: ONE OF THE
LOUDEST ON OPENING CEREMONY
The
complete 12 players of Palau to the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway
greeted the crowd when Palau name was called. It was one of the loudest. Many
people keep saying “Palau? Where is Palau?” (Photo by Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps)
2014 PNCC ON OCT. 19, 2014 -
JAN. 18, 2015
Palau Chess Federation will hold
its last tournament of the year, the 2014 Palau National Chess Championship, on
Oct. 19, 2014 (Opening Day) to Jan. 18, 2015 (Final round)
The top 12 (or 10) players of
Palau will have a single round-robin format and the rest will have Swiss system
with the time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment and 75 minutes + 30
seconds increment respectively.
The top finishers of this event
will have a chance to represent Palau in regional and international events in
2015 notably the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in Sydney, Australia in July
and 2015 Guam International Chess Tournament/Micronesian Open in February.
Registration fee is $10.00 for
members and an additional $10.00 (membership fee) for non-members. Participants
are requested to pay on or before Oct. 12 where the pairings through drawing of
lots will be done.
Current Palau no. 1 chess player
Jose Celiz left Palau for Fiji on Sept. 25. He will be replaced by former no. 1
for 5 years Menandro ‘Boy’ Manuel, who is back in Palau for a shorter contract.
This event will be stricter in
implementing the use of Algebraic notation and will not allow the use of cell
phones while games are in progress, even if the venue is still at Bethlehem
Park.
Newcomer Felix Oling of Palau
Royal Resort and Marcial Santander of (former Marina Hotel) showed interest in
participating.
The top 10 who will play in
round-robin are 1. Menandro Manuel 2. Tito Cabunagan 3. Roberto Hernandez 4.
Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. 5. Bernardo Garcia 6. Rustum Cabuso 7. Eugenio Pastrana
8. Jeffrey Balbalosa 9. Dennis Gonzales 10. Paquito Suringa, Jr.
Number 11 and onwards to play
via Swiss system – 11. Nilo de Jesus 12. Angie Parrado 13. Rafael Paloma 14.
Remrel Dizon 15. Alfredo Pacenos, Jr. 16. Baby Edna Mission 17. Eugene Labarda
18. Ksau Anthony Whipps 19. Neph Macasaet 20. Mohammad Manik Hossain 21.
Destiny Sisior 22. Manuel Mahor 23. Gladys Anne Paloma 25. Angelil Sisior 28.
Cyrelle Ann Montel 29. Tutii Joe Chilton 30. Morton Sawaichi. There will be
defaulting time of 30 minutes.
The cash prizes are as follows –
Top 10 division 1st place -
$175.00 2nd --$100.00 3rd- $75.00
Open division – 1st place
- $125.00 2nd- $75.00
3rd --$50.00
TOP PALAUAN PLAYERS IN NATIONAL RATING (SEPT. 2003)
No. 17 –
Norbert Villanueva (1515) No. 19 –Tutii
Joe Chilton (1510) 21 players are listed.
JAN. 2004 – No. 18 –Tutii Joe Chilton (1510) No. 21—Norbert Villanueva (1450) 21 players are listed.
JAN. 2005—No. 16 Morton Sawaichi (1654) No. 24—Tutii Joe Chilton (1510) 29
players are listed.
MAY 2005—No. 14 Morton Sawaichi (1780) No. 17—Tutii Joe Chilton (1619) 20 players are listed.
OCT. 2005—No. 11 Morton Sawaichi (1892) No. 14—Tutii Joe Chilton (1693)
No. 17 Francis Temaungil (1500)
No. 19—Flavin Andres (1500) 29
players are listed.
MARCH 2006 – No. 13 Morton Sawaichi (1913) No. 22—Tutii Joe Chilton (1771)
No. 23 Francis
Temaungil (1767) No. 24—Flavin Andres
(1720) 30 players are listed.
OCT. 2007 – No. 13 Morton Sawaichi (1913) No. 27—Tutii Joe Chilton (1771)
No. 30 Francis Temaungil
(1767) No. 33—Flavin Andres
(1720) 44 players are listed.
For complete list, here’s the link https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2223213667651635496#editor/target=post;postID=578852154450380403;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=622;src=link
For the top 68 Palau
Chess players in FIDE list, here’s the link:
http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=PLW
Solution to last week’s puzzle: 1. Rxf8+! Kh7 2. Bf5+ g6
3. Rh8 mate.
This week’s puzzle: Black to move and mates in 3 (Solution
next issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 10
Volume 23
Issue 80
October 06, 2014
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