Top chess players in Sri Lanka

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

Sri Lanka has 3,047 rated players. The highest rated is IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage at 2470.

Country ranking

#82 of 184

top 10 average 2263.8

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

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OCT26·3,047 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#=8111	1	IMRanindu Dilshan Liyanage SRI · 23	2470	24702470.0	–	+69
2#=15765	5	IML M S T De Silva SRI · 20	2406	24062406.0	–	+11
3#=312315	15	IMG M H Thilakarathne SRI · 23	2334	23342334.0	–	-6
4#=442414	14	WIMDevindya Oshini Gunawardhana SRI · 14	2291	22912291.0	–	+190
5#=718110	10	CMVinuka Dihain Wijerathna SRI · 13	2221	22212221.0	–	+149
6#=732318	18	T H D Thisarindu Induwara SRI · 16	2218	22182218.0	–	+98
7#=855517	17	M K A Russell SRI · 43	2195	21952195.0	–	-20
8#=924423	23	FMDishal Nimsara Weerasekara SRI · 16	2182	21822182.0	–	+83
9#=10181399	399	CMS Sivathanujan SRI · 26FIDE 2173	2173	21672167.0	−6.0	+87
10#=1105621	21	Chenitha Mithvidu Ovitigala SRI · 15	2154	21542154.0	–	+254
11#=1240820	20	FMPesandu Rashmitha Liyanage SRI · 20	2137	21372137.0	–	-19
12#=1280426	26	CMB Janukshan SRI · 16	2132	21322132.0	–	+136
13#=1419246	46	CMThehas Rithmitha Kiringoda SRI · 12	2115	21152115.0	–	+258
14#=1521449	49	A A T Nethsara Dias SRI · 14	2104	21042104.0	–	+239
15#=1606043	43	Ruvin Sandharu Jayasooriya SRI · 14	2095	20952095.0	–	+260
16#=1820356	56	V W A Vinuda Vidm Wickramasinghe SRI · 15	2074	20742074.0	–	+77
17#=1909761	61	FMR S Kalugampitiya SRI · 38	2066	20662066.0	–	-8
18#=195121898	1898	Jeewantha Aloka Hettiarachchi SRI · 17FIDE 2079	2079	20632062.6	−16.4	+160
19#=2054569	69	FMM Sasith Nipun Piyumantha SRI · 24	2053	20532053.0	–	-1
20#=2141170	70	FMIsuru Alahakoon SRI · 39	2046	20462046.0	–	+49
21#=2177468	68	CMAkila Kavinda SRI · 34	2043	20432043.0	–	+6
22#=223852639	2639	G W D M Dabarera SRI · 22FIDE 2018	2018	20382038.0	+20.0	+31
23#=228032959	2959	D M T Kashyapa Kulasekara SRI · 29FIDE 2013	2013	20352035.2	+22.2	+51
=24#=2280585	85	CMA P Chenitha Sihas Dinsara Karunasena SRI · 11	2035	20352035.0	–	+41
=24#=2280585	85	CMM D Vinuda Shenal Gunathilake SRI · 18	2035	20352035.0	–	+3

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