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PANJIM: WCM Gunjal Chopdekar won the Shri Madhav Manohar Dhond Memorial All Goa Open Rapid Chess Tournament organised by Tiswadi Taluka Chess Association under the auspices of Goa Chess Association and in Collaboration with Mahalaxmi Devasthan, Panjim.
She scored 7.5 points with 7 wins and a draw out of 8 rounds and remained undefeated. Reuben Colaco of Salcete Taluka stood second with the score of 7 points while Atharv Nitin Narayan of Tiswadi Taluka finished third with 7 points.
The other prize winners from fourth to ninth were Madhavan G, Shane Braganca, Suhas Asnodkar, Devesh Anand Naik, Harsh Dagare and Anirudh Parsekar all who scored 6.5 points.
The prize winners from 10th to 20th place were Ayush Sanjeev Naik, Anvesh Bandekar, Saish Fondekar, Tanvi Hadkonkar, Pratik Borkar, Love Kakodkar, Sadanand Kamat, Tejas Verenkar, Shubra Achrya, Wison Cruz and Suyan Belurkar.
Category Prize winners in U-7, U-9, U-11,U-13,U-15 Boys & Girls were Sairaj Narvekar, Abhir Prabhu, Saaket Amonkar, Diya Sawal, Shleysha Naik, Keya Naik, Dhruv Desai, Vedant Angle, Dharmaditya Naik, Sayyed Maizah, Rivia Raikar, Shriya Patil, Ali Amanat, Avneesh Dangi, Joy Kakodkar, Gawas Sani, Varada Naik, Imaan Tonse, Utkarsh Ganpule, Paarth Salvi, Aakash Shetgaonkar, Sampada Raikar, Dipita Singh, Dwinnie Fernandes, Amey Kapdi, Charuta Shetye, Avira Kurtikar, Khushi Salkar, Samairaa Naik, Yuva Chodekar, Shreyash Hawal, Aiden Jesus Savio Grao, Shloakh Juwarkar, Muriel Shanessa Fernandes, Dviti Fal Dessai, and veteran Kiran Chopdekar.
Shripad Naik Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Ayush was the chief guest and gave away the prizes in the presence of Adv Damodar Dhond, Harshad Dhond, Mahesh Candolkar, Arvind Mhamal, Dattaram Pinge and other dignitaries
