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PANJIM: WCM Gunjal Chopdekar won the Ladhani Family Tiswadi Taluka Chess Tournamnet, organised by Tiswadi Taluka Chess Association and sponsored by Ladhani Family, held at Fomento Hall Saraswati Library Mandir, Panaji, recently.
WCM Gunjal scored 6.5 points out of 7 rounds with 6 wins and 1 draw and remained undefeated.
Shane Braganca and Madhavan G scored 6 points each and finished second and third respectively.
Other prize winners from 4th to 12th, Swera Ana Braganca, Vasant Shivanand Borker, Kavish Gharse scored 5.5 points each, Tanvi Vasudev Hadkonkar, Pratik S Borkar, Sachin Kakodkar, Harsh Mangesh Dagare, Kakodkar Love, Vinayak Thevar scored 5 points each.
Category Prize winners , two youngest players U-7 , U-9, U-11, U-13, U-15 are Vedant Angle, Sarya Kerkar, Alana Andrade, Avaneesh P Sawant, Stuti Rajesh Pai, Varad Shirodkar, Trishaa G Pai Vernekar, Aman Chopdekar, Keya Phadte, Tushar K, Ritu Velingkar, Sanjay Siddharth
Praksh Ladhani was the chief guest of the function and gave away the prizes in the presence of Radhika Ladhani, Mahesh Naik , Secretary Saraswati Mandir , Mahesh Candolkar, president TTCA, Chief Arbiter Arvind Mhamal, Tanay Kaisary, Dattaram Pinge a, Prakash Sawant and Balakrishnan V.
