(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 coaching to other coaches in Goa and this will help raise the standard of instruction in the State, it is
understood.

(source - Sameer A. Salgaocar, AICF Vice President)
 

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