A Name to Remember
Dishal Nimsara Weerasekara, known across the board as Dishal2010, is a FIDE Master with a serious case of play-another-game syndrome. Since his first online games in December 2020, he has piled up thousands of rated battles, turning the clock into both a weapon and a training partner. His preferred time control is Rapid, but his blitz and bullet numbers keep climbing because he refuses to log off.
Openings With a Pulse
Dishal's black pieces are especially dangerous. As Black he thrives in the Sicilian Defense, winning nearly 78 percent of his rapid games in that famously sharp opening, and he uses the solid Caro-Kann Defense to soak up pressure and outlast opponents. With White he prefers the flexible English Opening and has been known to uncork the tricky Blackburne Shilling Gambit for a quick ambush.
- 78% win rate with the Sicilian Defense in rapid games
- 60%+ win rate with the Caro-Kann Defense in rapid play
- A White repertoire that mixes the English Opening with the occasional gambit
The Rival Who Made Him Stronger
Every online journey has a familiar name attached to it. For Dishal, that name is Jesse Zafirakos, an opponent who appears 123 times in his record. icy won 108 of those games, which would break most players, but Dishal treated it as homework and kept coming back. He also holds a healthy record against mt104 and has shared more than 60 lively battles with LadyCockroach.
Built for the Long Game
Dishal is an endgame glutton. Nearly 79 percent of his games reach the endgame, and his wins and losses both average over 75 moves. His comeback rate of almost 87 percent means he is most dangerous when the position looks ugly, and he still wins 53.7 percent of the time after losing a piece. His peak blitz rating reached 2870 (2026-07-18), while his bullet peaked at 2840 (2025-07-13). He has felt the high of an 18-game winning streak and the low of 21 straight losses, and he is still here. Set your alarm for 07:00 if you want to test him at his best, since his win rate around that hour climbs past 63 percent.