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Weerawardane, Romesh

Weerawardane, Romesh

IM🇱🇰

FIDEFIDE 9900373· Male· Sri Lanka· Born in 1979

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Romesh Weerawardane, a 47-year-old Sri Lankan International Master, is rated 1959 and ranked 48th among Sri Lankan players. He is progressing steadily with +67 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2026 - Premier Division, 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026, and Kandy Open International Chess Championship 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026 - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026 - Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 35 months (2001–2004) and 14 months (2005–2006). His peak of 2203 was reached at age 25 (Jul 2004); he also reached Sri Lankan #2 in Jul 2010 and spent 51 months in Sri Lankan top 5.

Awarded IM in 2013 (age 34).

Current rating

1959

Standard

Rpd1984·Blz1961

All-time high

2203

244 pts below
Jul 2004 · age 25

Activity

36

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#48

#48 · Sri Lankan players · of 3,250
51 months in National top 5 (2004–2017)

Career timeline

21 entries
2026
2nd Sri Lankan 45-50 player
at age 47 · rated 1993
Mar 2026
Best 12-month gain (+101 Elo)
1892 → 1993
Feb 2026
2022
1st Sri Lankan 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 2027
May 2022
2020
Re-crossed 2000
at age 41
Oct 2020
2017
Re-crossed 2100
at age 38
Dec 2017
51 months in national top 5
longest streak 15 months · since Jul 2004
Aug 2017

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Mar 20263.5/5#1022041+7.6
Open Swiss
Feb 20265/8#951724-40.4
Open Swiss
Nov 20255/6#81992+9.4
Team
Oct 20256/9#92051+22.6
Worst Elo result: 2nd Chronicles of Checkmate International Event 2026 (-40.4 Elo, finished #95).

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Rankings

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Sri Lanka
#48
out of 3,705 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,219
in continent
World
#34,832
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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8
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2
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7
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8
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9
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10
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2
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