http://goachess.rediffiland.com/Diary of shrikant barveen-usAICF Gives Boost For Training
"Shreekant Barve of Goa has been suspended by the AICF from all chess activities pending inquiry."
http://indianchessfed.org/News/2008/March/aicfccmeeting27.03.2008.asp

It is May 10 today and no communication has been received by me from All India Chess Federation of Goa State Chess Association. Its a torture for me. Its affects my regular activites. I was not allowed to paly in a tournament on April 20. I was not allowed to remain in premises on Under 9 Nationals held at Delhi from April 28 to May 6. My students suffered due to this. Do you suggest any other action....

For more details please read http://blogs.ibibo.com/goachess and comments please..



]]>Sat, 10 May 2008 13:02:18 +0530http://goachess.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/05/10/Should-I-opt-of-legal-action-agains.html
"The AICF shall pay Rs.10,000/- for GM's and RS.7,000/- or Rs 5000/- for others for a ten day coaching programme. For outstation coaches AICF will reimburse, on production of tickets, third A/c train fare and shall take care of the local hospitality."
http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/2008/January/natI13Girls/appealtoourplayerscoachingprogramme.asp
Coach unit = 10 days batch for a group of 10

General ratings statistics for India Jan 1 2008 as per FIDE (World Chess Federation)
Total (inactive inclusive): 3371
Total : 2485
Below statistics is valid for active players only:
Grand Master : 16
Woman Grand Master : 5
International Master : 53
Woman International Master : 12
FIDE Master : 24
Woman FIDE Master number : 9
http://fide.com/ratings/avgtoplist.phtml?country=IND

Rating of 2300 is considered as International Master level and
Rating of 2500 is considered as Grand Master level

India has 100 International Master or higher level players. http://fide.com/ratings/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=IND

Considering all 100 are ready to coach throughout the year we have 2400 coach units.
( Coach unit = 10 days batch for a group of 10, 2 in one month, 12 month X 100 players of International Master or higher level)

Fifty percent of these are very active players eager to upgrade their rating. These players itself will demand Gm's Coaching if available at throw away prize.
In reality coach units may not go beyond 150. --- Supply

Like Goa as one chess activity centre, in India there are at least 100 centres.

In Goa there are around 35 Rated players out of which 10 are elderly may not opt for coaching if there is any fee but
25 Rated Players are willing to take IM's coaching even for the normal fee Rs.2500/- per day.
In addition there are another 60 players who are trying hard to become a rated players will also be ready to pay above fee.

My experience tell me that Goa's demand is 16 coach units for a year by paying normal fee of 2500 per day.

In India the situation could be as under:
A person takes 2 coach units in a year.
Active Rated Chess players 2500
Active Rated Chess players in a age group below 20 1800
Trying hard to be a Rated player 5000
(5000 + 1800) 6800 group of 10, 680 group twice a year 1360 coach units---Demand.

Shrikant Barve




]]>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:27:26 +0530http://goachess.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/21/Demand-Supply-of-IM-s-level-chess-c.htmlBollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has explained that the chance to make money from cricket and channelising it to other sports was the main reason for him to get involved with the Cricket Board-promoted Indian Premier League. This has come in Indian Express and other media.

In respect of chess I would like to highlight some thing.

N Srinivasan President of All India Chess Federation, Treasure of BCCI and Head of India Cement is offering Dhoni to play for 20 days in a year and for three years (around 60 days) Rs 6 Crores that is Rs. 10 lacks per day and same Srinivasan is offering Grandmaster in Chess Rs.1000/- per day. Others chess players only Rs.500/- .
http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/2008/January/natI13Girls/appealtoourplayerscoachingprogramme.asp

Appeal to Our Senior Players / IMS' / WIM's / GM's / WGM's / FM's and coaches

AICF proposes to short list the names of coaches who are interested to coach our players and prepare them for National and International tournaments. Those interested are requested to send a mail to AICF with their Bio-data and achievements in coaching if any. The AICF shall pay Rs.10,000/- for GM's and RS.7,000/- or Rs 5000/- for others for a ten day coaching programme. For outstation coaches AICF will reimburse, on production of tickets, third A/c train fare and shall take care of the local hospitality. Those interested may kindly send your mail immediately.
Thies is real sheet.

In IFFI 2007 Volunteers were offered Rs.750/- per day.

This how the top officials of All India Chess Federation thinks about chess players.

Dronacharya Awardee Chess Coach Shri Raghynandan Gokhale has said in a interview recently appered in Navindtimes that minimum apperiance that a GrandMaster get is Rs.30,000/-.

How one can expect that good coach is goint to apply for coaching appel of AICF.
Please also note that there are only 16 Grandmaster in India and around 60 IM's. As also total 100 chess players including GM and IM in India who has ELO rating of 2300+.




]]>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:02:48 +0530http://goachess.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/02/29/Use-cricket-to-uplift-other-sports-Shaharuk.htmlSponsorship for ANNUAL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT & Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education
(26-27 January 2008)

The International Centre Goa (ICG), as you may be aware, is an autonomous not-for-profit organisation founded in June 1987 "to promote understanding and amity between parts of the country and with different communities of the world" through a multiplicity of activities. These include the organisation of seminars and other intellectual meets; Initiating research on cultural, social, economic and political matters; Interaction and affiliation with national and international professional and educational bodies; Dissemination of information through reports, journals and books; and the provision of fellowships and scholarships. As an autonomous institution, our current operational costs are met by revenues generated from the services we render. However to fund our programmes we rely on grants and donations from local and international institutions as well as individuals.
Website http://www.goadialogues.com/
Taleigao Chess Academy (TCA), also a not-for-profit organisation registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 was formally established in February 2007 with the primary aim to promote chess as learning tool; and to promote chess at Pre-Primary and Primary level in Goa by organising:
a. Chess Coaching Classes for children, parents, teachers etc.
b. Chess Tournaments for Children
c. Exhibition of Chess Posters at Public Places
d. Holding seminars on Chess
e. Encouraging influential people to create Chess Parks
Website http://Www. Goachess.info
TCA is affiliated to the Goa State Chess Association (GSCA).

TCA started its activities in 2004. To start with its main thrust was on coaching youngsters. In a short period of time its pupils achieved considerable success. The most notable, of course, has been double World Under-8 Champion Ivana Furtado. Others to have achieve laurels have been Gouri Hadkonkar under-9 Goa I No. 3 and India No16, Varshita Reddy under-9 Goa No. 4, Rohan Ahuja under - 9 Goa No. 5. All together 11 chess players of TCA played in National age category tournament this year in Under 7, Under 9 and Under 11 categories.

The ICG and the TCA will organize ANNUAL ALL GOA PRIMARY SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT on 26-27 January 2008 at the premises of ICG at Dona Paula. This tournament will be the biggest tournament ever held in Goa in this category and will be participated by over 500 students from all over Goa.

The ICG and the TCA collaborated first to organise 2nd All Goa Primary School Students Chess Tournament on 8-9 September at the premises of the Centre which was a great success. This tournament was participated by 240 primary school students from different parts of Goa. The tournament was also complimented by screening two films on chess "Knights of the South Bronx" and "Searching for Bobby Fisher".

The ANNUAL ALL GOA PRIMARY SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT to be held on 26-27 January 2008 will be a different experience for participating students as well as accompanying parents. The parents who will accompany their children will get an opportunity to attend and participate in the following programmes:

A. Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education
Chess is a game that inculcates helps children think better, and improves them in many ways, inculcates good habits like the ability to calculate faster, concentrate for longer periods, remember things better and much else. Taleigaon Chess Academy has planned a Symposium consisting of at least 5 interactive sessions with experienced educationists, Govt. Education and Sports Dept.officials and Chess Association officials to explain the benefits of chess for children. Here queries can be raised on this matter and doubts can be cleared. Award winning feature films 'The Knights of the South Bronx' and 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' will also be screened at the International Center's air conditioned auditorium.
B. Release of Book on Chess
A book on Pre-Primary and Primary school education and the Importance of Chess will be released and will be given to all the participants of chess tournament. A book of around 100 A4 size pages containing the Rules of Chess and other articles on related subjects such as the importance of chess as a learning tool and changing pattern of our schooling over 8 decades written by prominent Goans and others will be published.
C. Street Plays
Different groups will present street plays highlighting the changes that have taken place in our schooling over last eight decades.
D. Educational Institution Stalls: We are offering schools and educational institutions an opportunity to put up stalls at the venue to promote their ideas on education and to inform the large number of parents and others gathered there about the services offered by them both curricular and co-curricular. Schools will also be given an opportunity to showcase their achievements by audio visual means to Goans at large.


Expenses for the tournament are estimated as follows:
Particulars Amount in Rs.
Prizes
(Prizes include 20 Original Imported DVD's of Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili costing Rs. 1352/- each, Chess Books and Trophies) 50,000
Lunch & Refreshments for Participants 70,000
Printing of Book "Education & Chess" 75,000
Printing & Publicity 25,000
Venue Arrangements 1,00,000
Other Administrative expenses 25,000
Total 3,45,000


We wish to make this event a special one by venturing with your support by means of sponsorship. Your sponsorship could be direct monetary support or could be in the form of supporting a subhead as listed above. All such sponsorships will be duly acknowledged in the following ways:
- Pre-event publicity in newspaper articles, posters and banners, emails and ICG and TCA website
- Publicity during the event on 26-27 January 2008, and
- Post-event publicity in newspaper articles, ICG and TCA website, etc.

We would like to offer following Corporate Sponsorship packages

Co-Sponsor: Rs. 1 lac and above. Co-sponsor will have the following visibility:
1. Main event back drop at the inaugural function
2. Entrance of the tournament venue
3. Branding through print and electronic media, banners and posters
4. Prominent mention at the press conference
5. Publicity by way of giving prominent place to display logo at the venue during the tournament
6. Four colour pages space in Book of chess (Page Size 17 cm x 25 cm pp)
Associate Sponsor: Rs.25,000/- and above. Associate Sponsor will have the following visibility:
1. Main Event side-wings at the inaugural function
2. Side wings at the Entrance of the tournament venue
3. Branding through print, electronic media banners and posters
4. Mention at the Press conference
5. Publicity by way of providing space to display logo at the venue during the tournament
6. One colour pages space in Book of chess (Page Size 17 cm x 25 cm pp)


Advertisement rates on a A4 size page of in "Book on Chess"
Inside cover colour page Rs. 10,000
Full page colour Rs. 5000/-
Full page (B/W) Rs. 3000/-
Half Page (B/W) Rs. 1500/-
Art work to be published (17.5cm X 25 cm) in the book should reach us latest by 20th Dec 2007.

Draft/cheque may be in favour of Taleigao Chess Academy and posted to Taleigao Chess Academy, Dynasty Manor, Odlembhat, Taleigao-Caranzalem-Goa. 403002


We would be grateful if you could let me know the nature and extent of sponsorship you are willing to undertake so that we can plan the event.

I trust that in keeping with the aims and objects of the Centre as well as TCA, our mutual relationship and the spirit of the tournament, you will respond generously to this request.

Thanking you.

Sincerely yours,


M Rajaretnam
Director/ Chief Executive
The International Centre Goa

Shrikant Barve
Secretary,
Taleigao Chess Academy



]]>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:16:57 +0530http://goachess.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/12/10/Sponsorship-for-ANNUAL-PRIMARY-SCHOOL-CHESS.htmlInvitation to NGO and Educational Institutions to Put Up Stalls
At the Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education
&
Primary School Students Chess Festival
At International Centre, Dona Paula
On Saturday 26 January (Republic Day) and Sunday 27 January 2008

A. Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education
Chess is a game that inculcates helps children think better, and improves them in many ways, inculcates good habits like the ability to calculate faster, concentrate for longer periods, remember things better and much else. Taleigaon Chess Academy has planned a Symposium consisting of at least 5 interactive sessions with experienced educationists, Govt. Education and Sports Dept.officials and Chess Association officials to explain the benefits of chess for children. Here queries can be raised on this matter and doubts can be cleared. Award winning feature films 'The Knights of the South Bronx' and 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' will also be screened at the International Center's air conditioned auditorium.

B. Children's Chess Festival
Side by side we will be having a mega chess tournament where we expect 500 school children, aged between 6 to 10 years to participate over the two days. Here prizes worth Rs.35, 000/- will be given away. There will be around 600 parents accompanying the children. It may be noted that in the last tournament organized by Taleigaon Chess Academy on 8 and 9 September 2007, 241 children participated.

C. Release of Book on Chess
A book on Pre-Primary and Primary school education and the Importance of Chess will be released and will be given to all the participants of chess tournament. A book of around 100 A4 size pages containing the Rules of Chess and other articles on related subjects such as the importance of chess as a learning tool and changing pattern of our schooling over 8 decades written by prominent Goans and others will be published.

D. Street Plays
Different groups will present street plays highlighting the changes that have taken place in our schooling over last eight decades.

E. Educational Institution stalls : We are offering schools and educational institutions an opportunity to put up stalls at the venue to promote their ideas on education and to inform the large number of parents and others gathered there about the services offered by them both curricular and co-curricular. Schools will also be given an opportunity to showcase their achievements by audio visual means to Goans at large.

We request you to put a stall of your institution at above mention event. Primarily your stall should provide information regarding your Institutions' Vision and Mission; its achievements, the curricular & co-curricular activities promoted by your institutions . (A stall will have a space of around 4 sq meters and one table (5 ft) and four chairs partitioned on three sides).

Full colour page (A4 size) advertisement in the book and a stall will cost you Rs.5000/-

Your artwork for colour page should reach us before 21st Dec, 2007. A cheque made in favor of Taleigao Chess Academy and may be sent to Taleigao Chess Academy, Dynasty Manor, Odlembhat, Taleigao, Caranzalem-Goa.


December 5, 2007 Secretary
Email : goachess@dataone.in Ph: 2451143/9326132702 (Shrikant Vinayak Barve)



]]>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:04:37 +0530http://goachess.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/12/07/Invitation-to-Put-Up-Stalls-At-the-Symposium-on.htmlInternational Centre Goa, Dona Paula (ICG) has also come forward to promote chess as a learning tool. Taleigao Chess Academy Sports Club(TCA) and ICG signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote chess activities for nest five years.
I am pleased inform you the (TCA) and the International Centre Goa (ICG) will organize All Goa Primary School Chess Tournament on 26-27 January 2008 at the premises of ICG at Dona Paula. There are going to be a seminar on Pre Primary and Primary Schools in Goa and Chess as learning tool and many more on these days alsong with 500 childrens playing in chess tournament.

World under- 8 Champion Ivana Furtado, National Junior Girls Champion Bhakti Kulkarni, Goa State Champion 12 year old Anurag Mhamal, and other little masters like the 7 year olds - Harikrishnan Mohanan and Riya Sawant and the 11 year olds - Niraj Saripalli and Cyrus Pereira are some of the names which regularly figure in not only local newspapers but in the National media as well. They are making all Goans proud.

It is necessary that the momentum that has been built up by these youngsters should be sustained and Chess should keep gaining popularity. Not only will this bring further honour to the state, but this will help sharpen the minds of the youngsters, and take them away from the TV, the idiot box that many are glued to all day. This is what Taleigao Chess Academy Sports Club (TCA) has been doing. Incidentally World under- 8 Champion Ivana Furtado got her baptism in chess here.

Taleigao Chess Academy started its activities in 2004. To start with its main thrust was on coaching youngsters. In a short period of time its pupils achieved considerable success. The most notable of course has been World under-8 Champion Ivana Furtado. Others to have achieve laurels have been Gouri Hadkonkar under-9 Goa I No. 3 and India No16, Varshita Reddy under-9 Goa No. 4, Rohan Ahuja under - 9 Goa No. 5. All together 11 chess players of TCA played in National age category tournament this year in Under 7, Under 9 and Under 11 categories.
The reason why we are so keen on promoting chess is that it is being increasingly accepted that chess helps to improve the mental faculties of young children. Without even realizing it, the abilities of children at mathematics and logical thinking, reading comprehension and lateral thinking as well as the ability to concentrate improve dramatically. Value education is being given to children in a quiet way as they learn how to be disciplined and hard working.

International Centre Goa, Dona Paula (ICG) has also come forward to promote chess as a learning tool. TCA and ICG signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote chess activities for nest five years.

Hence TCA and ICG is organizing a All Goa Tournament for primary school students at International Centre Goa, Dona Paula on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 January, 2008. Over 500 children are expected to participate in the tournament. Over 240 children participated in our last tournament held in September 2007.

The parents who will accompany their children will get an opportunity to attend and participate in the following:
a) An interactive session with experienced educationists, officials from Sports Authority and Department, and chess federation officials who will interact on how chess can benefit children in different ways.

b) Award winning feature films 'The Knights of the South Bronx' and 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' will be screened for the parents at the International Center's AC auditorium.

c) A book with information about past and present pre primary/ primary school pattern/curriculum, importance of chess in primary school education, importance of sport for growing kids will be released.

We would also give opportunity to other privately run schools to present their Ideas of education at the venue.

The expenses for the tournament are estimated as follows:

1. Prizes for Children Rs. 35,000/-
(Prizes include 20 Original Imported DVD's of Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili costing Rs. 1352/- each, Chess Books and Trophies).
2. Lunch & Refreshments for Participants Rs.70,000/-
3. Printing of Book "Education & Chess". Rs.75, 000/-
4. Printing & Publicity Rs.25,000/-
5. Other Administrative expenses Rs.25,000/-

We will also offer schools an opportunity to put up their stalls which can promote their ideas on education and other services offered by individual schools both curricular and co-curricular. Schools will also be given an opportunity to showcase their achievements by audio visual means.

We look forward to your whole hearted contribution to promote the game of chess in Goa. Viva Goa! Viva Chess!

(Shrikant Vinayak Barve)
Secretary: Taleigao Chess Academy 2451143/9326132702





]]>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:06:56 +0530http://goachess.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/11/15/International-Centre-Goa-Promotes-Chess-as.htmlJustice Konde did a tireless service to the Indian legal system by delivering Jugement on 1993 Bombay blast case. He never took a leave for last 10 years from the day he was on this case. He was present on the days even when both his parents expired.

Don Dawood Ibrhim mastermind behind the blast was not tried as he is hiding in Gulf. his relatives include in 12 who were sentenced Death penalty. other 20 were given life inprisenment and 67 some minor punishement.

Highlight of this case was Hollywood Icon Sanjay Dutta. He is serving six years of Jail.

I want put before you is the mentality of the Indian people.
Hollywood prsumes that Sanjay has already suffered a lot. He should have been freed. Sanjay was enjoying the company of all those involved for many years.
He has hidden some explosives and 3 AK56 on their request. The same explosives were used in Bombay Blast were in 250 common man lost live and many were injured.

Sanjay was 33 at that time. He was married having a child. He had left left his cancer driven wife for herself. He is also a drug edict. Most of all he was enjoying his friendship with these all terrorist even after Bombay blast. In no way he helped prosecutors in bringing the truth before the law. ( Had it been, it would have been the highlighting points on his mercy petition).

We all should see that he is tried under TADA if he approach Supreme Court.


]]>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:21:16 +0530http://goachess.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/08/05/Phycology-of-Indian.htmlSanjay Datta was 33 when he accepted Ak56 and some explosive to be hidden. He was very well aware what he is doing. He was enjoying the company of terrorist. There after he has not atall help investigatin officers.. ( otherwise it would have come in mercy petition filed by him). His earlier record as human being is also very bad. He was adrug eddict. He misbehaved with his first wife who was cancer patient. He is with his third wife. God and his 2nd wife only knows whe they were seperated. Bollywood people Sairabanu all had only prases for Sanjay. He should be hanged... as those explosives were used for bombay blast is proved.]]>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:50:38 +0530http://goachess.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/08/02/Media-Hype-of.html