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Gunasekara, H M C P
🇱🇰FIDE 9953795· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 1999
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H M C P Gunasekara, a 27-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1583 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +24 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: Ethugalpura International Chess Festival 2025 and 9th Negombo International Chess Festival 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Ethugalpura International Chess Festival 2025 - Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including 9th Negombo International Chess Festival 2025 - Blitz Event) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 70 months (2016–2022, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2023–2024).
At junior level, he reached #67 nationally in U18.
Current rating
1583
Standard
Rpd1555·Blz1523
All-time high
1583
at best
May 2026 · age 27
May 2026 · age 27
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#153,484
#153,484 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1583
at age 27
May 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+311 Elo)
1247 → 1558
Jan 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 25
Jun 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 25
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 25
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1247 → returned at 1516
Feb 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+24
1559 → 1583
Tournaments
2
28 games
Score
12/ 2842.9%
18W2D8L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsH M H Janandani Abeysinghe1,777·08th SSC Open International Rating Chess Championship 2026·R9·+15.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6.5/8 | #94 | 1810 | +4.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/7 | #72 | 1888 | +18.0 |
Rankings
/
Sri Lanka
#834
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#25,878
in continent
World
#153,469
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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