Romesh Weerawardane

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
CountrySri Lanka
Born (1979-10-22) 22 October 1979
TitleInternational Master (2013)
FIDE rating2080 (October 2017)
Peak rating2203 (July 2004)

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]

See also

References
  1. "Kaluthara International Chess Festival". FIDE. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. Administrator. "FIDE Login required". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. Administrator. "FIDE Login required". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. "Ashgabat 2017 | The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games". ashgabat2017.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  5. "IM Romesh Weerawardhna wins Sri Lanka Grand Prix 2016 and T D R Peiris wins National Senior Chess Championship 2016". Sri Lanka Chess Federation. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  6. "Gentleman of Chess takes national crown". The Nation. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. "Kalugampitiya new National Chess Champion". The Island. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2017.


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