FIRST
LOSS OF CYRIL IN 2015 PNCC
Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr., middle, of Palau Royal Resort, swept PPR
players Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., left, and CM Bernardo Garcia at PRR Dorm 1 on
2 consecutive weeks. Is it home-court advantage? Earlier in the 2015 PNCC, the
2 PRR players swept Roberto Hernandez, right, in return. The event will
conclude on Dec. 06.
PAX DEALT CYRIL HIS FIRST LOSS
In another special game held at Palau Royal Resort
Dormitory 1 on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, 6th seed Paquito ‘Pax’
Suringa, Jr., the Chief Cook at PRR Cafeteria, dealt 2nd seed Cyril
Tomas Montel, Jr. his first loss in the 6th round of 2015 Palau
National Chess Championship.
Cyril
set their match on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 26) in the morning but Pax will be
off duty at 6pm and will be available any day starting at 6pm. No response from
Cyril for 2 days until he informed NM, FI and top seed Roberto Hernandez that
he will play Pax at 6 pm on Sat.
Their
Nimzo-Indian Defence (Leningrad Variation) game went by the book until they
exchanged all of their minor pieces (bishops and knights) on the 17th
move. Both players didn’t castle after those exchanges. Cyril blundered away
his queen for a rook on the 21st move and since then, it’s all
clinical for Pax to force Cyril’s resignation on the 33rd move.
THE MOVES: Suringa,
Jr., Paquito (1706) - Montel, Jr., Cyril Tomas (1837) [E30]
2015 PNCC (6), 28.11.2015
1. d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 Bb4+
5.Nc3 b6 6.f3 Nc6 7.e4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Qd4 Ng6 11.Bxf6 gxf6
12.Bd3 Nf4 13.g3 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 d6 15.Ne2 Bb7 16.Nf4 Qe7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 f5
19.Kd2 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Kd7 21.Rae1 Rae8 22.Qf5+ Kd8 23.Rxe7 Rxe7 24.Qf6 Rhe8
25.Re1 Kd7 26.Rxe7+ Rxe7 27.Qxh6 c5 28.Qf6 b5 29.h4 b4 30.cxb4 cxb4 31.h5 a5
32.h6 a4 33.h7 1–0
In the
7th round action held at Bethlehem Park on Nov. 22 (Sunday), Jeff
Balbalosa’s bid to become the next National Master of Palau was stalled by
Angelo Salvadora when the latter upset him in 43 moves of French Defence
(Exchange Variation). Jeff blundered away a bishop on the 15th move
and lost his queen for a rook and a bishop on the 41st move. He is
about to lose another rook when he resigned facing more material losses. It was
the 9th and final game of Salvadora, who finished his first National
Championship participation with 6 losses and 3 wins slate. THE MOVES:
Balbalosa, Jeffrey (1738) - Salvadora, Angelo [C01] 2015 PNCC (6), 22.11.2015
1.e4 e6 2.d4 c6 3.Bd3 b6 4.Nf3 h6
5.0–0 Bb7 6.Re1 d6 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.Nf1 Ne7 9.Ne3 d5 10.e5 Qc7 11.Bd2 0–0–0 12.c4
Ba6 13.Qa4 Qb7 14.b4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 b5 16.Bxb5 Bxb5 17.Qb3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.a4
Bc4 20.Qc3 Kc7 21.b5 c5 22.e6 fxe6 23.Rxe6 Bd6 24.dxc5 Bxc5 25.Rc6+ Kb8 26.Bf4+
Ka8 27.Nd4 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 g5 29.Bg3 Rc8 30.Re6 Nc5 31.Rae1 Ne4 32.Rc6 Nxg3
33.hxg3 Rce8 34.Kh2 h5 35.Rb1 g4 36.a5 h4 37.Kg1 hxg3 38.fxg3 Qh7 39.Qb2 Qh2+
40.Kf2 Re2+ 41.Qxe2 Bxe2 42.Kxe2 Qxg2+ 43.Ke3 Qe4+ 0–1
Meanwhile, Hernandez played his last
game also against 7th seed Dennis Gonzales. They moved their table
to the front bai when it started to rain. On the 37th move,
Hernandez sacrificed his rook for a knight with the idea of winning back the
rook with a check on g2. While Dennis is thinking, Roberto’s former employer
for 13 years Margarita Borja Dalton arrived at the site. He hasn’t seen her for
more than a year and they exchange some warm greetings and hugs. Roberto took
her new cell phone and house numbers for future conversation especially about
Roberto’s un-posted Social Security payment from 1998-2004.
After Dennis accepted the sacrificed
rook, the moves Qg2+ Ke3 and Qxa2 occurred twice (on the 38th and 44th
move) which is quite amazing. Facing the loss of his queen, Dennis resigned on
the 50th move and thus Roberto also finished all his games with 3
wins, 5 losses and a draw. THE MOVES:
Gonzales,
Dennis (1680) - Hernandez, Roberto (1840) [A85]
2015 PNCC (9), 22.11.2015
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 Bb4+
5.Nc3 0–0 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.e3 Nc6 10.Be2 b6 11.0–0 Bb7 12.Re1
d6 13.Qc2 g5 14.Nd2 Rf7 15.Rf1 Ne7 16.Bf3 d5 17.g3 g4 18.Bg2 h5 19.a4 h4 20.a5
hxg3 21.fxg3 Qh6 22.Kf2 Rb8 23.a6 Ba8 24.Rh1 dxc4 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.Nxc4 Nd5
27.Qd3 Nf6 28.Ne5 Ne4+ 29.Ke2 Rh7 30.Raf1 Qg5 31.Qc4 Qe7 32.Ng6 Qd6 33.Nh4 b5
34.Qb4 Qxa6 35.Ra1 Qc6 36.Rhc1 Nd6 37.Ra2 Rxh4 38.gxh4 Qg2+ 39.Kd3 Qxa2 40.Rc2
Qd5 41.Qb1 Qe4+ 42.Ke2 Nc4 43.Qc1 f4 44.Ra2 Qg2+ 45.Kd3 Qxa2 46.exf4 Qxh2
47.Qe1 Qh3+ 48.Kc2 Qg2+ 49.Kd1 Nb2+
0–1
Felix Oling, Jr. continued his
dominance in the Reserves Division with another masterful conquest of Gonzalo
Escapatoria, Jr. in 39 moves of Modern Defence. Rafael Paloma is trailing by a
point after winning over Arnolfo Inres.
Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3796:
1. Nc2+! Bxc2 2. Rb7+ Nb5 3. R7xb5 mate.
This week’s puzzle No. 3797: 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 96
November 30, 2015
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