India is a chess superpower, but no Dronacharya award in 16 years

India is a chess superpower, but no Dronacharya award for coaches in 16 years

Tamil Nadu By Ajay Tomar November 20, 2022 Read the article

The last time a chess coach received the Dronacharya Award, Sourav Ganguly was still the captain of the Indian men’s cricket team.

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Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa, who ended the nine-year-long wait of chess for an Arjuna Award earlier this month, was a year old.

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It was Ashok Koneru, coach to Koneru Humpy - the current women’s world No 3 - who last received the award in 2006.

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Since 2006, 94 Dronacharya awards have been presented, but none have gone to chess.

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India currently ranks fifth in the tally of grandmasters, having added 59 grandmasters since 2006.

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“It looks like Indian chess has been progressing in the last two decades without any role played by the Indian coaches,” quipped a top Indian chess coach.

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Vishal Sareen, an international master, said that RB Ramesh and he should have been considered for the Dronacharya Award long ago.

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Three chess players trained by Sareen have received the Arjuna Award: Tania Sachdev, Parimarjan Negi, and Abhijeet Gupta.

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Under RB Ramesh’s supervision, India had two breakthrough moments: securing bronze in the 2014 and 2022 Chess Olympiads.

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Ramesh earlier noted that “non-Olympic sports are not given preference in important awards, and that rules favour Olympic sports”.

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