Calvin Prasad
Encyclopedia
Calvin Prasad 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
.
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
, and twice at the Chess Olympiad
, (Mallorca 2004
and Turin 2006
).
He is also a Former National Champion (2004) of Fiji and has had many tournament victories. He is the defending champion of the Kundan Singh Open Chess Championship.
For the past 4 years, he has also served on the management board of the Fiji Chess Federation
.
Prasad was voted the National Male Athlete of 2006.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player. He is the first male chess player to earn a Candidate Master (CM) title for the small chess community of Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
.
He has represented Fiji four times in international tournaments, 2003 at the Fiji Invitational Chess Championships, 2004 at the Zonal Championships in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and twice at the Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
, (Mallorca 2004
36th Chess Olympiad
The 36th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 14 and October 31, 2004, in Calvià on the Spanish island of Majorca.-Chess...
and Turin 2006
37th Chess Olympiad
The 37th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open and women's tournament and the general assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , took place between 20 May and 6 June 2006, in Turin, Italy.-Open tournament:...
).
He is also a Former National Champion (2004) of Fiji and has had many tournament victories. He is the defending champion of the Kundan Singh Open Chess Championship.
For the past 4 years, he has also served on the management board of the Fiji Chess Federation
Fiji Chess Federation
The Fiji Chess Federation coordinates chess tournaments in Fiji and is affiliated to FIDE .-History:Chess has been played in Fiji for a long time, but it was the 1972 World Championship, between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spasky, that provided the impetus for chess competitions in the country with the...
.
Prasad was voted the National Male Athlete of 2006.