Six Goans get FIDE rating.

Six Goan players got their rating in the October list
in a historic event of sorts. They are :

5045533 Adv. P.M. Kantak 1990
5045657 Niraj Saripalli 1988
5044561 Naik Manmesh 1953
5045541 Kavlekar Sanjay 1947
5044928 Cyrus Pereira 1893
5044952 Pranav Zantye 1795

This brings the total number of Goan rated players to 27.
All the players who got a rating of 1800+ received a cash award
of Rs. 5,000/- from the President of GSCA.