Tuesday, October 2, 2007

FIDE Rated Players from Goa - October 2007

Four more Goans - Agasti Tari, Brahmanand Kamat, M. Harikrishnan and
Rakshith Rai - made it to the FIDE rating list which was released on October
1, 2007. This reflects the growing popularity of chess with the youngsters
in Goa as they are now performing well in the Open tournaments
and earning a name for themselves and the State.

Goan chess also celebrated the success of Anurag Mhamal and Umang Kaisary
whose ratings improved by 33 points and 67 points respectively. Whereas
Umang dazzled in Mangalore with a 2093 performance, Anurag essayed a
brilliant 2203 performance in the National 'B' conducted at Dindigul, Tamil
Nadu.

Among the active players the gap between Woman FIDE Master Bhakti Kulkarni
and Anurag Mhamal has narrowed to just 20 points though it must be mentioned
that Bhakti will be gaining 61 ELO points for her performance in the
National Junior Championship which will be reflected in the January 2008
rating list.

Some of the important ratings are as follows -


J. Venkata Ramana 2168
Mandar Tahmankar 2141
Bhakti Kulkarni 2112
Swapnil Hobble 2105
Anurag Mhamal 2092
Suhas Asnodkar 2031
Shubham Pinge 2012
Sumit Asnodkar 1999
P.M. Kantak 1990
Niraj Saripalli 1967
Standrik Colaso 1957
Sanjay Kavlekar 1947
Celianne Carvalho 1926
A. Malwankar 1914
Umang Kaisary 1889
Prasanna Swamy 1884
Nandhini Saripalli 1876
Keegan Furtado 1870
Shradha Mohanan 1857
Cyrus Perreira 1845
V. Siva Swamy 1820
Pranav Zantye 1795
Anuradha Chavan 1766

New entrants
Agasti Tari 1875
Brahmanand Kamat 1747
M. Harikrishnan 1730
Rakshith Rai 1656

Recent top rating performances by Goan players

1. Commonwealth, November 2006 - 2328 Bhakti Kulkarni (9 games)
2. National Junior Girls 2007 - 2220 Bhakti Kulkarni (10 games)
3. National B 2006 - 2203 Anurag Mhamal (12 games)
4. Sangli, May 2007 - 2176 Anurag Mhamal (8 games)
5. Rochess, December 2006 - 2162 Anurag Mhamal (7 games)
6. Sangli, December 2006 - 2157 Anurag Mhamal (8 games)
6. Mangalore 2007 - 2093 Umang Kaisary (7 games)


SOURCE: Sameer Salgaocar - President, Goa State Chess Association at The Goan Chess Blog

Tennis ball cricket internationals - 2007

Represented India in the tennis ball cricket series against Sri Lanka in Chennai from October 6-9, 2007

Women :
Sharon Dias
Shikha Pandey
Sharmila Naik

Men :
Haresh Parsekar
Hemant Khot
Amey Parab
Coach - Nilesh Naik