PANJIM: Devesh Naik of Ponda Taluka won the State Senior Chess Championship/Selection Rated Tournament as he remained undefeated scoring 9 out of 9 rounds at Fontainhas, Sunday.
In the 8th round Devesh defeated Saras Powar while in the 9th round he accounted for Chaitanya Gaonkar.
Mandar Lad finished second with 8 points. He beat Rajveer Patil and Shubh Borkar in the 7th and 8th rounds respectively.
Aayush Shirodkar stood 3rd with 6.5 points.
Other Prize winners from 4th to 15th positions: Chaitanya Gaonkar, Rishikesh Parab, Anish Naik, Saras Powar, Joshua Telles, Shubh Borkar, Rajveer Patil, Madhavan G, Ekka Aniket, Jenica Sequeira, Simplicio Viegas, Adarsh Patekar
Category wise prize winners in U-7, U-9, U-11, U-13, U-15 boys and girls: Prayank Gaonkar, Aarav Prabhu, Shanaya Dessai, Aaryavrat Naik Desai, Shaurya Agrasani, Skyla Rodrigues, Avani Sawaikar, Vipul Kadam, Arthav Shirodker, Diya Sawal, Vidhi Naik, Sahil Shetty, Kanishk Sawant, Sahil Naik, Bhuvanraj Sardesai, Arya Dublay,
Youngest participant Evan Telles. Best women participant Saniya Nadkarni. Best Senior above 40 and above 60 Pradnya Kakodkar Nitinchandra Dighe respectively
Meanwhile, Devesh Naik, Mandar Lad , Aayush Shirodkar and Chaitanya Gaonkar have confirmed their entries for National Senior Chess Championship to be held in Pune from August 15.
Mahesh Candolkar, president, Goa Chess Association, was the chief guest and gave away the prizes in the presence of Allabaksh Mulla, Ashesh Keni, Dattaram Pinge, Arvind Mhamal, Narayan Pednekar.