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Menuka, Udara
🇱🇰FIDE 29905192· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 1995
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Udara Menuka, a 31-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1737 — his current career high. He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 2 years. 12 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent appearance: Sri Lanka Mercantile and Government Service Chess Championships 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including Sri Lanka Mercantile and Government Service Rapid Team Chess Championships 2025) and 2 blitz events (including MORA Kings International Rating Chess Championship 2025 - Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2018–2019) and 64 months (2020–2025, COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1737
Standard
Rpd1748·Blz1694
All-time high
1737
at best
Apr 2026 · age 31
Apr 2026 · age 31
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#97,069
#97,069 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1737
at age 31
Apr 2026
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 29
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 64 months
paused at 1541 → returned at 1719
Jan 2020
2018
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1551 → returned at 1542
Apr 2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 23
Mar 2018
2017
Best 12-month gain (+210 Elo)
1353 → 1563
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Sri Lanka Mercantile and Government Service Chess Championships 2026perf 1988 (+251) · 5/6 · #17
Top opponent
Evolution
+18
1719 → 1737
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
5/ 771.4%
5W0D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsElath Mathanga De Silva1,843·Sri Lanka Mercantile and Government Service Chess Championships 2026·R3·+13.0
2.[W]vsRuwan Prasanka Weerasinghe1,585·Sri Lanka Mercantile and Government Service Chess Championships 2026·R5·+5.9
3.[W]vsPiruna Kamala1,562·Sri Lanka Mercantile and Government Service Chess Championships 2026·R2·+5.3
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/6 | #17 | 1988 | +17.6 |
Rankings
/
Sri Lanka
#280
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#12,559
in continent
World
#97,067
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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