Romesh Weerawardane (born 22 October 1979) is a Sri Lankan
chess player. Weerawardane was the first Sri Lankan to be an
International Master
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.
Weerawardane competed in two
Chess Olympiads 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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and
2017
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. He won the
Kalutara International Chess Festival tournament in 2014
and the Sri Lanka Grand Prix in 2016. He was the runner-up to
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in the 2015
Sri Lankan Chess Championship and to
Rajeendra Kalugampitiya the following year.
See also
*
Chess at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
*
Chess at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
References
External links
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Romesh Weerawardaneat chess-db.com
*
Romesh Weerawardaneat Chessrating.info
1979 births
Living people
Sri Lankan chess players
Chess International Masters
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