Girl Candidates Master Kriti Patel, Rucha Dakare and Devanshi Shah all enjoyed a successful day easily winning their first round encounters in the Girls U-12 category of the Mahavir Prasad Morarka Memorial Maharashtra State Schools Chess championships (MSSCC) 2018, to be jointly organized by the South Mumbai Chess Academy & Indian Chess School and will be played at the Hall of Vision, Nehru Centre, Worli on Thursday.
WCM Kriti defeated Devanshi Shah to start on a winning note and collect the full point. In the other matches, Rucha prevailed over Vibha Navare Vibha and Devanshi Solanki tamed Shruti Shirsekar to also make positive starts.
Earlier, Former Member of Parliament Shri Kamal Morarka, son of Mahavir Prasad Morarka, inaugurated the championship by lighting the ceremonial lamp, in the presence of school children from 500 schools across Maharashtra.
Addressing the children Morarka said, “I am happy to be associated with the schools chess championship. My father, in whose memory this event is being conducted, was an avid chess enthusiast and he played the game for two hours every day. This is the perfect occasion to keep alive his memory and celebrate his birth anniversary.”
Later, Morarka played a game of chess with 3-year-old Ayaansh Shah of Harmony Montessori, the youngest participant in the championship.
Results – Girls’ U-10 (top 10): Roy Aanya 1 beat Krishnan Trisha 0, Mohatta Anushkaa 0 lost Kale Ashika 1, Dakare Rucha 1 beat Navare Vibha 0, Drishti Shah 0 lost Freeyah Golia 1, Jagadale Ishwari 1 beat Raut Aarya 0, Sara Mody 1 beat Maheshwari Harshita 0, Bhat Sannidhi Ramakrishna 1 beat Shreya Iyer 0, Sole Swanandi Anil 0 lost Aastha Turankar 1, Abadagire Divya 1 beat Soni Nidhi 0, Tamboli Simran 0 lost Aitavade Ekta 1.
Girls’ U-12 (top 10): WCM Kriti Mayur Patel 1 beat Devanshi Shah 0, Devanshi Solanki 1 beat Shirsekar Shruti 0, Shah Viha 0 lost Gauri Saraswat 1, Bitaishita Baya 0 lost Shah Vrisha Parag 1, Saukhya Savant 0.5 drew Janice Barboza 0.5, Judith Leela Jeffery 0 lost Souza Ynez 1, Ira Deshmukh1 beat Kapadia Naisha 0, Kariya Bhoomi Manoj 1 beat Desai Rujula 0, Sri Rashmika M. 1 beat Karwande Vaidehi 0, Kothari Rheanna 0 lost Borate Tanvi 1.