The 19th Kundan Singh Open Chess Championships held on Sunday was the great starter event for the Fiji Chess Federation 2010 calendar.
CM Calvin Prasad kept his calm and outwitted defending champion CM Manoj Kumar in a teetering match in the fourth round to claim the first prize. CM Prasad played well with four wins and a draw to amass a total of 4.5 points out of 5 rounds.
The 2009 Oceania Zonal Chess Championships was held at the Outrigger Twin Towers Resort on the Gold Coast, Australia from 20-26 June. With the event being a world championships cycle qualifier, the big names in Oceania Chess were out to win the event.
Local National Champion Manoj Kumar will be the official representative to the Open event. He is joined by Damien Norris, Calvin Prasad, Dr. Sanmogam Goundar and Gaurav Raicar.
Defending Champion CM Manoj Kumar capped off a brilliant round of chess with win at the 7th edition of the Rajnesh Parmeshwar Memorial Chess Championships held on 6th June 2009 at the Fiji Olympic House in Suva.
The 22nd edition of the Mohd Badshah Memorial Open Chess Championships was a 3 day chess festival graced by the presence of Australian Grandmaster Ian Rogers and his wife IA Cathy Rogers.
GM Rogers on his first trip to Fiji held chess coaching clinics for the elite training squad on Friday evening which was followed by and exhibition simul against 40 local opponents at the MHCC on Saturday. During the event, GM Rogers had a shock defeat to current national champion Manoj Kumar andthis seemed to have set the pace for the full day tournament on Sunday.
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