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Goanet mourns the passing of Jorge de Abreu Noronha in Portugal - Nov 27/07
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Vishy Anand hails Ivana's feat!
World Champion Viswanathan Anand congratulated Ivana Furtado on her unique
accomplishment of winning two consecutive World Under 8 Girls Championships
in 2006 (Batumi, Georgia) and 2007 (Antalya, Turkey).
Ivana and Anand first met at the AICF felicitation function of Vishy in
Chennai. Ivana invited Aruna and Vishy to Goa and the World Champion would
have made it had it not been for a bout of viral fever last minute.
Thereafter, Ivana called Anand to wish him for Diwali and Vishy inturn
wished her all the success for her upcoming tournament in Turkey.
Motivated by the kind words and gestures of this great champion, Ivana who
is a student of Our Lady of Rosary, Dona Paula went on to be the only Gold
medallist in the large Indian contingent sent to Antalya. Her next goal is
to become the World Women's Champion one day, she states!
For photo, see: http://www.goanet.org
Caption: Goa's World Youth Champion, Ivana Furtado receiving the Gold Medal
from FIDE General Secretary Ignatius Leong at the 2007 Championships in
Turkey, Nov 29, 2007
SOURCE: Sameer Salgaocar - President - GSCA
