ACTIVE AGAIN
Gene Pastrana, 2nd from right, is active again in competitive chess when he joined the 2013 Rapid Chess tournament in the last few weeks. He almost made it to the semifinals had he defeated Mohammad Manik Hossain, 2nd from left, and top seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. in his last 2 games. He is joining the 1-month blitz chess tilt on May 12- June 16 and will try again to regain his top form. Tito Cabunagan, right, is the top seed in this event while James dela Cruz, left, will try to improve his game in the format. Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
AS PER Palau Chess Federation’s 2013 Calendar of Events, the 2013 Blitz Chess Tournament will start on May 12 and will conclude on June 16 at Bethlehem Park every Sunday starting at 2:00 pm
Drawing of players’ numbers will be done before the start of the event. In the Open division, the contestants are Roberto Hernandez, Tito Cabunagan, Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., Paquito Suringa, Jr., Dennis Gonzales, Jeffrey Balbalosa, Miguel Hilario, Jr., Rafael Paloma, Eugene Labarda, Eugenio Pastrana, Jose Celiz, Manuel Mahor, Jr., Remrel Dizon, Mohammad Manik Hossain, Nilo de Jesus, Jaime dela Cruz, Glen Navarosa and Gonzalo Escapatoria.
Other interested players are requested to register to Roberto Hernandez at mobile no. 778-5392 or during the ongoing tournament. Registration fee is only $5.00 to be given as prizes to the top 4 finishers.
The women’s and juniors divisions will be combined between Angie Parrado, Baby Edna‘Bheng’ Mission, Gladys Paloma, Joy Flores Whipps, Cyrelle Ann Montel, Ksau Anthony Whipps, Zachery Techall Whipps, George Anzawa, Angelil and Destiny Sisior.
The tournament is a double round-robin event in both divisions with a time control of 5 minutes + 3 seconds increment to finish the game.
This is a FIDE rated event. All players with standard ratings already will start with their standard rating.
Touch move rules will be applied. The FIDE Laws of Chess will be displayed at tournament site for referral in case of protest.
Roberto Hernandez, Bernardo Garcia and Dennis Gonzales will act as Arbiters after they acquired their National Arbiters License from FIDE a week ago. Bernard is not participating so Roberto will be the chief arbiter and Dennis will be the deputy arbiter.
Mission and Nilo de Jesus borrowed chess materials/book/by the book openings/miniature games from Roberto to improve their games as preparation for this upcoming tournament and to 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway in Aug. 01-14, 2014.
De Jesus will finally have more time to compete after his hectic schedule in the last few months is over. He is leading the standings of the 2012 Palau National Chess Championship (Class B) with 8 straight wins and suffered his first loss to Angie Parrado and somehow lost his ‘appetite’ by being beaten by Palau’s top women player in the 9th round.
The results and cross table of the 2013 Rapid Chess have been submitted to Palau’s Rating Officer Jamie Kenmure of Australia and the rapid ratings of the participants will be published at www.fide.com in June.
Solution to last week’s puzzle: 1. Ng6+ Kh7 2. Rxg7+!! Rxg7 3. Rh8 mate.
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