Sandeep Heble <sandeephe...@gmail.com> wrote: "Youngsters stole the show while top seeds tumbled at the ?Late Shripad Vishnu Kamat Tarcar Memorial? All Goa State Women?s Chess Championship organized by JCI St. Inez in association with Sports Authority of Goa and Goa Chess Association."
Today, I happened to drop in at the ‘Late Shripad Vishnu Kamat Tarcar Memorial’ All Goa State Women’s Chess Championship organized by JCI St. Inez in association with Sports Authority of Goa and Goa Chess Association. I was delighted to see the spirit that a number of our chess workers like Mr. Tanay Kaisare, the Chief Arbiter, who was assisted by Mr. D.R. Pinge, Mr. Peter Rebello, Adv. Anita Thorat, Jyotsna Sarapalli, Viju Gaonkar, Santosh Dempo and Latika Ahuja displayed in ensuring the success of the tournament. I also noticed Sanjay Barve there although his name is not mentioned among the assistant arbiters. I had a chance to shake the hands of Sandeep Heble, who was instrumental in conducting this tournament. It was quite nice to see someone who I don't think is an active chess player promoting this game. The Goa Chess Association would be wise to co-opt such able organisational people so that the game becomes more popular. In the meanwhile the GCA under the President-ship of Asheh Keni will I am sure be working overtime to ensure that all chess workers including people of the calibre of Dr. Peter Carvalho, and Shrikant Barve are made to display their love for the game in a more overt manner. I think my friend Shrikant Barve, who has done much for chess but is currently under a cloud for silly reasons, must be very pleased. That's because his ward, Gauri Hadkonkar, a contemporary and rival of Ivana Furtado, (who incidentally Barve once used to coach) became the Goa's Woman's champion. One of the features of this tournament was the record number of entries. One hundred and forty. Although the popularity of chess is rising in leaps and bounds,I I think that this number has come up in a somewhat artificial manner. The Goa government has come up with a policy that grants a goodly number of grace marks to those who participate in State, National and Inter-School/Higher Secondary events. So a large number of children enrolled in order to avail themselves of those grace marks. Some thought should be given to this abuse of a good system. Anyway, leaving all that aside, congratulations are due to Sandeep Heble and his team for successfully conducting the Goa Women's Chess Championship. Cheers Augusto -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez, Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com or ypinto...@yahoo.co.in P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350