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Nayanakheshan, Venukanan
🇱🇰FIDE 29980305· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 2016
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Venukanan Nayanakheshan, a 10-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1631 and ranked 13th among Sri Lankan players under 10. He has slipped back 45 Elo over the past 12 months. 131 rated games in the past year (≈83/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026 - Under 10, Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2026 - Premier Division, and Sri Lanka Major Division Chess Championships 2026 - Nothern Province. Also played 2 rapid (including Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026 - Under 10 Rapid) and 7 blitz events (including Queenstar Open International Rated Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 1685 was reached at age 9 (Nov 2025).
At junior level, he reached #4 and #1 nationally in U10 and U8.
Current rating
1631
Standard
Rpd1593·Blz1776
All-time high
1685
−54 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 9
Nov 2025 · age 9
Activity
80
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
108 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#13
#13 · Sri Lankan players under 10 · of 260
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Re-crossed 1600
at age 10
Mar 2026
2025
All-time peak 1685
at age 9 · −54 from today
Nov 2025
4th Sri Lankan U10 player
at age 9 · rated 1676
Jun 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 9
Jun 2025
100 career games
at age 9
Jun 2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 9
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Sri Lanka Major Division Chess Championships 2026 - Nothern Provinceperf 2440 (+830) · 6/6 · #16
Top opponent
Evolution
-22
1653 → 1631
Tournaments
13
115 games
Score
71/ 11561.7%
62W18D35L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsV Dishanthan1,718·Sri Lanka Major Division Chess Championships 2026 - Nothern Province·R5·+26.0
3.[W]vsI L Senevirathne1,642·Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2026 - Premier Division·R6·+21.8
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsKiven Mandeev Suraweera1,509·Queenstar Open International Rated Chess Championship 2025·R9·-27.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/8 | #8 | 1659 | +22.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/8 | #128 | 1493 | -76.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/6 | #16 | 2440 | +59.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/7 | #112 | 1807 | +43.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/5 | #21 | 2334 | +19.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/7 | #110 | 2286 | -23.9 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6.5/6 | #78 | 2291 | -49.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/5 | #127 | 1767 | -19.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #55 | 1711 | -12.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/6 | #59 | 2035 | +5.2 |
Worst Elo result: Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2026 - Premier Division (-76.8 Elo, finished #128).
Rankings
/
Sri Lanka
#561
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#20,668
in continent
World
#135,286
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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