Sachini Ranasinghe
| Sachini Ranasinghe | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Sri Lanka |
| Born | 1994 |
| Title | Woman International Master (2011) |
Sachini Ranasinghe (born 1994) is a Sri Lankan chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2011). She is a four-time winner the Sri Lankan Women's Chess Championship (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013).
Biography
Chess began playing in the Anatoly Karpov chess club at the Russian Center in Sri Lanka.[1] Four times she won in the Sri Lanka Women's Chess Championships (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013).[2][3][4][5] In 2011, she won Asian Zonal Women's Chess Championship and won the right to participate in the Women's World Championship.[6] In 2012, in Khanty-Mansiysk made her debut at the Women's World Chess Championship, where in the first round lost Hou Yifan.[7]
Played for Sri Lanka at two Women's Chess Olympiads (2010, 2016)[8] and three Women's Asian Team Chess Championships (2008—2009, 2016).[9]
References
- ^ Sachini Ranasinghe aims to be a women’s chess ‘Grand Master’
- ^ "Athula and Sachini Wins the National Chess Championships".
- ^ "Chamika And Sachini wins Chess Nationals 2011" (PDF).
- ^ "Lankachess.com". www.lankachess.com.
- ^ "Lankachess.com". www.lankachess.com.
- ^ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Asian Zonal Women's Chess Championship Zone 3.2 Organized by". chess-results.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ "2012 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Sachini Ranasinghe". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Sachini Ranasinghe". www.olimpbase.org.
External links
- Sachini Ranasinghe player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Sachini Ranasinghe chess games at 365Chess.com