Fiji Times - 7/12/10

SCHOOLTEACHER Manoj Kumar extended his reign as Fiji's best chess player to a record four years yesterday after winning the JR White-sponsored National Championship at the Pasifika Campus in Suva.

Candidate master Kumar has been winning the championship since 2007 and won on a tie break after finishing the eight-player round robin competition with 5.5points along with Dr Neel Arora.

"This is an achievement for me in the sense that I've won a series of national championships," he said.

Next up for Kumar is the Oceania Zonal Championship in January.

Candidate master Calvin Prasad finished third with five points followed by Dr Sanmogam Gounder (4.5), Taione Sikivou (4), Simon Kongman (2) and Goru Arvind (1.5) while national junior champion Gaurav Raicar lost all his matches.