CFSL Chess Federation of Sri Lanka

The Asian Amateur Chess Championship 2020 will be held in Oman from 7th to 15th April in Oman. This is the prestigious Asian event for Amateur Chess Players in Asia. (Not more than FM and 2100 rating.)The official Boy and the Girl will get free accommodation. The following players are …

According to Former National Coach, GM Komrov and the idea of New Coaching Commission we should find talents in very early years for compete in the World. There will be a National Youth Chess Championship for under 6 Players (Boys and Girls) organized on 1st and 2nd February 2020 at …

Event is spread to Two more Regions, Ratnapura and Anuradhapura. Sri Lanka National (Major Division) Chess Championship 2020 – will be held from 1st to 4th of February 2020. The 1st round will start at 9.00 a.m. on 1st . There will be one round on Monday, two Games each …

New regional events in Matara, Ratnapura and Anuradhapura! This year a National team is organized for the World Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2020. The National Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2020 – Colombo, Gampaha, Kandy, Kurunegala, Galle, Ratnapura. Anuradhapura and Jaffna Divisions will be held on 25th …

The Sri Lanka National Novices Division Championship conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka on 10th, 11th and 12th of January in all around Sri Lanka was a great success. The CFSL decided to hold the event in all possible districts from this year and started a Women Novices …

The National You th Chess Championship 2019 was conducted  successfully from 27th to 30th December 2019 at Visakah Vidyalaya by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka. The event is organized in 12 events in under 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 Boys and Girls. The live games were uploaded …

Lisara Kodithuwakku of Lycium International School won the ‘ 5th Kolonnawa Chess Classic’ International rating open Chess Championship 2019 convincingly. He scored 9 points out of possible 10 games. The 14 year boy, Lisara drop only one point in the 6th round scored all other 9 points to earn Rs. …

Devnethmi Dahampriya of Visakha Vidyalaya won the Silver Medal at the 1st South Asian Women Chess Championship 2019 held in November 2019 at Dhaka Bangladesh. She scored 7 points out of nine games to achieve the 1st Runner up place. Women International Master, Sultana Sharmin Shrin of Bangladesh scored 7 …

Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya of Sri Lanka Chess Federation was unanimously as the General Secretary of the newly formed South Asian Chess Council in Dhaka, Bangladesh at the Inaugural Meeting of the South Asian Chess Council. The President of Bangladesh Chess Federation Mr. Benazir Ahmed Was unanimously elected as the President …

The above event is upgraded as a District event from this doubled year. The event will be held from 10th to 12th January 2020 in all notified Districts. The entry fee is Rs. 500/- for the CFSL Registered players and it will be doubled for the players not having CFSL …