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Vineetha Wijesuriya
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Vineetha Wijesuriya | |
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 Wijesuriya at 2008 Chess Olympiad | |
| Full name | G. Vineetha Wijesuriya |
| Country | Australia |
| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) Sri Lanka |
| Title | Woman Candidate Master (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 1808 (June 2014) |
| Peak rating | 2037 (October 2004) |
Dr. Vineetha Wijesuriya (born 1970) is an Australian female chess player born in Sri Lanka who lives in Melbourne, Australia.[1]
She is the sister of Sri Lankan chess player, Suneetha Wijesuriya.[2] She began playing at the age of nine, after her sister Suneetha won a chess set in a competition.[1] Vineetha was a student of Gothatuwa Maha Vidyalaya and Buddhist Ladies College, Colombo 7. Vineetha Wijesuriya has also represented Australia in chess championships. She was the winner of the 2014 Oceania Chess Championship in the women's category.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jordan Oliver (17 June 2012). "Ballarat's chess champ does it again". The Courier. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Vineetha Wijesuriya - The Queen of Sri Lankan chess".
External links
[edit]- Vineetha Wijesuriya rating card at FIDE
- G. Vineetha Wijesuriya player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- G. Vineetha Wijesuriya chess games at 365Chess.com
- Profile at Chessdb
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