Shattered Dreams? The Hidden Truth Behind the 2025 Revision of Cash Award Scheme

On January 31, 2025, the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, introduced a revision to the “Scheme of Cash Awards to Medal Winners in International Sports Events and their Coaches.” A revision to a cash award scheme is typically seen as a positive move, often signaling the streamlining of processes or an increase in cash incentives, or even both. However, despite the presentation of this revision as… Read More »Shattered Dreams? The Hidden Truth Behind the 2025 Revision of Cash Award Scheme

Ethan Shines at Goa International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025

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Displaying exceptional skill and maturity beyond his years, 13-year-old International Master (IM) Ethan Vaz from Goa achieved a remarkable feat by securing a shared 3rd place finish in the Category A event of the Late Shri Manohar Parrikar 3rd Goa International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025. Geno brand ambassador Ethan Vaz, a Class 8 student of The King’s School (TKS), has brought glory to Goa once again with a stellar… Read More »Ethan Shines at Goa International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025

Ethan clinches Gold Medal at Commonwealth Chess Championships 2024

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We are thrilled to announce that Ethan won the Gold Medal in the Under-16 (Sub-Junior) Open category at the Commonwealth Chess Championships 2024. This achievement is especially meaningful because Ethan chose to push himself by playing in the higher Under-16 (Sub-junior) category, even though he was eligible to compete in the Under-14 category. This decision to challenge himself paid off handsomely with a well-deserved Gold Medal in the prestigious Sub-Junior Open category,… Read More »Ethan clinches Gold Medal at Commonwealth Chess Championships 2024

Goa’s Ethan Vaz clinches Bronze medal at National Blitz Chess Championships 2024 (Seniors)

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Goa’s Ethan Vaz clinched the podium finish at National Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2024 (Seniors), at just 12 years of age. He bagged the prestigious Bronze medal in Blitz Chess Championships. 224 chess players from various states in India, including 59 titled players, participated in the Blitz Championship. He also climbed the podium in the National Rapid Chess Championship by bagging the 11th place and playing some superb games… Read More »Goa’s Ethan Vaz clinches Bronze medal at National Blitz Chess Championships 2024 (Seniors)

Goa’s Ethan Vaz is the world’s youngest International Master (IM) of Chess

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12-year-old FIDE Master (FM) Ethan Vaz, who hails from the village of Raia, completed all the prerequisites for the prestigious title of International Master awarded by International Chess Federation (FIDE) as he achieved his 3rd and final IM Norm at the “Vezerkepzo GM Christmas 2023” round-robin tournament in Budapest, Hungary, on the 3rd of Jan 2024. The title will be officially conferred by FIDE in the next FIDE Council Meeting.… Read More »Goa’s Ethan Vaz is the world’s youngest International Master (IM) of Chess

The FTX Pragg Scholarship of Rs. 2,07,530 goes to Ethan Vaz

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The FTX Pragg Scholarship of Rs.2,07,530 was given to 11-year-old Ethan Vaz. In this video we have IM Sagar Shah who explains how this entire scholarship was conceptualized. We also have a conversation between the man who made this scholarship possible Praggnanandhaa and little Ethan in the 2nd half of the video. In Sagar’s words, “Ethan is one of the biggest talents in Indian chess.” Speaking with Pragg was an… Read More »The FTX Pragg Scholarship of Rs. 2,07,530 goes to Ethan Vaz

Goa’s Ethan Vaz achieves maiden IM Norm

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FM Ethan Vaz of Goa played commendable chess and achieved his first IM Norm at the 29th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival organized in Abu Dhabi from 16th to 24th of August, 2023. At just 11 years of age, Geno Brand Ambassador Ethan was the youngest player to get an entry into the Masters (>2300 Elo) Tournament. With a starting rank of 134 amongst 145 players from 24 countries, of… Read More »Goa’s Ethan Vaz achieves maiden IM Norm

Goa’s Ethan Vaz becomes World No. 1

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11-year-old Ethan Vaz of Goa has become the World No.1 in the Under-12 category in Blitz Chess, which is the fastest format of the sport. Ethan increased a whopping 184 Elo points at Silver Lake 2023 Open Blitz tournament in June, where he defeated 3 International Masters (IMs), amongst others, and clinched the 4th place award amongst 122 players. In July, he pumped up his rating by an additional 208… Read More »Goa’s Ethan Vaz becomes World No. 1

Ethan Vaz impresses at Delhi International GM Open

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11-year-old Ethan Vaz of Goa rocked the chess world as he stood joint 3rd along with 5 grandmasters, at the 20th Delhi International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2023, with a fantastic score of 8.5 points in 10 rounds. He finished in 6th place based on Buchholz tie-break score. Contested by 1075 players including 50+ titled players from 17 countries, the tournament is one of the strongest and probably the biggest… Read More »Ethan Vaz impresses at Delhi International GM Open