:FIRST ROUND RAPID CHESS CLASHES
At left (Board 1) Roberto
Hernandez vs. Eugene Labarda; 2. Jun Mahor vs. Cyril Montel, Jr. 3. Jeff
Balbalosa vs. Glen Navarroza 4. John Mark Tamayo vs. Bernard Garcia 5. Paquito
Suringa, Jr. vs. Arnolfo Inres 6. Allan Alcid vs. Dennis Gonzales 7. Nilo de
Jesus vs. Josef Karlo Moyet and 8. Sofronio Mahor vs. Gonzalo Escapatoria, Jr.
Player no. 17 Edmond Barayuga had a bye.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
4 PLAYERS STILL UNDEFEATED;
ROUND 5, 6 ON AUG. 2
Top seed NM Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., CM Bernardo Garcia,
3rd seed Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr. and 5th seed Jeffrey
Balbalosa kept their untarnished slate in the resumption of 3rd and
4th round of the 2015 Palau Rapid Chess Championship held at
Bethlehem Park on Sunday, July 26 from 2-5pm.
At
Board 1, Montel, Jr. overcame a 2-pawn deficit to outwit NM/FI Roberto
Hernandez in 54 moves of Reti Opening (New York and Capablanca System).
It's a first time in 13 years
that Roberto opened with 1. Nf3, against Cyril. It took Cyril 2 minutes to
reply with 1. ...d5 and after 8 moves, Roberto is ahead by a pawn after the
exchange of queens.
Hernandez won another pawn on
the 17th move but overlooked the best defense on his 26th move-- Rf2, which was
suggested by Gonzalo Escapatoria, Jr., after the game.
Instead, Roberto moved 26. g4
and lost the exchange (a knight for a rook). It's still a drawn game
potentially but Roberto handled the endgame poorly to lose with still 4 minutes
and 40 seconds left in his clock to Cyril's 5:13.
At Board 2, Balbalosa can’t
convert his one pawn advantage to a win and settled for a draw with Pax while
at Board 3, I.N.C. chess tourney champion Allan Alcid dealt Arnolfo Inres his
first loss.
After 2 straight draws in round
1 and 2, CM Garcia finally extracted a whole point over Manuel Mahor, Jr. at
Board 4 while Nilo de Jesus clobbered Sofronio ‘Pons’ Mahor for his 2nd
point.
At Board 6, John Mark Tamayo
showed great potential in defeating Eugene Labarda while Edmond Barayuga, the
only absent player in the field, lost by default to Escapatoria, Jr. at Board 7
and at Board 8, 4th seed Dennis Gonzales finally scored a victory
over Glen Navarroza.
And at Board 9, Chris Kitalong
played his first game against Josef Karlo Moyet. Kitalong agreed to start the
tourney with a 0-2 win-loss start to be the 18th participant. He
lost due to rustiness for not playing competitive chess in 6 months.
In the 4th round,
Jeff is still undefeated when he drew his match with Cyril. Roberto easily
subdued Alcid in 28 moves of Sicilian Defence (Lowenthal and Kalashnikov
Variations). Pax stayed undefeated by trouncing Escapatoria, Jr. and Garcia
became the 4th unbeaten player by drubbing De Jesus.
Inres kept pacing with the
leaders with a victory over Labarda; Tamayo by default over Barayuga; Gonzales
touted Mahor, Jr.; Pons Mahor dealt Moyet his 3rd loss and Navarroza
finally scored a win over Kitalong.
5th round pairings:
1. Garcia vs. Montel, Jr. 2. Balbalosa vs. Hernandez 3. Alcid vs. Suringa, Jr.
4. Tamayo vs. Navarroza 5. Mahor, Jr. vs. Inres 6. Moyet vs. Gonzales 7. De
Jesus vs. Barayuga 8. Labarda vs. Mahor and Kitalong vs. Escapatoria, Jr.
THE
MOVES: Hernandez,Roberto (1858) - Alcid,Allan [B32]
2015 Palau Rapid Chess
Championship (4), 26.07.2015
1. e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 Nc6 4.d5 Nb4 5.c3 Na6
6.Bxa6 bxa6 7.d6 Qb6 8.e5 f6 9.Na3 Bb7 10.Nc4 Qb5 11.b3 fxe5 12.Nfxe5 Nf6 13.a4
Bf3 14.Qxf3 Qb8 15.Bg5 Bxd6 16.Nxd6+ Qxd6 17.Qxa8+ Ke7 18.Qxh8 Qxe5+ 19.Be3
Qxc3+ 20.Ke2 Qc2+ 21.Kf3 Qf5+ 22.Ke2 Qc2+ 23.Bd2 Qe4+ 24.Kd1 Qxg2 25.Kc2 Qe4+
26.Kb2 Qe5+ 27.Bc3 Qe2+ 28.Ka3 1-0
Solution
to last week’s puzzle No. 3779: 1. Qxh7+!! Kxh7 2. Rh3+ Rh6 3. Rxh6 mate.
This
week’s puzzle No. 3780: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 24
Issue 62
August 03, 2015
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 24
Issue 62
August 03, 2015
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