LAURENCE Abuton, a maintenance crew of Palau Royal Resort, surged into the top 3 spot in the resumption of PRR rating chess tournament after a week break when he demolished Ivan II Chess Computer in 55 moves of Caro-Kahn Defence.
He is only half point away from the 2 frontrunners Nino Flores and Roberto Hernandez and trailing him by a whole point are 1st round leader Jaime Guevarra and Zaldy Ranopa.
In the crowded 6th to 8th place are Dennis Lara, Arnel Pama and Robert Tubice, who ended his skid by trouncing Arnold Rivera in 30 moves of King's Pawn Opening.
In solo 9th and 10th are Abraham 'Abe' Francisco and Tony Penas respectively while Paul Garcia played only 3 games since coming back from vacation, winning 2 and losing 1 to Ranopa in just 18 moves of Bishop Opening.
He made 2 weak moves in the middle game. He escaped with a win over Penas when he forked his adversary's king and bishop to go ahead by with a whole piece and
checkmated Penas in 44 moves of Sicilian Defence.
Excalibur Chess Computer scored 2 victories over Penas in 36 moves of French Defence and over Randy Sioson in 19 moves of Sicilian Defence (Alapin Variation) to grad solo 13th place, just a point behind Erick Ventinilla.
The game of the week belongs to Manny Dulay when he executed a neat deviation from Ivan vs. Pama game that resulted in a masterful conquest of the talking and taunting machine in 41 moves of another Sicilian Defence (Dragon Variation).
The last game of the week was between Pama and Hernandez at 11:00 pm, a very rare time of play with Hernandez employing his pet Modern Defence to outwit Pama in 24 moves and tie Flores again for the lead.
Pama, the elected Chairman of King Royal Chess Club of PRR, made a 2nd list of pairings of available players but still many players can't make it.
The other officers agreed with his suggestion that the tourney will be finished at the end of this month and whoever has the highest score wins the championship.
With this idea, players have no more excuses especially the ones who are contenders to the top 3 spots.
Lone lady entrant Zueni Miraubueno asked Hernandez to cancel his name as participant. She was given another chance to play on her day off but failed to show up.
Her 16 first round games were all awarded to her opponents and if she like to catch up in the 2nd round, this is her last chance.
STANDINGS OF PLAYERS AND THEIR WIN-LOSS-DRAW RECORD:
1. Nino Flores (12-2-0) 2. Roberto Hernandez (12-2-0) 3. Laurence Abuton (11-6-1) 3. Zaldy Ranopa (10-3-1) 4. Zaldy Ranopa (10-3-1) 5. Jaime Guevarra (9-4-3) 6. Dennis Lara (10-4-0) 7. Arnel Pama (10-8-0) 8. Robert Tubice (9-7-2) 9. Abe Francisco (9-5-1) 10. Tony Penas (8-6-0) 11. Paul Garcia (7-4-0) 12. Erick Ventinilla (6-9-1) 13. Exclibur (5-9-1) 14. Paquito Suringa, Jr. (5-11-0) 15. Manny Dulay (4-13-0) 16. Ivan II (3-9-0) 17. Randy Sioson (3-12-0) 18. Arnold Rivera (1-2-0) 19. Zuenie Mirabueno (0-18-0).
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
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Volume 17
October 05-11, 2007
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