Sri Lanka Major Division Chess Championship 2025 -Eastern Province

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43 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 10 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Top 10 Elo average was 1366, and top seed was I L Senevirathne (🇱🇰 SRI, 1703).

Mithura Sutharsan (🇱🇰 SRI, 1636) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Mathura Sutharsan (6.0) and I L Senevirathne (5.5). Sutharsan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Barthelot Thiyonne (1493) beat Mithura Sutharsan (1636), a +143-point gap.

Location

🇱🇰Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Dates

10 May 2025 → 18 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇱🇰I L Senevirathne1703

Avg top 10

1,366

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×27

Top 3

🥇
Mithura Sutharsan
🇱🇰SRI·1636
6.0pts·1731perf+19.2
🥈
Mathura Sutharsan
🇱🇰SRI·1474
6.0pts·1610perf+26.4
🥉
I L Senevirathne
🇱🇰SRI·1703
5.5pts·1717perf+3.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Sutharsan6Sutharsan6Senevirathne5.5Keshigan5.5Thiyonne5Mahendran5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Sutharsan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Mithura Sutharsan 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Mathura Sutharsan 4 wins (R4–R7)I L Senevirathne 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Mithura Sutharsan	*	—	1	—
2Mathura Sutharsan	—	*	—	—
3I L Senevirathne	0	—	*	½
4Ravindrakumar Keshigan	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sutharsan, Mithura	1636	SRI	+27B	+24N	+8B	−5N	+13B	+7N	+3B	6.0	27.5	30.5	25.50	1731	+19.2
2	Sutharsan, Mathura	1474	SRI	+31B	+11N	−5B	+29N	+15B	+9N	+6B	6.0	26.0	28.5	23.50	1610	+26.4
3	Senevirathne, I L	1703	SRI	+19N	+28B	+6N	+7B	+5N	=4B	−1N	5.5	30.0	33.0	24.25	1717	+3.2
4	Keshigan, Ravindrakumar	0	SRI	=32N	+12B	+10N	+20B	+17N	=3N	=?B	5.5	24.0	24.0	20.00	1558	0.0
5	Barthelot Thiyonne	1493	SRI	+37N	+13B	+2N	+1B	−3B	−6N	+10B	5.0	31.0	32.5	22.00	1611	+32.0
6	Mahendran, Rishanth	1474	SRI	+38N	+39B	−3B	+21N	+14N	+5B	−2N	5.0	25.0	26.0	14.50	1422	-9.2
7	Rajaneestharan, Jeyachandran	1490	SRI	+43B	+41N	+18B	−3N	+27B	−1B	+13N	5.0	22.5	22.5	11.00	869	-21.6
8	Pushpakanthan, Prajeeth	1464	SRI	+35N	+23B	−1N	−14B	=11N	+26B	+17N	4.5	24.5	26.5	14.25	835	-10.8
9	Francis, Valentine Anandhan	1489	SRI	+40N	+14B	=20N	−17B	+19N	−2B	+21N	4.5	24.0	25.0	13.75	647	-22.4
10	Sutharsan, Gopiisha	1434	SRI	=34B	+30N	−4B	+37N	+23B	+17B	−5N	4.5	22.0	23.5	12.00	691	-16.8
11	Sajeevan, Varatharaj	0	SRI	+?N	−2B	+35N	−13B	=8B	+?N	+20B	4.5	20.0	20.0	7.75	1441	0.0
12	FIDE 80826342	0	—	=?B	−4N	=30B	+36N	+34B	+29N	=22B	4.5	18.5	18.5	10.00	1499	0.0
13	Kanishvar, Kamalavasan	0	SRI	+42B	−5N	+33B	+11N	−1N	+?B	−7B	4.0	23.0	23.0	7.00	740	0.0
14	Lokithaksan, Vinoth	0	SRI	+?B	−9N	+26B	+8N	−6B	−?N	+34N	4.0	19.0	19.0	9.50	1278	0.0
15	Rajinikanth Srikith Rithesh	0	SRI	−17B	+?N	+?B	+18N	−2N	+?B	−?B	4.0	13.0	13.0	3.50	1328	0.0
16	Vickneswaran, Avineesh	0	SRI	=21N	−?B	+?N	−19B	+?N	=?B	+35N	4.0	9.0	9.0	3.75	1488	0.0
17	Shakshith, Gobinath	0	SRI	+15N	=?B	+?B	+9N	−4B	−10N	−8B	3.5	23.0	23.0	8.50	1451	0.0
18	FIDE 80877303	0	—	+22N	+25B	−7N	−15B	−?N	=24B	+32N	3.5	22.0	22.0	11.25	693	0.0
19	Krishanthan, Kirtish	0	SRI	−3B	=?N	+?B	+16N	−9B	−23N	+37B	3.5	19.0	19.0	5.50	1454	0.0
20	Deemash, Mithlaj Rushek	0	SRI	+?B	+26N	=9B	−4N	+?B	−?B	−11N	3.5	17.5	17.5	5.25	1483	0.0
21	Jashanth, Satheeskumar	0	SRI	=16B	+?N	+34B	−6B	−?N	+37N	−9B	3.5	17.0	17.0	5.50	1292	0.0
22	Rathnayake, R M S Sanvidu	0	SRI	−18B	−?N	+?B	+30N	+?B	F	=12N	3.5	13.5	13.5	4.75	1495	0.0
23	Pragash, Harishihan	0	SRI	+?B	−8N	+38N	=?B	−10N	+19B	F	3.5	13.5	13.5	4.50	1185	0.0
24	Lihaash, Mithlaj Rushal	0	SRI	+?N	−1B	−29N	−?B	+38N	=18N	+?B	3.5	13.5	13.5	2.75	1496	0.0
25	FIDE 80877419	0	—	+?B	−18N	−?B	=?N	−37B	+31N	+30B	3.5	10.0	10.0	5.00	675	0.0
26	FIDE 80877435	0	—	F	−20B	−14N	+35B	+28N	−8N	+?B	3.0	17.0	17.0	5.00	664	0.0
27	FIDE 80808239	0	—	−1N	+40B	+39N	+?B	−7N	F	F	3.0	16.5	16.5	2.00	764	0.0
28	FIDE 80877320	0	—	+36B	−3N	=41B	=34N	−26B	+33N	−?B	3.0	15.5	15.5	5.75	903	0.0
29	FIDE 80836470	0	—	−39N	F	+24B	−2B	+?N	−12B	+?N	3.0	15.0	15.0	3.50	647	0.0
30	FIDE 80867073	0	—	=?N	−10B	=12N	−22B	+40N	=32B	−25N	2.5	19.5	19.5	4.50	1252	0.0
31	Aaquish Rayan, Mohamed Razi	0	SRI	−2N	=37B	−32N	−?B	+39N	−25B	+42N	2.5	14.5	14.5	1.75	647	0.0
32	Sasitharan, Anuseekan	0	SRI	=4B	−?N	+31B	=?N	−?B	=30N	−18B	2.5	14.0	14.0	6.50	1175	0.0
33	FIDE 80824722	0	—	=?B	=?N	−13N	+38B	−?N	−28B	=?N	2.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1243	0.0
34	FIDE 80824862	0	—	=10N	+?B	−21N	=28B	−12N	F	−14B	2.0	19.5	19.5	3.75	1434	0.0
35	FIDE 80877338	0	—	−8B	+43N	−11B	−26N	+42N	F	−16B	2.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	664	0.0
36	Inaamul Hasan, Mohamed Irfan	0	SRI	−28N	+?B	−?N	−12B	+?N	−?B	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1467	0.0
37	FIDE 80877354	0	—	−5B	=31N	F	−10B	+25N	−21B	−19N	1.5	22.5	22.5	4.75	663	0.0
38	Aneeq Ahamed, Mohamed Shibly	0	SRI	−6B	+42N	−23B	−33N	−24B	F	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	675	0.0
39	FIDE 80877362	0	—	+29B	−6N	−27B	−?N	−31B	F	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	3.00	675	0.0
40	Meerujan, Mel	0	SRI	−9B	−27N	+43B	−?N	−30B	F	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	672	0.0
41	FIDE 80877370	0	—	F	−7B	=28N	−?N	F	F	F	0.5	8.0	8.0	1.50	653	0.0
42	FIDE 80877427	0	—	−13N	−38B	−?N	F	−35B	F	−31B	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	658	0.0
43	FIDE 80866867	0	—	−7N	−35B	−40N	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	693	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Barthelot ThiyonneSRI
+32.0
5.0 pts · #1
2Sutharsan, MathuraSRI
+26.4
6.0 pts · #8
3Sutharsan, MithuraSRI
+19.2
6.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Francis, Valentine AnandhanSRI
-22.4
4.5 pts · #34
2Rajaneestharan, JeyachandranSRI
-21.6
5.0 pts · #41
3Sutharsan, GopiishaSRI
-16.8
4.5 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R4+143 Elo gap
Barthelot Thiyonne1493 beat Sutharsan, Mithura1636