(1572) PHOTOS -- FINAL ROUND OF 1st Surangel Chess Team Tournament (Sept. 16, 2018)

PHOTOS -- 

Final Round of 1st S. C. T. T.

(Sept. 16, 2018)

The first ever team tournament in Palau concluded on Sept. 16, 2018 with a very exciting final round. Dark Grey is leading Light Blue by a mere half point (20-19.5 total team points). My Yellow Team is only 2.5 points ahead of Dennis Gonzales' Navy Blue Team (16.5-14). 

TEAM DARK GREY OF Angel Salvadora is the Champion of 1st Surangel Chess Team Tournament; Roberto Hernandez' Yellow Team is 2nd; Rustum Cabuso's Light Blue Team is 3rd

 Our total points is 20.5 and when Light Blue Team scored only half point (a draw between John Malinao and Manuel Mahor), we edged the Light blue team by half point! Jeff Balbalosaplayed his first game of the event vs. me and after he blundered away his queen for a bishop, I prevailed in 35 moves of French Defense (Tarrasch Variation). My teammate Glen Navarroza, middle, shaking hands with Jello, also prevailed over Jello Augaras and my youth (Board 4) gold medalist Nicholas Nehez won by default over Lenge Gibbons and the Board 3 (woman) has already been played 3 weeks earlier with Angelil Sisior prevailing over Jhoan Gemota, who is on vacation since Sept. 14, together with the other 3 members of Palau Chess Team to 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia Bobot Tan, Bheng Codinera Mendoza and Rustum. Another 5 members left too on Sept. 18: Angelica Morales Magno, Salvadora, me, Angie Sisior and her daughter Angelil. The rest, 5 of them will fly to Manila on Fri. Sept. 21: Eric Ksau Whipps, Joy Balute Flores, Leif Toribiong, Cyril Tomas Almitante-Montel and Tito Cabunagan and we will all fly to Istanbul on Sat. Sept. 22 and will arrive in Batumi at 7pm just in time for the Opening Ceremony at 9 pm.

[Event "2018 1st Surangel Team Tourney"]

[Site "Mason's Hardware Do-it-Center Premises"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hernandez, Roberto"]
[Black "Balbalosa, Jeffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1708"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[Annotator "Roberto"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Nf1
(8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 a5 10. Re1) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. f4
Bb4+ 12. Ke2 O-O 13. Qc2 f5 14. Be3 Qxe3+ 15. Nxe3 b6 16. g4 fxg4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8
18. Qg6 Ba6+ 19. Kd1 Rxf4 20. Qh5 Rc8 21. Bg6+ Kg8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7
24. Qxg7+ Kd8 25. Qg8+ Nf8 26. Nc2 Be7 27. Bf7 Kd7 28. Rc1 Bb5 29. Re1 Bh4 30.
Rg1 Rf2 31. Qxg4 Rxh2 32. Nd4 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Bd3 34. Bxe6+ Kc7 35. Qg7+ 1-0

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
               Tia Belau Newspaper
               December 29, 2002 -- September 19, 2018

               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 -- September 19, 2018

              The History of Chess in Palau
              By Roberto Hernandez
              June 09, 2002 -- September 19, 2018