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Samarakoon, Vivash Ransara

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FIDEFIDE 9982949· Male· England· Born in 2009

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Vivash Ransara Samarakoon, a 17-year-old English player, is rated 2019 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2025 British Championship: Weekend Atkins Open and EJCOA National Youth Championship FInals - U20. He reached English #11 in Aug 2024.

Competes for England since Jun 2026. At junior level, he reached #3, #1, #2, #4 and #30 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

2019

Standard

Rpd1600·Blz1600

All-time high

2019

at best
Sep 2025 · age 16

Activity

21

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#24,693

#24,693 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2026
Switched federation: SRI → ENG
at age 17
Jun 2026
3rd English U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2019
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 2019
at age 16
Sep 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Aug 2025
2024
Peak English rank: #11
at age 15 · rated 1997
Aug 2024
1st English U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1978
Mar 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Madhav Kaushik 1,939
2025 British Championship: Weekend Atkins Open · Aug 2025 · +15.5 Elo
Evolution
+22
1997 → 2019
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
7.5/ 1075.0%
6W3D1L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 British Championship: Weekend Atkins Open
Open Swiss
Aug 20253/5#142042+8.4
EJCOA National Youth Championship FInals - U20
Open Swiss
Jul 20254.5/5#1—+14.0

Most-Played Opponents

vsW D Malisha Sasvidu WeerathungalageCM
🇱🇰SRI·2013
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2021
View head-to-head →
vsT H D Thisarindu Induwara
🇱🇰SRI·2123
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Feb 2022
View head-to-head →
vsDishal Nimsara WeerasekaraFM
🇱🇰SRI·2135
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2022
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
England
#401
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#18,205
in continent
World
#24,693
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
England
1
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2
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2,665
3
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2,639
4
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2,622
5
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2,597
6
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2,594
7
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2,539
8
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2,516
9
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2,512
10
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2,506
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401🇬🇧Samarakoon, Vivash Ransara2,019
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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18205🇬🇧Samarakoon, Vivash Ransara2,019
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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24693🇬🇧Samarakoon, Vivash Ransara2,019