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Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha
FM🇱🇰FIDE 9947876· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 2006
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Pesandu Rashmitha Liyanage, a 20-year-old Sri Lankan FIDE Master, is rated 2126 and ranked 9th among Sri Lankan players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 1910 and 2172 over the past 2 years. 74 rated games in the past year (≈75/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2026 - Premier Division, 10th Hanoi IM chess tournament January 2026, and 1st Ninh Binh IM chess tournament 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026 - Rapid) and 9 blitz events (including 1st Ninh Binh Blitz chess tournament 2025) recently. His peak of 2172 was reached at age 19 (Jul 2025, Sri Lankan #4 at the time); he has been in Sri Lankan top 10 for 16 months and counting.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 19). At junior level, he reached #2, #2, #2, #3, #10, #62 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2126
Standard
Rpd1892·Blz2044
All-time high
2172
−46 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 19
Jul 2025 · age 19
Activity
117
games / yr avg. · ≈10/mo
65 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · Sri Lankan players · of 3,148
National top 10 since Mar 2025
National top 10 since Mar 2025
Career timeline
20 entries2026
16 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 15 months · since Jul 2024
Jun 2026
2025
2nd Sri Lankan U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2172
Jul 2025
All-time peak 2172
at age 19 · −46 from today
Jul 2025
Peak Sri Lankan rank: #4
at age 19 · rated 2129
Jun 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 19
May 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 19
Apr 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-46
2172 → 2126
Tournaments
6
57 games
Score
34.5/ 5760.5%
29W11D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsSamaraweera S M Sethika Hansira1,708·Queenstar Open International Rated Chess Championship 2025·R4·-18.6
2.[L]vsK E Dineth Sandaruwan1,894·Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2026 - Premier Division·R10·-15.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/10 | #40 | 1932 | -47.2 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 4.5/9 | #6 | 2222 | +17.4 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 4/10 | #5 | 2192 | +9.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 6.5/9 | #8 | 2094 | -9.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 8/9 | #10 | 2101 | -10.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/9 | #23 | 2065 | -6.2 |
Worst Elo result: Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2026 - Premier Division (-47.2 Elo, finished #40).
Most-Played Opponents
vsS D B K Senevirathne
🇱🇰SRI·1957
+4 −8 =4
16 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsIsara Banidu DahanayakeCM
🇱🇰SRI·1871
+5 −6 =2
13 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsOsheen De Silva
🇱🇰SRI·1906
+9 −1 =3
13 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMohamed Nabil Nazar
🇱🇰SRI·1954
+5 −3 =4
12 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsRanindu Dilshan LiyanageIM
🇱🇰SRI·2439
+1 −10 =0
11 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Sri Lanka
#9
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,877
in continent
World
#13,132
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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