Sri Lanka Major Division Women's Chess Championships 2026 - North Central
29 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 17 Feb 2026 in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Top 10 Elo average was 1041, and top seed was Chenuli L Nallaperuma (🇱🇰 SRI, 1617).
M V M V Vithanage (🇱🇰 SRI, 1509) won with 6.0/7, ahead of S Shakya Bandara (6.0) and W G Tinudi Sasathma Jayarathna (6.0). Vithanage won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 7: M V M V Vithanage (1509) beat Chenuli L Nallaperuma (1617), a +108-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 3 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 6.0/7. Vithanage takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.0).
S Shakya Bandara beat M V M V Vithanage (Black).
S Shakya Bandara 4 wins (R1–R4)M V M V Vithanage 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)W G Tinudi Sasathma Jayarathna 4 wins (R4–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1S Shakya Bandara | * | 1 | — | ½ |
| 2M V M V Vithanage | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3W G Tinudi Sasathma Jayarathna | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Chenuli L Nallaperuma | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vithanage, M V M V | 1509 | SRI | +21N | +12B | +3N | −2B | +23N | +9B | +4N | 6.0 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 27.00 | 1620 | +16.0 |
| 2 | Bandara, S Shakya | 1430 | SRI | +17B | +13N | +14B | +1N | =10B | =4B | +5N | 6.0 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 28.50 | 1723 | +62.0 |
| 3 | Jayarathna, W G Tinudi Sasathma | 0 | SRI | +11B | +?N | −1B | +6N | +24B | +8N | +10N | 6.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 21.50 | 1492 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Nallaperuma, Chenuli L | 1617 | SRI | +22B | +16N | +15B | +9N | +8B | =2N | −1B | 5.5 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 23.50 | 1544 | -15.6 |
| 5 | Thilakarathne, R P N D | 1499 | SRI | +26B | +18N | +23B | −8N | +12B | +14N | −2B | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 18.00 | 620 | -48.8 |
| 6 | FIDE 80860737 | 0 | — | +?N | +7N | −8B | −3B | +21N | +23B | +?N | 5.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 11.50 | 611 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Sahasna, G V S Y | 0 | SRI | +?N | −6B | +25N | +?B | +?N | −10B | +14N | 5.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 6.50 | 684 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Jayawardhana, B N T | 1413 | SRI | +29N | +27B | +6N | +5B | −4N | −3B | =11B | 4.5 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 16.25 | 1559 | +15.6 |
| 9 | Pathirana, P A Nethumi Anudini | 1465 | SRI | +28B | +20N | +24B | −4B | +11N | −1N | =12B | 4.5 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 15.25 | 769 | -26.0 |
| 10 | Chandrasiri, Dahamdee Kalanya | 1475 | SRI | +25N | −24B | +27N | +19B | =2N | +7N | −3B | 4.5 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 16.00 | 1429 | -3.2 |
| 11 | FIDE 29996015 | 0 | — | −3N | +?B | +?N | +15N | −9B | +19B | =8N | 4.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 9.75 | 1231 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 29977053 | 0 | — | +?N | −1N | +13B | +?B | −5N | +?B | =9N | 4.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.75 | 1212 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 29996023 | 0 | — | +?N | −2B | −12N | +?B | =25N | +?B | +20B | 4.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.75 | 629 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 80870066 | 0 | — | +?N | +?B | −2N | +?B | +?N | −5B | −7B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.00 | 664 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 80877044 | 0 | — | +?N | +?B | −4N | −11B | +29N | +27B | −?N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 818 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 80837581 | 0 | — | +?N | −4B | +29N | −?B | −?N | +28B | +27N | 4.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 818 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Morawaka, P S Arunadee Sasenya | 0 | SRI | −2N | +?B | −?N | +28B | −?N | +?B | +23N | 4.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 629 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 80801994 | 0 | — | +?N | −5B | −?N | +?B | +?N | −?B | +?N | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 699 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 80862977 | 0 | — | −?N | +?B | +?N | −10N | =20B | −11N | +25B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.25 | 684 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 80868258 | 0 | — | +?N | −9B | −?N | +?B | =19N | +25B | −13N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.25 | 637 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 80891519 | 0 | — | −1B | +?N | −?B | =?N | −6B | +?N | +?B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 720 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 575002957 | 0 | — | −4N | +?B | −?N | =?B | −?N | +?B | +?N | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 818 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 80820484 | 0 | — | +?N | +?B | −5N | +?B | −1B | −6N | −17B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.00 | 710 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 80849423 | 0 | — | +?B | +10N | −9N | +?B | −3N | −?B | −?B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.50 | 1461 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 80877060 | 0 | — | −10B | +?N | −7B | +?N | =13B | −20N | −19N | 2.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 2.25 | 684 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 80891527 | 0 | — | −5N | −?B | −?N | +?B | −?N | =?B | +?B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 699 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 80820719 | 0 | — | F | −8N | −10B | +?B | +?N | −15N | −16B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.00 | 648 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 575003023 | 0 | — | −9N | −?B | +?B | −17N | +?B | −16N | −?N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 637 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 575002965 | 0 | — | −8B | +?N | −16B | +?N | −15B | F | −?N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 611 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Bandara, S ShakyaSRI+62.06.0 pts · #1
- 2Vithanage, M V M VSRI+16.06.0 pts · #3
- 3Jayawardhana, B N TSRI+15.64.5 pts · #6
- 1Thilakarathne, R P N DSRI-48.85.0 pts · #13
- 2Pathirana, P A Nethumi AnudiniSRI-26.04.5 pts · #21
- 3Nallaperuma, Chenuli LSRI-15.65.5 pts · #2
- R7+108 Elo gap