PALAU VS. TAIWAN FRIENDLY BLITZ GAME
Roberto
Hernandez, left, met a Chinese-Taipei Chess Team member in the 2008 WCO in
Dresden, Germany Lin,Chung-Yu during the final day of 2017 PBCC at Ernguul
Park. Mr. Lin is in a visit with the Taiwanese Friendship Fleet as a sailor.
It’s the 13th visit of this fleet in Palau. In the background are
(L-R) Tito Cabunagan, Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. and eventual champion Rustum
Cabuso.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
TAIWANESE 2008 OLYMPIAD
PLAYER
PRACTICED WITH ME
AFTER the conclusion of 2017 Palau Blitz Chess
Championship, buses of Taiwanese sailors are crowding Bethlehem Park. Some of
them are watching the last (9th) round with one of them practicing
with Angelo Salvadora, who later asked me to try the young sailor at 3:30pm of
May 07, 2017.
I
lost my first 2 games to him with the 3rd one postponed because
their bus is leaving. I gave him my card and he mentioned to me that he played
for the Chinese-Taipei Chess Team in the 2008 World Chess Olympiad in Dresden,
Germany. I proudly told him that I represented Palau in 2009 Oceania Zonal
Chess Championship in Australia; 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016 Olympiads in Russia,
Turkey, Norway and Azerbaijan respectively being Board 1 in Turkey and Norway
Olympiads. He said he is Board 4 in 2008.
He
said they will be still in Palau till Monday, May 08. Before playing piano at
Palau Royal Resort at dinner time, the Waves Restaurant is full of sailors from
Taiwanese Friendship Fleet. Before playing, I asked one sailor if he knows the
name Lin, Chung-Yu as shown to me by that chess playing sailor. He doesn’t know
him. Even the last one that I asked, who had photo session with me, doesn’t
know him either even if I showed him more than half dozen photos.
In
the resumption of play of the 2017 Palau Blitz Chess Championship, I drew with
Rustum Cabuso in Round 6 and lost to top seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. in Rd. 7
and won the last 2 games vs. Joan Gemota and Angie Parrado respectively to
finish with 7.5 points.
Tito
Cabunagan spoiled Cyril’s quest for another blitz title when he upset the
latter to set the tiebreak for first place between me and Rustum. We cannot use
the first tiebreak—Direct Encounter or winner over the other because we drew
our game. But in the Sonneborn-Berger system, Rustum prevailed with 28.50 to my
26.50.
Cyril
and Tito are tied at 3rd place with 7 points each but the 2nd
tiebreak again settled the issue with Cyril’s 23.50 to Tito’s 23.00 followed by
Manuel Mahor, Jr.’s 5 pts. Angie Parrado and Angelo Salvadora are tied at 6th-7th
spot with Angie’s 8.00 edged out Angelo’s 7.00.
10th
seed Angelica Magno was the surprise of the event, scoring 1.5 points, half
point better than Palau’s 2nd Woman National Master (WNM) Baby Edna
Mission to finish at 8th, one spot higher that Mission. 9th
seed Joan Gemota drew her first game with Magno but lost her last 8 games to be
the cellar dweller with .5 point.
The
Awarding for the Top 3 Finishers and Palau Chess Federation’s Board Meeting
didn’t push through because PCF President Eric Ksau Whipps is still off island.
He arrived just in time to fetch Jamie Kenmure at the airport for the latter’s
Arbiters’ Seminar that will be start on May 14-18, 2017 at Mason’s Hardware
premises.
The
following are the confirmed participants—1. Roberto Hernandez 2. Cyril Tomas
Montel, Jr. 3. Tito Cabunagan 4. Angelica Parrado 5. Paquito Suringa, Jr. 6.
Dennis Gonzales 7. Manuel Mahor, Jr. 8. Eugene Labarda 9. Rustum Cabuso 10.
Angelo Salvadora 11. Baby Edna Mission 12. Gladys Anne Paloma 13. Neph Macasaet
14. Joan Gemota 15. Joel Gemota 16. Angelica Magno 17. Joy Flores Whipps.
Solution
to last week’s puzzle No. 4411: 1. …Na4+! 2. Rxa4 Rxb3+! 3. Kxb3 Rd3#
This
week’s puzzle No. 4412: Black to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9 & 11
Volume 26
Issue 36
May 15, 2017
Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
Soon to be published as a book
Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
March 15, 2012 -- April 18, 2013
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
April 25, 2013 -- May 15, 2017
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- May 15, 2017
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