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Mathes Arachchi, Bhanila M
🇱🇰FIDE 9946780· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 2006
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Bhanila M Mathes Arachchi, a 20-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1724 — just 13 short of his peak of 1737 (Jul 2025, age 19). He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 16 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent appearances: Battle of the Kings International Rated Team Chess Championship 2026 and MORA Kings International Rating Chess Championship 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including Colombo Chess Festival 2025 - Rapid) recently. He took a 45-month break between May 2019 and Mar 2023 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached World #62 in U8 and #20, #25, #19, #8, #2 and #15 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1724
Standard
Rpd1662·Blz1623
All-time high
1737
−13 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 19
Jul 2025 · age 19
Activity
36
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#101,477
#101,477 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
22 entries2025
20th Sri Lankan U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1737
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1737
at age 19 · −13 from today
Jul 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+262 Elo)
1397 → 1659
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 18
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 18
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-13
1737 → 1724
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
2.5/ 462.5%
2W1D1L
Top 2 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/4 | #76 | 1611 | -11.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMohamed Nabil Nazar
🇱🇰SRI·1954
+2 −7 =0
9 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsPesandu Rashmitha LiyanageFM
🇱🇰SRI·2126
+4 −4 =0
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsY Jayaweera
🇱🇰SRI·1858
+2 −1 =4
7 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsR A Thaweesha Nawanjana
🇱🇰SRI·1689
+5 −1 =1
7 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsLisara Kodithuwakku
🇱🇰SRI·1870
+0 −3 =4
7 games·last met Apr 2023
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Rankings
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Sri Lanka
#306
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#13,329
in continent
World
#101,475
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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