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Palihakkara, Nihindu Bimsath
🇱🇰FIDE 9974679· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 2005
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Nihindu Bimsath Palihakkara, a 21-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1645 — just 5 short of his peak of 1650 (Mar 2026, age 21). He is progressing steadily with +59 Elo over the past 12 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kaluthara International Chess Festival 2026, Sri Lanka National Amateur Championships 2025, and Sri Lanka National Premier Division Chess Championship 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Western Asian Junior Chess Championships 2025 - Rapid) and 4 blitz events (including Western Asian Junior Chess Championships 2025 - Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 17 months (2018–2019) and 50 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #31, #82 and #50 nationally in U20, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1645
Standard
Rpd1645·Blz1601
All-time high
1650
−5 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 21
Mar 2026 · age 21
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#130,075
#130,075 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
All-time peak 1650
at age 21 · −5 from today
Mar 2026
2025
31st Sri Lankan U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1642
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 1600
at age 20
Jul 2025
100 career games
at age 20
Jul 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 20
May 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+397 Elo)
1157 → 1554
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+4
1641 → 1645
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
10.5/ 1665.6%
10W1D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/7 | #88 | 1798 | +8.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/6 | #64 | 1874 | -2.2 |
Rankings
/
Sri Lanka
#500
out of 3,598 players
Asia-Pacific
#19,333
in continent
World
#130,069
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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