PANJIM: Sopan Desai scored 7.5 out of 8 points to win the Ponda Taluka level Open Rapid Chess tournament organised by United Sports Club in association with Ponda Taluka Chess Association (PTCA) at club hall, Mardol, recently.
Shrusthi Shenvi and Raghvendra Gupta secured second and third place respectively.
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Amogh Namshiker was the chief arbiter of the tournament. Total 105 players participated. Anis Naik, Riddhi Gaude, Avnish Borker, Sarthak Naik, Samruddh Borker, Mayank Kurtikar, Atharv Shirodkar, Amogh Phadke, Chinmay Bhide, Sushant Gaunekar, Sathvik Kerkar and Saish Natekar secured 4th to 15th place respectively.
Best U-15: Shlok Desai, Pushti Bhonsle. Best U-13: Ishant Gaude, Soumya Kulkarni. Best U-11: Abhimaan Singh, Aarya Kamat Helekar. Best U-9: Suven Sawant, Ditya Lotlikar and Best U-7: Aarav Naik, Shrisha Ghadi.
The certificates and trophies were distributed by chief guest Dr Pranab Bhat (Under Secretary, Finance, Government of Goa), Sagar Sakordekar (President, PTCA), Amogh Namshiker (chief arbiter), Varad Mardolkar (President, United Sports Club), Nilesh Nagvenkar (Secretary, United Sports Club), Dr Ghanashyam Mardolkar and Chandrakant Gaude.
Dinesh Naik, Aniket Naik, Shekhar Naik, Prakash Kotharkar, Vijayshyam Mardolkar and Subhash Naik were also present. Sandesh Naik, Milind Gaude, Pramod Kamat, Pankaj Chavan, Mahesh Khedekar, Swayam Naik, Anand Kurtikar and Archana Tendulkar took active part in conducting the tournament.
Radha Sakordekar compered and Nilesh Nagvenkar delivered a vote of thanks.
