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: