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Peththanayake, Nuwani
🇱🇰FIDE 9946977· Female· Sri Lanka· Born in 2000
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Nuwani Peththanayake, a 26-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1561 — her current career high. She plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 29 months (2017–2020) and 28 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: Sri Lanka University Games Chess Championships 2025 - Women.
At junior level, she reached #57 and #68 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1561
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1527
All-time high
1561
at best
Mar 2026 · age 26
Mar 2026 · age 26
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#161,173
#161,173 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1561
at age 26
Mar 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+312 Elo)
1242 → 1554
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1500
at age 24
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 24
Mar 2024
2020
57th Sri Lankan U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1215
Oct 2020
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1215 → returned at 1246
Sep 2020
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
Sri Lanka University Games Chess Championships 2025 - Womenperf 1712 (+156) · 3.5/5 · #22
Top opponent
Evolution
+7
1554 → 1561
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
3.5/ 658.3%
3W1D2L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsH D Sanduni Bhagya Subashini1,433·Sri Lanka University Games Chess Championships 2025 - Women·R1·+6.6
3.[D]vsK Hasareli Sirimewan1,640·Sri Lanka University Games Chess Championships 2025 - Women·R4·+2.4
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsW A D Sumudu Wijesinghe1,588·Sri Lanka University Games Chess Championships 2025 - Women·R3·-9.1
2.[L]vsD D M R G K Dissanayake1,589·Sri Lanka University Games Chess Championships 2025 - Women·R6·-9.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #22 | 1712 | +0.8 |
Rankings
/
Sri Lanka
#1,011
out of 3,705 players
Asia-Pacific
#28,446
in continent
World
#161,155
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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