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Goanet mourns the passing of Jorge de Abreu Noronha in Portugal - Nov 27/07 http://tinyurl.com/2dk2bl http://tinyurl.com/29kpdx --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On behalf of GNAT (GoaNetters Association Toronto), we are delighted to congratulate double world-champion Ivana Furtado! GNAT VP Bosco D'Mello will journey to Goa and make a cash token of appreciation to Ivana on our behalf, for her stunning achievement. Congrats! I'm sure Goans worldwide are as proud of this brilliant 7-year old prodigy, and will find words of appreciation, following as she does, in the footsteps of the only other Goan world-toppers, Michael Ferreira and Rita Faria. Francis Rodrigues. GNAT Toronto. ------------------------------ PANJIM, NOV 28: There is no stopping Ivana Furtado!! After securing a place in the Limca Book of Records for being India's youngest World Champion, Ivana added another feather to her cap by retaining the World Girls under-8 chess title inTurkey. Ivana now becomes only the third girl after Koneru Humpy and Dronavalli Harika to win more than one World age group title. Ivana's title triumph in distant Antalya was received with thunderous applause right from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. World Champion Viswanathan Anand was among the first to congratulate Goa's child prodigy. The World Champion hailed the triumph and said he was delighted that there was one more age group World Champion."I was in contact with Ivana Furtado and was supposed to have played a simultaneous in Goa but could not make it," Anand said on the AICF official website, before continuing, "I am happy for her win and wish her well. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said Ivana's amazing success at Antalya will be a great motivator for youngsters in Goa. "I am sure Ivana's triumph will inspire many others," said Kamat. Goa State Chess Association President Sameer Salgaoncar attributed Ivana's success to her coach Dronacharya awardee Raghunandan Gokhale, her family and GSCA. .../AGENCIES ---------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Use fowl language with Chicktionary. Click here to start playing! http://puzzles.sympatico.msn.ca/chicktionary/index.html?icid=htmlsig