Dear all,
Below, kindly find the results for the Day 2 of the GCA’s 1st Goa
International Open GM Chess Tournament. Kindly publish the same in your
esteemed daily.
Goan masterminds continued their fine run in the 1st Goa International
Chess Tournament organised by Goa Chess, played at Dr Shayma Mukherjee
Indoor Stadium, Mapusa. Taking maximum advantage of the home comfort,
Grandmasters Anurag Mhamal, FIDE Master Ameya Audi collected maximum
points at the end of round two in the Cateogry A, while Woman
Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkari found her winning ways back again.
Best,
Carol Mascarenhas
Anurag, Ameya, Bhakti dominate Round 2
PANJIM: Goan masterminds continued their fine run in the 1st Goa
International Chess Tournament organised by Goa Chess, played at Dr
Shayma Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, Mapusa.
Taking maximum advantage of the home comfort, Grandmasters Anurag
Mhamal, FIDE Master Ameya Audi collected maximum points at the end of
round two in the Cateogry A, while Woman Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkari
found her winning ways back again.
Anurag, Goa’s first GM, walked away winner against a WFM Cholleti
Sahajasri to remain on par with other International GMs. Ameya beat
Sahil Dye to take his points tally to two and to remain on top amongst
the best.
Following a slow start, Woman Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkarni came back
strongly in the Round 2 as she got the better of Andra Pradesh’s Akshita
Kumar. Bhakti is now on 1.5 points.
On top boards, Kravtsiv Martyn, Amonatov Farrukh, Predke Alexandr, Popov
Ivan, Idani Pouya, M Vadim T Samuel continued to show their dominance as
they beat their respective opponents to grab maximum points.
Other Goans, FM Nitish Belurkar, Reuban Colaco, Nanshini Saripalli also
earned their first point beating Varsha Ramesh, WFM Bidhur Rutumbara and
Sathya Narayan S respectively. Meawhile Devesh Anand Naik put up a
strong fight against Woman International Master Parnali Dharia to earn a
draw. Ritviz Parab beat Wilson Cruz.
Meanwhile in Category B, Parsekar Anirudh is on 51 position with 4
points, Tanad Anil Bandodkar and Anirudh Bhat are on 3.5 points at the
end of Round 5. Parsekar Anirudh beat Maskepatil Kaustabh while Anirudh
Bhat beat Lad M Pradip and Tanad was held by Abhineesh S.
Other Goans Ramdas Sawant, Manoj Yash, Shekar Sirsat, Swayam Naik, Jugan
Sales Rodrigues, Lad Pradip, Sairaj Dilip Vernekar, Sharath Shanbhag,
ACM Srilaxmi Kamat, Ashmita A Ray are on three points.
2304: Bhakti Kulkarni in action
2290: GM Anurag Mhamal in action
2316: Ameya Audi in action
