Weeramantry started his chess teaching career in 1979 at Hunter College Campus Schools in Upper Manhattan.

Since then, the NSCF has grown to serve more than 60 schools in the New York area, offer community programs in south Florida, and provide teacher training across the United States.

He has coached over 80 individual and team champions in national scholastic tournaments organized by the USCF.

This book was extensively re-written and expanded with new content and published as Best Lessons of a Chess Coach - Extended Edition by Mongoose Press (2020).

Great Moves: Learning Chess Through History, (Mongoose Press, 2017) is another work he has co-authored along with Alan Abrams and Robert McLellan.