PANAJI
IM Nitish Belurkar, with 8.5 points, was crowned champion at All Goa Rapid Liberation Cup chess tournament 2022 organised by Queens Chess and Cultural Club at Dr KB Hedgewar School, Cujira.
AIM Ethan Vaz, Mandar Lad and Reuben Colaco were placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively. They scored 8 points each while Ayush Pednekar, Shane Braganca and Paarth Salvi were placed 5th, 6th and 7th place respectively with 7.5 points each. A total of 45 prizes were awarded to the players.
Earlier Nitish, Ethan and AFM Diya Sawal were felicitated by Queens Chess and Cultural Club for their achievements in the sport. Chief guest Bindiya Dempo, representative of Goa Chess Ad Hoc Committee, Archana Tendulkar, Kishor Bandekar, Principal of Dr KB Hedgewar School, Vilas Satarkar, Chief Arbiter Sanjay Kavalekar, Sameer Naik, Sandesh Chodnekar and Dr Roopa Belurkar gave way the prizes.
