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Ritviz Parab (Elo-2173) won the 1st All Goa Open Rapid Chess Tournament organised by Alto Porvorim Sports and Cultural Club.
Ritviz, a Geno Pharmaceuticals brand ambassador, scored the highest possible 7.50 points out of 8 rounds, remaining undefeated throughout the tournament. He received Championship Rolling trophy and a winner’s cash purse.
The tournament was organised by Alto Porvorim Sports and Cultural Club, Porvorim in association with Bardez Taluka Chess Association and Nature Group Chess Academy, under the aegis of Goa Chess association at their Club hall in Porvorim. A total of 226 players participated in the tournament, among them 62 FIDE international rated players including two girls with Woman Candidate Master title.
Ritviz, currently holding his first International Master (IM) norm which he achieved at the 15th BCC open held in Pattaya, Bangkok, has represented India in several world and Asian youth events. In National Sub junior 2014 he won a bronze medal. He was also part of the Indian team in under-16 World Youth Chess Olympiad 2015 held in Mongolia where the Indian team won a silver medal, while Ritviz won an individual bronze.
Carl D’Souza, President of Alto porvorim Sports and Cultural Club, was the chief guest of the function and gave away the prizes in the presence of Kishor Bandekar, Joint Secretary of All India Chess Federation.
Results: 1st Place Ritviz Parab - Salcete, 2nd Place Shane Braganca “ Tiswadi, 3rd Place Umang Kaisary “ Tiswadi, 4th Place Gaurav Madkaikar “ Ponda, 5th Place Wilson Cruz “ Ponda, 6th Place Tatvesh Sawant “ Canacona, 7th Place Tanvi Hadkonkar “ Tiswadi, 8th Place Gunjal Chopdekar “ Tiswadi, 9th Place Aryan Raikar “ Salcete, 10th Place Nandhini Saripalli “ Salcete, 11th Place Riddhi Zantye “ Tiswadi, 12th Place Kavish Gharse “ Tiswadi, 13th Place Yash Paul “ Murmugao, 14th Place Barde Om “ Bardez, 15th Place Parsekar Anirudh “ Murmugao, 16th Place Rudresh Fadte “ Murmugao, 17th Place Joy Kakodkar “ Tiswadi, 18th Place Shvesh Naik “ Murmugao, 19th Place Suhas Asnodkar “ Bardez, 20th Place Bhimappa Harijan “ Tiswadi.
Age Group Category Prizes: Under-7 Boys - Parth Kamat and Aarush Fatarpekar; Under-7 Girls - Shriya Patil and Girija Pednekar; Under-9 Boys - Colaco Reuben and Kakodkar Love; Under-9 Girls - Srilaxmi Kamat and Netra P Savaikar; Under-11 Boys - Vinayak Thevar and Ganpule Utkarsh; Under-11 Girls - Sarah Fernandes and Stuti Pai; Under-13 Boys - Prabhu Yash and Anvesh Bandekar; Under-13 Girls - Swera Braganca and Tejal Lotlikar; Under-15 Boys - Eeshan Gad and Morajkar Navin; Under-15 Girls - Naroji Sanskriti and Gaayathri S; Best Senior Player: Sadanand Kamat - Ponda; Best Bardez player: Anurag Sandesh Adwalpalkar.
