TEAM HERALD
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PANJIM: Viraj Tamhankar (1965) of
Viraj score a cent percent score winning all nine games. Playing scintillating chess right from the first round, Viraj employed his pet English opening and won against Chincholimath Halsagar (1979) of Karnatak in the last round in 43 moves to take home Rs 18,000 and the trophy.
K R Madhusoodan (1949) of Kerala gatecrashed through the defences of Nikam Ravindra (1922) of
Mohammed Dilshad (1828) of Kerala could not keep up pace with his Trompowsky opening and went down fighting to D. Ashraf Subhani (1958) of AP.
The tournament saw more than 250 players from all over
Nandhini Saripalli (1794) lost her last match to Wilson Cruz (1994).
Abhijeet Joshi (1955) defeated Suyan Belurkar (1627). Gautam J K (1912), Ajeesh Antony (1903), Anirudh V. Bhat (1788), Ritviz Parab (1832), P Venkataramana (1829), Sharath Kumar T P (1534), Shane Alvarin Braganza (1550) fought to score 7 points and won against Gaikwad Siddhant (1791), Kamble Y M (1704), De Moraes Shamine (1876) of Sri Lanka, Patel Nishrut (1704), S Abhisar, B R Aravinda (1811) and D.K Chopra (1805) respectively. Kapil Pawse (1719) and Audi Ameya (1705) didn’t take risks and played out a safe draw.
Top 20 prizes: Viraj Tahmankar 8 points, K R Madhusoodan 8, D Ashraf Subhani 7.5, Chincholimath Halsagar, P Venkataramana 7, Ritviz Parab 7, Anirudh V Bhat 7, Abhijeet Joshi, Sharath Kumar T P 7, Ameya Audi 7, Ajeesh Antony 7, Shane Alvarin Braganza 7, Cruz Wilson 7, Kapil Pawse 7, Gautam J K 7, Sunil Vaidya 6.5, Mohammed Dilsad 6.5, Nikam Ravindra 6.5, Sushrutha Reddy 6.5, Pramanik Projjwal 6.5.
Open age category: Best under-15: Shubham Sawaikar, Deepak Gopalan (all
Consolation age prizes for Goan players: Best U-15 Suyan Belurkar, Kerkar Sayani. Best U-13 Snehil Shetty, Urvi Baandeka. Best U-11 Gaurav Madkaikar, Aditee Praphugaonkar. Best U-9 Viraj Porob, Beverly Mendonca. Best U-7 Kunkolienkar Shivank, Sania De Oliviera. Best unrated prize: Adhisar (MP), Hariya Piyush (Mah). Best prize4 for woman: Nandhini Saripalli (
Girish Chodankar was the chief guest and gave away the prizes in the presence of guest of honours Ashesh Keni, president Goa Chess Association, Dilkush Desai, Swapnil Desai, organizing commitee chairman, Sanjay Kavlekar organizing secretary, Amrut Naik, president Curchorem Chess Club, Arvind Mhamal, Secretary GCA, M. R. Naik founder member GCA and vice-president, Sushant Vaidya, treasurer Curchorem Chess Club.
Swapnil Desai welcomed. Sushant Vaidya proposed the vote of thanks. Navita Chari compered.
