Passed Pawn Chess Club on top after first stage

CFSL Online Women Team Chess Championships 2022

The Passed Pawn Chess Club inclusive of Women’s International Master (WIM) Sachini Ranasinghe (Captain), WIM Nelunika Metmani, WIM from India B. Shri Savitha, WFM Dasuni Hansika Mendis and WCM Sanudula Dahamdi claimed the top position at the end of the first stage of the CFSL online Women Team Chess Championships on Sunday.

Passed Pawn team scored 14 match points out of possible 14, winning all seven matches convincingly. They beat Negambo Chess Academy (4-0), SABRA Women’s CC(4-0), Castle Siege CC (4-0), Mayor’s Chess Club (3 ½ – ½ ), Black Knight Chess Club (3-1), Kriegspiel Chess Academy (4-0) and Super Fighters CC (2 ½ -1 ½ ) convincingly.

Mayor’s Chess Club with Kaveesha Indrajith, HMMD Herath, WIM from India Michelle Catherine, BSMT Cooray and DADT Srilal played well to reach the second position with 12 match points out of 14. They lost to Passed Pawns (½ – 3 ½ ) but beat all other teams they met. , Black Knight Chess Club- Ruby (4-0) (2 ½ -1 ½ ), Kriegspiel Chess Academy (4-0), Black Knight Chess Club (2 ½ -1 ½ ), Castle Siege CC(3-1), Zugzwang Queen (4-0) and Queen Star Chess Academy A (4 -0) to score 12 points.

Kriegspiel Chess Academy from Ambalangoda were in the third position. The team inclusive of Minethma Wickramasinghe, Esandi Newansa, Sayumi Gamage and Kaveeshwari de Silva scored 10 points out of 14. The lost to Passed Pawns and Mayor’s Chess Club but beat all other teams they met.

Black Knight Black Knight Chess Club and Castle Siege Chess Club were tied for the fourth place with nine points each but Black Knight CC were placed above the latter on better tie breaking points which is the total of the individual points scored by the players. Black Knight had 19 points while Castle Siege had 17 only.

The second stage, which is the semi-final stage, will be between the top four teams.

The Lineup

Semi Final 1 – No. 1, Passed Pawn CC Vs No. 4, Black Knight CC

Semi Final 2 – No. 2, Mayor’s CC Vs No. 3, Kriegspiel Chess Academi

The Finals – Winner 1 Vs Winner 2

The Consolation Finals – Loser 1 Vs. Loser 2

The Semi Finals will be played today while the finals and the consolation finals will be played on Wednesday starting at 6.00 p.m.