The 'Late Shripad Vishnu Kamat Tarcar Memorial' State Women's Chess Championship organised by JCI St. Inez under the auspices of Goa Chess Association and in association with Panjim Gymkhana got underway at the Gymkhana Hall premises, Campal-Panaji. Top seeded FIDE Rated players Prasanna Swamy, Riya Sawant, Gauri Hadkonkar, Riddi Zantye and Nandini Sarapalli were in the joint lead with 2 points each along with 15 others at the end of two rounds. In all, there are 80 participants vying for the top spot in the championship which is also selection for the prestigious Nationals B to be held in Uttaranchal.
Earlier, the Championship was inaugurated by Mr. Rajiv Rathore, Manager of Jammu and Kashmir Bank in the presence of Defending Women's State champion Prasanna Swamy, Chaitanya Tarcar of Virashree Hotels, Raimundo Fernandes(President, JCI St. Inez), Mr. D. R. Pinge(Goa Chess Association Jt. Secretary), organizing committee members Sandeep Heble, Rupesh Golatkar, Gaurish Naik, Arbiters Gautam Tari, Swapnil Hoble, Avinash Malvankar and others. Inaugural Pics at: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4294175751077.177980.1187066172&type=1&l=9ef8ca116d yours sincerely Sandeep Heble Event coordinator JCI St. Inez 9326129171
