Sanjay and Avinash for FIDE Instructor Course

(Photo - Executive Director SAG V.M. Prabhudesai, Assistant
Secretary (Programs) Navin Acharya, AICF Vice President
Sameer A. Salgaocar and GSCA Secretary Suhas Asnodkar
with the two SAG Coaches)

Sports Authority of Goa Coaches Sanjay Kavlekar (ELO 1908)
and Avinash Malvankar (ELO 1914) will leave shortly for Chennai to
attend the prestigious FIDE Instructor Course which is
being conducted by the All India Chess Federation. FIDE
Senior Trainer International Master Jovan Petronic of
Serbia and FIDE Master Peter Long of Malaysia will
be conducting this course from 30th April to 7th May.

AICF Vice President Sameer A. Salgaocar thanked
Sports Minister Manohar Azgaonkar and SAG
Executive Director V.M. Prabhudesai for clearing
the proposal to depute the coaches for this 'once
in a life time opportunity'. 'The unstinted support that we
have received from the Goa Government and SAG
has enabled chess to reach the heights that we are
at presently', he added.

Presently, there are no FIDE certified trainers in Goa
and this initiative by Sports Authority of Goa and the
Goa State Chess Association will be indeed a path
breaking initiative which will give long term benefits
to the chess students in the various schools of Goa.
Kavlekar and Malvankar, after attending the course
in Chennai, in turn can teach these methods
of training to other coaches in Goa and this will help
raise the standard of instruction in the State, it is
understood.