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FM Sunil Weeramantry

Sunil Weeramantry

Weeramantry in 2016. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.

Full name

Sunil Weeramantry

Born

Sep 11, 1951 (age 72)‎

Place of birth

Sri Lanka

Federation

Sri Lanka

Rating

Bio

FM Sunil Weeramantry is a Sri Lankan-American FIDE Master who is the stepfather of GM Hikaru Nakamura and served as his trainer and coach.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Closed Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (30 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix, Schofman Variation (13 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense (12 games)

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense (10 games)

Alekhine's Defense: Scandinavian Variation (7 games)

Black Pieces

Modern Defense: Standard Line (20 games)

Modern Defense: Standard, Pseudo-Austrian Attack (10 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (8 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno, Simagin Variation (8 games)

Pirc Defense: Classical, Quiet, Parma Defense (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Sunil Weeramantry (2047) Leonid Sandler (2223)	1-0	39	2019
Sunil Weeramantry (2047) Qibiao Wang (2240)	0-1	55	2019
Sunil Weeramantry (2129) Zachary Loh (2291)	1-0	34	2017
Sunil Weeramantry (2129) Klaus Kuenitz (1690)	1-0	31	2017
Sunil Weeramantry (2129) Peter Lombaers (2314)	0-1	39	2017
Sunil Weeramantry (2129) Eric De Haan (2319)	0-1	61	2017
Sunil Weeramantry (2029) Tatev Abrahamyan (2332)	0-1	33	2017
Sunil Weeramantry (2129) Inigo Lopez Mulet (2304)	½-½	33	2017
Sunil Weeramantry (2099) Jose Vilarnovo Caamano (2043)	1-0	34	2016
Sunil Weeramantry (2099) Javier Longa Yauca (2234)	0-1	67	2016

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