PANJIM, JAN 21
Asian Youth silver medalist and Geno brand ambassador, Riya Savant alongwith world school chess champion and Commonwealth chess bronze medalist, Nitish Belurkar won gold medals in U-12 and U-10 chess championships at Kandy international rated chess championship organised by 64 Squares International Chess Academy from January 15 to 19 in Sri Lanka.
Suyan Belurkar participated in the U-15 category and narrowly missed his medal chances.
Riya is a student of St Mary’s High School, Mapusa while Nitish is a student of Sharada Mandir High School, Mira Mar.
All three are being coached by Prassana Swamy, Bambolim and Dronacharya awardee, Raghunandan Gokhale, Mumbai.
