Rotract Chess Tournament Report, 2020

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The chess tournament was organized by the Rotract club of CCS for the first time on the 20th of July 2020. The game was opened at 20:00 GMT for all the registered 130 participants who joined through the internet.
Participant S.A.N Kulasinghe won the first place with a winning rate of 93% while second and third places were won by Alwela Senuja Thimeth and K.R.W.R. Subasinghe with winning rates 74% and 71% respectively.

 
 
The champion of the tournament was rewarded a 12 GB data bundle followed by 5GB and 3 GB data bundles for second and third places.
As the coordinator of the event, my special thank is to Rtr. Dulantha who was in charge of designing the banners for the tournament, and Rtr. Nadun for sharing them through social media, Dinithi for distributing the data packages for the winners, Rtr. Jayath the secretary of the Rotract club and Rtr. Bhanuka the president who gave a great support to make this event a success. The participants relied on mentioned rotract members as they made the event run slowly and smoothly, without any botherance.
In addition to thanking them, I also want to record my thanks to all the senior members of the Rotract club of CCS for the help that they have given for the tournement.
At last but not least, I want to thank all the participants of the tournament. Without them, any of our event goals won't be accomplished.
 
RTR. Ashwin Wijesundara Ranasinghe

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