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.
Weerawardane competed in two
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 an ...
s in 2010 and 2016, scoring 2/6 and 2.5/10 respectively. He serves as a
FIDE Instructor.
Romesh Weerawardane has also represented the national team in the
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in
2013
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and
2017
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. He won the
Kalutara
Kalutara ( si, කළුතර, ta, களுத்துறை) or Kalutota is a major city in Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is also the administrative capital of Kalutara District. It is located approximately south o ...
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
The Sri Lankan Chess Championship is organised by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, and was first held in 1972. The Sri Lankan Women's Chess Championship was first held in 1979.
National championship winners
:
Women's championship wi ...
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
Chess at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 21 to 27 September 2017 at the Chess Centre.
Medalists Men
Women
Medal table
Results Men Individual standard
21–24 September
Team blitz
27 ...
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
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