Pesandu Liyanage wins 9th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2022
Pesandu Rashmitha Liyanage of D.S. Senanayake College won the
9th Sri Lanka Grand Prix 2022 convincingly, after beating S. Sivathanujan in a close game. In the finals Pesandu beat Sivathanujan of Kokavil Hindu College by 1½-½ to secure the championship.
In the double round finals, Pesandu won his first game with white pieces and earned a draw to finish the event in the second game where he won the gold medal, the trophy in addition to a cash award of Rs. 60,000. Earlier in the semi-finals Pesandu beat Osheen de Silva to reach the finals. Sivathanujan had to settle with the silver medal as he received Rs. 40,000 as cash award.
In the consolation final.
Osheen de Silva of Sri Lanka Navy beat Vinuda Shenal Gunatilake of Royal College by 1½-½ . Osheen beat Vinuda in the first round and earned a draw in the second round to finish with the bronze medal and a cash award of Rs. 25,000. Vinuda had to satisfy with the fourth position and a cash award of Rs.15,000. Buddhika Amarasinghe beat Kosala Sandeepa Amarasinghe and was placed fifth to claim a cash award of Rs. 10,000.
The 9th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2022, conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka. Unfortunately, Surath Wijeratne withdrew from the event after the first round and a forfeit point was awarded to all opponents in the each round as a result.