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Team Fiji was one of the 153 teams from all over the globe which participated in the FIDE Online Olympiad 2021 tournament.Fiji’s Online Chess Team got their second all-time World Chess Olympiad hat-trick, registering wins against Seychelles 6 – 0, Laos 6 – 0 and Brunei Darussalam 4.5 – 1.5. Fiji also
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of 1987 put restrictions on chess games on Sundays and by the end of the year the president and treasurer had resigned due to work commitments. The leadership of the Federation passed onto Surjeet Singh who reorganised it with the establishment of a number of new chess clubs. These included the
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Fiji Chess was also part of 2016 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku. Open team members Calvin Prasad, Manoj Kumar, Taione Sikivou, Noel Adricula and Goru Arvind. Women's Team members Gloria Sukhu,
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The Fiji Chess Federation obtained sponsorship for regular tournaments and players were given chess rating. In 1986 the Federation sent its first team to the 27th Chess Olympiad in
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with help from the organising committee of the olympiad, and one of its members, Jasvinder Singh, obtaining international rating.
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FCF faced some problems post 42nd Chess Olympiad which saw a change in executives and a new first female President. (
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2006 - 2014 have seen a series of high-profile awards being issued to players of the Fiji Chess Federation.
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The Federation organised fund raising activities to send a team to the 28th Chess Olympiad in 1988 in
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Chess has been played in Fiji for a long time, but it was the 1972 World Championship, between
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was elected President from 1990 - 1994, and was succeeded by professor
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drew with Nepal 3 – 3 ending their particip[ation in the Olympiad.
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In 2006, the Fiji Chess Team took part in its 7th Olympiad, the
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