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Rathnayake, M A A H
🇱🇰FIDE 9912975· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 1993
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M A A H Rathnayake, a 33-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1959 — just 8 short of his peak of 1967 (Mar 2017, age 24) and ranked 48th among Sri Lankan players. He is on a steady climb with +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent appearances: Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League and National Sports Festival 2025 - Chess Men. He took a 27-month break between Apr 2021 and Aug 2023. He reached Sri Lankan #27 in Mar 2024.
At junior level, he reached #10 and #5 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1959
Standard
Rpd1904·Blz1871
All-time high
1967
−8 pts below
Mar 2017 · age 24
Mar 2017 · age 24
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#48
#48 · Sri Lankan players · of 3,250
Career timeline
11 entries2024
Peak Sri Lankan rank: #27
at age 31 · rated 1902
Mar 2024
2021
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1885 → returned at 1855
Apr 2021
2017
Best 12-month gain (+107 Elo)
1860 → 1967
Apr 2017
All-time peak 1967
at age 24 · −8 from today
Mar 2017
2015
100 career games
at age 22
Nov 2015
2013
K-factor lowered to 15
at age 20
Jan 2013
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+29
1930 → 1959
Tournaments
2
17 games
Score
11/ 1764.7%
7W8D2L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsG Thinuka Geethula Perera1,925·Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League·R8·+9.0
3.[W]vsIsara Banidu DahanayakeCM1,899·Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League·R5·+8.3
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Oct 2025 | 5.5/9 | #18 | 1998 | +14.0 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 5.5/8 | #12 | 1979 | +15.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsChinthaka Anuruddh GalappaththiFM
🇱🇰SRI·1960
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2018
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vsAchinthya Shamen Kaluarachchi
🇱🇰SRI·1946
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsPranieth Chandrasekara
🇱🇰SRI·1839
+0 −0 =5
5 games·last met Sep 2020
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vsLakshitha Randil
🇱🇰SRI·1914
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Dec 2018
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Rankings
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Sri Lanka
#48
out of 3,705 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,219
in continent
World
#34,832
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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