Manoj Kumar (chess player)
Manoj Kumar is a Fijian chess player who has won the Fiji National Championship eight times: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. The Fiji Sports Councils Awards named him Fiji national domestic Player of the year twice, in 2007 and 2008.
Kumar won the first Fiji Invitational Championship in 2003.
Kumar represented Fiji in the most Oceania championships: 2001; 2007 Nadi, Fiji; 2009 Gold Coast; and 2011 Rotoura, New Zealand. Kumar also represented Fiji in three Chess Olympiads.
References
External links
- Manoj Kumar rating card at FIDE
- Manoj Kumar player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Raj, Amit (October 21, 2010), "School teacher wins 9th chess title", The Fiji Times Online