German Ambassador donates chess equipment to CFSL

German Ambassador Holger Seubert donated eight electronic chess sets to the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) at a handover ceremony at his residence on Wednesday. The donation from Germany aims to assist the promotion of chess within disadvantaged groups in Sri Lanka. The state-of-the-art chess equipment from Germany, worth LKR 1.5 million, has been designed to cater for handicapped persons in particular.

During the handover ceremony, Ambassador Seubert declared that the donation is a result of an initiative started by the President of the CFSL, Luxman Wijesuriya. Germany is delighted to be able to support this valuable and praiseworthy initiative. On a personal note, the Ambassador added that being an avid chess player himself, he was particularly impressed by CFSL’s charitable work and its firm commitment to promote chess in Sri Lanka.

The President of the CFSL thanked his Excellency, the ambassador and the Federal Republic of Germany for the gift and said that Chess has spread around the country and the thinking of the Chess Federation was to spread the game among different communities.