finals.
Chess Federation is doing a remarkable timely service going beyond the regular tournaments and introducing the events, especially for the Young Sri Lankan Players. The players and the coaches appreciate the opportunities CFSL discovers.
The following are the Results and Rankings of the Semi-Finals and Finals.
Semi-Final
Knockout 2 (Time control Standard:90 minutes with a 30-second increment from move 1)
| Game | Title | Name | Result | Title | Name |
| 1 | Weerasekara Dinul Vinsitha | 0 - 1 | Senevirathne S D B K | ||
| 2 | Senevirathne S D B K | 1 - 0 | Weerasekara Dinul Vinsitha |
Knockout 2 Results
| Place | Title | Name |
| 1 | Senevirathne S D B K | |
| 2 | Weerasekara Dinul Vinsitha |
Knockout 1 (Time control Standard: 90 minutes with a 30-second increment from move 1)
| Game | Title | Name | Result | Title | Name |
| 1 | Saravanabaavan Brijeash | 0 - 1 | WCM | Sanudula K M Dahamdi | |
| 2 | WCM | Sanudula K M Dahamdi | 1 - 0 | Saravanabaavan Brijeash |
Knockout 1 Results
| Place | Title | Name |
| 1 | WCM | Sanudula K M Dahamdi |
| 2 | Saravanabaavan Brijeash |
Final
Final to find the 1st and 2nd (Time control: Standard: 90 mins with a 30-sec increment from move 1)
| Game | Name | Result | Name | ||
| 1 | Senevirathne S D B K | 0 - 1 | WCM | Sanudula K M Dahamdi | |
| 2 | WCM | Sanudula K M Dahamdi | 0 - 1 | Senevirathne S D B K |
After the Tie-break event, Senevirathne became the champion.
Final to find the 3rd (Time control: Standard: 90 min with a 30-sec increment from move 1)
| Game | Name | Result | Name |
| 1 | Saravanabaavan Brijeash | 1 - 0 | Weerasekara Dinul Vinsitha |
| 2 | Weerasekara Dinul Vinsitha | ½ - ½ | Saravanabaavan Brijeash |
Final Ranking
| Place | Title | Name |
| 1 | Senevirathne S D B K | |
| 2 | WCM | Sanudula K M Dahamdi |
| 3 | Saravanabaavan Brijeash | |
| 4 | Weerasekara Dinul Vinsitha |
The Games of the Semi-Finals and Finals are given below.
[Event "Sri Lanka Youth (U14) Chess Grand Prix "]
[Site "CFSL Headquarters, Delkanda, "]
[Date "2021.03.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Weerasekara, Dinul Vinsitha"]
[Black "Senevirathne, S D B K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1267"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.03.20"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SRI"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O Ne5 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qxf4 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Qg5 Bb8
15. g3 O-O 16. Rac1 d6 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Bg2 Ng4 20. Qe2 Ne5 21. Bf1
Ba7 22. Kh1 g5 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Ng6 25. Qg4 Kh7 26. Bd3 f5 27. Qf3 Bc6 28.
Nd5 Qf7 29. exf5 exf5 30. Bf1 Rg8 31. Bh3 Nxf4 32. Bxf5+ Qxf5 33. Re7+ Kg6 34.
Qg3+ Kh5 35. Qf3+ Qg4 36. Nxf4+ Kh4 37. Ng6+ Rxg6 38. Re4 Bxe4 39. h3 Qxh3# 0-1
[Event "Sri Lanka Youth (U14) Chess Grand Prix "]
[Site "CFSL Headquarters, Delkanda, "]
[Date "2021.03.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Senevirathne, S D B K."]
[Black "Weerasekara, Dinul Vinsitha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "1267"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.03.20"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SRI"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nb6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Ng5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 h6 12. Ne4 Ned5 13. O-O Be7 14. Qg3 g6 15.
Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Qb8 17. Nc5 Nc4 18. d7+ Ke7 19. Qf3 Nd6 20. Bf4 b6 21. Nd3
f6 22. Rfe1 Kxd7 23. Qg4 Qe8 24. Bxd6 Kxd6 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4+ Kd7 27. Qxf6
Rh7 28. Re2 Qf7 29. Qh4 Qe7 30. Qe4 Rg7 31. Rc1 Qd6 32. Qh4 Rh7 33. Qf6 Rg8 34.
Rec2 Qe7 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. Rxc6 Rd8 37. R1c4 Rd6 38. Rc7+ Rd7 39. f3 Kf6 40.
R7c6 Rd5 41. Kf2 Rhd7 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Rc7 Kf6 44. Ke4 g5 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46. Rc8
a6 47. Ra8 a5 48. a4 Rc7 49. Rb8 Rc6 50. d5 Rc4+ 51. Kd3 exd5 52. Rxb6+ Kg7 53.
Rb5 Rxa4 54. Rxd5 Rb4 55. Kc3 Ra4 56. Kd3 Ra1 57. Kc3 Rg1 58. Rd2 Rh1 59. h3
Re1 60. Kb3 Kg6 61. Ka4 Re5 62. Rd6+ 1-0
[Event "Sri Lanka Youth (U14) Chess Grand Prix "]
[Site "CFSL Headquarters, Delkanda, "]
[Date "2021.03.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Saravanabaavan, Brijeash"]
[Black "Sanudula, K M Dahamdi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.03.20"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SRI"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. f3 Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4
h6 9. h5 Bh7 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Na4 Qxd4 13. Bc3 Qf4 14. Rd1 e6 15.
Nh3 Qg3+ 16. Kd2 O-O-O+ 17. Kc1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bd6 19. Nf2 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5
21. Nc3 Qxe2 22. Bxe2 Rd8 23. Nd3 a6 24. Rf1 e5 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Nf2 Rd8 27. a3
Ng8 28. Nfe4 f5 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. Rg1 Bf8 31. Bc4 Ne7 32. Bf7 Nc6 33. Bg6 Bxg6
34. Rxg6 Nd4 35. Nd2 Rd7 36. Rg2 Rf7 37. Rg3 Rf5 0-1
[Event "Sri Lanka Youth (U14) Chess Grand Prix "]
[Site "CFSL Headquarters, Delkanda, "]
[Date "2021.03.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sanudula, K M Dahamdi"]
[Black "Saravanabaavan, Brijeash"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2021.03.20"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SRI"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bf4 Nf8 11. Qd2 Be6 12. c4 Qd7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Nc3 Ng6
15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bf7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 f5
21. h3 a6 22. Qe2 b5 23. a3 Re8 24. Qd3 h6 25. Qd4 g5 26. Qb4 Qd7 27. Qc5 Rc8
28. Qb6 g4 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Qxa6 g3 31. Qxb5 gxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qa7+ 33. Kg3 Qe3+
34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qe5 37. Qe2 Qd6 38. Qg4 Re8 39. Ne4 Qe5 40.
Ng3 Bxd5 41. Qh5 Qxh5+ 42. Nxh5 Bb3 43. Rd2 Re5 44. Nf4 g5 45. Ne2 h5 46. Nd4
Bd5 47. Kh2 Kg7 48. b4 Kg6 49. b5 g4 50. Re2 Be4 51. b6 Kf6 52. Rxe4 Rxe4 53.
b7 Re8 54. Nc6 g3+ 55. Kxg3 h4+ 56. Kxh4 Re4+ 57. g4 Re8 58. b8=Q Rg8 59. Qd6+
Kg7 60. Qe7+ Kh8 61. Ne5 Rg7 62. Qe8+ Kh7 63. Kh5 Rg8 64. Qxg8+ Kxg8 65. Kg6
1-0
[Event "Sri Lanka Youth (U14) Chess Grand Prix "]
[Site "CFSL Headquarters, Delkanda, "]
[Date "2021.03.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Saravanabaavan, Brijeash"]
[Black "Weerasekara, Dinul Vinsitha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1267"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2021.03.21"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SRI"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Qa5+ 6. c3 e6 7. Ne2 Qa6 8. Qc2
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. Be3 Nge7 12. Qd1 Nf5 13. g4 Nh4 14. f4 h5 15. h3
Be7 16. Nc1 Kd7 17. Ra2 c4 18. Nd2 Rh7 19. g5 Nf5 20. Bf2 Na5 21. Nf3 g6 22.
Re1 Rhh8 23. Qc2 Qb5 24. Nd2 Rc7 25. Ne2 Nb3 26. Rb1 a5 27. a4 Qb6 28. h4 Rhc8
29. Kg2 Rc6 30. Nf3 R6c7 31. Nh2 Qa6 32. Nf1 Qb6 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Kh3 Qb6 35.
Nfg3 Nxg3 36. Bxg3 Ke8 37. f5 exf5 38. Nf4 Rd7 39. Bf2 Rc6 40. Qe2 Re6 41. Qf3
Qc6 42. Re1 Nd2 43. Qd1 Nb3 44. Qc2 Qc8 45. Re2 Qd8 46. Be3 Rc7 47. Rg2 Qc8 48.
Rg1 Qd7 49. Qg2 Rc8 50. Qxd5 Qxd5 51. Nxd5 Bc5 52. dxc5 Rxe5 53. Nf6+ Ke7 54.
Bf4 Re2 55. Rd1 Rc6 56. Rd7+ Ke6 57. Rd8 Ke7 58. Re8# 1-0
[Event "Sri Lanka Youth (U14) Chess Grand Prix "]
[Site "CFSL Headquarters, Delkanda, "]
[Date "2021.03.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Senevirathne, S D B K."]
[Black "Sanudula, K M Dahamdi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2021.03.21"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SRI"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. f3 Bf5 7. Bd2 Qb6 8.
Qe2 Nc6 9. Na4 Qxd4 10. Be3 Qe5 11. O-O-O e6 12. g4 Bg6 13. f4 Qe4 14. Nc3 Qxh1
15. Nf3 Qxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Nxg4 17. Bb5 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Bc5 19. Ng4 O-O 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Nfe5 Bd6 22. Qe3 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Rfd8 24. Nxc6 Rd6 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nxg6+
hxg6 27. Qc5 Kg8 28. Qxc7 Rad8 29. b4 R8d7 30. Qc3 f6 31. Kb2 Kf7 32. Qg3 Rd5
33. Qf3 Rd2 34. Qc6 Re7 35. b5 Rd4 36. c4 e5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Kc3 Rdd7 39.
Qf3+ Kg8 40. Qe4 Rd1 41. a4 Rf1 42. a5 Rf4 43. Qd5+ Kh7 44. b6 axb6 45. axb6 e4
46. b7 Rf3+ 47. Kb4 Rf1 48. Ka5 Rxb7 49. Qxb7 Ra1+ 50. Kb6 Rb1+ 51. Kc7 Rxb7+
52. Kxb7 e3 53. c5 e2 54. c6 e1=Q 55. c7 Qb4+ 56. Ka7 Qa5+ 57. Kb7 Qb5+ 58. Ka7
Qc6 59. Kb8 Qb6+ 60. Kc8 Kg8 61. h4 Kf7 62. Kd7 Qe6+ 63. Kd8 Qe7+ 0-1
