Isuru Alahakoon

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Isuru Alahakoon
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Alahakoon in 2018
Personal information
Born (1987-11-29) November 29, 1987 (age 38)
Kandy, Sri Lanka [1]
Chess career
Country Sri Lanka
Title FIDE Master (2019)
Peak rating 2188 (September 2014)

Isuru Alahakoon is a Sri Lankan chess player who holds the title of FIDE Master. [2] [3]

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Chess career

He won the Sri Lankan Chess Championship in 2012, [4] 2013, [5] 2014, [6] and 2018. [7] He obtained the FIDE Master title at the Asian Zonal 3.2 Championship in May 2019. [8]

He played for Sri Lanka in the Chess Olympiads of 2014, 2018, and 2022. In the 2014 Olympiad, he was the gold medalist in the D category. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "In troubled Sri Lanka, chess dreams threaten to turn to ashes". August 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Alahakoon, Isuru FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  3. ↑ "Isuru Alahakoon chess games - 365Chess.com". www.365chess.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  4. ↑ "Isuru and Sachini Wins the Sri Lanka National Chess Titles" . Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Isuru and Sachini National Champions of Sri Lanka Again" . Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Wijesuriya, Luxman. "Dasuni Youngest Women's National Chess Champion in Sri Lanka; Isuru wins the Chess Nationals for the third time" . Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Isuru and Dinushki New Chess King and Queen of SriLanka" . Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Fernando, Marlon (May 17, 2019). "Isuru Alahakoon - Four time Sri Lanka National Champion".
  9. ↑ "Amidst crisis, Sri Lanka players take refuge in chess ahead of Olympiad". July 15, 2022.
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