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Ovitigala, Dehain Nethvidu
🇱🇰FIDE 29980402· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 2015
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Dehain Nethvidu Ovitigala, a 11-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1573 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +33 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Sri Lanka Junior National Championships 2026 - Western Province, Sri Lanka Major Division Chess Championships 2026 - Western, and Sri Lanka National Youth Chess Championships 2025 - Under 11 Years. Also played 3 rapid (including Sri Lanka National Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 7 blitz events (including Queenstar Open International Rated Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #75, #42 and #3 nationally in U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1573
Standard
Rpd1622·Blz1784
All-time high
1573
at best
May 2026 · age 11
May 2026 · age 11
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#157,369
#157,369 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
75th Sri Lankan U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1573
May 2026
All-time peak 1573
at age 11
May 2026
Re-crossed 1500
at age 11
Mar 2026
2025
42nd Sri Lankan U10 player
at age 10 · rated 1541
Mar 2025
Best 12-month gain (+451 Elo)
1063 → 1514
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1500
at age 9
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+74
1499 → 1573
Tournaments
6
50 games
Score
31.5/ 5063.0%
25W13D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYuvin Hemsara Waragammana1,414·Colombo District Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Under 10 Years·R4·-24.4
2.[L]vsVinuka Ekanayake1,445·Sri Lanka National Youth Chess Championships 2025 - Under 11 Years·R6·-21.4
3.[L]vsVinuja Ratiyala1,574·Sri Lanka Junior National Championships 2026 - Western Province·R4·-19.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/6 | #8 | 1771 | +58.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/8 | #146 | 1660 | +31.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/3 | #164 | 2241 | -10.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/6 | #144 | 2448 | +8.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/2 | #199 | 2464 | -23.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/3 | #12 | 2214 | +12.0 |
Rankings
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Sri Lanka
#898
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#27,064
in continent
World
#157,353
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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