Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
SRI
Seeded 90, category C
6 won, 0 drawn, 5 lost
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Sri Lanka as a nation

Sri Lanka

In numbers

84

place of 206 after round 11

12

match points from 11 matches

21

game points; TB1 213½, TB3 127

2215

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage	2469	10	6½	2449	+1
2	CM S Sivathanujan	2180	10	3½	2165	−7
3	T H D Thisarindu Induwara	2162	11	6	2262	+56
4	CM B Janukshan	2145	9	3	2127	−13
5	Chenitha Mithvidu Ovitigala	2121	3	2	2334	+33

Boards follow the order the players have appeared in, as the team list keeps it; board 5 is the reserve. Games and scores count played games only. Performance and rating change come from Lichess. A name opens the player’s page.

Who carries the team

Each board from the player’s rating (hollow) to the performance so far (filled); red, the largest lift, grey, a board below its rating. The grey line is the team’s average rating, the score closes the row. A performance on few games moves a long way.

Matches

Round 1 v Papua New Guinea PNG

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 24691Resurrecion Barredo 0 2Ishmael Amnol 0CM S Sivathanujan 21801 3T H D Thisarindu Induwara 21621CM Tom McCoy 19030 4Kavaea Evara +Chenitha Mithvidu Ovitigala 2121−

Round 2 v Canada CAN

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux 2536½IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 2469½ 2CM S Sivathanujan 21800GM Anthony Atanasov 24811 3IM Nikolay Noritsyn 24441T H D Thisarindu Induwara 21620 4CM B Janukshan 21450IM Sai Krishna G V 24511

Round 3 v Sao Tome and Principe STP

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 24691Sergio Pereira 20160 2Fabio Costa Alegre 1966½CM S Sivathanujan 2180½ 3T H D Thisarindu Induwara 21621CM Waldyr Espirito Santo 18880 4Nascimento Admilton de Ceita dos Santos 18580CM B Janukshan 21451

Round 4 v Chile CHI

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Pablo Salinas Herrera 2450½IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 2469½ 2CM S Sivathanujan 21801IM Mauricio Emmanuel Marrujo Pardo 24220 3IM Matias Perez Gormaz 2340½T H D Thisarindu Induwara 2162½ 4CM B Janukshan 2145½IM Hugo Lopez Silva 2369½

Round 5 v Belarus BLR

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 2469½GM Denis Lazavik 2621½ 2IM Artiom Stribuk 24891CM S Sivathanujan 21800 3T H D Thisarindu Induwara 21620GM Mihail Nikitenko 24151 4IM Viachaslau Zarubitski 23921CM B Janukshan 21450

Round 6 v Peru PER

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Jorge Cori 25751IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 24690 2CM S Sivathanujan 21800IM Steven Rojas Salas 23871 3IM German Gonzalo Quirhuayo Chumbe 23811T H D Thisarindu Induwara 21620 4CM B Janukshan 21450IM Fernando Miguel Fernandez Sanchez 23691

Round 7 v Mozambique MOZ

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 24691FM Ivan Andrade 21650 2FM Donaldo Paiva 22020CM S Sivathanujan 21801 3T H D Thisarindu Induwara 2162½CM Hamid Harmon Gulamo Jamal 2067½ 4CM Joao Farisse 20371CM B Janukshan 21450

Round 8 v Mongolia MGL

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Sumiya Bilguun 24141CM S Sivathanujan 21800 2T H D Thisarindu Induwara 2162½IM Ganzorig Amartuvshin 2445½ 3IM Khuyagtsogt Itgelt 24351CM B Janukshan 21450 4Chenitha Mithvidu Ovitigala 21211IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg 24120

Round 9 v Libya LBA

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 24691Mohammed Midhat Abdulrahman 20910 2CM Ali Elier 22101CM S Sivathanujan 21800 3T H D Thisarindu Induwara 2162½FM Yousef A. Alhassadi 2149½ 4CM Tawfik ezzeddin Kweiri 21400CM B Janukshan 21451

Round 10 v Uruguay URU

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Georg Meier 26121IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 24690 2CM S Sivathanujan 21800IM Facundo Vazquez 24111 3IM Luis Ernesto Rodi 22240T H D Thisarindu Induwara 21621 4Chenitha Mithvidu Ovitigala 21210IM Bernardo Roselli Mailhe 23111

Round 11 v Barbados BAR

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 24691FM Justin Blackman 22550 2FM Martyn Del Castilho 22310T H D Thisarindu Induwara 21621 3CM B Janukshan 2145½IM Orlando Husbands 2222½ 4CM Justin Parsons 19060Chenitha Mithvidu Ovitigala 21211

Team awards

Escape Artists

2games saved

Round 1, the deepest hole -4.89
Sri Lanka SRI

Most games won or drawn from a position the engine had at −3.00 or worse.

Favourite Piece

27.17% of the team's moves

Round 3, Queens, 69 of 254 moves
Sri Lanka SRI

For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.

Slingshot

156points lower on average

Round 4
Sri Lanka SRI2½Chile CHI1½

Won a match against the team that looked strongest on paper: the largest gap in average rating, all four boards played and rated.