Dinul, Sanidula,Vivash in the lead

Dinul Vinsitha Weerasekara of Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya and Sanidula Dahamdi of Musaeus College took the lead in group ‘X’, while Vivash Samarakoon of Royal College topped group ‘Y’ at the end of the third round of the 2nd Sri Lanka Under-14 Chess Grand Prix on Wednesday.

They remained unbeaten to collect three points each.

Weerasekara beat Pamok Samaranayake, Insara Wickramarachchi and Disal Weerasekara, while Sanidula beat Disal Weerasekara, KSCD Amaratunga and DWK Hettiarachchi in the first three rounds. In group Y, Samarakoon beat Ashad Nevan Mohammed, Daham Jayasundara and Thisaja Kolonne.

S.D.B.K. Senevirathne of Maliyadeva College and Brijeash Saravanabaavan of Gateway International were trailing Samarakoon by half a point at the end of the third round.

In group X, Thisarindu Induwara of Royal College was in the third place.

The fourth round of this youth event was in progress at the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka Headquarters on Thursday.

The youth event conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka features 24 leading chess players of the age group. The round robin stage will conclude on March 14 and the winner and the runner up of the two groups will advance to compete in the knockout stage on March 20 and 21. The CFSL has offered Rs. 55,000.00 as cash awards and the event is conducted according to health guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health. As no spectators are allowed the CFSL has made arrangements to live stream matches on selected days.