: FLAVIN ANDRES—INACTIVE FOR 13 YEARS
I invited Flavin “Matlab” Andres, left, to join the 2019 PBCC when I met him at Surangel’s Super Store. He’s been inactive for 13 years and I thought this is the right time for him to be active again. When he comes at the venue, he had the Tia Belau issue where I featured him with “Flavin Will Be Active Again”. He tried to solve the mate in two moves puzzle there but because the tourney started sooner, he was not able to give me the correct solution. He’s a little rusty but was able to score 4 points in 9 rounds. It’s amazing to note that all the players that he had beaten are women players –Baby Edna Mission, Allyza Igharas, Wakako Sisior and Jennifer Angeles! He is now the 195th FIDE rated member of PCF with an initial blitz rating of 1222. He lost to Manik Hossain, right, in the 5th round. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
3 AWARDING ON FEB. 10;
BOBOT, JEFF, RUSTUM -- WON
2019 P.B.C.C.;
MY 27th YEAR IN PALAU
TODAY (Feb. 04, 2019)
The long-awaited awarding of the last 3 major chess tournaments in Palau will finally be held at Eric Ksau Whipps’ residence in Malakal on Feb. 10, 2019 starting at 4pm. Among the recipients of medals and gift certificates are the top 3 finishers of the 1st Surangel Chess Team Tournament--champion Angelo Salvadora’s team, 2nd Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. team and 3rd—Rustum Cabuso’s team.
The 2018 PNCC Top 3 are Bobot Tan, Cyril and me. The recently concluded 2019 Palau Blitz Chess Championship concluded in Jan. 27 with record-breaking 36 participants.
. Bobot Tan dominated Palau chess in the last couple of years and did the same in the 2019 Palau Blitz Chess Championship held after being postponed twice on Jan. 27 at Ernguul Park. Jeff Balbalosa finished 2nd and Rustum Cabuso, 3rd among 36 record-breaking turn-out of participants. Angelo Salvadora is 4th while Cyril Tomas Almitante-Montel, Jr., Dennis Gonzales and Samuel Palingcod are tied from 5th-7th.
Angelica Morales Magno was the total surprise of the event with 5.5 points for solo 8th place. Ten players are tied from 9th-18th with 5 pts.: Tito Cabunagan, Manuel Mahor, Angie Sisior, Manik Hossain, Angelito Mintar, Charley Patris, Remrel Dizon, Morton Sawaichi, Michael Adette Gulla and Rommel Ramon Gulla. Another 9 players are tied from 19th-27th: Gonzalo Escapatoria, Glen Navarroza, Jello Aguaras, Destiny Sisior, Gian Gabriel Claronino, Flavin Andres, whose been inactive for 13 years, Bheng Codinera Mendoza, Gian Paloma, and Brandon Kyle Soriano.
Joan Gemota is at solo 28th with 3.5 points. Five more players are tied from 29th-33rd with 3 points each--Kyarii Sisior, Jennifer Tubtub, Aome Jacob Angeles, first timers Mary Jane Bojo and Jedidia Marinas. At 34th-35th are the other 2 newcomers Mary Grace Capili and Wakako Sisior. Without a point is chess neophyte Allyza Igharas at 36th.
As per Board Meeting of PCF, a gold medal will be given to the top performing newcomer—my guitar/chess student Brandon Kyle Soriano. Another gold medal to the biggest improvement in the new FIDE rating (Standard) will be given to my guitar/chess/ukulele student Angelica Magno for getting an additional 80 rating points in the FIDE ratings list in January 2019.
Today, Feb. 04, 2019, I will be working in Palau for 27 years. There’s a link of me being in Palau for 26 years http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2018/02/1477-26-years-in-palau-in-feb-04-2018.html Another link in 2017 http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2017/03/1356-music-and-me-feb-02-2017-my-25th.html
This is a very memorable 27th year in Palau for me as I’ve got 10-year USA visa in Feb. 2018 and used it right away within a week when I attended the Pacific Area Fellowship of Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch)in Saipan and later in Batumi, Georgia’s 2018 WCO where there is no need to apply for Georgian visa if you have a USA visa. It is also the year that I was the Team Captain of Palau Women’s Team in the 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia where Palau got its first Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in Angelica Parrado’s conquest of scoring 6 points in 9 games for an outright WFM title and Palau’s 2nd Candidate Master (CM) title to Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr.
Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3830: 1. Qa5+!! Kxa5 2. axb7+ Kb6 3. b8Q#
This week’s puzzle No. 3831: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 28
Issue 10
February 04, 2019
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