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[Source: Fiji Chess Federation/ Facebook]
15-time national champion Manoj Kumar won the 2023 Vodafone Fiji October Rapid Chess Championship in Suva.
Kumar proved too strong with an unbeaten score of 6.5/7.
Ex-Olympiad rep Ronald Terubea provided some strong competition for the title to finish second while Jun Adricula of the Philippines landed was third.
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[Source: Fiji Chess Federation/ Facebook]
National arbiter John Andrew Kunau and organizer CM Taione Sikivou confirms the event included 10 primary school girls, and about 70% of the total participants were under-18.
[Source: Fiji Chess Federation/ Facebook]
USP’s Jacquelyn Masilomani won the women’s title.
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