Sooriyakumar, Sanjeewan

Sanjeewan Sooriyakumar, a 21-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1538 — just 7 short of his peak of 1545 (Sep 2025, age 20). He is progressing steadily with +70 Elo over the past 12 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Sri Lanka National Amateur Championships 2025, Queenstar Open International Rated Chess Championship 2025, and Dhamso International Chess Festival 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Sri Lanka National Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Sri Lanka National Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 16 months (2016–2018), 13 months (2018–2019), 42 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included), 17 months (2022–2024) and 14 months (2024–2025).

At junior level, he reached #54 and #91 nationally in U20 and U18.