Recent Events
In 2006, the Fiji Chess Team took part in its 7th Olympiad, the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin, Italy. There were some outstanding performances by the Fiji players. Round 1 saw Asheesh Gautam win his game against International Master (I.M.) Danner Georg, in a wonderful display of tactical chess. Calvin Prasad, a former national champion, obtained international rating and earned a Candidate Masters title. Fiji Chess Federation General Secretary Jashint Maharaj was awarded his FIDE Arbiter's title in April 2006. Keiran Lyons, who played on board two for the Fiji Women's team at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Spain, was awarded the Women's FIDE Master title in January 2005.
2006 - 2012 have seen a series of high profile awards being issued to players of the Fiji Chess Federation.
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