ONCE dubbed as the future of Palau's chess, 11-year-old Dmitri Villanueva will lead the Christmas break tournament this month as his mother Martha confirmed his participation in the inaugural event.
In early January of 2003 tournament held at Image Restaurant, Dmitri became the youngest participant and after the 5-round classification that determined the Class A and B group, he was in the bracket of 14, 17 and the oldest player at 58, Ben Ramos.
When he played Ramos in the 1st round of the double round-robin affair, it became the biggest age differential in Palau chess history that the organizers held a separate tourneys for kids in the preceeding tournaments.
The 2003 Age Group Chess tournament should have been a first for Dmitri to earned a chess trophy had he finished the triple round-robin event that saw the emergence of eventual champion Jayrome Soriano, who won $50.00 cash prize in the unrated division of Ambassador Marino Cup Rapid Chess tournament held on June 25, July 01 and July 09 at the Philippine Embassy Office.
Ken Pastrana, the 9-year-old son of Knights and Rooks Chess Club secretary/treasurer Gene Pastrana, is asking if he can join the tournament which is only for Palauan kids 15 years and below.
He was born in Palau and if that makes him eligible, some more players will join the field like Arnel Corona, who's father is married to a Palauan. Jielton Cabierte is also interested.
The officers and members of KRCC will have a meeting regarding this matter.
Meanwhile, registration is still going on for the kids' tournament which will be held everyday during Christmas break.
The final round of the 2006 Rapid Chess tournament will be held this Sunday, December 10 at Jean's Boutique and Store.
In the penultimate round held on Sunday, December 03, top seed Menandro Manuel dealt newcomer-veteran Tony Villa his 3rd loss of the tournament.
Villa nipped NM Manny Nedic to keep his hope intact for at least a tie at first place.
Nedic needs to win over Manuel and all of his remaining matches to forge a triple tie for the championship.
The touch move violation committed by Villa in his 2nd game against Roberto Hernandez was settled in favor of the latter.
Source:
Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
December 08-15, 2006
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