: SAME VENUE,
SAME PLAYERS, SAME RESULTS?
The last FIDE rated Palau Blitz Chess Championship was 2 years ago at
Bethlehem Park. It’s a one-month tournament and double round-robin. In this
photo, Roberto and Rustum Cabuso split their games. They are among the firsts
who confirmed their participation. This year’s PBCC is a 9-round Swiss system.
The 2 might face each other in the later rounds. ***They will! After topping the first 5 rounds undefeated on May 10, 2015, the duo will face each other in the 6th round on May 17, at Bethlehem Park. (Updated May 10, 2015)
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
2015 PALAU BLITZ CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP
on May 10 and May 17, 2015
THE FIRST chess tournament of
2015 will fire off on Sunday, May 10 at Bethlehem Park starting at 2pm. It’s
the 2015 Palau Blitz Chess Championship with 36 or more players to participate
in the biggest blitz chess tourney in Palau in terms of participants, cash
prizes and trophies.
It’s a 9-round Open Swiss system
event with the first 5 rounds to be played on May 10. The last 4 rounds will be
played on May 17 after which the cash prizes and trophies will be given right
away.
The cash prizes are 1st--$150.00
+ trophy; 2nd --$125.00 + trophy; 3rd -- $100.00 +
trophy; 4th --#75.00 + trophy and 5th--$50.00 + trophy.
The 6th-10th placers will get $20.00 each but no
trophies. There will be a special prize of $50.00 for the best placed woman
player and another $50.00 to the best placed junior player.
Registration fee is $10.00 which
must be paid before being allowed to play. All participants must provide their
email addresses as per new FIDE rule to make this tournament rated. If a
contestant doesn’t have a blitz rating, his/her rating will be his/her standard
rating.
The time control is 5 minutes
for each player to finish the game with 3 seconds increment. If the clock to be
used is mechanical, it will be 10 minutes for each player to finish the game.
The FIDE Laws of Chess will be posted at the tournament size for players’
referral.
The Chief Arbiter is Roberto
Hernandez. His Deputies are CM Bernardo Garcia and Dennis Gonzales. If there is
conflict (illegal move, increment not working, touch move violation, etc) and
the 3 Arbiters are playing, Hernandez will stop his clock to attend and resolve
the complaint.
In Palau, the word “check” must
be said a little louder if a player is attacking the king of his/her opponent.
If he/she didn’t say “check” and the player make an illegal move, it will be
replayed. If a player made an illegal move, his opponent must not make a move.
Instead, he should inform that player that he/she made an illegal move and the
game is over. The game will continue if a player didn’t claim a win by telling
his/her opponent that he/she made an illegal move.
THE
FOLLOWING ARE THE POSSIBLE CONTESTANTS WITH THEIR BLITZ OR STANDARD RATINGS:
1. Tito Cabunagan (1813) 2. Cyril Montel, Jr. (1785) 3.
Roberto Hernandez (1776) 4. Bernardo Garcia (1732-Standard) 5. Rafael Paloma
(1695) 6. Rustum Cabuso (1674) 7. Dennis Gonzales (1671) 8. Eugene Labarda
(1641) 9. Paquito Suringa, Jr. (1625) 10. Nilo de Jesus (1615) 11. Gonzalo
Escapatoria, Jr. (1618 –S) 12. Remrel Dizon (1596) 13. Angelica Parrado (1585)
14. Mohammad Manik Hossain (1558) 15. Jeffrey Balbalosa (1551) 16. Baby Edna
Mission (1516-(S) 17. Destiny Sisior (1499-(S) 18. Manuel Mahor, Jr. (1489-(S)
19. Jaime dela Cruz (1497) 20. Gladys Anne Paloma (1474) 21. Felix Oling
(1465-(S) 22. Angelil Sisor (1452-(S) 23. Leif Toribiong (1438-(S) 24.
Christopher Kitalong (1437-(S) 25. Arnold Undecimo (1435) 26. Cris Ulap (1401)
27. Geoff Martin (1358) 28. Robert Sola (1341-(S) 29. Tuloy Rengiil (1318-(S)
30. Glen Navarroza (1292-(S) 31. Joey Balute (1148-(S) 32. Roxanne Parco
(1146-(S) 33. Nelson Sablan (1063-(S) 34. Tutii Joe Chilton 35. Morton Sawaichi
36. Rey Sanchez
In
the first round, the No. 1 will play against No. 18; No. 2 vs. No. 19; No. 3
vs. No. 20 etc. In round 2, winners will play against winners; losers vs.
losers, and so on…
Solution
to last week’s puzzle No. 3742: 1. Bf8+ Bh5 2. Qxh5+!! gxh5 3. Rh6 mate.
This week’s puzzle No. 3863: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next
issue)
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 9
Volume 24
Issue 36
May 04, 2015
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