FROM 2002 (PALAU) - 2014 (NORWAY WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD)
Roberto Hernandez, right, was surprised to meet a guy from Tromso, Norway, where the 2014 World Chess Olympiad will be held from Aug. 01-14 at Breeze Bar of Palau Royal Resort while entertaining a young Japanese couple Juichi, left, and his wife who can't speak much English. 2nd from right is Haakon, the Norwegian guy, who works at his country's military. Hernandez pioneered chess in Palau in 2002 and will be Board 1 player again in the Olympiad in Norway.
Note: The graphics designer of Tia Belau had made a mistake (again!) in posting the right photo. He printed this one instead of the above.*
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
FOR SALE
WHERE will
the 2014 World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand be
held? This is the question being asked by all the chess fans lately. It won't
be long to wait for the answer—on April 30 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will announce the
time and place.
Last year there was no question about the site. The Indians, who were unable to get the 2012 championship match, had already reserved the right to host it, and then observed how their favorite Anand lost hopelessly to Carlsen.
After the 23-year old Norwegian took the championship crown, and judging by the crazed interest on the part of his country’s media and regular chess fans, one issue seemed unquestionable —that the championship should be cherry picked by a Scandinavian oil company, but not this time. “Too manу expenses, without a tinge of irony informed the representative of the Norwegian Chess Federation. “In 2013 we had the World Cup, and this year the Olympiad. Added to that is the tournament in Stavanger, in which we are also taking part for the organization. It's too much of a stretch!”
Then who? FIDE, originally giving the final date for choosing a site as March 15, being hesitant before the opening of the candidates tournament, pulled a “take back,” expecting, that in the event of a win by a representative of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria or Russia, that the corresponding chess federation would gladly accept the responsibility of hosting. But... the tournament was taken by the 44-year-old Anand, which conclusively confounded them in their tracks.
“I have an excellent suggestion for holding the championship match,” said the FIDE president on the day before the tournament. “There are serious people, who are willing to spend 10 million dollars for organizing the match, and that will leave a prize fund of a record 4-5 million. If we can arrange it, I think everyone will be greatly pleased.”
Understandably, Ilyumzhinov, a true politician, said not a word more than necessary. But who is this sponsor? Arabian sheiks? Americans? Perhaps South Korea or Singapore? Anything is possible. We'll just have to wait. But it's already obvious that if the championship match is getting that kind of money, we'll be happy to follow them, be it to the North Pole.
Last year there was no question about the site. The Indians, who were unable to get the 2012 championship match, had already reserved the right to host it, and then observed how their favorite Anand lost hopelessly to Carlsen.
After the 23-year old Norwegian took the championship crown, and judging by the crazed interest on the part of his country’s media and regular chess fans, one issue seemed unquestionable —that the championship should be cherry picked by a Scandinavian oil company, but not this time. “Too manу expenses, without a tinge of irony informed the representative of the Norwegian Chess Federation. “In 2013 we had the World Cup, and this year the Olympiad. Added to that is the tournament in Stavanger, in which we are also taking part for the organization. It's too much of a stretch!”
Then who? FIDE, originally giving the final date for choosing a site as March 15, being hesitant before the opening of the candidates tournament, pulled a “take back,” expecting, that in the event of a win by a representative of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria or Russia, that the corresponding chess federation would gladly accept the responsibility of hosting. But... the tournament was taken by the 44-year-old Anand, which conclusively confounded them in their tracks.
“I have an excellent suggestion for holding the championship match,” said the FIDE president on the day before the tournament. “There are serious people, who are willing to spend 10 million dollars for organizing the match, and that will leave a prize fund of a record 4-5 million. If we can arrange it, I think everyone will be greatly pleased.”
Understandably, Ilyumzhinov, a true politician, said not a word more than necessary. But who is this sponsor? Arabian sheiks? Americans? Perhaps South Korea or Singapore? Anything is possible. We'll just have to wait. But it's already obvious that if the championship match is getting that kind of money, we'll be happy to follow them, be it to the North Pole.
RESULTS OF THE
4TH ROUND (2014 PALAU OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT)
1.
Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr. is keeping abreast
with the leaders after scoring another win over Baby Edna “Bheng” Mission in 37
moves of Sicilian Defence. Pax now has 3 points.
2.
NM Roberto Hernandez scored his 4th
straight wins by clobbering Gladys Anne Paloma in 25 moves of Danish Gambit. He
now leads the Pool A.
3.
Top seed NM Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. dealt Peter
Erick Magbanua his 4th loss in 33 moves of French Defence. Cyril has
3 points.
4.
Dennis Gonzales has 2.5 points after subduing
Magbanua in 23 moves of Queen’s Pawn Opening.
5.
WNM Angelica Parrado overcame a material
disadvantage and prevailed against Baby Edna Mission in a marathon 71 moves of
King’s Pawn Opening.
6.
THE GAME OF THE WEEK belongs to the game between
Jeff Balbalosa and the newest NM Jose Celiz. The game is a beauty in terms of
tactical, positional and strategy as well as time management wherein Jose has 2
minutes left in his clock before he resigns on the 46th move of
Queen’s Gambit Declined. Jeff now leads the Pool B with 4 consecutive
victories.
7.
Candidate Master Bernard Garcia found Neph
Macasaet a tough nut to crack when he was forced to a draw by Neph in another 71
moves of English Opening. Neph missed a neat knight maneuver on 66th
move that would have won him the game. He has 1.5 points in 6 games while
Bernard has a point from his 2 drawn games. Neph is complaining to Roberto that
Peter published it in Island Times that Bernard outclassed him in their match
wherein it is a draw and not a loss.
Solution to last week’s puzzle: 1. Qg8+! Kxg8 2. Re8+
Rxe8 3. Rxe8 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 & 11
Volume 23
Issue 34
April 28, 2013
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