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Dimuth wins Inaugural Youth Chess Grand Prix
Dimuth Indeepa Samarweera of D.S. Senanayake College made history by winning the Inaugural Sri Lanka Youth Chess Grand Prix at the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka Headquarters at Nugegoda on Tuesday. Dimuth who was performing extremely well from the first round had no hesitation in beating his schoolmate, Senuka Ahangama 1 ½ – ½ at the super finals. He drew his first game and won the second game convincingly. Samarweera was awarded the Championship Trophy, gold medal and a cash award of Rs. 25,000.00.
Samarweera beat one of his schoolmates, Pesandu Liyanage in the semi-finals on Monday.
Ahangama had to be satisfied with the runner up position and received the silver medal and a cash award of Rs. 15,000.00. Ahangama became the champion in Group ‘X’ earlier and came to the final after a strong battle with Shenal Gunathilake of Royal College in the semi-final.
Liyanage edged out Shenal Gunathilake in the consolation finals and was placed third. He received the bronze medal and Rs. 10,000.00.
A total of 20 top Under 14 chess players participated in this championship conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka. It was the first time that a Grand Prix was held for the youth.
The event is conducted in a new format with 20 players of equal strength divided in to two groups. The round robin (9 rounds) events were played on August 8, 9, 15 and 16. Then the champion and the runner up in the groups played knocked out matches to decide the finalists.
The knockout stage had two games for each match with different colours and tie breaks were two games with rapid play in two colours followed by two blitz games and if still tied, a sudden death game.
Luxman Wijesuriya who is the General Secretary of the South Asian Chess Council and a Vice President of Asian Chess Federation was the Chief Guest at the prize distribution ceremony while Chief Arbiter Dayal Siriwardena and Erosh Jayasinghe, the Treasurer of CFSL were also present.
The Inaugural Sri Lanka Youth Chess Grand Prix for girls will commence on August 29.
Colombo Kaps defended 197 runs to win the 12th match of the Lanka Premier League by restricting Dambulla Sixers to 176/8 at the Dambulla International Cricket Stadium on Saturday [25] night.
SCORES:
Colombo Kaps 197/5 in 20 overs [Rubin Hermann 39, Sadeera Samarawickrema 16, Sharujan Shanmuganathan 12, Kamindu Mendis 88*, Ben McDermott 14, Janith Liyanage 17; Fazalhaq Farooki 1-41, Dushmantha Chameera 1-41, Ramesh Mendis 1-05, Gulabdin Naib 1-15]
Dambulla Sixers 176/8 in 20 overs [Pavan Rathnayake 50, Marques Ackerman 40, Gulabdin Naib 28, Maheesh Thhekshana 13; Shahnawaz Dahani 2-20, Wanuja Sahan 1-34, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2-33, Malsha Tharupathi 1-26, Milan Rathnayake 1-26]
Kandy Royals’ bowlers led by Nuwan Thushara were able to defend their score of 165 to win the 11th match of the Lanka Premier League by defeating Galle Gallants by 11 runs at Dambulla on Saturday.
SCORES:
Kandy Royals 165/6 in 20 overs [Lahiru Udara 16, Dale Phillips 34, Wanidu Hasaranga 16, Moeen Ali 41, Angelo Mathews 28, Vijay Shankar 15; Pramod Madushan 2-41, Akif Javed 2-26, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 2-36]
Galle Gallants 154/8 in 20 overs [Sam Harper 14, Charith Asalanka 14, Chamika Karunarathne 52, Dasun Shanaka 57*; Nuwan Thushara 3-33, Asitha Fernando 2-33, Moeen Ali 1-11, Wanidu Hasaranga 1-26]
Innovative Production Group (IPG), the tournament rights holder of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), in consultation with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has terminated the franchise agreement with Sports Commune, which was granted franchise rights of the Jaffna Kings.
The termination follows the franchisee’s inability to fulfil its financial obligations under the terms of the franchise agreement. As a result, all rights relating to the Jaffna Kings franchise have reverted to IPG, which, together with Sri Lanka Cricket, has assumed full operational control of the team.
IPG confirms that the 6th edition of the LPL will proceed as scheduled and Jaffna Kings will continue to participate in the tournament under the same nomenclature, with no changes to the squad, tournament format, or match schedule.
To ensure the uninterrupted operation of the franchise, IPG and Sri Lanka Cricket have taken complete responsibility for all player, coaching staff, and support staff contracts. The organizers also confirm that all logistical arrangements for the team have been secured, ensuring the squad is intact for the tournament.
Furthermore, approximately 90% of all player and staff payments have already been completed, with the remaining payments to be settled in accordance with contractual commitments.
IPG and Sri Lanka Cricket remain committed to delivering a successful sixth edition of the Lanka Premier League while upholding the highest standards of professionalism, integrity and transparency for players, teams, commercial partners, and fans.
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