Mercantile chess in full swing
CHESS: There are around 50 players who are actively
participating at the Mercantile Open Chess Tournament conducted by the
Mercantile Chess Association at the Activity Centre, Colombo 7.
There are five rounds in all and after three rounds the following are
the results: The finals will be held on December 22 at the Lions
Activity Centre, Colombo 7.
Team Event: "A" division: Sampath Bank leads with 6 points (the team
consists of S. I. Subasinghe/D. N. P. Harischandu, A. Basuru Jayawardena/Ruchira
S. Perera.
2. SriLankan Airlines (5 1/2 points): Samanthi Wettasinghe/Upul
Abeysiriwardena, Ariya Silva/Dehan de Silva.
3. Aviva Global Services (T. S. D. I. Peiris/Amanda Wickremaratne,
Heshan Udunuwara/D. L. D. Hettiarachchi.
Individual Event: M. K. A. Kussell of Mass Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. is
leading with 3 out of 3 points.
"B" division: Both Sampath Bank "A" and "B" teams are in the lead in
the "B" division tournament with 7 points each.
Sampath Bank "A" - 7 points: K. H. R. Weerasekera/Nipuna Korele,
Sashikala Yatawara/Ranil Perera.
Sampath Bank "B" - 7 points: Kasun Perera/Padmanath Muthukumaran, M.
Abeysekera/Vindya Abeywickrema.
Next comes Seylan Bank Limited with 6 points: Chinthana Siriwardena/Indika
Prageeth, Tharanga Dharmasiri/Hansika Dahampriya.
Individual Championship
In the Individual Championship, Kasun Perera and K. H. R. Weerasekera
of Sampath Bank and Asanga Jayawardena of Ashen Advertising and Tharanga
Deshapriya Crimson C.S. (Pvt) Ltd. are leading with 3 points after three
rounds. |
