Fiji Chess News: Manoj Kumar Wins Parmeshwar Memorial
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013
Hi everyone,
Here is some latest chess from Fiji. Candidate Master (CM) Manoj Kumar successfully retained the Rajnesh Parmeshwar Memorial Chess Championship. Kumar and CM Calvin Prasad went into the final round that was played at the Fiji Club with 4.5 points from the six rounds played last week at Tappoo City.
The last round had to be postponed after competition was played late into the night on July 6. Fiji Chess Federation president Dr Virgilio de Asa said Kumar beat Keez Terubea in the final round to finish with 5.5 points.
"Prasad lost to new CM, Ronald Terubea in the last round to finish third as Ronald's win allowed him to finish second with five points," he said. "Prasad and Noel Adricula were tied for third place with 4.5 points but Prasad won the tie-break."
Dr de Asa praised national junior champion, Ronald for his performance in the competition.
"He just recently became a CM but he has been performing consistently this whole season."
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Fiji Chess News - Calvin Prasad wins Brij Lal Chess Open
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Hi everyone,
Somewhere, far away, in Fiji, a chess tournament took place recently. We like it when chess news starts coming from places it never used to before!
The report is from the Brij Lal Open Chess Championship at Tappoo City in Suva where Candidate Master Calvin Prasad has won the event. Fiji Chess Federation president Dr Virgilio de Asa said Prasad won all five of his games including a victory over defending champion CM Manoj Kumar.
"Manoj Kumar finished second with four wins out of five and he was followed by Dr Neel Arora on three out of five and Noel Adricula who had one and a half out of five," de Asa said.
"The B grade was won by Jun Adricula with four and a half out of five, second was Brian Terubea, he had four out of five, third was Darrel with three out of five"
He said the female category was won by veteran players Gloria Sukhu with four wins out of five games. "Second was Hilda Vukikomoala and third was Amy Yuen. Keez Terubea won the secondary schools competition and Jacquelyn Masilomani won the primary school division."
FCF secretary Teliko Koroi said it was good to see a large number of young talent at the tournament.
"Also competition was intense during the day and it was neck to neck and during the day it was hard to say who would win," Koroi said.
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Calvin Prasad is Fiji National Chess Champion 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Fiji - a national awakening to mainstream chess - recently held their 2011 National Chess Championship. A report by Arin Kumar in Fiji Times Online states Candidate Master Calvin Prasad won the 2011 National Chess Championship on Tuesday when he finished undefeated in the tournament that was held at the Fiji School of Medicine's Pasifika Campus.
The tournament featured 10 competitors that included eight locals and two overseas based players. Kumar said he had been attempting to win this title for the past seven years.
"I had won the title since 2004. I managed to win other tournament in the past seven years except for this national title," said the 31-year old Suva based web designer.
He said he formed the team to help him prepare for this tournament this year and the hard work had paid off.
"This year we took a different approach and it is good to see that the concept has worked."
"We planned to win nine out nine and we did achieve that by beating the strongest field of players in recent times at this national tournament.
"Defending champions CM Manoj Kumar, who was chasing his fifth consecutive title, was always the biggest challenge and we overcame that as well. "It's been a very hectic and exhausting tournament and I have to thank my team and my family for supporting me throughout the year for this win."
Kumar said he will now start concentrating on the Fiji International Open and the Chess Olympiad in Turkey next year.
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