Calvin Prasad
| Calvin Prasad | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 11, 1980 |
| Title | Candidate Master (2009) |
| Peak rating | 2028 (October 2012) |
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, in 2003 at the Fiji Invitational Chess Championships, in 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] He is the defending champion of the Kundan Singh Open Chess Championship.[4]
For the past 4 years, he has also served on the management board of the Fiji Chess Federation, of which he is currently the vice-president.
Prasad was voted the National Male Athlete of 2006.[5]
In 2011, Prasad won the Fiji National Chess Championships and became Fiji National Chess Champion. He last won this title in 2004.[6] Prasad was also awarded the '2011 Player of the Year Award'.2011 Player of the Year award went to last year's national champion CM Calvin Prasad
Professional
[edit]Calvin Prasad is an AI & Digital specialist based in Suva, Fiji. He is currently a Digital Media Specialist with Fijian Broadcasting Corporation and an External Academic with University of the South Pacific.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Prasad is Fiji's first CM". fijichess.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
- ^ Prasad is Fiji's National Athlete of the Year at fijichess.com, accessed 2008-01-25 Archived October 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Prasad, Calvin team chess record at olimpbase.org
- ^ Kumar, Manoj (17 February 2011). "Fiji Chess Federation open championship". Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "Karate kid wins for dad". Fiji Times. 1 April 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2007.
- ^ "Prasad bags chess title". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31.
- ^ "About - Calvin Prasad". 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
External links
[edit]- Calvin Prasad rating card at FIDE
- Calvin Prasad Personal Website
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