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Somasundram, Jayakumar
🇱🇰FIDE 9900250· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 1951
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Jayakumar Somasundram, a 75-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1838 and sitting in the top 4% of Sri Lankan players. He has fluctuated between 1809 and 1897 over the past 2 years. 58 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 A-Liga Round 11, Wiener Betriebsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 3. Klasse Round 10-11, and Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 1. Klasse B Round 7-8. Also played 3 rapid (including tschaturanga Open 2025 - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including 14. Bad Voeslauer Blitzgneisser Trophy 2025 Blitz) recently. He took a 14-month break between Apr 2003 and Jul 2004. His peak of 2035 was reached at age 51 (Jul 2002); he also reached Sri Lankan #6 in Jan 2001.
Current rating
1838
Standard
Rpd1768·Blz1736
All-time high
2035
−197 pts below
Jul 2002 · age 51
Jul 2002 · age 51
Activity
53
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
53 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#137 · Sri Lankan players · of 3,148
Career timeline
19 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+115 Elo)
1725 → 1840
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 73
Mar 2024
2022
2nd Sri Lankan 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1875
Nov 2022
500 career games
at age 71
Mar 2022
2017
2nd Sri Lankan 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1922
Oct 2017
2016
Re-crossed 1800
at age 65
Feb 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-25
1863 → 1838
Tournaments
31
60 games
Score
28/ 6046.7%
23W10D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
19 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Jun 2026 | 0.5/4 | #7 | 1468 | -34.0 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 1.5/5 | #31 | 1973 | +13.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #86 | 1253 | -5.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #52 | 1551 | -10.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #56 | 1989 | +2.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #104 | 1096 | -9.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #24 | 1747 | -7.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #60 | 1840 | -1.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #126 | 2656 | -9.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #37 | 1791 | -2.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTobias Mayrhuber
🇦🇹AUT·2122
+2 −7 =0
9 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsHerbert Dittel
🇦🇹AUT·2018
+1 −6 =2
9 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsKarl Hrdina
🇦🇹AUT·1826
+3 −2 =3
8 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsHeinz Reisinger
🇦🇹AUT·1840
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsWilhelm Thoma
🇦🇹AUT·2051
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
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Sri Lanka
#137
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#7,771
in continent
World
#64,870
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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