Anirudh, Ivana win Under 7 titles.

Anirudh Bhat and Ivana Furtado won the Boys and Girls Under 7 titles respectively in the State selection tournament held at the Maharani Hotel, Vasco by the Vasco Chess Club.

In the Boys section, Anirudh stunned top seeded Snehil Shetty and finished with a perfect score of 6/6 to take first place. Snehil finished second with 5 points whereas the third through sixth positions were bagged by David Velho, Saish Bandodkar, Saish Mahale and Girish Kulkarni who all finished on 4 points.

In the Girls section, top seeded Ivana Furtado had no problems in retaining her crown with an effortless performance of 5/5 points. Riya Sawant finished second on 4 points whereas Reema Naik and Nadia Dias finished third and fourth respectively with 3.5 points each. The fifth through eighth spots were bagged by Sakshi Prabhu, Gauri Hadkonkar, Vidula Dempo and Sayali Parulekar.

Ivana received a special incentive of Rs. 5,000/- towards winning the crown for two years consecutively. She faces a sterner test in the upcoming Under 11 State selections and the National Under 7 Championships later this year.