Gene Pastrana, standing, views his game while standing against potentially good newcomer Joel Azana during the 2005-2006 Rapid Chess tournament held at Jean's Boutique and Store. Another way to popularize chess in Palau is doing a tourney close to main road (about 2 meters). The noise didn't distract the players who are getting used to it. Pastrana is willing enough to host the 2006 PNCC. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
PASTRANA OFFERED TO HOST
2006 PNCC
(Results of 21st and 22nd Round of
2005-2006 Rapid Chess Tournament)
DURING the 21st and 22nd round of the ongoing 2005-2006 Palau Rapid Chess Tournament at his Jean’s Boutique and Store, Gene Pastrana offered to Knights and Rooks Chess Club Chairman Roberto Hernandez the honor to host the 2006 Palau National Chess Championship 2 months in advance.
That PNCC will be held from
March 19 – August 06, with the winner/s to be declared as Palau first National
Master/s.
Although the boutique can’t
accommodate 12 players at a time, he suggested using the parking area of the
premises for other players to hold their games as done in the current tourney.
James dela Cruz will let his tent/tarp to be used for the event.
The store is also selling food
and drinks and if the players would like to support him, they will buy drinks
and food at the store. Blitz chess competition will be more convenient to
available players even if it gets darker. Usual blitz chess tourney are held
after all the regular games are completed.
The possible participants of the
2006 PNCC are 1. Menandro Manuel (2159 National Rating) 2. Jose Omega (2157) 3.
Cyril Montel, Jr. (2140) 4. Roberto Hernandez (2134) 5. Jimmy Valenzuela (2059)
6. Manuel Nedic (2020) 7. Edwin Eti (1941) 8. Gene Pastrana (1938) 9. Morton
Sawaichi (1913) 10. Dennis Gonzales (1911) 11. Jess Toldoya (1883) 12. Francis
Temaungil (1767).
RESULTS OF THE 21st and 22nd ROUND OF
2005-2006 Rapid Chess Tournament
(January 15, 2006)
3. Joel Azana vs. Jess
Gomez (0-1) 4. Jose Omega vs. Edwin Eti (1-0) 5. Joeven delos Santos vs. Jose
Omega (0-1) 6. Jose Omega vs. Joeven delos Santos (1-0) 7. Jose Omega vs. Felix
Lapitan (1-0) 8. Roberto Hernandez vs. Joel Azana (1-0) THE MOVES:
Hernandez,
Roberto (2095) - Azana, Joel (1915) [B06]
2005 Rapid Chess (22),
15.01.2006
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7
5.Bd3 e5 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.0–0 0–0 11.h3 Bxf3
12.Qxf3 Qd6 13.Rd1 Qc6 14.Bg5 Nh5 15.g4 Nf6 16.h4 h5 17.Bxf6 hxg4 18.Qxg4 Qxf6
19.Kg2 Rad8 20.Bb5 Rd6 21.Rxd6 cxd6 22.Rh1 Bh6 23.Rh3 Kh7 24.Rf3 Qe7 25.Bc4 Bf4
26.h5 Rg8 27.Rh3 Bh6 28.Kf1 Rg7 29.hxg6+ Rxg6 30.Qf5 Qf6 31.Bxf7 Qxf5 32.exf5
Rf6 33.Bg6+ Kg7 34.Rg3 Kf8 35.Bh7 Ke7 36.Rg6 Bf8 37.Rg4 b6 38.Bg6 d5 39.Ke2 e4
40.f3 exf3+ 41.Kxf3 Bh6 42.Rh4 Bc1 43.b3 a5 44.c4 dxc4 45.Rxc4 Kd6 46.Rxc1 Rf8
47.Ke4 Rh8 48.Rd1+ Ke7 49.Ke5 Rh2 50.f6+ 1–0
9. Jess Gomez vs. Manny Nedic (1-0) 10. Edwin
Eti vs Jess Gomez (1-0) 11. Edwin Eti vs. Joel Azana (0-1) 12. Menandro Manuel
vs. Jose Omega (1-0) 13. Joeven delos Santos vs. Flavin Andres (1-0) 14.
Roberto Hernandez vs. Edwin Eti (0-1) THE MOVES:
Hernandez,
Roberto (2095) - Eti, Edwin (1500) [B32]
2005 Rapid Chess (23),
15.01.2006
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5
5.Nf3 f5 6.exf5 Nf6 7.Bg5 Bc5 8.Bc4 Bxf2+ 9.Kxf2 Ne4+ 10.Kf1 Nxg5 11.Qd5 Qf6
12.Nxg5 Qxg5 13.Qf7+ Kd8 14.Nc3 Nd4 15.Bd3 b6 16.Be4 Ba6+ 17.Ke1 Qe3+ 18.Kd1
Be2+ 19.Nxe2 Qxe2+ 20.Kc1 Qxe4 21.Qc4 Rc8 22.Qa4 Rxc2+ 0–1
15. Flavin Andres vs. Joeven delos Santos (0-1) 16. Edwin Eti vs. Roberto Hernandez (1-0)
THE MOVES:
Eti,
Edwin (1500) - Hernandez, Roberto (2095) [B07]
2005 Rapid Chess (24),
15.01.2006
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.Bd3 0–0 6.0–0 c5 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Be6 9.Be2 Qb6 10.b3 Nh5 11.Qe1 cxd4 12.cxd4
Qc7 13.Nbd2 Qb6 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 Nc6 16.Nxb6 1–0
17.
Joel Azana vs. Gene Pastrana (0-1) 18. Jess Gomez vs. Felix Lapitan (1-0) 19.
Ivan II vs. Menandro Manuel (0-1) 20. Joel Azana vs. Rodiante Balagso (0-1) 21.
Rodiante Balagso vs. Felix Lapitan (1-0)
22. Gene Pastrana vs.
Roberto Hernandez (1-0) THE MOVES:
Pastrana,
Gene (1910) - Hernandez, Roberto (2095) [B86]
2005 Rapid Chess (25), 15.01.2006
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.a3 b5 8.Ba2 Bb7 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Bg5 0–0 12.Bb1
Rc8 13.0–0 b4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Re1 h6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.e5 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Bxe5
19.Qe4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Nd5 21.Rxa6 Nxc3 22.Qf4 d5 23.Ba2 Nxa2 24.Rxa2 Rc4 25.Qg3
Qb6 26.Kh1 Rfc8 27.Rf1 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Qh4 d4 30.Qe4 Qb2 31.Qa8+ Kh7
32.Qe4+ g6 33.Qf3 Rc7 34.Rd1 e5 35.h3 f5 36.g4 Rc3 37.Qg2 Qb3 38.Ra1 Rxh3+
39.Kg1 fxg4 40.Ra7+ Kh8 41.Ra8+ Kg7 42.Ra7+ Kf6 43.Qc6+ Kg5 44.Qc1+ Kh5 45.Rh7 g5
46.Rg7 Qf3... At this point of
the game, Pastrana’s position is hopeless. Even if he gives away his queen and
rook, the mate is still inevitable. BUT HE TRIED SOMETHING THAT EVEN ROBERTO
WOULD NOT THINK HE WOULD DO JUST TO GET HIS FIRST WIN OVER HIM. HE COMMITTED AN
ILLEGAL MOVE, MOVING HIS QUEEN FROM c1 to g6. Roberto resigned seeing Qxh6
mate. But he is the only one writing chess notations despite the 30 minutes
time control and upon review, it is really an illegal move. Gene even tried to
contest that his queen is not on c1 but after Roberto showed him his last
sequence of moves, he cannot deny it anymore. The other top players of Palau
were there and they said because I resigned, I should have lost that game. THAT
GAME IS THE BEGINNING OF MANY UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCTS TO COME FROM GENE. 1–0
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 13
Issue 03
January 20-27, 2006
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