Kandy YMCA one of the oldest active chess clubs in Sri Lanka is all all-out to give a big hand for the game.Kandy YMCA Chess Club started operating as a formal club in 1976 and it was the only outstation chess club up to mid-1990s.
Kandy YMCA won the National Inter Club Chess Championship in 1994. After a lapse of few years Kandy YMCA Chess Club was revived in 2015 and has become one of the formidable teams in the chess arena. They came second in the Super League Chess Championship 2019. They gave a big hand to make the World YMCA’s 176th anniversary tournament a success.
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This year’s National Inter Club (Super League) Chess Championship which was held with ten teams in action, out of which the one and only team from hill capital was Kandy YMCA , This time they were placed eighth , In the last tournament they were the silver medalists. Kandy YMCA gives a big hand for chess, and this time too the coach cum manager was Ishan Wiratunga. This year too Kandy YMCA was sponsored by Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, . The Kandy YMCA takes a more positive view towards this sport. Kandy YMCA players like H.M.S.S. Hippola, Janith Wiratunga, C.Anurudha Galapaththi, Manushka Yatawala, Dhnushka Banda, A.S. Galagamarachchi and Shiraz Liaquath (Captain) have fared well
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