Fiji Chess News: Calvin Prasad wins Brijlal Rapid Chess Open

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Now for some chess news from Fiji: Candidate Master (CM) Calvin Prasad has won the Brijlal Rapid Chess Open despite a loss to defending champion CM Manoj Kumar in the final round by virtue of tie-break. CM Goru Arvind created an upset in the last round by bating Manoj Kumar.

“It is a thrilling finish since it allows me back-to-back wins after the Kundan Singh Open,” states Prasad who is also the reigning National Champion. “Both Manoj and I finished at 5/6 but he had to settle for second place under a Swiss System tie-break due to his loss to Goru Arvind.”

Goru Arvind finished at 4.5/6 alongside CM Noel Adricula to share the third and fourth positions respectively. The Intermediate Division was won by Australia-based Dr. Jashint Maharaj who scored 4.5/6, followed by Aarti Sewak at 3/6.

New Olympiad representative CM Ronald Terubea topped the Tertiary Division with 5/6, while Women’s FIDE Master (WFM) Hilda Vukikomoala came second with 3/6. In the Women’s Division, veteran and Women’s Candidate Master (WCM) Gloria Sukhu held the top position with Kabrina Terubea at 4/6.

“Brijlal Rapid Open attracted players like John Caldeira from as far as Rakiraki,” mentions President Dr. Virgilio De Asa. “We are very pleased to see the perfomance of younger players like Nahapetyan Gor and Keez Terubea who won the Primary and Secondary School’s divisions convincingly. Youngsters like Menash Fareed, Jacquelyn Masilomani, Claudia Koroi, Zen Borg and Vinooda Senewiratne also produced good results.”

With a bulk of the participants coming from primary and secondary schools, the Fiji Chess Federation hopes to see an interesting event in the National Primary and Secondary Schools Chess Championship on Sunday 27 April 2014 at Tappoo City. (Report via fiji.one.tv)

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Fiji National Chess Championship 2013 begins this Friday

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The Fiji National Chess Championship 2013 is set to begin on Saturday with top seed being Manoj Kumar who is the favourite to win in the men's category following the non-participation of defending champion Candidate Master Sanmogam Goundar.

"Many people think that chess is just another board game but it is a lot more than that," former national champion Kumar said.

"To sit and concentrate on a single match for four to five hours under FIDE regulations takes years of practice. In many high level games, it only takes a single miscalculation to turn the tables completely," he said.

The final tournament of the year will have players including CM Calvin Prasad, Ronald Terubea, Noel Adricula and Goru Arvind while Women's Candidate Master (WCM) Gloria Sukhu and Women's FIDE Master (WFM) Hilda Vukikomoala in the women's category.

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Fiji Chess News: Manoj Kumar Wins Parmeshwar Memorial

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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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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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