PHOTOS --
Round 5 & 6 of 2019
Palau Rapid Chess Championship
(Mar. 17, 2019 at Bethlehem Park)
Bobot Tan, left, stays unbeaten after defeating Palau's first WFM Angelica Parrado.
Joan Gemota, my teammate in the 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, is still rusty after losing in less than 20 moves to me. She barely missed the Woman Candidate Master title in the last round. Had she won that game, Palau would have been gaining 3 titles in one Olympiad! Palau top player in the last 8 years got his CM title despite playing at Board 1 in the Open section. Angie got her WCM title 2 rounds earlier than Cyril and the WFM title in the final round.
Jeff Balbalosa, 2nd from left, and my teammate in 2014 Tromso, Norway Olympiad and 2016 WCO in Baku, Azerbaijan, tested the current strength of my teammate in 2018 WCO in Georgia Angelil Sisior, who defeated 5th seed Rustum Cabuso in the first round of the ongoing 2019 Palau Rapid Chess Championship. Angelil also defeated me in the 4th round. Jeff only manage to draw against Angelil.
A Chinese girl student at Palau Missionary Academy, right, is testing the ambiance of a real chess tournament by practicing with Bin Robinson Luo Cabrera, the last participant in the ongoing 2019 PRCC. Jennifer Angeles, 2nd from right, the chess teacher in the first Chess in School in Palau, said that the Chinese girl is just starting to learn the game.
Kyarii Sisior is climbing the wooden post to charge her cell phone at the outlet while the 2 other other girls who are not playing are enjoying the cheap and strong internet connection. Palau had the fiber optic connection in Dec. 7, 2017 and now many enjoy the fast and cheat internet.
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
December 29, 2002 -- March 19, 2019
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 -- March 19, 2019
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 02, 2002 -- March 19, 2019
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