Calvin Prasad

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Calvin Prasad (born March 11, 1980) is an Indo-Fijian chess player. He is the first male chess player to earn a Candidate Master (CM) title for the small chess community of Fiji.[1]

He has represented Fiji four times in international tournaments, 2003 at the Fiji Invitational Chess Championships, 2004 at the Zonal Championships in Auckland, New Zealand,[2] and twice at the Chess Olympiad, (Mallorca 2004 and Turin 2006).[3]

He is also a Former National Champion (2004) of Fiji and has had many tournament victories[1].

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.[4]

Prasad was voted the National Male Athlete of 2006.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Prasad is Fiji's first CM", fijichess.com. 
  2. ^ Prasad is Fiji's National Athlete of the Year at fijichess.com, accessed 2008-01-25
  3. ^ Prasad, Calvin team chess record at olimpbase.org
  4. ^ Smackers V Make It 5 at fijichess.com, accessed 2008-01-26
  5. ^ “Karate kid wins for dad”, Fiji Times, 1 April 2007, <http://www.fijitimes.com.fj/story.aspx?ref=archive&id=59925> 

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