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Bandara, Dhanushka
🇱🇰FIDE 9908048· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 1995
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Dhanushka Bandara, a 31-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1998 and ranked 32nd among Sri Lankan players. He is progressing steadily with +60 Elo over the past 12 months. 102 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2026, 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026, and Ethugalpura International Chess Festival 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026 - Rapid) and 4 blitz events (including COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - Blitz Open Event) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2014–2015) and 12 months (2015–2016). His peak of 2041 was reached at age 30 (Aug 2025, Sri Lankan #15 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #5 and #4 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1998
Standard
Rpd1810·Blz1796
All-time high
2041
−43 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 30
Aug 2025 · age 30
Activity
81
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
102 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#32
#32 · Sri Lankan players · of 3,250
Career timeline
15 entries2025
500 career games
at age 30
Sep 2025
Peak Sri Lankan rank: #15
at age 30 · rated 2041
Aug 2025
Best 12-month gain (+141 Elo)
1900 → 2041
Aug 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 30
Aug 2025
All-time peak 2041
at age 30 · −43 from today
Aug 2025
2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 24
Sep 2019
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+75
1923 → 1998
Tournaments
10
95 games
Score
64/ 9567.4%
48W32D15L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsDishal Nimsara WeerasekaraFM2,125·Sri Lanka National Premier Division Chess Championship 2025·R7·+14.0
3.[W]vsW D Malisha Sasvidu WeerathungalageCM2,005·Sri Lanka National Premier Division Chess Championship 2025·R5·+10.8
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsSethumlee Devhara PalliyageWFM1,783·Kandy Open International Chess Championship 2025·R4·-15.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 6/13 | #10 | 2019 | +11.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 8/11 | #8 | 1935 | -2.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 8.5/9 | #5 | 2251 | +16.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/6 | #13 | 1810 | -14.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #28 | 1912 | -22.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 5/9 | #23 | 1998 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #20 | 1911 | -10.0 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 6/8 | #8 | 1905 | -10.8 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 9.5/13 | #1 | 2163 | +65.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 8/11 | #7 | 2102 | +52.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDishal Nimsara WeerasekaraFM
🇱🇰SRI·2077
+4 −2 =6
12 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsS SivathanujanCM
🇱🇰SRI·2162
+2 −1 =7
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsA A C B AmarasingheCM
🇱🇰SRI·1962
+4 −2 =4
10 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsPesandu Rashmitha LiyanageFM
🇱🇰SRI·2126
+3 −3 =3
9 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsChinthaka Anuruddh GalappaththiFM
🇱🇰SRI·1960
+2 −5 =2
9 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
/
Sri Lanka
#32
out of 3,705 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,469
in continent
World
#27,829
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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