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Weerasinghe, Sethum
🇱🇰FIDE 9984798· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 2005
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Sethum Weerasinghe, a 21-year-old Sri Lankan player, is rated 1829 — just 1 short of his peak of 1830 (Mar 2026, age 21) and sitting in the top 5% of Sri Lankan players. He is progressing steadily with +79 Elo over the past 12 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kaluthara International Chess Festival 2026, Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League, and 9th Negombo International Chess Festival 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including 9th Negombo International Chess Festival 2025 - Blitz Event) recently.
At junior level, he reached #12, #34, #55, #25 and #33 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1829
Standard
Rpd1561·Blz1649
All-time high
1830
−1 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 21
Mar 2026 · age 21
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#149 · Sri Lankan players · of 3,250
Career timeline
14 entries2026
54th Sri Lankan 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 1829
May 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 21
Mar 2026
All-time peak 1830
at age 21 · −1 from today
Mar 2026
2025
12th Sri Lankan U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1794
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+297 Elo)
1453 → 1750
Nov 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 19
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+79
1750 → 1829
Tournaments
3
22 games
Score
15.5/ 2270.5%
13W5D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsPamok Methdinu Samaranayake1,811·Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League·R2·-9.2
3.[L]vsPesandu Rashmitha LiyanageFM2,156·Sri Lanka National Team Championships 2025 - Super League·R7·-2.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7/8 | #37 | 2183 | +48.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/5 | #65 | 1702 | -11.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7.5/7 | #9 | 2452 | +42.8 |
Rankings
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Sri Lanka
#149
out of 3,705 players
Asia-Pacific
#8,088
in continent
World
#67,416
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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