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Tharushi, T H D Niklesha
WCM🇱🇰FIDE 9918264· Female· Sri Lanka· Born in 2003
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T H D Niklesha Tharushi, a 23-year-old Sri Lankan Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1864 — just 10 short of her peak of 1874 (Jan 2025, age 22) and ranked 9th among Sri Lankan women. She plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and took a 12-month break between Feb 2022 and Mar 2023. Recent appearance: Sri Lanka University Games Chess Championships 2025 - Women. Also played 2 blitz events (including 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026 - Blitz) recently. She reached Sri Lankan #55 in Oct 2024.
Competes as a woman since 2013. Awarded WCM in 2017 (age 14). At junior level, she reached #10, #11, #13, #4, #4 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1864
Standard
Rpd1706·Blz1744
All-time high
1874
−10 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 22
Jan 2025 · age 22
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · Sri Lankan women · of 845
Career timeline
27 entries2025
All-time peak 1874
at age 22 · −10 from today
Jan 2025
2024
Peak Sri Lankan rank: #55
at age 21 · rated 1869
Oct 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 21
May 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 21
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1581 → returned at 1570
Feb 2022
10th Sri Lankan U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1660
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
1864 → 1864
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
5/ 683.3%
5W0D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsRoshell Nathasha Askey1,731·Sri Lanka University Games Chess Championships 2025 - Women·R5·+6.3
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsG P Y WijesuriyaWCM1,850·Sri Lanka University Games Chess Championships 2025 - Women·R3·-10.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/4 | #16 | 2445 | 0.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsG P Y WijesuriyaWCM
🇱🇰SRI·1829
+7 −6 =7
20 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsG W Nethmi L Fernando
🇱🇰SRI·1688
+4 −6 =5
15 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsEhsha Mishela PallieWCM
🇱🇰SRI·1853
+6 −4 =3
13 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsK M Dahamdi SanudulaWFM
🇱🇰SRI·1950
+5 −4 =4
13 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsH K T Dewnethmie Dahampriya
🇱🇰SRI·1851
+8 −3 =2
13 games·last met Jul 2019
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Rankings
/
Sri Lanka
#108
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#6,821
in continent
World
#57,494
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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