Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
SRI
Seeded 77, category C
7 won, 0 drawn, 4 lost
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Sri Lanka as a nation

Sri Lanka

In numbers

34

place of 189 after round 11

14

match points from 11 matches

28

game points; TB1 283, TB3 125

1935

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana	2267	10	8	2314	+24
2	WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula	1967	10	5½	2103	+35
3	H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis	1776	9	4½	1989	+64
4	B Yenuthi Sahanlee Perera	1900	9	6	2091	+80
5	WCM Sayumi Sithumila Halangoda	1763	6	4	1905	+30

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 Grenada GRN

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Rhonda J Lambert 15770WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula 19671 2H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis 17761Achazia N.A.Lewis 0 3Naziyah S.A.James 0B Yenuthi Sahanlee Perera 19001 4WCM Sayumi Sithumila Halangoda 17631Abiramy Senthilkumar 0

Round 2 v Iran IRI

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Mobina Alinasab 2317½WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana 2267½ 2WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula 19670WIM Melika Mohammadi 23421 3WIM Anousha Mahdian 21101H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis 17760 4B Yenuthi Sahanlee Perera 1900½WIM Parva Behzad Nazif 2098½

Round 3 v Lesotho LES

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana 22671WCM Bonolo Ntsielo 18030 2Naleli Teeke 17060H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis 17761 3B Yenuthi Sahanlee Perera 19001Boitumelo Sethabathaba 16150 4WFM Ngatane Lieketseng 15780WCM Sayumi Sithumila Halangoda 17631

Round 4 v Philippines PHI

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana 22671Mhage Gerriahlou Sebastian 19570 2WGM Janelle Mae Frayna 22601WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula 19670 3B Yenuthi Sahanlee Perera 19000WIM Ruelle Canino 21601 4WIM Jan Jodilyn Fronda 21341WCM Sayumi Sithumila Halangoda 17630

Round 5 v Pakistan PAK

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Zenobia Wasif 16760WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana 22671 2WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula 19671Hafiza Mashal Rashid 18340 3Zainab Rehman 17030H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis 17761 4WCM Sayumi Sithumila Halangoda 17631Maliha Ali 16560

Round 6 v Australia AUS

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana 22671WGM Julia Ryjanova 21800 2WFM Zhiyuan Shen 21461WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula 19670 3H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis 17760WFM Nguyen Mai Chi Phan 20931 4WFM Thu Giang Nguyen 2086½B Yenuthi Sahanlee Perera 1900½

Round 7 v Barbados BAR

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Hannah Wilson 18351WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana 22670 2WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula 19671WCM Chanon Reifer-Belle 17610 3WCM Julissa Figueroa 17720B Yenuthi Sahanlee Perera 19001 4WCM Sayumi Sithumila Halangoda 17631Gaybrianna Moore 16340

Round 8 v Belgium BEL

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana 22671WIM Hanne Goossens 22480 2WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys 21230WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula 19671 3H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis 1776½WFM Nele Vanhuyse 2041½ 4Radoslawa Lascar 1975½B Yenuthi Sahanlee Perera 1900½

Round 9 v Slovakia SVK

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Lucia Sevcikova 21140WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana 22671 2WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula 1967½WIM Svetlana Sucikova 2166½ 3WFM Viktoria Nadzamova 21451H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis 17760 4B Yenuthi Sahanlee Perera 19001WFM Ema Walter 21050

Round 10 v Cuba CUB

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Maritza Arribas Robaina 22570WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana 22671 2WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula 19671WGM Yerisbel Miranda Llanes 22510 3WGM Yaniela Forgas Moreno 2249½H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis 1776½ 4B Yenuthi Sahanlee Perera 1900½WIM Roxangel Obregon Garcia 2160½

Round 11 v Turkiye TUR

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana 2267½IM Ekaterina Atalik 2354½ 2WIM Sila Caglar 22141WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula 19670 3H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis 1776½WIM Gulenay Aydin 2213½ 4WFM Ceren Tirpan 21631WCM Sayumi Sithumila Halangoda 17630

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Sri Lanka SRI4Grenada GRN0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Promotion Party

2promotions

Round 1, 2 in 4 games (0.5 per game)
Sri Lanka SRI

Most promotions by the team's players.

Whitewash

Round 3
Sri Lanka SRI4Lesotho LES0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Whitewash

Round 5
Sri Lanka SRI4Pakistan PAK0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Comeback Match

Round 7, board 1 lost
Sri Lanka SRI3Barbados BAR1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Slingshot

252points lower on average

Round 10
Sri Lanka SRI3Cuba CUB1

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

Check, Please

7.75checks per game

Round 10, 31 checks in 4 games
Sri Lanka SRI

Most checks given per game over the team's finished games.

Giant Killers

3underdog wins

3–1 v Belgium, 119 points lower (round 8); 2½–1½ v Slovakia, 155 points lower (round 9); 3–1 v Cuba, 252 points lower (round 10)
Sri Lanka SRI

Most matches won against a team with the higher average rating over the four boards, all eight players rated.