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Anurag Mhamal & Riddi Zantye clinch U-13 Chess State titles
By Sameer Salgaocar - Vice President - AICF
 Anurag
Mhamal & Riddhi Zantye won U-13 Boys & Girls Chess State selection
respectively conducted by Bambolim Chess Club & Super Sports Club in
association with Goa State Chess Association at Mahalaxmi Hindu Vachan
Mandir,Mala ,Panaji.
Anurag Mhamal scored 6.5 points out of 7 rounds. He won 6 games and drew
one to claim the title. Incidentally, Anurag has won the U-13 Chess State
Championship for the 4th time in five years (2004, 2006, 2007 & 2008). He
is presently being coached by Akash Thakur of Nagpur. Pranav Zantye scored
6 points from 7 rounds to finish second.
In the Girls category,6 1/2 year old Riddhi Zantye claimed her first title
by defeating 4 players and drawing with two. She defeated the top seed and
the only rated player Sampada Barve (elo 1634). Ridhi is being coached by
Dronacharya Awardee Raghunandan Gokhale. Unrated Gauri Hadkonkar finished
second.
Prize Winners
Boys
Girls
1) Anurag Mhamal
1) Riddhi Zantye
2) Pranav Zantye
2) Gauri Hadkunkar
3) Niraj Saripalli
3) Sampada Barve
4) Saeesh Bandodkar
4) Pushpita Singh
5) Cyrus Pereira
6) Amod Kolvalkar
Naresh Sawal, Chairman of the Pirna Urban Cooperative Society was the
Chief Guest and Mahesh Candolkar, President of the Mahalaxmi Hindu Vachan
Mandir was the Guest of Honour. Also present were Sameer A. Salgaocar AICF
Vice President and GSCA President, Suhas Asnodkar GSCA Secretary, Narayan
Pednekar and Arvind Mhamal GSCA Joint Secretary.
Prizes worth Rs. 9500/- and trophies were given to the winners. Anurag
Mhamal, Pranav Zantye, Niraj Saripalli and Anirudh Bhat in the boys
section, whereas Sampada Barve & Ivana Furtado will represent Goa for U-13
girls section in the upcoming Nationals to be held at Vellore, Chennai
from 13th to 22nd Nov. 2008.
(courtesy- Arvind Mhamal, Jt. Secretary, GSCA)
Home Published
on 12th November, 2008
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