The RAPID chess tournament organized by the Postgraduate Department of Mahatma Gandhi Ideology of Maharashtra Ticktock Maharaj Nagpur University evoked a huge response. As many as 233 young players, participating in different age groups and categories, displayed their skills on the 64-square board. Prizes were distributed to the winners in different categories. These included the best female player, senior player, 20 to 45 years of age award, top ten players in each of the under-7, 9, 12, 15, 17, and 19 years (boondockers), disabled players, and the youngest male and female players. The rapid chess competition was hosted by the Next Gen Chess Team, comprising young Shelkar (16 years), Varad Gawande (17 years), and Mayank Tichkule (15 years). Sayali Shelkar and Shailendra Shelkar contributed significantly to the successful organization of the competition. The competition was judged by Akash Rewatkar, Prayas Gambade, Shyam Agarwal, Amit Temburne, and Shishir Indulge. The event, organized under the guidance of Vice-Chancellor Dr. Manali Kshirsagar, Pro-Vice Chancellor Dr Achilles Peshawar, and Acting Registrar Dr. Vijay Khandal, was graced by Adhisabha Member Dinesh Sheram, Adhisabha Member Prathamesh Phylloxera, Mani Shimla, and Head of the Mahatma Gandhi Ideology Department Prof. Pramod Watkar.

 

The guests appreciated hosting the chess championships and said that young players will get inspiration through such competitions. List of award-winning: Sai Sharma, Vishwaditya Awasthi, Sahejveer Singh Maras, Suhan Deshpande, Ritika Game, Rishikesh Lohit, VishwajitNaik, Isham Lalande, Nihansh Rhode, Shreyas Bahadur, Sarita Devdhagle, Shraddha Sakharwade, Gautam Meshram, CD Gigabyte, Prabhakar Patil, Ritvik Jaiswal, Shivam Singh, Kumar Arun, Siddhant Tide, A mol Makar, Daivik Chandak, Maysha Khan, HarshDayal, Arpit Patel, Amol Ramteke, Soham Satphale, SharvilKakade, Allay Gigabyte, Alok Fadnavis, Marshal Condone, Jives Dhole, Martha Kaushik, Atharva Mohammad, Shardul Mahajan, Vidhi Mishrikotkar, Bhakti Titarmare, Scoresheet Santander, Kameksha Janabandhu, Amish Sandekar, AmolDevdhagle, YugantRamteke, ArnavSomkuvar, JeetJain, Utkarsh Kothari, RudraGhadge, Athang Paunikar, Ratan Fulzhele, Vihan Deshmukh, PrayagHazare, Kavya Bagadia, Alina Thaware, Anti Junkyard, AdvikaBhoyar, Dhvani Panchen, AdvikaYamade, Ritual Jain, Sindhi Bagadia, Ashanti Janabandhu, Vedanta Dakar, Hard as Iranian, Shrimped Shake, Rutam Jhanwar, Vihan Walde, Aarav Vishwanath, Shreyansh Hinge, Aryansh Jambhulkar, Samar Pande, Sanskar Jambhulkar, Suryansh Sinha, Ojaswi Poharkar, Ashwi Upganlawar, BarkhaSingh, Swara Borkar, SharvaniKubde, Sanskrit Jambhulkar, GargiHedau, Agria Thackery, Swahili Salivkar, Dhruti Chhabria, Sheikh Abdul Ahad Mohammed, Anshan Goddam, Danish Phulwani, Harman Parang, Dhruv Daswani, Rudranksh Waghmare, Vihan Shambhuvani, Veer Deshmukh, Chaitanya Narade, Bhuvansh Gokhale, Bhuvika Roy, Jiya Darekar, Urvi Ghugal, Divija Saale, Ishwari Bhoyar, Adhara Bhoyar, Navy Handel, Namasya Sappati, Botha Yerawar, Shasvastha Indurkar, Nash Insane, Shoumik Lanjewar, Nisan Khakse, Dilbar Singh Maras, Rajveer Rathod, Avyan Rathi, YuvanRathi, Daivik Chanda, Ahi Mushroom, Prisha Naranware, Marsha Rewatkar, Kiara Bhavnani.