Team Herald
MARGAO: Varda Dessai emerged victorious in the overall age category at the TVS Sarur Chess tournament organised by Brain Power Goa Chess and Cultural Academy Borda in association with Government College of Commerce and Economics, Borda and held at Government College Hall, Borda.
The second prize was won by Soham Dhuri followed by Elrick Vaz and Tejas Verenkar.
The other age side prize winners were: U-13: First place: Manas Phal, second place: Pavitra Nair and third place: Varsh Telang, U-11: Sakshad Natekar, Aditya Ghade and Shourya Pednekar, U-9: Rico Sundaram, Neil Vardaman and Sartak Kavlekar, U-7: Ethan Vaz, Purvi Nair and Varad Dessai. U-5: Anvesha, Muriel Shanessa Fernandes and Priti Phaldessai.
Uprising Stars: Tanishka Gaude, Bini Dessai, Bindusar Dessai, Aniket Joshi, Aditi Rao, Bhakti Rao, Libra San, Divan Agraval, Ethan Silveira, Adriano Faleiro, Shreshi Phaldesai, Arnab Pagi, Aditri Kolvenkar, Radha Joshi and Yogidas Kolvenkar and in the upcoming stars category the following were declared victorious: Lea Silveira, Ervill Rodriguez, Saket K, Sairaj Narvekar, Arush Naik, Keegan Gonsalves, Mash D Costa and Nathan Fernandes.
In the parents category, the first three prizes were bagged by Savio Silveira, Pandurang Dessai and Manisha Verenkar.
Shivanand of TVS Sarur Motors was the chief guest and gave away the prizes to the winners and runners-up in the presence of Delia Verenkar, Adv. Geeta Kantak and Adv. Alfred Fernandes.
