PANAJI
Mandar Pradip Lad emerged victorious in the 1st All Goa U-20 Rapid chess tournament 2024, organised by the Goa VidyaPrasarak Mandal (GVM) in association with the Ponda Taluka Chess Association (PTCA). The event saw a total of 263 participants.
Mandar Pradip Lad (Bardez Taluka) picked up 8 points and won Rs. 5000 plus a trophy.
Sairaj Dilip Vernekar (Salcete Taluka) secured with 7 points and was awareded Rs 3000 plus a trophy. Aayush Shirodkar (Salcete Taluka) was the second runner up with 7 points and had to settled for Rs 2,000 plus trophy
Ekka Aniket,Yash Manoj Upadhye (GVM), Asmita Ray, Joshua Mark Telles, Netra Savaikar(GVM), Lyia Marysil Silveira, Siddhiraj Gaunkar, Atharva Atul Borkar, Chaitanya Sushant Patil, Hriday Tukaram Morajkar, Aiden Jesus Savio Grao & Sarthak Surendra Kavlekar secured 4th -15th places respectively.
The chief guests were Bhaskar Khandeparkar (President, GVM General Body), Krishna Shetye (Chairman, GVM Working Committee) and Ashesh Keni (Secretary, Goa Chess Association).
OTHER CATEGORY AWARDS
Best Unrated Players Prizes: Pednekar Kaushik; Sarthak Naik; Naik Amogh Sagar
Age Group Prizes: U-16 Boys: Lad Raghav; Mayuresh Desai; U-16 Girls: Sani Gawas; Srilaxmi Kamat (GVM); U-13 Boys: Sachit Pai; Arthav Shirodkar; U-13 Girls: Tersi Amit Asmi; Israa Rikarty; U-10 Boys: Vihaan Tari; Aryan Naik; U-10 Girls: Diya Naik; Muriel Shanessa Fernandes; U-8 Boys: Prayank Gaonkar; Narayan Alias Aarav A Prabhu Dessai; U-8 Girls: Amaira Borkar; Dessai Saanvi; U-6 Boys: Evan Antonio Telles; Chougale Shrihan Sandeep; U-6 Girls: Gaude Dhriya; Kerkar Aadhya
Ponda Taluka Prizes: U-16: Boys: Aryan Damodar Shirodkar; Girls: Shrusthi Shenvi; U-13: Boys: Mayank Kurtikar; Girl: Shrusthi Shenvi; U-10: Boys: Heramb Goankar; Girl: Kamat Helekar Aarya Amey; U-8: Boys: Gaude Tansh; Girls: Shenvi Prathana; U-6: Boys: Narvekar Rihaan
Gvms Prizes: U-16: Boys: Borker Samarth; Girls: Nayak Kratajna; U-13: Boys: Anvay Borkar; Girls: Shambavi Dev, Aastha Nayak; U-10: Boys: Paramshetty Ishaan; Girls: Kerkar Manasvi; U-8: Boys: Aarush Rane; U-6: Boys: Avith Chodankar
