Top seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., right, remains unbeaten after 7 rounds of play in the 2015 Palau Rapid Chess Championship by beating Gonzalo Escapatoria, Jr., left.
But things have changed in the 8th round when Paquito Suringa, Jr., 2nd from right, dealt Montel, Jr. his first loss in the 8th and penultimate round and thus make the final day on Aug. 16 as the most exciting final round ever of rapid chess in Palau history.
Roberto Hernandez, 2nd from left, drew his match with Paquito in 119 moves of English Opening. Roberto missed a winning pawn capture on the 31st move to make 3 connected and unopposed passed pawns. He missed another winning move on the 34th move, Rb5 that will allow him to win more materials.
Instead, Paquito equalizes and they are both left with a king and a rook. Roberto hold on to take advantage of Paquito's illegal move in the endgame that cost him 2 minutes deduction in his clock. Another illegal move will cost him a point. But he didn't. And after 50 moves of no capture, with CM Bernardo Garcia counting the moves, the game ended in a draw after a marathon 119 moves.
THE MOVES:
[Event "2015 Palau Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Bethlehem Park Koror City, Palau"][Date "2015.08.09"]
[Round "7"][White "Hernandez, Roberto"][Black "Suringa, Jr., Paquito"][Result "1/2-1/2"][ECO "A15"][White Elo "1858"]
[Black Elo "1763"][Ply Count "137"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d4 e4 6. Ng5 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qa4+Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh3 a6 12. Bf4 b5 13. Nxb5 Bxh3 14. Nc7 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Na7 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxa6 Nh5 18. Be5 f6 19. Qe6+ Rf7 20. Bc7 Nb5 21. Bb6 g6 22. Rfc1 Qb7 23. Rc8+ Kg7 24. Rac1 Bd6 25. Qe8 Rf8 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. R8xc6 Ra8 28. a3 f5 29. e3 Nf6 30. Bc5 Bxc5 31. R1xc5 Rb8 32. a4 Nxd4 33. exd4 Rxb2 34. Rc7+ Kh6 35. a5 Ra2 36. Rb7 e3 37. Kf3 exf2 38. Rc1 Ne4 39. Rf1 Rxa5 40.Re7 Ra2 41. h3 Rd2 42. Ke3 Ra2 43. Rxe4 fxe4 44. Rxf2 Ra3+ 45. Kf4 g5+ 46. Ke5 Rxg3 47. Kxd5 Rxh3 48. Kxe4 Kh5 49. d5 g4 50. d6 Ra3 51. d7 Ra8 52. Rd2 Rd8 53.Rd5+ Kh4 54. Rd6 h6 55. Rxh6+ Kg5 56. Rd6 g3 57. Kf3 Kh4 58. Rd4+ Kh3 59. Rd2 g2 60. Kf2 Kh2 61. Kf3 Rf8+ 62. Ke4 Rd8 63. Kf3 Kh1 64. Rxg2 Rxd7 65. Rg8 Rh7 66. Kf2 Rf7+ 67. Kg3 Ra7 68. Kf2 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 1/2-1/2
OTHER RESULTS OF THE 7TH ROUND:
Jeff Balbalosa touted Arnolfo Inres; Allan Alcid defeated John Mark Tamayo; Dennis Gonzales clobbered Sofronio 'Pons' Mahor; Garcia nips Eugene Labarda; Manuel Mahor, Jr. drubbed Glen Navarroza and the last 4 players didn't show up and lost their games--Nilo de Jesus vs. Chris Kitalong and Josef Karlo Moyet vs. Edmond Barayuga.
In the 8th round, Roberto couldn't hang on to his one-piece advantage and made a stupid capture on g2 square that allowed Dennis Gonzales' g file to open up for a strong attack. With the loss, the best that Roberto could finish is a tie with Cyril and Pax at first place if Cyril would lose to Dennis in the final round and Garcia will beat Jeff Balbalosa.
THE MOVES:
[Event "2015 Palau Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Bethlehem Park Koror City, Palau"]
[Date "2015.08.09"][Round "8"][White "Gonzales, Dennis"]
[Black "Hernandez, Roberto"][Result "1-0"][ECO "A84"]
[White Elo "1700"][Black Elo "1858"][Ply Count "49"]
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Be2 g4 10. a3 gxf3 11. axb4 fxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qf6 14. Bxc7 Na6 15. Be5 Qe7 16. c5 b6 17. Bd6 Qg5 18. Bxf8 Qxg2 19. O-O-O Kxf8 20. Rhg1 Qd5 21.e4 Qc4+ 22. Kb1 Nxb4 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ 1-0
STANDINGS AFTER 8 ROUNDS:
Place Rating Points
1. Montel, Jr., Cyril Tomas 1920 6.5
2. Balbalosa, Jeffrey 1615 6
3. Suringa Jr, Paquito 1763 5.5
4. Hernandez, Roberto 1858 5.5
5. Garcia, Bernardo 5
6. Gonzales, Dennis 1700 5
7. Alcid, Allan 4.5
8. Inres, Arnolfo 4.5
9. Tamayo, John Mark 4.5
10. Escapatoria Jr, Gonzalo 4
11. Labarda, Eugene 1448 4
12. Mahor Jr, Manuel 3.5
13. Mahor, Sofronio 3.5
14. Navarroza, Glen 1353 3
15. De Jesus, Nilo 1497 2
16. Barayuga, Edmond 1
17. Moyet, Josef Karlo 1
18. Kitalong, Chris 0
FINAL ROUND PAIRINGS:
(August 16, 2015)
1. Montel, Jr., Cyril Tomas vs. Gonzales, Dennis
2. Balbalosa, Jeffrey vs. Garcia, Bernardo
3. Hernandez, Roberto vs. Tamayo, John Mark
4. De Jesus, Nilo vs. Suringa, Jr., Paquito
5. Barayuga, Edmond vs. Alcid, Allan
6. Kitalong, Chris vs. Inres, Arnolfo
7. Labarda, Eugene vs. Mahor, Jr., Manuel
8. Moyet, Josef Karlo vs. Escapatoria, Jr., Gonzalo
9. Mahor, Sofronio vs. Navarroza, Glen
Source: The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- August 09, 2015
To be published as a book in the future
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