*Press Release *
*Chess festival Feb 11 and 12 Feb 2012 in five different category AND* *First ever Blindfold pawn game chess team championship.* * * Celebriting its Golden Jubilee Year Pratibha Friends Circle organized a Chess festival on Feb 11 and 12 (Saturday/Sunday). sponsored by Shri Shyam Mahadev Prabhu Desai in the memory of Late Shri Mahadev Shamba Prabhu Desai. Five different chess tournament for different groups were held as under: Group A 1st to 4th Standard Primary Students chess tournament. Group B 5th and 6th standard Students chess tournament. Group C Blindfold pawn game chess team championship Group D Chess tournament for 50+ (Born in or after 1962) Group E Balawadi Sevika Pawn game Tournament In Group A chess tournament Nitish Kamat claimed 1st position with 5 points, Harsh Bhobe claimed 2nd position with 4 points, Siddharth Maraathe, Omkar Shirodkar, Varun Shatry, Prajay Shirodaker and Sanad Talaualikar claimed Third, Forth, Fifth, Sixth and seventh position respectively. In Group B chess tournament Gaurav Madakaikar claimed 1st position with 5 points, Milind Gauns calimed 2nd position with 4 points, Aadinath Shirodkar, Ashwin Jayan, Kaushik Gauns, Prtika Gad and Siddhant Mahambarey claimed Third, Forth, Fifth, Sixth and seventh position respectively. In Group D chess tournament for 50 plus (born in or before 1961) Sujay Prabhu Dessai, Dattaprasad Dessai and Kashinath Joshi claimed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize respectively. In Group E a pawn game tournament specially organized for Balvadi Sevikas to promote and spread chess in K.G. level Balvadi Sevikas Milan Gaude claimed 1st prize Rubina Tahasildar and Darshna Naik claimed 2nd prize jointly. The main spotlight of the chess festival was First time ever in the world Blindfold pawn game chess team championship, in this 12 teams participated (total 36 players) participated, S.S. Samiti Dhvali Ponda, Shantadugra High School from Bicholi, Proress High School from Sanquelim, Saraswat Vidyalay from Mapusa and Dr. K.B. Hedgewar High School from Panaji participated in this championship. Dr. K.B. Hedgewars team of the players Girish Kulkarni, Omkar Damle and Akash Kapadi defeated a team of Saraswat Vidyalay Vivekanand Parsekar, Kuldeep Aajagaonkar, Sarvesh Gawas and claimed First ever in the world Blindfold pawn game chess team championship Trophy Renowned freedm fighter Shri Chandrakant Kenkare, sponsoror Shyam Mahadev Prabhu Dessai, Devidas Devari Secretary Pratibha Friends Circle and other degnetories present for the prize distribution ceremony. for photos please visit https://picasaweb.google.com/113304536565249979971/February122012 https://picasaweb.google.com/113304536565249979971/ChessFestivalBoriPonda1112Feb2012Day2 https://picasaweb.google.com/113304536565249979971/February132012 for video clips of BLINDFOLD pawn game please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wp6gn78PX4&feature=share http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JmG0MObugA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILtjaMdYnMw&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL -- With Regards Sanjay Vinayak Barve 9403176657 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
