Friday, October 21, 2016

(1282) ANGIE JOIN IN THE TOP 10 DIVISION (TBN-Oct. 17, 2016)



:  WINNERS AT LEFT, LOSERS AT RIGHT
                    First round winners at left are Arnolfo Inres over Dennis Gonzales; Kyarii Sisior against Jhoana Malinao and Elizalde Madrinan overcoming rustiness to whip Baby Edna ‘Bheng’ Mission. In the last pair of players, brothers Pons Mahor edged younger brother Jun in the endgame battle. The other game in the background ended in a draw –Navarroza vs. Escapatoria, Jr. while Allan Alcid and Jeff Balbalosa had blitz chess practice.
                                                            (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)



ANGIE TO JOIN IN THE TOP 10 DIVISION


BEING the No. 7 chess player of Palau in the Oct. 2016 edition of FIDE rating list, Angelica Parrado-Sisior is focusing her sight to improve her play and decided to join the Top 10 Division of 2016 Palau National Chess Championship.
                Without much opposition or stronger players to play in the Women’s Division, Angie is doing what Judit Polgar, the strongest woman player in the world, has done: playing in the Open division of World Chess Olympiad and other top caliber tournaments around Europe especially.
                The Qualifying tournament to select the No. 8, 9 and 10 of the Top 10 Division finally started on Sunday, Oct. 09 at Bethlehem Park. Two women players signed in to improve their play also—Baby Edna “Bheng” Mission and Joan Gemota, who didn’t show up and lost by default to Rustum Cabuso.
                Mission’s opponent showed up when she is already feeling relax in claiming a win by default. But Elizalde Madrinan, who is inactive for 6 years, showed up and played against the fast-moving Mission, that she lost a knight on the 4th move and committed an illegal move on the 5th move.
                Madrinan showed no sign of rustiness as he hangs on to his advantage of 7 points (a knight (3 pts.), 2 pawns (2 pts.) and exchange advantage-a rook for a knight (2 pts.) and prevailed after 36 moves.
THE MOVES: Mission, Baby Edna (1491) - Madrinan, Elizalde (1326) [C50]
2016 Qualifying Tourney (1), 09.10.2016
            1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 d6 4.¤g5 £xg5 5.d4 £xg2 6.¦f1 £xe4+ 7.¥e3 ¤xd4 8.¤a3 ¥f5 9.¥d3 £g4 10.£xg4 ¥xg4 11.¦g1 ¤f3+ 12.¢f1 ¤xg1 13.¢xg1 0–0–0 14.¦e1 ¤f6 15.¦f1 ¥e7 16.¤c4 h5 17.¥g5 ¥h3 18.¦e1 ¦de8 19.¦e3 ¥g4 20.h3 ¥e6 21.¤d2 ¤d5 22.¦g3 ¥xg5 23.¦xg5 ¥xh3 24.¦g3 ¥g4 25.¤e4 f5 26.¤g5 h4 27.¦g2 ¦h5 28.¦xg4 fxg4 29.¥f5+ ¢b8 30.¥xg4 ¦xg5 31.f3 e4 32.¢f2 ¤e3 33.¥d7 ¤d1+ 34.¢f1 ¦e7 35.¥g4 exf3 36.¥xf3 ¤e3+      0–1
            Dennis Gonzales didn’t make it to the Top 7 and has to qualify to be able to participate in tournaments outside Palau esp. World Chess Olympiads. He faced the ever-improving Arnolfo Inres and lost to stall his inclusion for an unprecedented 3rd Olympiad while the Glen Navarroza vs. Gonzalo Escapatoria, Jr. match ended in a fighting draw. THE MOVES: Navarroza, Glen (1356) - Escapatoria, Jr., Gonzalo (1574) [C01]
2016 Qualifying Tourney (1), 09.10.2016
            1.e4 d6 2.d4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥e7 4.¤f3 h6 5.¥e3 a6 6.¥d3 ¤c6 7.a3 ¥d7 8.£d2 ¤f6 9.0–0 ¤h7 10.e5 d5 11.¥xh7 ¦xh7 12.¤a4 g5 13.b4 b5 14.¤c5 g4 15.£d3 ¦h8 16.¤d2 ¥g5 17.¤db3 ¤e7 18.£c3 c6 19.a4 ¢f8 20.f3 g3 21.h3 ¤f5 22.¥xg5 hxg5 23.f4 ¥e8 24.¤b7 £e7 25.¤3c5 ¢g7 26.axb5 cxb5 27.¤d6 g4 28.¤xf5+ exf5 29.£xg3 ¦h4 30.e6 £f6 31.exf7 £xd4+ 32.¢h2 ¦xh3+ 33.gxh3 ¥xf7 34.c3 £f6 35.¦g1 ¦h8 36.¢g2 ¦xh3 37.£e1 £h6 38.¦h1 d4 39.£e5+ ¢g8 40.£xd4 £c6+ 41.¤e4 ¥d5 42.¦xh3 gxh3+ 43.¢h2 ¥xe4 44.£d8+ ¢f7 45.¦d1 ¢e6 46.£g8+ ¢f6 47.£f8+ ¢e6 48.£h6+ ¢f7 49.£xc6 ¥xc6 50.¢xh3 ¢e6 51.¢h4 ¥d5 52.¢g5 ¥e4 53.¦d8 ¢e7 54.¦c8 ¢d7 55.¦h8 ¢c7 56.¦h7+ ¢b6 57.¢f6 a5 58.bxa5+ ¢xa5 59.¢e5 ¢a4 60.¢d4 ¢b3       ½–½
            Angelo Salvadora, the supposed to be No. 7, didn’t show up in the opening round. His opponent, Flavin ‘Matlab’ Andres, didn’t show up as well and they both lost by default.
                The brothers Sofronio ‘Pons’ Mahor and Manuel ‘Jun’ Mahor, Jr. squared off in the 1st round with the older Pons hanging on to his one-pawn advantage in the most difficult endgame in chess –rook and pawns endgame. But in the end, it’s only a draw.
                In the only game of the junior division, newcomer Jhoana Malinao was mated by the youngest daughter of Angie, Kyarii Sisior in 34 moves of a game in which their 5 first moves are pawn moves. Kyarii’s sisters Destiny and Angelil are the only registered players in the junior division so far.
                Angie and Bheng visited Roberto Hernandez at Palau Royal Resort’s Dormitory 1 to clarify some issues – that Angie is playing in the Top 10 division to have tougher opposition. She will let the Women’s Division be won by other than her so Palau will have its 2nd Woman National Master (WNM). The two also confirmed their participation in the 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia together with Gladys Anne Paloma, Joan Gemota and Angie’s oldest daughter Angelil as reserve.
                The rushed part of Chess Mate’s last issue is incorrect. Only the champion of this 2016 PNCC qualifies to the 2018 Olympiad. In the 2017 PNCC, if the champion is still the same player, the No. 2, 3, 4, 5 qualify. If not, the 2017 champion, the No. 2, 3, and 4 qualify. Two more players with FIDE or national/developmental instructor titles can be added as Team Captain of Open and Women’s team + Delegate and Head of Delegation for a total of 14-person delegation for a country.
               
                Angie showed interest also in playing at 2017 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship to be held in Auckland, New Zealand on Jan. 14-20 and in 2017 Guam International Chess Tournament, most probably in February, so that she can use her 10-year USA visa for the first time. She also suggests that the women’s team should practice as early as this month to be the most prepared Palau women’s team ever, with 5 of them having a regular weekly meeting and practice.
                The 2nd round of qualifying, a 5-round Swiss system event instead of 7 rounds, will be held on Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2pm. The drawing of the numbers of the Top 10 Division has been drawn already with the No. 1-10 as follows: 1. Qualifier No. 8; 2. Qualifier No. 10; 3. Paquito Suringa, Jr.; 4. Jeffrey Balbalosa; 5. Angelica Parrado-Sisior;  6. Roberto Hernandez; 7. Qualifier No. 9;  8. Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr.;  9. Allan Alcid;  10. Tito Cabunagan.
                Cyril and Tito will play their game as early as this Sunday with Tito having the white pieces. Additional players can be added to the 12-player roster of qualifying but they should start with a loss record (-).

                Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3490: 1. Ka1 Ka4 2. Qh6 mate.

                This week’s puzzle No. 3491: White to move and mates in 2 (Solution next issue)




Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
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