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Susal beats Mongolian FIDE Master in Asian Chess Tourney

Sri Lanka’s youngest FIDE Master, Susal de Silva of Nalanda College beat the Mongolian FIDE Master Chingun Sumiya (2,269) while FIDE Master, Minul Doluweera drew with Malaysian FIDE Master Lim Zhou Ren (2,311) in the third-round of the Asian Continental Hybrid Chess Championships, which continued yesterday.

Fifteen-year-old Susal had a good day in the third round and moved to the rank of 47 with this victory and presently he maintains the best rank among the four Sri Lankans competing in the tournament.

However, Skipper Ranindu Liyanage lost to International Master Abdhujapar Asyl (2,403) of Mongolia while Theekshana Denuwan also lost to Subrota Biswas (2,268) of Bangladesh.

With this result, Susal has one and a half points while Ranindu and Minul have one point each and Theekshana has half a point out of a possible three.

After the completion of the third round, Ranindu moved to rank 56 while Doluweera is ranked 57 and Theekshana is at number 72. (D.R)