PANJIM: Aakash Rajan Shetgaokar won the Pedne Taluka Level Rapid Chess Tournament organised by Pedne Taluka at Shri Kamleshwar Higher Seondary School, Deulwada-Korgao, Pedne. Aakash, Harsh Nagvekar and Varad Nagvekar scored 6 points each but on tie-break Aakash was declared champion while Harsh Nagvekar finished 2nd and Varad Nagvekar stood 3rd.
Other prize winners from 4th to 10th include, Abhir Prabhu, Vaishnavi Parab, Adarsh Patekar, Ridima Parab, Paras Nagvekar, Jay Naik and Peter D;souza
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Category prize winners: Ved Gawade, Prithviz Gawade, Shriya Naik, Naresh Gawade, Mrunmayee Mhamal, Ayush Nai, Sanvi Sawant, Saish Salgaonkar, Shravani Tilve
Prabhakar Shetye was declared best veteran player.
A total of 81 players from Pedne taluka participated in the tournament.
Prizes were distributed at the hands of Mohan Arolkar, secretary Kamleshwar Shikshan Saustha in the presence of Dattaram Shetye, Prabhakar Shetye, Arvind Mhamal, Vishwas Pilarnkar, Satyavan Harmalkar, Tukaram Shetye, Subhash Parsekar, Sushant Naik, Suhas Gawde, Rajendra Shetgaokar.
