Calendar of activities

1. Nov 13- Nov 22, National Under 13, Vellore, Tamil Nadu (Anurag,
Pranav, Niraj, Ridhi and Gauri will be playing).
2. Dec 5 - Dec 14, Asian Junior Championships, Chennai (Bhakti will
be playing).
3. Dec 17 - Dec 30, National Woman's 'A' Championship, New Delhi (Bhakti
will be playing).

Anurag defeats Sahaj Grover

Goa's Anurag Mhamal (ELO 2113) defeated
former World Under 10 Champion and FIDE
Master Sahaj Grover (ELO 2306) of New Delhi
in the fourth round of the Commonwealth Chess
Championships being played at Nagpur.

Anurag sacrificed a queen and won a hard fought
encounter in the Sicilian Defence with the black
pieces. He now has three points from a possible four
and next faces Australian International Master
Guy West (ELO 2342) in the fifth round.

There are altogether 11 rounds in this event. Anurag
is accompanied by his father Arvind Mhamal and coach
Akash Thakur who is also a participant in the same
tournament.

For further details you can visit the homepage -

http://www.commonwealth-chess.com/

'Goan chess is definitely going places' - Grandmaster Thipsay

Seven time National Champion and Arjuna Awardee
Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay of Union Bank of India had
many kind words to say while speaking at the prize distribution
ceremony of the Monginis 46th National 'B' Chess Championships
which took place at the Shri Damodar Devasthan, Zambaulim.

Thipsay stated that 'he had never seen such tremdendous growth
in any state across India, the way that chess was growing by leaps
and bounds in Goa'. He mentioned that the State Association was
taking all 'the right steps' to promote the sport across the length
and breadth of the state. He congratulated the organisers for smooth
conduct of the tournament considering the fact that 'there was not a
single appeal or protest during the thirteen rounds' and went on to add
that he would be happy to visit Goa 'any time in the future for playing
in well planned events such as this one'.

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi of Air India, while speaking on the occasion
expressed his happiness over the fact that in Goa it is mostly the kids
that are coming forward to participate in tournaments in a big way. Being
India's youngest grandmaster himself, Parimarjan stated that this was a 'healthy
trend' that should be kept alive at all costs as it is 'the youngsters that will
keep the torch burning for the future generations'. He mentioned that he
will take 'happy memories back with him from Goa' and that he will be more
than happy to visit again in the future for chess.

The Chief Guest of the function Datta Naik presented a copy of his latest book
to Grandmaster Thipsay stating that by strange cooincidence his latest novel
included a chapter on chess. He mentioned as the CEO of Monginis that the firm
was happy to associate with chess activities in the future especially when they
were related to the Goan children.

The Chief Arbiter K.R. Seshadri presented the Arbiter's report and mentioned
that as many as 10 Goans will be gaining their initial FIDE rating from this
tournament. This was a 'historic event' he added mentioning the record number
of entries (411) for the tournament and congratulated the Goa State Chess
Association for this feat. G.B. Joshi, reputed coach from New Delhi, was felicitated
by the Chief Guest on this occasion as were the coaches who have contributed in great measure to the progress in Goa - R.V. Gokhale, Anup Deshmukh, Akash Thakur, C.S. Gokhale and Varughese Koshy.

Sanguem MLA Vassudev Meng Gaonkar presided over the function and congratulated the Goan players for participating in large numbers and accomplishing their initial ratings in such fine fashion. Shri Damodar Devasthan Committee Chairman Manjunath Dukle was the Guest of Honour.

GSCA President Sameer A. Salgaocar welcomed the gathering and GSCA Secretary Suhas Asnodkar proposed the vote of thanks. GSCA Vice President Augusto Pinto was the compere for the evening.

Gains in rating of Goan players

1. Anurag Mhamal (ELO 2113) gains 28 points.
2. Bhakti Kulkarni (ELO 2166) gains 14 points.
3. Cyrus Perreira (ELO 1873) gains 7 points

Initial FIDE rating accomplished by Goans (in alphabetical order)

1. Anirudh Bhat 1927
2. Kelvin D'Lima 1758
3. Kishor Bandekar 1716
4. Kulkarni, Vipul 1641
5. Mohinish Naik 1808
6. Raje, Anil 1972
7. Ritviz Parab 1728
8. Rohan Ahuja 1700
9. Shravan Barve 1816
10. Snehil Shetty 1598

Pairings

For latest pairings please
use the following link -

http://chess-results.com/tnr15999.aspx?lan=1

Live games of 'B'

For live games of the
46th Monginis National 'B'
Chess Championships please go
to the following link -

http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1114

Entries

Grandmasters

1. Pravin Thipsay (Mah) 5000033 2444
2. Neelotpal Das (PSPB) 5003512 2462
3. D. Chakkravarthy(TN) 5011132 2464
4. Parimarjan Negi (AI) 5016690 2529

International Masters

1. Sriram Jha (LIC) 5001668 2429
2. Atanu Lahiri (LIC) 5002818 2338
3. Anup Deshmukh (LIC) 5000564 2284
4. Varugeese Koshy (PSPB) 5000114 2283
5. M.R. Venkatesh (PSPB) 5005779 2462
6. S.P. Sethuraman (TN) 5021596 2425
7. P. Konguvel (PSPB) 5000548 2415
8. Saptarshi Roy (RSPB) 5008980 2404
9. C.S. Gokhale (IA) 5001315 2325
10. B. Adhiban (TN) 5018471 2422
11. M. Shyam Sundar (TN) 5019141 2312
12. P. Karthikeyan (TN) 5018226 2402
13. Ashwin Jayaram (TN) 5018137 2436
14. Deep Sengupta (PSPB) 5008352 2454
15. N. Sudhakar Babu (IB) 5000068 2335
16. G.B. Prakash (IB) 5001285 2387
17. S.C. Sahu (Orissa) 5000157 2262
18. V. Saravanan (PSPB) 5000580 2405
19. Prathamesh Mokal (Mah)5006040 2358
20. Akshayraj Kore (Mah) 5012414 2392
21. Rahul Shetty (IA) 5000513 2293
22. S.Satyapragyan (IA) 5004306 2414
23. S. Saha (Railways) 5002532 2367
24. Ravi Hegde (Kar) 5000254 2218
25. S.R. Chowdhary (RSPB) 5002974 2411
26. R.R. Laxman (RSPB) 5005361 2498
27. P.D.S.Girinath (RSPB) 5000572 2423
28. V. Kamble (RSPB) 5009847 2376
29. Shankar Roy (RSPB) 5001781 2311
30. D.P.Singh (RSPB) 5007780 2299
31. R.Balasubramanium(RSPB)5001277 2271
32. Himanshu Sharma (Har) 5007836 2423
33. Dinesh K.Sharma (LIC) 5004110 2354
34. G. Rohit (AP) 5012660 2457

Woman Grandmasters

1. S. Meenakshi (IA) 5004381 2336
2. R. Aarthie (IA) 5004373 2265

Woman International Masters

1. Padmini Rout (Orissa) 5029295 2256
2. Kiran Manisha Mohanty (Orissa)5019575 2246

Former National 'A' players

1. M.R. Lalith Babu (AP) 5024595 2328
2. Swapnil S. Dhopade (Mah) 5019184 2389
3. K.V. Shantharam (IB) 5000319 2178
4. Abhishek Das (Jha) 5013348 2259
5. Vishnu Prasanna (TN) 5030692 2341
6. Nassir Wajih (RSPB) 5000173 2271
7. Vikramjit S. Singh (AP) 5006090 2230
8. C.S. Unni (Mah) 5001820 2169


Official Entries/ Seeded Players

1. Rajesh Oza (AICFB) 5024099 1916
2. Swapnil Shah (AICFB) 5044626 1889
3. Srikrishna Udupa (AICFB) 5014875 2024
4. Madan Bagayatkar (AICFB) 5046866 1910
5. Gajendra Singh (LIC) 5002923 2159
6. Brajesh Agarwal (LIC) 5000483 2140
7. Augustine Thomas (LIC)
8. Devesh Mukherjee (Raj) 5022045 2004
9. Atishay Ajmera (Raj) 5044502 1931
10. Mukesh Mandloi (Raj) 5014182 2047
11. Arpit Saxena (Raj) 5006694 1972
12. Atul Kumar (JK) 5018510 2046
13. Sumit Grover (JK) 5020409 1973
14. Ritwan Sauntra (JK) 5044804 1925
15. Ajit Singh (JK) 5046076 1819
16. Mughaho Awomi (Nagaland)
17. Sedi Nagi (Nagaland)
18. Seyiekhrietuo Mere (Nagaland)
19. Kahoshe Awomi (Nagaland)
20. Rahul Sangma (Delhi) 5013615 2339
21. Prasenjit Datta (Delhi) 5004420 2283
22. Vaibhav Suri (Delhi) 5045185 2081
23. Prince Bajaj (Delhi) 5045150 2111
24. Pradip K. Chaudhari(Tri) 2082
25. Biswajit Nag (Tri) 5065151 2029
26. Tapan Jamatia (Tri) 5002273 1821
27. Sekhawat Hussen (Tri) date of birth 23/6/89
28. M.K. Panigrahi (Orissa) 5004713 2214
29. A. Upadhyaya (Orissa) 5028949 2189
30. Utkal R. Sahoo (Orissa) 5034566 2124
31. S. Mishra (Orissa) 5008115 2287
32. P. Maheswaran (TN) 5013232 2241
33. P. Phoobalan (TN) 5011191 2236
34. K. Narayanan (TN) 5016037 2182
35. R.A. Pradeep Kumar (TN) 5023181 2250
36. R. Arun Karthik (TN) 5021030 2277
37. Manish Joshi (MP) 5008840 2142
38. Hitesh Jariya (MP) 5022061 2086
39. Ajay Virwani (MP) 5001188 2078
40. Rajesh Diwan (MP) 5007178 2101
41. M.S. Thejkumar (RSPB) 5009154 2441
42. N. Sanjay (Kar) 5003075 2355
43. G.A. Stany (Kar) 5029104 2279
44. M.G. Gahan (Kar) 5027373 2114
45. B.S. Shivananda (Kar) 5007038 2328
46. V. Raghavendra (Kar) 5014557 2098
47. S. Chakraborty (WB) 5012147 2016
48. Rupankar Nath (WB) 5006724 2137
49. Joydeep Dutta (WB) 5016592 2253
50. Anjan Mallick (WB) 5034973 2228
51. O.T. Anilkumar (Ker) 5017530 2159
52. E.P. Nirmal (Ker) 5011264 2211
53. P. Sreekumar (Ker) 5005019 2157
54. P.K. Suresh (Ker) 5015391 2058
55. S. Raghuraman (TN) 5016398 2083
56. Akash Thakur (RSPB) 5008514 2276
57. V.S. Negi (IA) 5001978 2118
58. G.B. Joshi (IA) 5000262 2302
59. R. Raman (Pondy)
60. R. Sabarimuthu (Pondy) 5023645 2034
61. M. Kathiravan (Pondy) 5034922 1821
62. S. Vasudevan (Pondy) 5002052 2055
63. Rajesh Kumar (Jha) 5011507 2085
64. Vikas Sinha (Jha) 5033489 2047
65. Alka Das (Jha) 5019478 2033
66. B.C. Tripaty (Jha) 5007020 2095
67. Purushottam (AP)
68. Meharchinna Reddy(AP) 5027420 2239
69. K. Santosh Reddy(AP)
70. Rishipal Singh (AP)
71. M. Vinaykumar (AP) 5016649 2265
72. L. Atembi (Man) 5034337 1963
73. Himal Gusain (Chan) 5033861 2108
74. B. Prasad (Chan)
75. A. Nirankari (Chan)
76. Naveen Bansal (Chan)
77. N. Rajasuba (Guj) 5003504 2196
78. H. Thanaki (Guj)
79. M. Raval (Guj)
80. M. Parmar (Guj)
81. Arvinderpreet Singh (Pun)
82. Ram Prakash (Pun)
83. Vikas Sharma (Pun) 5005990 2197
84. Vivek Astir (Pun) 5021014 2026
85. Rajib Dhar (Ass) 5015596 2131
86. Utpal Baruah (Ass) 5009669 2141
87. S. Gohain (Ass)
88. Monjit Tow (Ass)
89. Cdr. Balwinder Singh (SSCB)
90. D.K. Chopra (CRSB)
91. M. Raju (CRSB)
92. Pritam Singh (CRSB)
93. Sham Dutta (CRSB)
94. Niraj Saripalli (Goa) 5045657 1952
95. A. Deshpande (Mah) 5021774 2148
96. G. Maras (Mah) 5014433 2187
97. Hemant Mandhare (Mah) 5006031 2181
98. Chinmay Kulkarni (Mah) 5023513 2201
99. T. Mohan Rao (AN)
100. B. Chiranjeevulu (AN)
101. K. Neelakantam (AN)
102. P. Anand Rao (AN)
103. Ivana M. Furtado (Goa) 5048400 1836
104. Akshat Khamparia (RSPB)5016541 2305
105. B.T. Muralikrishnan(RSPB)
106. Laltu Chatterjee (RSPB)5040353 2236
107. S. Kutwal (RSPB) 5006520 2340
108. S. Mari Arul (RSPB) 5001986 2249
109. Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) 5019516 2166
110. Vasanth Naik (Goa) 5033551 1969
111. Anurag Mhamal (Goa) 5024366 2113
112. Vidit Gujarathi (Mah) 5029465 2356
113. Ashutosh Kumar (Bih)
114. Kunal (Bih)
115. Saurabh Roop (Bih)
116. P.K.Singh (Bih)
117. Manav Saxena (Har) 5012546 2035
118. M. C. Tanwar (Har) 5004535 2074
119. Aman Chahal (Har) 5028345 1890
120. Rajiv Vasudev (Har) 5038227 1962
121. Th. Sunachand Meitei (Man) 2026
122. Avinash Sharma (U.P.) 5014662 1903
123. Irshad Ahmed (U.P.)
124. W.A.Khan (U.P.) 5006180 2046
125. Deepak Katiyar (U.P.) 5026792 2134
126. S. Rangarajan (LIC) 5008735 2155
127. Devkrishnan (H.P.)
128. Smeeru Thakur (H.P.) 5023726 1960
129. Jagdish Chandel (H.P.) 5065968 1835
130. Sudarshan Kr. (H.P.)
131. S.S. Dave (IA) 5000734 1959
132. Hemant Sharma (IA) 5025842 2121
133. Zohming Liana (Miz) 5015456 2014
134. Lal Fakzuala Colney (Miz)
135. B.T.Romawia (Miz)
136. Daniel (Miz)
137. Ram S. Krishnan (BSNL) 5010519 2300
138. Raj Kumar Chauhan (BSNL) 5018315 2100
139. P. Jaya Kumar (BSNL) 5005442 2104
140. Neeraj Dhimri (BSNL) 5051002 1840
141. A.K. Verma (SSCB)
142. T.S. Satish Kumar (SSCB)
143. S.K. Prasad (SSCB)
144. M. Ravi Balaji (SSCB)
145. S.K.Sinha (OF)
146. D.R. Jaiswal (OF)
147. O.P.Yadav (OF)
148. Prem Babu (OF)
149. Shreyans Daklia (Chat) 5029139 2189
150. Shrenik Dhaklia (Chat) 5019893 2009
151. M. Farooqui (Chat)
152. Vinod Sharma (Chat)
153. Jitender Rawat (DDA) 5034477 1837
154. Brij Mohan Gupta (DDA)
155. R.S. Rawat (DDA)
156. Madan Lal (DDA)

Donor Entries

1. Rahul Karnani (Raj) 5038219 1894
2. Arjun Bharat (Kar) 5032725 1815
3. Ajit Kumar (JK)
4. Arvindu (JK)
5. Akash Langer (JK)
6. Rajinder Singh (JK)
7. G.V. Sai Krishna (AP) 5028280 2139
8. Louie M. Varghese (AP) date of birth 12/8/69
9. Sidharth Venkatesh (Mah) 5053498 1810
10. Sukhuvi Achumi (Nagaland)
11. Toikhu Awomi (Nagaland)
12. Tokuho Awomi (Nagaland)
13. Visanyizo Kuotso (Nagaland)
14. Rishi Thariani (Delhi) 5030501 2021
15. Sanjay Khurana (Delhi) 5019745 1712
16. Ram Gupta (Delhi) 5035899 1943
17. Kunal Das (Tri) 5001501 1690
18. M. Vivek (TN) 5064139 1541
19. R. Premnath (TN) 5021928 2257
20. Eshwanth Dev Kumar (TN) 5007330 1826
21. Arvind Subramanium (TN)
22. R.S. Santhosbaala (TN) 5026610 1915
23. Jitendria Vel S. (TN) 5032890 1864
24. Abhishek Shivathaya (Goa) date of birth 18/1/95
25. Debashis Das (Orissa) 5024854 2294
26. Krushna Mishra (Orissa) 5006481 1690
27. G.C. Mohapatra (Orissa) 5015286 2138
28. Gobardhan Behera (Orissa) 5076390 1926
29. Pradeep K. Das (Orissa)
30. Kshitij Singla (Mah) 5070341 1650
31. Vishvajit Kirane (Mah) 5029651 1831
32. Niranjan Navalgund (Kar) 5030854 2091
33. Naveen S. Hegde (Kar)
34. Girish A. Koushik (Kar) 5038448 2108
35. R. Hanumantha (Kar) 5028043 1907
36. S.M. Bhagwat (Kar)
37. Abhijit Joshi (Mah) date of birth 21/07/1979
38. Shirish Hingne (Mah) date of birth 26/09/1965
39. Aniruddha Oak (Mah) date of birth 3/01/1992
40. Sayantan Das (WB) 5034426 2135
41. Prantik Roy (WB) 5035120 2057
42. Shripad Kenkre (Mah)
43. Jayesh Ramanuj (Guj) date of birth 1/7/75
44. Pratik Manek (Guj) date of birth 1/12/83
45. Naishad Bhatt (Guj) date of birth 27/10/57
46. Kalpesh Acharya (Guj) date of birth 19/8/79
47. Anil Raje (Goa)
48. Shyam Shetye (Mah) 5006155 1945
49. Sidhali Shetye (Mah) 5038294 1848
50. Shardul Gagare (Mah) 5037883 2070
51. Shalmali Gagare (Mah) 5038650 2092
52. Pranav Shetty (Mah) 5035058 2138
53. K.Gopalakrishnan (IB) 5002044 2064
54. V. Sreelakshmi (AP) 5053820
55. R.T. Huttineni (AP)
56. C. Praveen Kumar (TN) 5007372 2302
57. Akash Pc Iyer (TN) 5006775 1920
58. S. Siddharth (TN) 5010535 2286
59. R.K. Shiva Murugan (TN) 5039630 1971
60. V. Muthuram (TN) 5077699 1720
61. S. Venkat Sundaram (TN) 5015995 2110
62. Rucha Pujari (Mah) 5024528 2022
63. Sameer Kathmale (Mah) 5024498 2094
64. Purval Jadhav (Mah) 5048478 1649
65. Sagar Shah (Mah) 5022509 2218
66. Dhruv Shah (Mah) 5053153 1791
67. Hardik Mehta (Mah) 5037913 2037
68. Simit Shah (Guj) 5066166
69. Jalpan Bhatt (Guj) 5019800 1900
70. M. Surya Narayana (AP) 5079101 1817
71. J. Venkata Ramana (AP) 5001528 2205
72. Amrutha Mokal (Mah) 5016371 2091
73. Jotish Joy (Delhi) 5019044 1620
74. Brendan Peroz (Goa) date of birth 19/5/96
75. Dushyant Das (Jha) 5011590 2153
76. J. Ramakrishna (AP)
77. Md. Ismail Khadri (AP)
78. B Kranti Kiran (AP)
79. Y.K. Babu (AP)
80. K.V. Kartik (AP) 5029430 2013
81. Mla Reddy (AP) 5055563
82. Chirag Morajkar (Goa) date of birth 24/10/2000
83. S. Subbaraju (AP)
84. Chakravarthy (AP)
85. P. Shyam Nikhil (TN) 5027420 2364
86. Vivek Bengre (Kar) date of birth 20/12/94
87. Fenil Shah (Guj) 5019850 2129
88. Vinod Bhagwat (Mah) 5005949 2187
89. Sohan Phadke (Mah) 5016223 2283
90. Abhishek Kelkar(Mah) 5019257 2120
91. N. Surendran (TN) 2150
92. Rohit Lune (Mah) 5052610 1770
93. Prejit Phukan (Ass)
94. C.R. Bhuyan (Ass)
95. A. Sadique (Ass)
96. B.B. Handique (Ass) 5020573 2125
97. R. Chakravarty (Ass)
98. Nripur Sharma (Ass)
99. Pradip Sharma (Ass)
100. Ch. Sahajasri (AP) 5045118 1918
101. Deeptamesh Reddy (AP) 5026300 2017
102. Atharva Mulay (Mah) date of birth 12/9/96
103. Arunima Kalra (Delhi) 5048958 1521
104. Nandhini Saripalli(Goa) 5031885 1884
105. Anirudh V. Bhat (Goa) 5028060
106. Atul Dahale (Mah) 5037794 2075
107. J. Arun (TN) 5035961 2084
108. G. Santoshkumar (TN) 1984
109. Troilukya Nanda (Ass) 5020190 2066
110. Madhab Sarmah (Ass)
111. Mrinal Kakoty (Ass)
112. Nirab Bordoloi (Ass) 5075467 1864
113. Anuj Protim Baruah (Ass) 5002583
114. Mrinal Deka (Ass)
115. Monoj Baruah (Ass) 5064619
116. Dharmeswar Pegu (Ass)
117. S. Handique (Ass) 5065330 1929
118. Khalil Ahmed (Ass)
119. Pankaj Bora (Ass)
120. Urvi Bandekar (Goa) 5084270 D.O.B. 19/2/2000
121. Ashesh Keni (Goa) date of birth 6/8/65
122. N.B.Krishna (AP) 5068797 1725
123. E. Sharath (TN) 5035155 1897
124. Mohinder Sharma (HP)
125. Amrut Naik (Goa) date of birth 29/10/61
126. Kishor Bandekar (Goa) date of birth 28/2/60
127. Parikshit Phaldesai (Goa)date of birth 10/10/93
128. Tatvesh Sawant (Goa) 5085071 D.O.B. 24/11/2000
129. Abhishek Swamy (Goa) date of birth 26/2/92
130. Sakshi Naik Gaonkar (Goa)date of birth
131. Ritwiz B. Parab (Goa) date of birth 9/8/99
132. Riya Savant (Goa) 5067359 1407
133. Prasanna Swamy (Goa) 5029848 1867
134. V. Sivaswamy (Goa) 5030056 1820
135. Sampada Barve (Goa) 5046963 1634
136. Rohan Ahuja (Goa) date of birth 26/9/98
137. Rishubh Naik (Goa) 5067081 1700
138. Shravan S. Barve (Goa) date of birth 31/3/88
139. Kedar Panandikar (Goa) date of birth 10/5/95
140. Omkar V. Damle (Goa) date of birth 21/8/97
141. Rajaryan Kuvelkar (Goa) date of birth 19/5/2001
142. Nihal Melwani (Goa) date of birth 25/5/94
143. A. Prabhudessai (Goa) date of birth 26/5/2001
144. Nitish Belurkar (Goa) date of birth 19/10/2001
145. Vipul Kulkarni (Goa) 5028582
146. Snehil Shetty (Goa) 5073502
147. Kelvin D'Lima (Goa) 5047439
148. Vidula Dempo (Goa) 5085551
149. Josiah Rebello (Goa) date of birth 27/12/99
150. Alfredo Menezes (Goa) date of birth 26/2/97
151. Mohinish Naik (Goa) date of birth 3/1/95
152. Sumeet Joshi (Mah) 5086680
153. Biplav Randhir (Bih)
154. Arjun Tiwari (Mah) 5011337 2305
155. Girish Dhande (Mah) 5085659
156. S. Bhambure (Mah) 5025931 1922
157. Harihara Sudhan (TN) 5045312 2017
158. V.A.V. Rajesh (TN) 5029317 2256
159. P. Saketh (AP) 5042178 1652
160. L.V. Shiv Kumar (AP)
161. Busi Reddy Gopal Reddy (AP)
162. Vangmai Busi Reddy (AP)
163. P. Karthik (AP)
164. M. Abhilash Reddy (AP) 5024668 2070
165. Neetikshya Singh (Har)
166. Yogesh Gautam (Har) 5009324 1808
167. J. Sridhar (TN) 5006457 2169
168. M. V. Varman (TN) 5037590 1780
169. Ishwar Ramteke (Mah) 5031222 1741
170. Pankaj Singh (Mah) 5086078
171. Prasanna Rao (Mah) 5022401 2233
172. R.K. Maheshwari (U.P.) 5017505
173. Anish Gandhi (Mah) 5061032 1588
174. Kuldeep Kumar (U.P.)
175. Vikas Nigam (PSPB) 5041287 2146
176. M. Satvik (Kar) 5030005 1891
177. Snehal Bhosale (Mah) 5021995 2079
178. Pratik Patil (Mah) 5038758 2003
179. Shailesh Rawal (Guj)
180. Kuldeep Kumar (U.P.)
181. Saeesh Bandodkar (Goa) 5084911
182. V.M.Rajeev (Ker) 5022703 1897
183. Sukanya Chari (Goa) 5067391 1434
184. M. Harikrishnan (Goa) 5028272 1750
185. A. Malvankar (Goa) 5026776 1914
186. Sanjeeta S. Dessai (Goa) date of birth 24/4/95
187. Saurabh S. Dessai (Goa) date of birth 16/10/97
188. Laisram Imocha (Ass) 5000351 2188
189. Gautam R. Tari (Goa) 5066921 1717
190. Lt.Cl. V. Nagesh (SSCB)
191. Amit Sukhpal (Mah) 5034302 1836
192. Karma Pandya (Guj) 5030331 1989
193. Cyrus Perreira (Goa) 5044928 1873
194. Ridhi Zantye (Goa)
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196. Amaranjey Dubey (Bih)
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AICF Camp in Goa a huge success!

International Master Chandrasekhar Gokhale
was felicitated by Arjuna Awardee and former
India Captain Brahmanand Shankhwalkar at
the conclusion of the AICF Coaching Camp
which was underway for 8 days at the Conference
Hall of the Sports Authority of Goa, Campal.

Most of the children participating in the camp
were specially trained by the International Master
with emphasis on middle game techniques and
with the goal of getting them prepared for the
upcoming National 'B' tournament in Zambaulim.
Among the students were Double World Under 8
Girls Champion Ivana Furtado, National Under 9 fourth
placed Mohanan Harikrishnan, Vidula Dempo,
Ritviz Parab, Nihal Melwani and others.

IM Gokhale expressed his satisfaction with the progress
of the kids and said that there will definitely be more
laurels won by the Goan youngsters in the days to come.
AICF Vice President Salgaocar thanked IM Gokhale for his
efforts in moulding the young chess minds of Goa
and hoped that he would make more such visits
in the future as well. GSCA Secretary Suhas Asnodkar
praised AICF for the coaching scheme and expressed
his desire for more such camps in the coming years.

Vasant wins State Championship

Joint Secretary of Goa State Chess
Association Vasant Naik won the Goa
State Chess Championship after beating
Secretary Suhas Asnodkar in a nail biting
finish in the last round played at the Sant
Gadge Maharaj Hall, Porvorim. A cash prize
of Rs. 5000 and a glittering trophy was
awarded to Vasant whereas the runnerup
Sumit received Rs. 3000 and a trophy.

Vasant finished with seven and a half
points from the nine round event level
with Sumit Asnodkar and Standrik Colaco.
However, thanks to a better progressive score,
Vasant finished as Champion whereas Sumit
and Standrik had to remain content with second
and third place respectively.

Fourth place went to last year's champion
Anurag Mhamal whereas the 5th and 6th place
went to Swapnil Hoble and Niraj Saripally.
The top six players along with double world
under 8 girls champion Ivana Furtado and
National Junior Girls Champion Bhakti Kulkarni
are eligible to represent Goa in the upcoming
Monginis 46th National 'B' Championship to
be held at Zambaulim.

Industrialist Pravin Zantye was the Chief Guest
and gave away the prizes. AICF Vice President
Sameer A. Salgaocar was the Guest of Honour
and GSCA Secretary Suhas Asnodkar proposed
the vote of thanks. Dattaram Pinge and Tanay
Kaisary were the arbiters for the event in which
134 total players participated.

Minor placings -
7. Avinash Malvankar
8. P.P. Insulkar
9. Manmesh Naik
10. Nandini Saripalli
11. Kelvin D'Lima
12. Rishubh Naik
13. Arvind Mhamal
14. Suhas Asnodkar
15. Amogh Namshikar

Special Prizes -
Under 7 - Nitish Belurkar
Under 9 - Snehil Shetty
Under 11 - Alfredo Menezes
Under 13 - Ritviz Parab
Under 15 - Rohan Ahuja