Goa, April 18 -- Team Herald

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PONDA: Mandar Lad from Bardez emerged unbeaten with a flawless 9/9 score to win the all-Goa Open Rapid Chess tournament 2025 organised by Serials Chess Academy and GVM's Chess in School, at the GVM's Higher Secondary School premises, Ponda, recently.

Saras Powar and Paarth Salvi followed in second and third places respectively, both finishing with 7 points.

Top 20 overall winners: Mandar Pradip Lad, Saras Powar, Paarth Salvi, Chaitanya Gaonkar, Bezstrakhov Dmitry, Shubham Sawaikar, Mayuresh Desai, Hriday Morajkar, Aarth Shenvi Karapurkar, Joshua Telles, Rachel Pereira, Valanka Fernandes, K Suresh Navin, Atharva Sawal, Vihaan Tari, Kanishk Sawant, Adarsh Patekar, Avaneeshwar Guin, Hawa...