| Birth Date: | 11 March 1980 |
| Candidate Master (2009) | |
| Peakrating: | 2028 (October 2012) |
| Fideid: | 11400072 |
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. 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
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]