From

B. Narayana Pillai &
Geetha Prakasini
Sreegokulam
Near Power House
Aluva – 683 101.



Sir,
We wish to present before you the following

Chess is a very good intellectual exercise and an entertainment. It
is a royal game - a direct fight between two brains. The personality
of a player can be visualised in his games. Great men like Leo-
Tolstoy, V.I. Lenin and Albert Einstein were great chess lovers.
India is said to be the birthplace of chess. But for long the
erstwhile Soviet Union had been champions of modern chess.
Fortunately with the emergence of Viswanathan Anand on the horizon
of chess, India has found her place, in the world chess map. Now
India has 14 Grand Masters and 43 International Masters.

Though Kerala is famous for high literacy and better intellectual
activities this brain game had been in bad shape in Kerala for long.
Of late thanks to the efforts of chess lovers the great game is
slowly picking up in Kerala. Young children in Kerala are showing
much interest in chess.

Our son Gopal. G.N., a sixteen years old boy is a national
chess champion and an International Medal Winner. Though he was
initiated to chess 5 years before he has become a promising national
and international player. He has participated in 35 nationals and 25
international events. He has represented India in many international
events and has brought laurels to the nation. He won the Dubai
Junior International Chess Championship 2003: Won bronze in the
Tehran Asian Meet 2004. He was 4th in the World Youth Chess Olympiad
2004. Presently Gopal is the reigning national Junior Champion. He
is one of the young IM norm holders in the country.

In the words of Justice V.R. Krishna Aiyer (former judge,
Supreme Court of India) "Gopal is a blossoming genius in chess and
will emerge one day as world's number one." And in the opinion of
G.M. Evegeni Vladmirov, second of World No. 1 Kasprov " Gopal is a
highly talented player." According to Russian Grand Master and
trainer Ruslan Sherbakov, " Gopal is a very promising player. If
trained properly he can become a super Grand Master and world
champion."

The problem here is that Chess at higher level is a very
expensive game. Much money has to be spent for coaching and better
tournament exposure. For Gopal we have spent more than 18 lakh
rupees.

Sir, we the parents of Gopal, are teachers by profession. As
parents we tried our best to promote the talent in the boy. But by
now we are almost tired and exhausted financially. Still we keep on
trying to promote Gopal to the best of our abilities.

We, therefore, humbly request you to consider Gopal's name
for a sponsorship so that he may be able to move to the higher
realms of Chess. We will be grateful to you and true to his
commitment Gopal will prove to be a worthy son of this nation.

Awaiting your favourable reply.

With regards,


Aluva B.
Narayana Pillai &
Date : 14/01/2006
Geetha Prakasini


BIO – DATA




Name : GOPAL.G.N.

Age & Date of Birth : 16 years, 29-03-1989


Address : Sreegokulam,
Near Power
House,
Aluva –
Pin - 683101
Kerala
Phone No:
0484 – 2628551

E- mail:gokulgn@...

Academic Qualification : Studying in Plus One




ACHIEVEMENTS
Chess
International Arena
Sl.No. Event Position held
1 Dubai Open Junior Championship, Dubai 2003. Gold
2 Commonwealth under 18 Championship, Mumbai 2004.
Silver
3 Asian Sub junior Championship, Teheran 2004. Bronze
4 World Youth Olympiad Calicut 2004 IV
5 Asian Junior Championship Rajasthan 2005 V
5 Asian Youth (U-14) Championship, Calicut 2003. VII
6 Participated in World Junior Chess Championship 2002,2004 &
2005.
7 Participated in Asian Sub Junior Uzbekistan 2005.
8 Number of International Master (IM) norms Two Norms



National Arena

Sl.No. Event Position held
1 National Junior Championship, Tirupati 2004 Gold
2 National Sub Junior Rapid (U-12) Chandigarh 2001 Gold
3 National Sub Junior Super League 2004, Calicut Silver
4 XXIX National Sub Junior Championship, Calicut 2003.
Bronze
5 National Sub junior Rapid Championship Calicut 2004
Bronze
6 BC Cochin All India open Fide Rated Tournament, Cochin 2004
Bronze
7 National Sub Junior Rapid Chess Championship Calicut 2004
Bronze
8 7th National Rapid Championship (U-14), Mumbai 2002. V
9 XXVII National Sub Junior Chess Championship,Raipur 2003.
VII

State Arena

Sl.No. Event Position held
1 Kerala State Children's Rapid Championship,Malappuram 2000
Gold
2 XII Kerala State Children's Championship, Trichur 2001 Gold
3 Kerala State Sub Junior Boys' Championship,Palakkad 2000
Gold
4 XIII Kerala State Children's Championship (U-12), Malappuram
2000 Silver