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

  1. ↑ Sachini Ranasinghe aims to be a women’s chess ‘Grand Master’
  2. ↑ "Athula and Sachini Wins the National Chess Championships".
  3. ↑ "Chamika And Sachini wins Chess Nationals 2011" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Lankachess.com". www.lankachess.com.
  5. ↑ "Lankachess.com". www.lankachess.com.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "2012 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  8. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Sachini Ranasinghe". www.olimpbase.org.
  9. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Sachini Ranasinghe". www.olimpbase.org.
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