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Fernando, G W Nethmi L
🇱🇰FIDE 9962972· Female· Sri Lanka· Born in 2003
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G W Nethmi L Fernando, a 23-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1688. She has slipped back 40 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Sri Lanka Major Division Women's Chess Championships 2026 - Central Province, Kandy Open International Chess Championship 2025, and Sri Lanka National Team Chess Championships 2025 - Women. Also played 1 rapid (including Kandy Open International Chess Championship 2025 - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including MORA Kings International Rating Chess Championship 2025 - Blitz) recently. She took a 30-month break between Oct 2020 and May 2023 (COVID-19 included). Her peak of 1759 was reached at age 21 (Apr 2024); she also reached Sri Lankan #67 in Apr 2022.
At junior level, she reached #6, #10, #10, #16 and #19 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1688
Standard
Rpd1788·Blz1668
All-time high
1759
−71 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 21
Apr 2024 · age 21
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#114,036
#114,036 · players worldwide · of 216,807
Career timeline
19 entries2024
All-time peak 1759
at age 21 · −71 from today
Apr 2024
2022
Peak Sri Lankan rank: #67
at age 19 · rated 1745
Apr 2022
6th Sri Lankan U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1745
Apr 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
2020
10th Sri Lankan U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1745
Oct 2020
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1745 → returned at 1686
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-31
1719 → 1688
Tournaments
5
33 games
Score
23/ 3369.7%
20W6D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsS M N Yasara Senanayake1,470·MORA Kings International Rating Chess Championship 2025·R3·-16.1
2.[L]vsA M Vidushi Dinethma Athapaththu1,477·Kandy Open International Chess Championship 2025·R2·-15.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/6 | #2 | 1803 | +19.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/5 | #141 | 1623 | -28.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2.5/3 | #29 | 1883 | -8.0 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 4.5/5 | #18 | 1989 | -14.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7.5/8 | #43 | 2026 | -8.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsT H D Niklesha TharushiWCM
🇱🇰SRI·1864
+6 −4 =5
15 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsChamodya Yapa Bandara
🇱🇰SRI·1720
+1 −4 =7
12 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsW A Chethani Chamathka
🇱🇰SRI·1606
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsMaheesha Pabodhini Rathnayake
🇱🇰SRI·1555
+7 −1 =0
8 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsSayuni Gihansa JayaweeraWCM
🇱🇰SRI·1770
+1 −1 =5
7 games·last met Sep 2020
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Rankings
/
Sri Lanka
#390
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#15,817
in continent
World
#114,317
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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