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Insara, S D Nadev
🇱🇰FIDE 29932050· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 2008
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S D Nadev Insara, a 18-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 2024 — just 22 short of his peak of 2046 (Apr 2026, age 18) and ranked 2nd among Sri Lankan players under 18. He is rising rapidly, having gained +111 Elo over the past 12 months. 130 rated games in the past year (≈68/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2026, Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2026 - Premier Division, and 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026. Also played 2 rapid (including 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026 - Rapid) and 4 blitz events (including 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026 - Blitz) recently. He reached Sri Lankan #19 in Apr 2026.
At junior level, he reached #1, #4, #9, #84 and #27 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2024
Standard
Rpd1764·Blz1832
All-time high
2046
−22 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 18
Apr 2026 · age 18
Activity
114
games / yr avg. · ≈10/mo
121 past 12 mo · ≈10/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#2
#2 · Sri Lankan players under 18 · of 214
Career timeline
14 entries2026
500 career games
at age 18
May 2026
Peak Sri Lankan rank: #19
at age 18 · rated 2046
Apr 2026
1st Sri Lankan U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2046
Apr 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 18
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2046
at age 18 · −22 from today
Apr 2026
2024
4th Sri Lankan U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1955
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+29
1995 → 2024
Tournaments
12
115 games
Score
70.5/ 11561.3%
47W47D21L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsAchinthya Shamen Kaluarachchi1,861·Sri Lanka National Premier Division Chess Championship 2025·R3·-27.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 6/13 | #11 | 2014 | -22.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7.5/11 | #10 | 2057 | +81.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 8.5/10 | #12 | 2209 | +72.3 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/9 | #10 | 1888 | -0.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 8/9 | #13 | 1962 | -14.4 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 3/7 | #5 | 1854 | -31.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #1 | 1938 | +5.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/5 | #21 | 2539 | +25.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4/9 | #32 | 1953 | +12.0 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 5/8 | #14 | 1835 | -16.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsB Jayod Yasindu Rashmika Perera
🇱🇰SRI·1943
+3 −1 =6
10 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsS SivathanujanCM
🇱🇰SRI·2148
+0 −9 =0
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsG Thinuka Geethula Perera
🇱🇰SRI·1866
+2 −3 =4
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsC C Weerasinghe
🇱🇰SRI·1918
+2 −5 =2
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsChandana WijekoonCM
🇱🇰SRI·1915
+2 −2 =4
8 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
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Sri Lanka
#26
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,070
in continent
World
#24,014
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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