Sub: Bhakti Breaks Into Top Ten in World Chess Rankings! Dears
An email was sent to goanet with the subject: Bhakti Breaks Into Top Ten in World Chess Rankings! http://www.goanet.org/post.php?name=News&list=goanet&info=2010-September&post_id=198289 So far no one seems to have noticed this. I guess this is because of the fact that most of the gonnetters are living abroad and they care two hoots about Goan Goans. Once in a way they become interested about Catholic Goans because their ancestors used to live here, but just once in a way. Seeing the name Bhakti Kulkarni they must have thought that this is a girl is from Mauritius or Maharashtra, or maybe from India ;-( - but not from Goa. So there was silence. Yes she is a Marathi speaker but she has lived all her life in Goa. It is sad that goanetters are so parochial and fail to applaud Goan albeit non-Christian acheivers. I hope this behaviour by fellow goanetters does not persist when Ivana Furtado another chess prodigy who I can assert is definitely Goan in her roots, registers her acheivements. ...................................................................................................................................................... Bhakti Breaks Top Ten Barrier!Brand Ambassador for Goa Carbon Ltd and Asian Under 18 Girls’ Chess Champion Bhakti Kulkarni progressed into Top Ten World rankings for the first time in her career. Bhakti is ranked No.9 in the Under 18 Girls category in the World with her career best rating of 2294. She was ranked 18th in the July Rating list. Needless to mention, Bhakti has maintained her No. 1 position in Asia. She is already national Junior Champion of India. “These are phenomenal achievements by any standards,” opined Bhakti’s coach Dronacharya awardee Raghunandan Gokhale. With her Asian Gold winning performance in China (July, 2010) and career best play in the World Junior Girls Championships, Poland (August 2010), this petite collegian from Chougule College, Madgao could achieve her dream of finishing in top ten. Bhakti is preparing hard for the forthcoming World Youth Chess Championships scheduled to be held in Greece next month. “I cannot believe that I am ranked in the top ten in the World! But I shall try to improve my rating further,” she assured with determination. Bhakti was Goa State Men’s Champion for three successive years when she was just 11 year old. At the age of ten, Bhakti was awarded International rating of 2086 which still is considered very high for a ten year old girl. Bhakti’s father Pradip Kulkarni said that he is very proud of his daughter. According to Pradip, Grandmaster Adrian Mykhalchishin of Russia has recommended Bhakti to play in Europe to become Women Grandmaster. “Thanks to Goa Carbon Limited, Bhakti can play at least this much,” said Bhakti’s mother Priya Kulkarni. Bhakti is slated to become Goa’s first International Woman Master by end of this month when the World Chess Federation will formally award the title during the Olympiads at Khanty Mansik(Russia). -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez, Goa, India E [email protected] or [email protected] P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello [email protected] (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
