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Niraj Saripalli won the Rotary All-Goa Rapid Chess Championship with a clean sweep by scoring 9 points from 9 rounds.
In the last round, he defeated Reuben Colaco to clinch the title. Earlier in the crucial 6th round, he stunned top
seed Ritviz Parab to take the lead.
Geno Ambassador Ritviz Parab emerged runner-up with 8 points by outplaying Pednekar Ayush in the
final round. Sairaj Vernekar(7 points) finished on 3rd position due to his better tie-breaks score.
Other positions
4th Ayush Shirodkar
5th G. Madhavan
6th Aryan Raikar
7th Salvi Paarth
8th Reuben Colaco
9th Tanvi Hadkonkar
10th Ayush Pednekar
11thAnirudh Bhat
12th Sanjay Thorat
13th Vraj Porob
14th Lad Mandar
15th Sweta Sahakari
The prizes were given at the hands of Chief Guest Evancio Quadros (president of
Rotary Club of Margao) and other dignataries.
