A VISIT BEFORE GOING HOME TO PHIL. FOR GOOD
Mariano Agustin, Jr., standing 2nd from left, paid a visit at the tournament site of 2005 Regular Chess Tournament with his granddaughter before leaving for Philippines for good. He didn't finish this tournament after participating in all Palau chess tournaments since 2002 Open. His record was (including default losses) 5 wins, 9 losses and 7 draws. He posed for a photo session with participants (L-R standing --Manny Nedic, Jimmy Valenzuela and Gene Pastrana. Sitting, left, Roberto Hernandez and Cyril Montel, Jr., sitting at right. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
EXPENSES --
2005 REGULAR CHESS TOURNAMENT
January 16- April 17, 2005
Invoice No. Items Date Amount
201632 Sand Paper(4) Spray Paint(2) 12/17/04 $7.15
C54DC Internet 12/20/04 2.50
1722 Internet (FIDE) 12/28/04 3.00
0014 Xerox (Chess Puzzles, book) 12/28/04 6.90
17360 Pens (10), Notebooks, Marker 01/12/05 5.66
28404 AA Batteries (4) for Ivan II 01/12/05 .99
1-6420 Gas 01/19/05 5.00
ED7DE Internet, Print (4) FIDE 01/20/05 3.30
539 Film Dev., Xerox (Score Sheets) 01/24/05 16.70
98734 Marker, Pentel Pen, Topper (5) 01/24/05 2.25
21890 Masking Tape (1 inch) 02/01/05 1.29
1742 Internet (USA and Phil. Master
Almario Marlon Bernardino, Jr.) 02/04/05 3.10
1744 Internet 02/10/05 3.00
17609 Gas 02/13/05 5.00
C3802 Internet (GM Eugene Torre) 02/14/05 2.50
1746 Internet 02/15/05 3.00
955013 Prints(Players Name, Tia Belau) 02/17/05 2.10
641 Film 02/17/05 2.50
1757 Internet 02/23/05 3.00
353-481-841 Debusch Card
(For Phil. Radio Interview) 02/18/05 10.00
31890 Gas 03/07/05 5.00
0204 Xerox (Club's logo, puzzles) 03/26/05 1.10
814 Film Developing 03/28/05 7.00
18060 Gas 03/28/05 5.00
18138 Gas 04/10/05 5.00
2044 Certificates (19) 04/30/05 19.00
959 Film 04/30/05 2.50
189F4 Internet (Casto Abundo-FIDE) 04/25/05 2.50
974 Film Developing 05/03/05 4.90
EEFBA Internet (Ignatius Leong) 05/13/05 2.50
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Total Expenses $141.94
Registration fees, Ivan II Rentals ......... $172.00
Minus Expenses ......... - 141.94
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Remaining Balance $30.06
Minus - 2004 Rapid Chess Tourney (Loss) - 24.58
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Current Remaining Balance $5.48
2005 REGULAR CHESS
TOURNAMENT
January 16 – April
17, 2005
Sponsored by: Palau Paradise
Lions Club
FINAL STANDINGS
Players
Win Loss Draw
Total
1. MENANDRO
MANUEL 18 1
2 19
2. ROBERTO
HERNANDEZ
17 3 1 17.5
3. JOSE
OMEGA
16 4 1 16.5
4. CYRIL
MONTEL, JR.
15 3 3 16.5
5. BONG
ALIPOON
15 3 3 16.5
6. LIN
DE GUZMAN
13 4 4 15
7. JIMMY
VALENZUELA
13 7 1 13.5
8. MANNY
NEDIC
11 5 5 13.5
9. DENNIS
GONZALES 10 7
4 12
10. GENE
PASTRANA
10 7 4 12
11. IVAN II
CHESS COMPUTER
6 7 8 10
12. MARIO RAMOS
8 10 3 9.5
13. MARIANO
AGUSTIN, JR.
5 9 7 8.5
14. MARCIAL
RODRIGUEZ
5 9 7 8.5
15. MORTON
SAWAICHI
8 13 0 8
16. TUTII JOE
CHILTON
5 11 5 7.5
17. JOEL AZANA 2 10 9 6.5
18. RONALD
MAOMAY
2 13 6 5
19. EM-R DE
VERA
2 14 5 4.5
20. ERIC
ESPARTERO
1 13 7 4.5
21. CHRIS
DOMINGO
1 16 4 3.5
22. LIAM
BORNOVSKI 0
15 6 3
2005 BLITZ CHESS
FESTIVAL
April 24, 2005
Double Round Robin
FINAL STANDINGS
Players
Win Loss Draw Total
- ROBERTO HERNANDEZ 10 1 1 10.5
- BONG ALIPOON 9 2 1 9.5
- JIMMY VALENZUELA 6 5 1 6.5
- CYRIL MONTEL, JR. 4 7 1 4.5
- MENANDRO MANUEL 3 7 2 4
- GENE PASTRANA 3 8 1 3.5
- LIN DE GUZMAN 3 8 1 3.5
NEW RATINGS
May 2005
Players Old
Rating Gained/Lost New Rating
1. EDDIE
GREFIEL
2091 - 2091
2. MENANDRO
MANUEL 1948 113 2061
3. ROBERTO
HERNANDEZ 2034 22 2056
4. CYRIL
MONTEL, JR.
1940 104 2044
5. JOSE
OMEGA
1921 106 2027
6. BONG
ALIPOON
1819 193 2012
7. IVAN
II CHESS COMPUTER
2032 -26 2006
8. JIMMY
VALENZUELA
1878 116 1994
9. LIN
DE GUZMAN
1776 189 1965
10. MARIO
RAMOS 1746 144 1890
11. DENNIS
GONZALES
1647 178 1825
12. GENE
PASTRANA
1646 176 1822
13. JOEL
AZANA 1697 92 1789
14. MORTON
SAWAICHI
1654 126 1780
15. MARIANO
AGUSTIN, JR.
1636 140 1776
16. MANNY
NEDIC
1500 259 1759
17. TUTII JOE
CHILTON
1510 109 1619
18. RONALD
MAOMAY
1500 91 1591
19. ERIC
ESPARTERO
1500 79 1579
20. MARCIAL
RODRIGUEZ 1500 71 1571
Source: The History Of Chess In Palau
by Roberto Hernandez
Part 9
January 16, 2005
by Roberto Hernandez
Part 9
January 16, 2005
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| JR SAYING GOODBYE TO CHESS FRIENDS Mariano Agustin, Jr., 3rd from left, with his granddaughter, said goodbye to his chess friends, from left, Mario Ramos, Roberto Hernandez, Jimmy Valenzuela, Gene Pastrana and Cyril Montel, Jr. by visiting the tournament venue of 2005 Regular Chess Tournament. He's a regular competitor since Sept. 15, 2002 and a staff at Philippine Embassy in Palau. |
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| Koichi Matsuda, Honorary Member of Palau Chess Federation, is reading Tia Belau. |
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| Roberto Hernandez is using a tournament size chessboard in his game against Ivan II Chess Computer because its size is just 8 inches... Hernandez defeated the machine and qualified for Brilliancy Game award of $50.00 that was won by Morton Sawaichi, who donated $35.00 from it so that Palau can pay its first annual fee to FIDE after being accepted as new member in 2005. |
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| At right is Eric Espartero vs. Joel Azana , |
FIRST ROUND SURPRISES
THE FIRST ROUND of the 2005 Regular Chess tournament that was held on Sunday, January 16, 2005 generated a few surprises with 15th Joel Azana leading the field with 2 straight wins over 19th Mariano Agustin, Jr. in 36 moves of Bird's Opening and over 16th seed Morton Sawaichi in 29 moves of Queen's Pawn game where the latter blundered away his queen on the 18th move and never recovered.
Cyril Montel, Jr. outsmarted newcomer Eric Espartero in 32 moves of Caro-Kahn Defence. The talented Espartero displayed brilliance in the middle game when he put 2nd seed Roberto Hernandez on the brink of defeat but miscalculated the sequence of moves and allowed Hernandez to equalize when he left his bishop unprotected and was mated by a pawn on the 48th moves of Sicilian Defence (Alapin Variation).
The first tourney of the year is being sponsored by officers and members of Palau Paradise Lions Club nd being held every Sunday at their office premises beside Palasia Hotel and Galaxy Video where the first contestants to arrive had paid his registration fee of $10.00 but will play next Sunday. Manuel Nedic, who resides in Ngeremlengui, is an avid reader of Tia Belau's Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez. Solving the chess puzzles in the column is his only way to practice. He will play his first ever tournament game on Sunday against the first player available at 1:00 pm.
Another 8 players didn't make it in the opening round and will play 2 games on the second round. They are defending champion Eddie Grefiel, Jose Omega, Gene Pastrana, Mario Ramos, Dennis Gonzales, Den Canaria, Tutii Joe Chilton and Jimboy de Jesus, who showed up but didn't play.
The trophies for the winners of the 2004 Open Chess tournament were awarded to Jimmy Valenzuela (2nd runner-up, Class A), Agustin, Jr. (2nd runner-up, Class B), Hernandez (1st runner-up, Class A) and Canaria (2nd runner-up, Class B). The trophy were awarded at Filco Thrift Mart in Malakal. The Most Improved Player was awarded also to Lin de Guzman, who clobbered Bong Alipoon in the last game of the day.
Other results of the first and special 2nd round: Valenzuela halved the point with Agustin, Jr. in a bishop of the same color endgame; former champion Menandro Manuel dealt Agustin, Jr. his second loss of the day and the 9th seed Valenzuela upset 5th seed Montel, Jr. in 74 moves of a French Defence.
In the kid's division, defending champion Em-R de Vera lost to Chris Domingo (2-0) in their best of 3 series opener. They practice with Valenzuela and Manuel in a handicap format to prepare in joining the seniors if the participants didn't reach at least 4.
A 9- year old Israeli boy
Liam Bornovski will join the fray as his parents talked to the chairman to let their son participate in his very first tournament game. They said he is already beating his father in practice. Israel is a powerhouse in world chess as they are seeded 3rd in the 36th World Chess Olympiad in Mallorca, Spain on Oct. 14-31, 2004. They finished 5th behind eventual champion Ukraine and top seed Russia.
In a special game through telephone on Monday, January 17, Mario Ramos played against 3rd seed Ivan II Chess Computer and defeated the formidable machine in 54 moves of a Four Knights Defence with the white pieces. Ramos informed the chairman that he can't make it on the opening day and that he will play 2 games next Sunday. He resides at the very far end of Ngchesar and it is 45 minutes trip by car to Koror. He now has a 3-1 record vs. Ivan II.
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau
January 21-27, 2005-
Source: History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
January 2005
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