ROUND 14, 15 -- DUMLAO IS 2-2 IN 2003 OPEN
CHESS AND 5-5 IN BLITZ
FREDDIE Dumlao, a co-employee of Eddie Grefiel at Daewoo
Corporation, scored an even wins and losses in the resumption of play in the 14th
and 15th round of 2003 Open Chess Tournament held at Image
Restaurant and Sports Bar on April 06, 2003.
Dumlao
dealt Menandro Manuel his first loss of the event but bowed to Cyril Montel,
Jr. in his 2nd game. He lost again to Jimmy Valenzuela and got an
even day with a victory over Mariano Agustin, Jr.
After
the regular games are finished, a blitz competition to be known as Consul
General Julius Torres Blitz Chess Festival was held with 11 participants and
Dumlao scored another even night with 5 wins and 5 losses.
Amazingly,
Roberto Hernandez likewise had an even day by scoring a win over Bong Alipoon,
losing to Noel Filomeno and won 5, loses 5 in the blitz competition!
FINAL
STANDINGS OF THE BLITZ CHESS FESTIVAL: (No drawn games!)
1. Julius Torres (8 wins, 2 losses) 2. Eddie Grefiel
(8-2) 3. Bong Alipoon (6-4) 4. Menandro Manuel (6-4) 5. Roberto Hernandez (5-5)
6. Chito Vargas (5-5) 7. Freddie Dumlao (5-5) 8. Jimmy Valenzuela (4-6) 9.
Edgardo Enarsao (4-6) 10. Cyril Montel, Jr. (4-6) and 11. Noel Filomeno (1-9).
In
gratitude to Consul General Julius Torres’ effort to popularize chess in Palau,
the proceeding blitz chess contests after regular games are over will be known
as Consul General Julius Torres Blitz Chess Festival. This is Consul’s last
tournament as he will be assigned in the Middle East for change of post in
Lebanon.
OTHER
RESULTS OF ROUND 14 AND 15:
Valenzuela
was outwitted by Agustin, Jr. while Edgardo Enarsao showed more improvement in
his play by clobbering Filomeno.
Torres
scored 2 default wins over Jose Misael de Jesus and Mario Ramos. 3 more default
losses to De Jesus (Manuel, Alipoon and Montel, Jr.) Grefiel scored also a
point by default from Ramos.
IN
THE 7TH AND 8TH ROUND OF CLASS B: Vargas keeps the lead
with a win over Allen Kangichi and the other games are default wins by Arvie
Leynes over Nilo de Jesus; Remy Mingo over Ben Ramos; Dmitri Kyle Villanueva
over Amante Caballero; Vincent Vergara over Norbert Villanueva and De Jesus
over Kris Ramos.
The
penultimate round of Class A will be held on April 13, 2003 with the game
between Hernandez and Manuel to be played a day earlier, April 12 (Saturday) on
Manuel’s day off.
Round
9 and 10 of Class B will also be held on April 23 and final day of Class A will
be held on April 20 with Grefiel still has a mathematical chance to clinch his 2nd
title depending on the results of Hernandez-Manuel match and his last 2 games
against Hernandez and co-employee Dumlao.
The
final round of Class B will be held a week late on April 27. Vargas is on the
verge of getting his first chess title in Palau while the 2nd and 3rd
place is a contention between Caballero and Tutii Joe Chilton. Ben Ramos is
already assured of at least 4th place, likewise for his first chess
title and trophy.
Source: Chess Mate
by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 11
April 11-18, 2003
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