Participants of the FIDE
Trainers’ Seminar (L-R) Peter Erick Magbanua, Dennis Gonzales, Bernard Garcia,
Roberto Hernandez, Paquito Suringa, Jr., Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., Eugene
Labarda, Tito Cabunagan and Jeff Balbalosa. Sitting (L-R) Ohjea Perdon, Gladys
Anne Paloma, Erick Ksau Whipps, Geoffrey Borg, Baby “Bheng” Edna Mission and
Angie Parrado.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
(Taken by Angelil Sisior)
(Taken by Angelil Sisior)
GEOFFREY BORG IS BACK!
CONDUCTED FIDE TRAINERS'
SEMINAR
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 23
Issue 32
April 21, 2014
SEMINAR
HE'S BEEN for the first time in
Palau on Jan. 23-24, 2014 with Casto ‘Toti’ Abundo where their 4-day trip was
cut short because of United Airlines cancelled flight on Tuesday, Jan. 21. They
have to go to Korea for a connecting flight.
Geoffrey Borg, the Chief
Executive Officer of World Chess Federation (FIDE), came to Palau again via Guam
on Sunday evening, April 13 and conducted a FIDE Trainers’ Seminar for FIDE
Trainer Titles on April 14-16, 2014.
It was held at Surangel’s
Construction Office in Malakal from 6:00-10:00pm with 14 local players/participants
wherein 10 of them are members of Palau Chess Team to 2014 World Chess Olympiad
in Tromso, Norway to be held from Aug. 01-14, 2014.
The participants are NM Cyril
Tomas Montel, Jr., NM Roberto Hernandez, NM Tito Cabunagan, CM Bernardo Garcia,
Dennis Gonzales, Jeffrey Balbalosa, Paquito Suringa, Jr., WNM Angelica Parrado,
Baby Edna Mission, Gladys Anne Paloma, Eric Ksau Whipps, Eugene Labarda, Peter
Erick Magbanua and Ohjea Mae Figueroa Perdon.
Mr. Borg is also helpful enough
to teach the Palau Chess Team Members individually of their favorite openings,
defences, strengths and weaknesses at the lobby of Palasia Hotel from
11am-5:30pm.
There’s a lot that has been learned
in this seminar. Notably the book of David Bronstein’s “Zurich
International Chess Tournament 1953”; The Seven Deadly Sins in Chess; How to
Think in Chess; Think Like A Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov; Former World Chess
Champion Viswanathan Anand’s quote about intuition; Basic Chess Endings by
Reuben Fine; Aaron Nimzovich “My System”; Chessbase 12; My Great Predecessors
by Gary Kasparov; Chess Informant 117 and many more.
Also the 14 World Chess
Champions: 1. William Steinitz 2.
Emmanuel Lasker 3. Jose Raoul Capablanca 4. Alexander Alekhine 5. Max Euwe 6.
Mikhail Botvinnik 7. Vassily Smyslov 8. Mikhail Tal 9. Tigran Petrosian 10.
Boris Spassky 11. Robert James Fischer 12. Anatoly Karpov 13. Gary Kasparov and
14. Magnus Carlsen. The current women
champion is Hou Yifan of China.
The former Presidents of FIDE
were also emphasized from July 28, 1924 –1. Alexander Rueb 2. Folke Rogard 3.
GM Max Euwe 4. GM Fridrick Olaffson 5. Florencio Campomanes and 6. Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov.
The last part of the seminar was
the exam where the first question is the Five FIDE Trainers Title to be given
to those who will pass the exam and evaluation for the other titles – 1. FIDE
Senior Trainer (FST) 2. FIDE Trainer (FT) 3. FIDE Instructor (FI) 4. National
Instructor (NI) and 5. Developmental Instructor (DI).
Hernandez, Garcia and Gonzales
got their National Arbiter (NA) title while Palau Chess Federation President
Eric Ksau Whipps got his FIDE Arbiter title when he passed the exam during the
2013 World Youth Chess Championship in Al Ain Abu Dhabi, UAE last December.
This seminar is also a
preparation for Palau Chess Team on how to act/react during the Olympiad; what
food to eat; what time to have lunch; what time to sleep; to walk a total of
one kilometer during a game or while waiting for opponent to make the move; to
go to rest room and wash the face and go back fresh for the endgame; play more
cautiously after making a mistake; have a balance practice –1 hour on opening,
1 hour on middle game, 1 hour on endgame, 1 hour on classical games and 1 hour
blitz EVERYDAY! THANK YOU MR.
GEOFFREY BORG!!!
Results of the 3rd
round of 2014 Palau Open Chess Tournament held on April 13, 2014 at Bethlehem
Park: 1. Paquito Suringa, Jr. vs. John Joseph Pabiona (1-0) 2. Tito Cabunagan
vs. Charley Patris (1-0) 3. Jeff Balbalosa vs. Baby Edna Mission (1-0) 4. Neph Macasaet vs. Dennis Gonzales (0-1) 5.
Roberto Hernandez vs. Peter Erick Magbanua (1-0) 6. Suringa vs. Cabunagan (1-0)
7. Balbalosa vs. Pabiona (1-0) 8. Alfredo Pacenos, Jr. vs. Cyril Tomas Montel,
Jr. (0-1) 9. Neph vs. Peter (1-0).
Solution to last week’s puzzle:
1. Rxh5+! gxh5 2. Qxh5+ Bh6 3. Qxh6 mate.
This week’s puzzle: White to
move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 23
Issue 32
April 21, 2014
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