PANJIM: Mandar Pradip Lad won the GVM’s Chess in School, 1st all-Goa one-day U-20 Rapid Chess tournament 2024 organised by Goa Vidya Prasarak Mandal (GVM) in association with Ponda Taluka Chess Association (PTCA) (affiliated to Goa Chess Association), recently.
In all, 263 players participated in the event. Mandar of Bardez taluka secured first place with 8.8 points, winning cash prize of Rs 5,000 and a trophy; Sairaj Dilip Vernekar of Salcete taluka secured second place with 7.8 points to take home cash prize of Rs 3,000 and a trophy and Aayush Shirodkar of Salcete secured the third place with 7.9 points to win a cash prize of Rs 2,000 and a trophy.
Ekka Aniket, Yash Manoj Upadhye (GVM), Asmita Ray, Joshua Mark Telles, Netra Savaikar (GVM), Lyia Marysil Silveira, Siddhiraj Gaunkar, Atharva Atul Borkar, Chaitanya Sushant Patil, Hriday Tukaram Morajkar, Aiden Jesus Savio Grao and Sarthak Surendra Kavlekar secured fourth to 15th place respectively.
Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by GVM President Bhaskar Khandeparkar in the presence GVM Secretary Jayant Mandurkar, GVM vice-chairman Ashok Nagvekar, Member Deepak Goankar and PTCA Secretary Amogh Namshikar.
Other results: Best unrated players: 1st place Pednekar Kaushik, 2nd place Sarthak Naik and 3rd place Naik Amogh Sagar.
Age group prizes
U-16 boys: 1st place Lad Raghav and 2nd place Mayuresh Desai. Girls: 1st place Sani Gawas and 2nd place Srilaxmi Kamat (GVM). U-13 boys: 1st place Sachit Pai and 2nd place Arthav Shirodkar. Girls: 1st place Tersi Amit Asmi and 2nd place Israa Rikarty. U-10 boys: 1st place Vihaan Tari and 2nd place Aryan Naik. Girls: 1st place Diya Naik and 2nd place Muriel Shanessa Fernandes. U-8 boys: 1st place Prayank Gaonkar and 2nd place Narayan Alias Aarav A Prabhu Dessai. Girls: 1st place Amaira Borkar and 2nd place Dessai Saanvi. U-6 boys: 1st place Evan Antonio Telles and 2nd place Chougale Shrihan Sandeep. Girls: 1st Place Gaude Dhriya and 2nd place Kerkar Aadhya.
Ponda taluka prizes: U-16 boys: 1st place Aryan Damodar Shirodkar and 1st place girls: Shrusthi Shenvi. U-13 boys: 1st place Mayank Kurtikar and 1st place girl: Shrusthi Shenvi. U-10 boys: 1st place Heramb Goankar and 1st place girl: Kamat Helekar Aarya Amey. U-8 boys: 1st place Gaude Tansh and 1st place girls: Shenvi Prathana. U-6 boys: 1st place Narvekar Rihaan.
GVM’s prizes: U-16 boys: 1st place Borker Samarth and 1st place girls: Nayak Kratajna. U-13 boys: 1st place Anvay Borkar and 1st place girls: Shambavi Dev, Aastha Nayak. U-10 boys: 1st place Paramshetty Ishaan and 1st place girls: Kerkar Manasvi. U-8 boys: 1st place Aarush Rane. U-6 boys: 1st place Avith Chodankar.
Chief guest and chief arbiter Goa Chess Association Secretary Ashesh Keni distributed prizes to the winners in the presence of GVM Chairman Krishna Shetye, GVM Treasurer Prabhat Shikerkar, tournament co-ordinator Wilson Cruz (PTCA vice- president), Sagar Sakordekar (PTCA president), Sandesh Naik (PTCA joint treasurer) and other dignitaries.