Calvin Prasad

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[edit] Calvin Prasad

Calvin Prasad (born March 11, 1980) is an Indo-Fijian chess player. He is the first male chess player to earn a (C.M.) Candidate Master title for the small chess community of Fiji.

He has represented Fiji 4 time, 2003 at the Fiji Invitational Chess Championships, 2004 at the Zonal Championships in Auckland, New Zealand and twice at the Chess Olympiad, (2004 in Mallorca, Spain & 2006 in Turin, Italy).

He is also a Former National Champion (2005) of Fiji and has had many tournament victories.

For the past 4 years, he has also served on the management board of the Fiji Chess Federation. He is also the captain of the current champion team in Fiji Smackers which consists of Asheesh Gautam and Jashint Maharaj.