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St. Mary's Convent High school, Mapusa is staging a play titled "Lion King" December 1, 2007 - Hanuman Hall, Mapusa to fundraise for a false ceiling for the school hall & upgrading the school playground Headmistress Sr. Namika A.C. / Teacher Mrs. Sonia Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whereas Ivana Furtado continued her good run with a victory over her Turkish opponent, Bhakti Kulkarni's chances of a medal were eliminated in the eighth round of the World Youth Chess Championships being played at Antalya, Turkey. Commonwealth Under 18 Girls Champion Bhakti Kulkarni (ELO 2112) loss to Ukraine's Olga Ivanenko (ELO 2125) more or less puts her out of the race for the medals. To add to her troubles, she has got the 4th seed Jovana Vojinovic (ELO 2227) as her opponent in the 9th round. She could at best try to win her last three games and hope for a top 10 finish. Asian Under 8 Girls Champion Ivana Furtado beat Turkish girl Buse Vatansever in the 8th round to stay to within half a point of Vietnamese girl Thanh Thuy Tien Nguyen who leads the table with 7 points. Defending champ Ivana shares 2nd spot with 2 others and will meet the Vietnamese leader in a top of the table clash in the 8th round. To defend her World Under 8 title, Ivana will have to take full point from this crucial game. In other results, Maharashtra's Vidit Gujarathi (ELO 2315) defeated Russian International Master Sanan Sjugirov (ELO 2422) in a fine tactical encounter to grab the sole lead with 7 points in the Under 14 Boys section. Unfortunately, Harshal Shahi (ELO 1708) of New Delhi in the Under 8 Boys section and WIM Mary Ann Gomes (ELO 2262) of Kolkata in the Under 18 Girls section both lost so that India's medal chances overall are looking rather bleak at this point of time. Dronacharya awardee Raghunandan Gokhale, who is coaching both Ivana and Bhakti, stated that Ivana played excellently in the 8th round. He expressed satisfaction with the Catalan opening which Ivana used for the first time in her chess career but refused to reveal whether she will use it again during the course of this event! SOURCE: Sameer Salgaocar - President - GSCA