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Kulasekara, D M T Kashyapa
🇱🇰FIDE 9905375· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 1997
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D M T Kashyapa Kulasekara, a 29-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 2013 — just 18 short of his peak of 2031 (Mar 2026, age 29) and ranked 27th among Sri Lankan players. He is on a steady climb with +51 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2026 - Premier Division, Kandy Open International Chess Championship 2025, and Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League. Also played 2 rapid (including Kandy Open International Chess Championship 2025 - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including Ethugalpura International Chess Festival 2025 - Blitz) recently. He took a 22-month break between Sep 2020 and Aug 2022 (COVID-19 included). He reached Sri Lankan #17 in Nov 2014.
At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1, #2 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2013
Standard
Rpd1945·Blz1861
All-time high
2031
−18 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 29
Mar 2026 · age 29
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#27
#27 · Sri Lankan players · of 3,249
Career timeline
16 entries2026
All-time peak 2031
at age 29 · −18 from today
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 28
Nov 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+126 Elo)
1836 → 1962
Dec 2024
2020
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1803 → returned at 1809
Sep 2020
2016
1st Sri Lankan U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1954
Jan 2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2016
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+51
1962 → 2013
Tournaments
3
16 games
Score
12.5/ 1678.1%
10W5D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsK K Dinujaya KodithuwakkuCM2,139·Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League·R3·+13.5
2.[W]vsT H D Thisarindu Induwara2,119·Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League·R2·+13.0
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #132 | 950 | -16.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5.5/6 | #5 | 2148 | +19.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 7/9 | #5 | 2180 | +49.4 |
Worst Elo result: Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2026 - Premier Division (-16.8 Elo, finished #132).
Most-Played Opponents
vsIsuru AlahakoonFM
🇱🇰SRI·2044
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsC C Weerasinghe
🇱🇰SRI·1918
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsChandana WijekoonCM
🇱🇰SRI·1915
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsDhanushka Bandara
🇱🇰SRI·1998
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsT S S PeirisFM
🇱🇰SRI·1883
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings
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Sri Lanka
#29
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,213
in continent
World
#25,537
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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