Barve's fears are without any rhyme or reason. I met Sameer Salgaocar during the finals of a Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament held on Sunday and contrary to what Barve may feel, while discussing the State Chess championships that are underway in Porvorim, the "GSCA President" had a positive word or two to say about the performance of Barve's son. For the records, the GSCA has reduced the entry Fee for the National B Championships from Rs 6000/- to Rs 4000/-, so that the number of entries from Goa will go up.
Instead of lauding the "GSCA" for this, Barve continues to tread along a foolish path. Making such kinds of unsubstantiated allegations, splashing various forums with his rantings and sending unsolicited mails to all and sundry in the chess world has been Barve's modus operandi for some time now. Every action meets with an equal and opposite reaction. These are the laws of physics and they cannot be challenged. Mr. Barve may feel that everybody is conspiring against him but he does not realize that he has today become a victim of his own actions. Now, he needlessly drags his son into what is essentially his spat with the "AICF" while making, once again, wild and imaginary insinuations against the Chess Body. A stubborn Barve may never learn but I hope he leaves his son out of all this. I am sure the "AICF" will not be foolish enough to penalize the son for the father's actions. Cheers Sandeep
