Dimuth Mirissage bags chess championship

Dimuth Oshadi Mirissage of Rahula College Matara emerged the under 14 champion at the all island junior chess championships worked off at Royal College from the April 17 to 20. More than 245 students participated in the under 14 age group this year. As the under 14 champ, Dimuth will represent Sri Lanka at the Asian chess championship to be held in New Delhi and the World junior chess championship to be held in South Africa this year. Dimuth first represented the country at the 3rd Asian Schools Chess Championship held in Sri Lanka in 2007 where he won the silver medal in the under seven age group and a gold medal for the team championship. In 2008 he emerged the under eight cham-

Dimuth will represent Sri Lanka at the Asian chess championship to be held in New Delhi and the World junior chess championship to be held in South Africa this year

pion at the Sri Lanka junior chess championship and represented Sri Lanka at the Asian Chess Championship held in Teheran and the World Junior Chess Championship held in Vietnam. He was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the Asian Junior Chess Championship held in Sri Lanka in 2009. Dimuth was a member of the Sri Lanka under 11 team that won the silver medal at the 7th Asian Schools Chess Championship held in New Delhi in 2011 . Dimuth wishes to thank his parents, Colonel Nimal Dissanayake Principal of Rahula College, B G Priyantha the Master-in-charge and coach Thilina Gunasinghe for all the encouragement and support given to him