Mandar Pradip Lad prevails at Goa State Senior Open Rating 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/08/2024

Top seed Mandar Pradip Lad (Bardez) scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win Goa State Senior Open Rating 2024. He finished a full point ahead of the rest. 9-year-old Aaryavrat Rasiket Naik Desai (Canacona) scored sole 7.5/9 to finish second. Devesh Anand Naik (Ponda) and 10-year-old Shubh Vishnu Borkar (Salcete) scored 7/9 each. They secured third and fourth place respectively according to tie-breaks. Mandar drew with eventual runner-up, Aaryavrat in the fourth round and defeated the second runner-up, Devesh in the eighth. The top three prizes were ₹10000, ₹7000 and ₹5000 along with a trophy each. The tournament was organized by Goa Chess Association at Government College of Commerce and Economics, Borda, Margao, Goa from 24th to 28th July 2024. This was Mandar's fifth overall, first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: IA Arvind Mhamal

Nine and Ten year olds shine

Mandar Pradip Lad was the sole leader heading into the final round with a score 7.5/8. He defeated Ayush Shirodkar to become the champion. 9-year-old Aaryavrat Rasiket Naik Desai scored an impressive 7.5/9 to finish second. He gained a massive 131.2 Elo rating points. Tenth seeded 10-year-old Shubh Vishnu Borkar scored 7/9 to finish fourth. Two ten year olds and younger, finishing in top ten in a State Senior Open event is certainly impressive. WCM Gunjal Chopdekar is the sole female to make a top ten finish. She scored 6.5/9 to be placed sixth.

Champion - Mandar Pradip Lad 8.5/9 | Photo: IA Arvind Mhamal

L to R: Nilesh Shirodkar, FA Asha Shirodkar, FA Jostna Saripalli, Amogh Namshikar, Satyawan Harmalkar, Damodhar Zambaulikar, Ashesh Keni, Vishwas Pilankar, Mandar Lad, Champion, Aaron Pereira, IA Arvind Mhamal, Dilip Vernekar and Ridhikesh Vernekar.

Runner-up - Aaryavrat Rasiket Naik Desai 8/9 | Photo: IA Arvind Mhamal

L to R: Amogh Namshikar, Satyawan Harmalkar, Damodhar Zambaulikar, Ashesh Keni, Vishwas Pilankar, Aaryavrat Rasiket Naik Desai, Runner-up, Aaron Pereira, IA Arvind Mhamal and Dilip Vernekar.

4th Shubh Vishnu Borkar 7/9 (next to Aaryavrat) and 3rd Devesh Anand Naik 7/9 | Photo: IA Arvind Mhamal

The tournament was inaugurated by lighting the traditional lamp and making the first move on the board by Mr. Damodhar Zambaulikar, Vice President, Goa Chess Association, in presence of Dilip Vernekar, Treasurer, STCA, FA Jostna Saripalli, Amogh Namshikar, Joint Secretary, GCA, Nilesh Shirodkar, FA Asha Shirodkar, IA Arvind Mhamal, Chief Arbiter and Vice President, GCA and others.

Mandar Pradip Lad scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a full point ahead of the rest and gained 8.8 Elo rating points

Group photo of various prize winners | Photo: IA Arvind Mhamal

Prizes were distributed by the Chief Guest - Mr. Vishwas Pilankar, Treasurer, Goa Chess Association, in presence of Ashesh Keni, Secretary, GCA, Mr. Aaron Pereira, College Director of Physical Education, Govt. College of Commerce & Economics, IA Arvind Mhamal, Chief Arbiter & Vice President GCA, Satyawan Harmalkar, Vice President, GCA, Damodhar Zambaulikar, Vice President, GCA, Amogh Namshikar, Joint Secretary, GCA, Dilip Vernekar, Treasurer, Salcete Taluka, FA Jostna Saripalli, FA Asha Shirodkar and others.

Arbiters team (L to R): Sudhakar Patgar, Dilip Vernekar, IA Arvind Mhamal, FA Jostna Saripalli and FA Asha Shirodkar | Photo: IA Arvind Mhamal

Thanks to IA Arvind Mhamal, Chief Arbiter and Vice President of Goa Chess Association, for sharing photographs and information about the tournament.

A total of 109 players took part from various districts across Goa in this five-day nine-round Swiss League Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Goa Chess Association at Goa Chess Association at Government College of Commerce and Economics, Borda in Margao, Goa from 24th to 28th July 2024. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1		Lad Mandar Pradip			2245	Bardez	8,5	47,5	51,5	47,75	8
2	19		Aaryavrat Rasiket Naik Desai	U11		1577	Canacona	7,5	50	54	43,25	6
3	2		Devesh Anand Naik			1955	Ponda	7	49	53,5	38,75	6
4	10		Shubh Vishnu Borkar	U11		1676	Salcete	7	46	49	35,00	7
5	11		Parab Rishikesh			1672	Mormugao	6,5	50	53,5	36,50	5
6	6	WCM	Chopdekar Gunjal	S15	w	1754	Tiswadi	6,5	49	53,5	36,25	5
7	3		Shirodkar Aayush			1818	Salcete	6,5	49	52	34,25	5
8	108		Vibhav Kerkar	U15		0	Salcete	6,5	44,5	48,5	33,25	6
9	26		Erwin Albuquerque	U13		1518	Mormugao	6,5	43,5	46	31,75	5
10	9	AFM	Vaz Edrick	U15		1708	Salcete	6,5	43	49,5	33,75	5
11	23		Kanishk Sagar Sawant	U13		1538	Bicholim	6	47,5	49,5	27,00	6
12	4		Kambli Datta			1813	Mormugao	6	47	51	31,50	6
13	7		Chaitanya V Gaonkar	U15		1741	Bicholim	6	47	50,5	30,25	5
14	21		Shriya Patil	U15F	w	1567	Salcete	6	45	47	28,50	5
15	20		Rajveer Patil	U13		1572	Mormugao	6	45	46	26,75	5
16	27		Sairaj Narvenkar	U13		1500	Salcete	6	43,5	47,5	28,00	6
17	13		Mayuresh Laxlabh Desai	U15		1656	Sattari	6	42,5	45	26,25	5
18	37		Gawas Rishit	U09		1449	Mormugao	6	38,5	44,5	27,25	5
19	12		Joshua Mark Telles	U11		1668	Salcete	5,5	47	50,5	26,50	4
20	15		Anish Naik			1631	Ponda	5,5	45,5	50	27,75	5