Of Kings, Queens & a chess revolutionParesh Mokani | Sep 27, 2014, 12.12 AM IST Panaji: Often, it takes a spark to trigger off a revolution. There are reams and reams of fairytale stories on how a player from...
Problems looming for Goa Chess Federation
Sports Authority of Goa may cut aid to chess body By Marcus Mergulhao, TNNJan 8, 2013, 02.31 AM IST PANAJI: The complaints are piling. Day after day. The Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) is set to act on complaints...
Goa’s first Woman Grandmaster
Bhakti is Goa’s first Woman GrandmasterSeptember 14, 2012 12:01 IST Bhakti Kulkarni became Goa’s [ Images ] first Woman Grandmaster (WGM) after the World Chess Federation officially cleared her title at 83rd FIDE Congress in Istanbul. Bhakti secured three...
Goa’s first WGM
Bhakti is Goa’s first WGMTNN | May 30, 2011, 04.54am IST PANAJI: Goan chess is now, quite literally, at an all time high. A week after Ivana Furtado won the under-12 event at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in...
Ivana gets FIDE WFM
Ivana gets FIDE WFM ratingPTI 02:02 PM,Feb 21,2011 Panaji, Feb 21 (PTI) Two-time world under-8 chess champion Ivana Furtado secured her Woman FIDE Master (WFM) title after winning a silver medal in under-12 girls category at World Youth Chess...
Bhakti becomes Goa”s first International Woman Master
Bhakti becomes Goa”s first International Woman MasterPTI 03:10 PM,Oct 13, 2010 Panaji, Oct 13 (PTI) Bhakti Kulkarni has become the first Goan to bag the International Woman Master (IWM) title, awarded by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) at its...
Goa needs serious chess coaches
Goa needs expert chess coaches, says R Gokhaleby Jovito Lopes Panaji, Feb 17 There is bright future for chess players in Goa provided there is more governmental support, parental help and expert coaching exposure, disclosed Dronacharya awardee chess coach,...