Top seed Devesh Anand Naik emerged victorious at the Goa State Senior FIDE-Rated Chess Championship 2025 at DMC College Hall, Asagao-Mapusa.
Naik remained unbeaten throughout the 9-round event, finishing with an impressive 8 points to clinch the title in a commanding fashion. He drew both his final-round games against Rishikesh Parab and Reuben Colaco. With this consistent and dominant display, Naik took home the championship trophy along with the winner’s prize of Rs 10,000.
Rishikesh Parab was declared runner-up with 7.5 points. Reuben Colaco and Chaitanya Patil scored 7 points each. However, Reuben was declared second runner-up on tie-break. Chaitanya finished fourth.
The top 4 players will represent Goa at Senior Nationals in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
Other prize-winners from 5th to 20th position are as follows: Maxwell Raposo, Tanad Bandodkar, Mayanka Kurtikar, Rajveer Patil, Vihaan Tari, Aaryavrat Naik Desai, Sathvik Kerkar, Adarsh Patekar, Aayush Shirodkar, Sai Prabhakaran, Atharv Katkar, Yash Chodankar, Rishit Gawas, Vinay Sutar, Avnish Borker, Aashman Naik Desai.
Category prize-winners in U7, U9, U11, U13, U15, Boys & Girls: Israa Rikarty, Asmi Terse, Navya Narvekar, Samrithi Malkar, Shreesha Ghadi, Trisha Patekar, Aaaradhya Dessai, Aarohi Kanekar, Shuban Malkar, Tejas Chodankar, Vipul Kadam, Shashwat Upadhye, Rudreshan Rajesh, Shourya Kapdi, Rejmaon Fernandes, Shivam Gaitonde, Nirbhay Gaude, Shrihan Chougale, Ved Narvekar, Mahesh Vaigankar, Prajay Maldar, Aaradhya Rane, Gabriel Ferrao, Yajwari Shetye..Best Women: Saisha Patekar
Veteran : Kanta Patekar beat Unrated Rhys Carvalho.
The tournament witnessed an enthusiastic turnout of 93 participants, including 42 FIDE-rated players, reflecting a high level of competition and sportsmanship. A total prize-money of Rs 50,000 and 51 trophies were presented.
The closing ceremony was held in the presence of Kiran Shirodkar ( Chief Guest & Chairman of Dyanprasarak Mandal), Ashesh Keni, Secretary, Goa Chess Association (GCA), Ashish Shirodkar, President of BTCA, Vishwas Pilankar, Treasurer of GCA, Ramchandra Parab, Secretary of BTCA, Suraj Naik, Treasurer of BTCA, IA Arvind Mhamal, Chief Arbiter, Sachin Arolkar, Rajaram Narvekar, Govind Shirodkar.
