Romesh Weerawardane (born 22 October 1979) is a Sri Lankan
chess
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player. Weerawardane was the first Sri Lankan to be an
International Master
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.
Weerawardane competed in two
Chess Olympiad
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s in 2010 and 2016, scoring 2/6 and 2.5/10 respectively. He serves as a
FIDE Instructor
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.
Romesh Weerawardane has also represented the national team in the
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
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in
2013
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2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
and
2017
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Events January
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. He won the
Kalutara
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International Chess Festival tournament in 2014
and the Sri Lanka Grand Prix in 2016. He was the runner-up to
Dulan Edirisinghe in the 2015
Sri Lankan Chess Championship and to
Rajeendra Kalugampitiya the following year.
See also
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Chess at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Chess for the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games was held at the Yonsei Global University Campus. It took place from 30 June to 6 July 2013. This was the third time this sport was part of the Games, after Macau 2007 and Hanoi 2009.
Med ...
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Chess at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
References
External links
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Romesh Weerawardaneat chess-db.com
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Romesh Weerawardaneat Chessrating.info
1979 births
Living people
Sri Lankan chess players
Chess International Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
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