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Ad-hoc
chess body sets example for sports
bodies
It`s time, sports bodies should adhear
to Accountability and Transparency, the
two modern-day principles of governance
in the subject. Accountability means,
the office-bearers should own the
success and failure of the concerned
body`s performance. And transparency is
that the office-bearers should be
accessable to the public to let it know
about their performance.
Take the example of a sports body, which
is only an ad-hoc body, which has showed
the way by making it public its
performance in the last six months.
REPORT CARD OF ORISSA CHESS AD-HOC
COMMITTEE:Orissa Chess Ad-hoc Committee
is going to complete six months on 10th
September 2009 following its appointment
on 10th March 2009, vide the Central
Council Meeting of All India Chess
Federation at Chennai. Here is a report
on the committee`s performances:
FELICITATION CEREMONY: Leading players,
coaches, officials and organisations
were felicitated in a grand function on
22nd March 2009 at Bhubaneswar.
STATE SELECTION TOURNAMENTS: Ad-hoc
committee conducted seven State
selection tournaments, featuring record
participants, cash prizes, trophies in
each and every tournament.
HOSTS: The hosting of the Selection
Tournaments by Khurda District Chess
Association, Cuttack District Chess
Association, Kalinga Chess Academy,
Rourkela Steel Plant, Ganjam District
Chess Association helped revive and
activate many District bodies of the
game in the state.
GM TOURNAMENT: For the first time in the
history of chess in Orissa, an
International GM Tournament, carrying a
total prize fund of Rs 10 lakhs was
conducted at Bhubaneswar from 7th to
14th June 2009 with a record number of
GMs, IMs, WGMs in the fray. In the
process a new and potential sponsor in
STAR CONSULTANCY SERVICES was
discovered.
RATING STATUS: For the first time, the
State Senior Chess Championships was
conducted as a rating event, offering a
record prize fund of Rs 35,000.
INTERNATINOAL RATING: Around 30 players
obtained international rating due to the
two big events. Another 30 to 40 players
created rating chances. in the process,
Orissa`s number of Fide rated players
reached the three-figure mark.
NEW RATING TOURNAMENT: Announcement of
another rating tournament with a prize
fund of Rs 50,000 to be organised by
Kalinga Chess Academy at Bhubaneswar
from September 24 to 28, 2009.
ACTIVATING DISTRICT UNITS: Around 20 to
22 new district associations such as
Jharsuguda, Angul, Keonjhar, Koraput,
Gajapati, Boudhc were formed. Old
district bodies such Balasore, Ganjam,
Mayurbhanj and Sambalpur gave assurance
to host State selection tournaments.
LEGAL BATTLE: The Ad-hoc committee won
an important leagal battle against
Orissa State Chess Association (OSCA),
which was suspended by the AICF on
various acts of ommissions and
commissions. The verdict of the court
thus cleared the path for the formation
of a revamped state body through a free,
fair and democratic election, under the
direct supervision of AICF.
WEB-SITE: A website (www.orissachess.com)
was launched, keping in mind the growing
popularity of the game in the state.
Arrangements were made to updated the
site with performance of players of the
state in different state, national and
international tournaments. National U-9,
U-11, National-B, GM Tournament was
telecast live in the web-site. Also, the
Ad-hoc committee kept itself in touch
with all the chess players of the state
through its e-mail orissachess.adhoc@gmail.com
PRAISE FROM AICF: For the first time,
top officials of AICF visited Orissa on
more than one occassion, appreciated the
recent development of the game in the
state and assured all support for
further growth. AICF secretary DV Sundar
went on to say that Orissa would be
among the top chess playing states of
India in the next 2-3 years.
FUTURE PLANS:
· Three more selection tournament by the
end of November 2009.
· A rating tournament at Cuttack.
· An All-India School Competition.
Courtesy :
www.orisports.com
Published on
09th Sep, 2009
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