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Sachini Ranasinghe (born 1994) is a Sri Lankan chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2011). She is a four-time winner of the Sri Lankan Women's Chess Championship (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013).

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Born in Abu Dhabi, Sachini was first introduced to chess by her brother Sahan Ranasinghe. She began playing chess in the Anatoly Karpov chess club at the Russian Center in Sri Lanka and have trained under several renowned chess players, including her current coach Ransith Fernando.

Sachini appeared in TV commercials as a child and was also the brand ambassador for Acnes Sri Lanka. To interest little children about the game of chess, she wrote a book called 'Thumula and his strange army'.

Championships

Sachini Ranasinghe with her coach Ransith Fernando

She won the Sri Lanka Women's Chess Championship in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2011, she won the Asian Zonal Women's Chess Championship and won the right to participate in the Women's World Championship. In 2012, in Khanty-Mansiysk made her debut at the Women's World Chess Championship, where in the first round she lost to Hou Yifan.

She played for Sri Lanka at three Women's Chess Olympiads (2010, 2016, 2018) and three Women's Asian Team Chess Championships (2008—2009, 2016).

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