About Romesh Weerawardane
Born 1979. Romesh Weerawardane is a Sri Lankan chess player.
Romesh Weerawardane (born 22 October 1979) is a Sri Lankan chess player. Weerawardane was the first Sri Lankan to be an International Master. Weerawardane competed in two Chess Olympiads 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 and 2017. He won the Kalutara International Chess Festival tournament in 2014 He was the runner-up to Dulan Edirisinghe in the 2015 Sri Lankan Chess Championship and to Rajeendra Kalugampitiya the following year.
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Who is Romesh Weerawardane?
Sri Lankan chess player
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Romesh Weerawardane was born on 22 October 1979.
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Romesh Weerawardane is a chess player.
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Romesh Weerawardane is Sri Lankan.
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· Wikipedia: Romesh Weerawardane
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