buddika amarasinghe: The SkippingLaptop Candidate Master
From Rookie to Candidate Master
buddika amarasinghe, better known on the board as SkippingLaptop, is a FIDE Candidate Master with a chess journey that resembles a thrill ride. His first recorded month, May 2019, saw him zoom from a 976 Daily rating to a 1740 peak. By 2025 he had touched 2477 in Bullet and 2457 in Blitz, the kind of climb that makes a laptop skip a beat. Check out his wild Blitz rating adventure below.
A Style All His Own
buddika is not afraid of the deep end. His opening repertoire leans on sharp, offbeat lines such as the Amar Gambit and the French Defense, and he happily wades into the London Poisoned Pawn Variation when the mood strikes. He also loves a good trap: against the Sicilian Defense he favors the Closed Variation, and his Rapid play with the Blackburne Shilling Gambit has a perfect record.
His white and black win rates are almost twins (49.14% vs 48.13%), making him a balanced battler in any color. His best hour is 11:00, when his win rate soars to 88.57%, so a mid-morning coffee might be his true secret weapon.
Rivalries and Records
Every warrior has a nemesis. For buddika, that is sumit_2018, who leads their head-to-head series 32 wins to 8. But revenge is sweet elsewhere: against nilanidharmasena he is a perfect 13-0, and he also owns dominant records over sarang12_m and luzhengvc. He has even faced a namesake account, buddikaamarasinghe, 25 times and won 24, which suggests his toughest critic may be himself.
His longest winning streak hit 25 games, yet his longest losing streak stretched to 31. That rollercoaster explains how his Blitz rating has ranged from 1005 to 2457. He once dropped 32 straight Bullet games in May 2025, then bounced back with 34 wins in July 2025. Resilience is his trademark.
Quick Facts
- Title: Candidate Master (CM), awarded by FIDE
- Preferred time control: Rapid, where he reached 2200
- Comeback rate: 77.75%, with a 45.37% win rate even after losing a piece
- Early resignation rate: just 4.55%, because he never gives up quietly
- Most common checking piece: the Queen, by a landslide