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Samaranayake, Pamok Methdinu
🇱🇰FIDE 29946158· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 2010
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Pamok Methdinu Samaranayake, a 16-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1990 — his current career high and ranked 8th among Sri Lankan players under 16. He is on a breakout run, having gained +106 Elo over the past 12 months. 67 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Battle of the Kings International Rated Team Chess Championship 2026, 3rd Rahulians International Chess Festival 2025, and Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League. Also played 1 rapid (including 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026 - Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including 3rd Rahulians International Chess Festival 2025 - Blitz) recently. He reached Sri Lankan #40 in Jul 2025.
At junior level, he reached #8, #2, #2 and #19 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1990
Standard
Rpd1826·Blz1901
All-time high
1990
at best
Jun 2026 · age 16
Jun 2026 · age 16
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
67 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#8
#8 · Sri Lankan players under 16 · of 651
Career timeline
11 entries2026
8th Sri Lankan U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1990
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1990
at age 16
Jun 2026
2025
Peak Sri Lankan rank: #40
at age 15 · rated 1950
Jul 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 14
Oct 2024
2023
2nd Sri Lankan U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1737
Jun 2023
2022
Best 12-month gain (+418 Elo)
1114 → 1532
Dec 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
Battle of the Kings International Rated Team Chess Championship 2026perf 2501 (+511) · 5/5 · #7
Top opponent
Evolution
+40
1950 → 1990
Tournaments
6
52 games
Score
32/ 5261.5%
24W16D12L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsIsara Banidu DahanayakeCM1,899·Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League·R6·+19.4
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsM A Kisandu Randira Perera1,787·Sri Lanka National Premier Division Chess Championship 2025·R3·-28.8
3.[L]vsT A Sajith Chathuran Obeysekara1,867·Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League·R8·-22.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/5 | #7 | 2501 | +44.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 7.5/8 | #26 | 2238 | +36.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 6/9 | #11 | 2011 | +100.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/5 | #37 | 1703 | -30.0 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 3/13 | #14 | 1783 | -110.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7.5/11 | #13 | 1916 | +19.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsT H D Thisarindu Induwara
🇱🇰SRI·2123
+5 −2 =2
9 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsU J Nimuthu Nimthaka
🇱🇰SRI·1804
+6 −0 =2
8 games·last met May 2025
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vsAchinthya Shamen Kaluarachchi
🇱🇰SRI·1946
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsD D L N DandeniyaCM
🇱🇰SRI·1991
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsB JanukshanCM
🇱🇰SRI·2112
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Mar 2025
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Rankings
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Sri Lanka
#40
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,606
in continent
World
#29,106
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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