1. Harshana Thilakarathne was born on 2003 and is a Sri Lankan chess player and International Master.
14 Facts About Harshana Thilakarathne
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Harshana Thilakarathne started training in the game under the coaching of former veteran national chess player Romesh Weerawardane.
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Harshana Thilakarathne claimed gold medal in Under 11 age category at the 2014 World Schools Chess Championship which was held in Brazil.
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Harshana Thilakarathne was awarded the Candidate Master title in 2015.
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Harshana Thilakarathne claimed silver medal in Under 13 category at the 2016 World Schools Chess Championship which was held in Sochi, Russia.
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Harshana Thilakarathne won silver medal in Under 15 category at the 2018 World Schools Chess Championship which was held in Albania.
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Harshana Thilakarathne won gold medal in Under 16 open category at the 2018 Commonwealth Chess Championship which was held in New Delhi.
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Harshana Thilakarathne competed at the 43rd Chess Olympiad which was held in Georgia in 2018 where he scored 6 points from 10 matches.
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Harshana Thilakarathne won his first national chess championship title at the age of 16 in 2019.
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Harshana Thilakarathne secured silver medal in the Under 18 open event at the 2019 West Asian Youth Chess Championship which was held in New Delhi.
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Harshana Thilakarathne captained the 12 member Sri Lankan contingent in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020.
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Harshana Thilakarathne was selected to play in the Online Intercontinental Youth Chess Cup 2020 representing the Asuan Youth Chess team.
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Harshana Thilakarathne captained the Sri Lankan boys team at the 2020 Asian Boys and Girls Online Chess Championship in their Zonal 3.2 category where boys team secured third position and it was the inaugural online edition of the Asian Boys and Girls tournament.
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Harshana Thilakarathne received the title after securing three norms with the required rating of 2400.