By Ishani UpatharithaSanidula Dahamdi of Musaeus College, ColomboSanidula Dahamdi of Musaeus College, Colombo won the second place in the Asian Qualifier of the rating category between 1500-1799 in the Queen’s Chess Festival, conducted by the FIDE Women’s Commission on Sunday (13). The nine-year-old Oshini Gunawardena from Ferguson High School, Ratnapura also got second place in the rating category of less than 1500 in the same Asian Qualifier event. Gunawardena scored nine points along with two others and had to be satisfied with the second place according to the tie-breaker. The online Queen’s Chess Festival is an open event organised by the FIDE Women’s Commission for female chess players in the world on the Tornelo Platform. It is a blitz chess event which gives three minutes plus two seconds for each move played.

Source: The Nation June 15, 2021 23:03 UTC