Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan

Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, a 23-year-old Sri Lankan International Master, is rated 2439 and ranked 1st among Sri Lankan players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 145 rated games in the past year (≈84/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026, SixDays Budapest March 2026 - GM-A, and Budapest One Week 2026 March IM-B. Also played 3 rapid (including The 8th SCO International Team Chess Tournament 2026 (Group B)) and 6 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. He reached Sri Lankan #1 in Mar 2022 and has been Sri Lankan #1 for 29 months and counting.

Awarded IM in 2023 (age 20), FM in 2021 (age 18), and CM in 2017 (age 14). Earned GM norms at Abu Dhabi Masters Chess Tournament 2023 and RUDAR XXIXB - GM ROUND ROBIN 2026. At junior level, he reached World #97 in U20 and #2, #2, #2, #2 and #7 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.