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menuri sachintha kodikara WFM

Username: MSachintha

Location: colombo

Playing Since: 2012-08-19 (Inactive)

Wow Factor: ♟♟

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Daily: 1403
35W / 107L / 7D
Rapid: 1199
22W / 18L / 9D
Blitz: 1599
148W / 165L / 15D
Bullet: 1641
50W / 54L / 2D

Menuri Sachintha Kodikara: The Chessboard’s Woman FIDE Master

Meet Menuri Sachintha Kodikara, affectionately known in the chess-verse as MSachintha—a titled player who proudly holds the esteemed Woman FIDE Master title from the world chess federation, FIDE. With a strategic mind as sharp as a queen’s diagonal strike, Menuri’s journey through the 64 squares is nothing short of a biological marvel, blending instinct and intellect with the grace of a well-evolved predator.

Menuri’s rating history reads like a fascinating evolutionary tree: starting her blitz career buzzing at around 1140 in 2012, she steadily grew stronger, peaking impressively near 1764 in 2019. Her rapid game rating also showcases a peak around 1853, proving her adaptability across multiple “environments” on the board. Her bullet and daily games reveal a determination to adapt quickly or take the long-term view, much like cellular processes responding to their environment.

Her win-loss records tell a tale of resilience and calculated risk:

  • Blitz: 157 wins, 169 losses, 16 draws – a fierce predator who thrives in fast-paced encounters.
  • Rapid: 32 wins, 27 losses, 21 draws – a balanced hunter, patient yet precise.
  • Bullet and Daily: Smaller ecosystems but enough battle scars to show persistence.

MSachintha’s playing style is a fascinating dance of survival and cunning. With an early resignation rate around 30%, she knows when to retreat gracefully—because even the sharpest claws conserve energy. Yet her comeback rate at nearly 74% signals a tenacious fighter with an unyielding will, and astonishingly, a 100% win rate after losing a piece sounds like a true master of cellular regeneration—turning setbacks into comebacks with the elegance of mitosis.

Her average winning games last about 60 moves—like a well-orchestrated symphony of neuron firings and gene expressions, combining patience with bursts of tactical brilliance. With white pieces, she scores a solid 43.6% win rate, demonstrating her capability to take initiative, while black’s 35.7% reflects deft defensive strategies that keep her survival odds strong.

Off the board, Menuri has faced a diverse range of opponents, from “okithachess” to “kunam12323,” revealing a wide ecology of challengers that have tested her adaptability and hunting skills. Her longest winning streak stands proudly at six games, and her current winning streak—though modest—is a reminder that even apex predators evolve and keep stalking their next triumph.

In the grand biosphere of chess, Menuri Sachintha Kodikara is a fascinating specimen—a Woman FIDE Master whose playstyle is as fascinatingly complex and finely tuned as any living system. When she steps to the board, expect evolutionary tactics, well-timed attacks, and a spirit that constantly regenerates. Truly, a player who lets her moves do the talking, proving that in chess, as in biology, survival depends on the perfect balance of patience, adaptation, and a little bit of cunning.


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Performance Feedback for Menuri Sachintha Kodikara

Dear Menuri, you've demonstrated some strong potential and positive habits in your games recently. Let's highlight your strengths and areas for improvement based on your recent play:

Strengths

  • Opening Understanding: You use solid, classical openings such as the Scandinavian Defense and Giuoco Piano, showing good theoretical knowledge and setting up a stable position early.
  • Attacking Play: Your recent wins include sharp attacking moves, including sacrifices to break the opponent’s king safety (e.g., the tactical sequence involving Ng5 and Bxf7+). This aggressive style is effective when calculated well.
  • Endgame Technique: You have converted winning positions efficiently as seen in your most recent wins, particularly with smooth navigation in complex positions.
  • Patience and Positional Play: In several games, you have shown good patience by gradually improving your position before launching decisive actions.

Areas to Focus On

  • Defensive Awareness: In some losses, opponents exploited weaknesses around your king and key squares. For example, in your latest loss, the flank attack combined with tactics around the king led to checkmate. Spending time on improving your defensive techniques and recognizing opponent threats can help.
  • Calculations in Critical Moments: Occasionally, tactical oversight has allowed your opponent to seize initiative, especially in midgame exchanges. Enhancing calculation depth through tactical puzzles and slow practice will be helpful.
  • Time Management: While you maintain decent time control, some of your moves slowed down considerably in critical spots. Try to balance thinking time across different stages to avoid time pressure impacting your decisions.
  • Pawn Structure and Space Control: Certain games show opportunities to improve your control of the center or maintain more flexible pawn structure, which is key for both attack and defense.

Recommendations for Improvement

  1. Practice tactical exercises daily to sharpen your awareness of threats and combinations.
  2. Review your losses carefully, especially focusing on the moments when your opponent breaks through your defenses.
  3. Analyze your games with a focus on opening and pawn structure to look for areas where you could get a stronger foothold.
  4. Try slower time controls periodically to practice thorough calculation and avoid rushed decisions under time pressure.
  5. Continue leveraging your attacking instincts, but ensure you verify the safety of your king and positional soundness.

Keep up the hard work, and you’ll continue to see steady improvement in your chess strength. Remember, learning from both wins and losses is key to growth.



🆚 Opponent Insights

Most Played Opponents
okithachess 3W / 1L / 8D
malithach 4W / 2L / 2D
eranga1977 6W / 0L / 0D
kathenuli 0W / 3L / 2D
turmathagees 0W / 2L / 3D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 1599
2023 1598
2022 1568 1199
2021 1196
2020 1491 1614 1506
2019 1161 1730 1403
2018 944 1450 1436
2017 965 1495 1822 1436
2016 969 1377 1355 1359
2015 956 1292 1583 1216
2014 986 1248 1368 1303
2013 1161 1172
2012 1312 1327
Rating by Year20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320251822944YearRatingBulletBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 0W / 0L / 0D 1W / 0L / 0D 48.0
2023 1W / 1L / 1D 1W / 1L / 0D 72.8
2022 2W / 2L / 1D 1W / 2L / 7D 28.9
2021 0W / 3L / 2D 0W / 1L / 3D 46.0
2020 22W / 10L / 2D 12W / 17L / 3D 67.9
2019 8W / 15L / 0D 7W / 15L / 0D 39.1
2018 3W / 9L / 0D 1W / 11L / 1D 35.4
2017 19W / 24L / 8D 19W / 28L / 1D 51.3
2016 25W / 28L / 5D 25W / 27L / 6D 58.1
2015 22W / 31L / 1D 23W / 31L / 2D 54.0
2014 36W / 41L / 1D 28W / 51L / 2D 50.5
2013 10W / 6L / 1D 5W / 10L / 3D 31.7
2012 2W / 0L / 0D 0W / 1L / 0D 51.0

Openings: Most Played

Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 40 14 23 3 35.0%
Scandinavian Defense 27 14 12 1 51.9%
French Defense 18 8 8 2 44.4%
Australian Defense 13 8 5 0 61.5%
French Defense: Advance Variation 13 6 7 0 46.1%
French Defense: Exchange Variation 13 6 6 1 46.1%
Unknown 11 2 9 0 18.2%
Barnes Opening: Walkerling 10 6 4 0 60.0%
Amar Gambit 10 4 6 0 40.0%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 8 5 2 1 62.5%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Scandinavian Defense 12 5 7 0 41.7%
Barnes Defense 10 4 6 0 40.0%
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 10 3 6 1 30.0%
French Defense 7 2 5 0 28.6%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 6 6 0 0 100.0%
Sicilian Defense 4 2 2 0 50.0%
Amazon Attack 4 3 1 0 75.0%
French Defense: Exchange Variation 3 1 2 0 33.3%
Amar Gambit 3 1 2 0 33.3%
Döry Defense 3 0 3 0 0.0%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Unknown 27 3 24 0 11.1%
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 16 7 9 0 43.8%
Scandinavian Defense 12 2 9 1 16.7%
Australian Defense 10 2 8 0 20.0%
Barnes Defense 10 1 9 0 10.0%
Amazon Attack 8 1 7 0 12.5%
Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack 6 2 3 1 33.3%
French Defense 6 3 1 2 50.0%
Amar Gambit 5 1 3 1 20.0%
Döry Defense 5 3 1 1 60.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 6 1
Losing 18 0