A dubious capture of Montel on the 37th move left his king without a major defender and Azana combined the power of his major artillery (rook and queen) to force mate 4 moves later.
Azana now has 3.5 points from 3 wins, a loss and a draw. Montel, Jr. dropped to 0-1-1.
In a special game held on Saturday, March 03, top seed Tony Villa spoiled Jose Omega's first game of the year with a masterful handling of Petroff Defence and prevailed with the black pieces after 55 moves of quality chess match.
Villa is now is solo 2nd spot with an unblemished 3-0-0 slate. At 3rd is the absent Koror State Legal Counsel Craig Dittrich at 2-2-0 followed by National Master Manny Nedic (1-0-2).
Fourth seed Roberto Hernandez is 1-1-0, venue host Gene Pastrana (1-2-0) had won his first game against newcomer Emmie Buyacao (0-2-0) and Montel, Jr. is still winless in 2 games.
Another 6-player blitz chess competition was held and Villa add another feather in his cap by winning 4 in a row blitz contest.
Omega and Nedic didn't finish all their games due to commitments and all their remainig games were declared draws.
Other players who participated were Hernandez, Montel, Jr., and Pastrana.
Source:
Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 11
Volume 17
March 09-15, 2007
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