Chess Academy Gets Laptop, Clocks

While praising the efforts of the upcoming Mir Sultan Khan Chess Academy and especially highlighting the outstanding work of GSCA Executive Member Amrut Naik and SAG Coach Sanjay Kavlekar, chief guest Dr. Peter Carvalho declared that Sanvordem will soon emerge as a major chess centre in Goa.

Dr. Carvalho, the founder of Cortalim Chess Club, was speaking at the Prize Distribution ceremony of the State Subjunior Championship which concluded at the
Sarvodaya High School, Curchorem. He went on to add that chess organisation entailed a lot of 'hard work and discipline, and running a full fledged academy
was a tedious and time consuming process'. He noted that after Vasco and subsequently Bambolim, it was the Sanvordem clubs that were now conducting the maximum chess tournaments in the state of Goa.

A laptop, digital chess clocks and sets were donated to the Academy by Mata Mamata Sukhdata Pratisthan. AICF Vice President Sameer A. Salgaocar, GSCA Secretary Suhas Asnodkar and other Executive Members of the GSCA were also present on the occasion. (source - Sameer A. Salgaocar, AICF Vice President)