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Romesh Weerawardane | |
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Country | Sri Lanka |
Born | 22 October 1979 |
Title | International Master (2013) |
Peak rating | 2203 (July 2004) |
Romesh Weerawardane (born 22 October 1979) is a Sri Lankan chess player. Weerawardane was the first Sri Lankan to be an International Master. [1] Weerawardane competed in two Chess Olympiads in 2010 and 2016, scoring 2/6 and 2.5/10 respectively. [2] [3] He serves as a FIDE Instructor.
Romesh Weerawardane has also represented the national team in the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in 2013 and 2017. [4] He won the Kalutara International Chess Festival tournament in 2014 [1] and the Sri Lanka Grand Prix in 2016. [5] He was the runner-up to Dulan Edirisinghe in the 2015 Sri Lankan Chess Championship [6] and to Rajeendra Kalugampitiya the following year. [7]
![]() | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for biographies. (October 2017) |
Romesh Weerawardane | |
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Country | Sri Lanka |
Born | 22 October 1979 |
Title | International Master (2013) |
Peak rating | 2203 (July 2004) |
Romesh Weerawardane (born 22 October 1979) is a Sri Lankan chess player. Weerawardane was the first Sri Lankan to be an International Master. [1] Weerawardane competed in two Chess Olympiads in 2010 and 2016, scoring 2/6 and 2.5/10 respectively. [2] [3] He serves as a FIDE Instructor.
Romesh Weerawardane has also represented the national team in the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in 2013 and 2017. [4] He won the Kalutara International Chess Festival tournament in 2014 [1] and the Sri Lanka Grand Prix in 2016. [5] He was the runner-up to Dulan Edirisinghe in the 2015 Sri Lankan Chess Championship [6] and to Rajeendra Kalugampitiya the following year. [7]