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Dandeniya, D D L N
CM🇱🇰FIDE 29928818· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 2011
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D D L N Dandeniya, a 15-year-old Sri Lankan Candidate Master, is rated 1991 and ranked 6th among Sri Lankan players under 16. He has fluctuated between 1842 and 2056 over the past 2 years. 121 rated games in the past year (≈76/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2026 - Premier Division, 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026, and Sri Lanka Major Division Chess Championships 2026 - North Western. Also played 5 rapid (including Western Asian Junior Chess Championships 2025 - Rapid) and 7 blitz events (including Western Asian Junior Chess Championships 2025 - Blitz) recently. His peak of 2056 was reached at age 14 (Nov 2025, Sri Lankan #10 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #91 in U8 and #5, #2, #2 and #1 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1991
Standard
Rpd1925·Blz1982
All-time high
2056
−65 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 14
Nov 2025 · age 14
Activity
117
games / yr avg. · ≈10/mo
121 past 12 mo · ≈10/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#6
#6 · Sri Lankan players under 16 · of 672
Career timeline
18 entries2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
Mar 2026
5th Sri Lankan U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2043
Jan 2026
500 career games
at age 15
Jan 2026
2025
Peak Sri Lankan rank: #10
at age 14 · rated 2056
Nov 2025
2nd Sri Lankan U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2056
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 14
Nov 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-13
2004 → 1991
Tournaments
13
117 games
Score
81.5/ 11769.7%
73W17D27L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsK K Dinujaya KodithuwakkuCM2,115·Sri Lanka National Premier Division Chess Championship 2025·R7·+27.7
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6.5/11 | #29 | 1990 | -5.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 8.5/11 | #4 | 1912 | -12.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2097 | +25.6 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 4.5/9 | #6 | 1924 | -50.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6.5/8 | #8 | 1947 | -13.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 8/10 | #1 | 1999 | -11.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5.5/5 | #14 | 2384 | +3.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 7.5/9 | #2 | 2178 | +89.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/4 | #38 | 1986 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7.5/8 | #67 | 2202 | -27.2 |
Worst Elo result: Sri Lanka National Youth Chess Championships 2026 - Under 16 Years (-50.0 Elo, finished #6).
Most-Played Opponents
vsK A R G W D R B G Galkotuwa
🇱🇰SRI·1899
+7 −5 =6
18 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsChenitha Mithvidu Ovitigala
🇱🇰SRI·2127
+10 −2 =3
15 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsV W A Vinuda Vidm Wickramasinghe
🇱🇰SRI·2074
+8 −6 =1
15 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsB D Daksha Hans Bentharaarachchi
🇱🇰SRI·1879
+8 −2 =1
11 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsS D Sadev Minsara
🇱🇰SRI·1751
+9 −1 =0
10 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
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Sri Lanka
#37
out of 3,705 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,574
in continent
World
#28,912
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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