(1637) ROBERTO HERNANDEZ -- Palau's 2nd FIDE Arbiter (FA) TBN-March 18, 2019

: PALAU’S 1^ST AND 2^ND FIDE ARBITER (FA)

                    During the Awarding Ceremony of 3 previous tournaments, Palau’s first FA Eric Ksau Whipps, who gained his FA title in 2013 at the World Youth Chess Championship in Al Ain, UAE, awarded the certificate of getting an FA title to me. Thanks to all the support from players, organizers and the rest. Next on target is Jennifer Angeles, who is the Chief Arbiter of the ongoing 2019 PRCC. It’s 5^th and 6^th round on Sun. March 17, 2019 at Bethlehem Park.    (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

         ROBERTO HERNANDEZ ---

      Palau's 2nd FIDE Arbiter (FA)

A letter from FIDE dated March 12, 2019 at 09:18 Title FIDE Elista Office titles@fide.com wrote: “Dear Sirs, Please be informed that the decision on title application by the 1^st quarter PB 2019 which was held in Astana, KAZ on 4-6 March are as follows: FA Roberto Hernandez – YES    Thank you, Best regards, Baira Marilova, Elista FIDE Office.  A separate letter also state: “Dear All, Congratulations for your newly titled arbiter!

                In the other email, the fee for this title is 60 euros, 40% cheaper than my FIDE Instructor title gained in 2014 for 2 years. It was renewed in 2016 at World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan for another 4 years for 60 euros. As promised by newly elected FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, the fees to FIDE had been reduced 40%.

                In the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, Red Dumuk from the Philippines, is an FA assigned at that Olympiad. It’s an automatic International Arbiter (IA) norm if an FA became an Arbiter in a tournament with more than a hundred participants.

                Likewise in the 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, where I am the Team Captain of Palau’s Women Team, FA Yilderim Yucel from Turkey is our Arbiter in the 9^th round where we swept the Togo team with Joan Gemota at Board 1 prevailing over Kosife Esse Akija; Angelil Sisior over Ivana Claudia Eyram de Souza; WFM Angelica Parrado nipping Sename Ave Maria Dzoglo and Angelica Magno outwitting Ama Edoh.

                The next World Chess Olympiad is in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia again in 2020 (Aug. 1-14). They hosted the 39^th WCO in Sept. 19 –Oct. 04, 2010. It was the most organized Olympiad ever that’s why when they bid at 2016 WCO, they won easily. My prospect for this Olympiad is—if I would not qualify for that Olympiad and I would be invited by FIDE to be one of the Arbiters there, I will accept it to gain an IA norm and maybe get my final norm in the 2022 WCO in Minsk, Belarus.

                Jennifer Angeles is the Chief Arbiter of the ongoing 2019 Palau Rapid Chess Championship with 31 participants, including her, to make it one of the prospective FA norms and maybe she will get the 3^rd Palau FA title within this year for being the arbiter of 2019 PNCC to start on the last Sunday of June. If she would not qualify for 2020 Russia WCO, and FIDE would invite her to be one of the arbiters in that Olympiad, she would happily accept it as the date is summer vacation. The date of the 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia is just 2 weeks where the school started so she was not allowed to go by the principal of Palau Missionary Academy (PMA), where she teaches chess in Palau first Chess in School that started in Aug. 30, 2017.

GOOD LUCK, JENNIFER!



PAIRINGS AND RESULTS OF ROUND 5 & 6 OF 2019 PRCC:

ROUND 7 PAIRINGS: 

STANDINGS AFTER 6 ROUNDS:

                Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3484: 1. f8=R!! Kd6 2. Rd8#

                This week’s puzzle No. 3486: White to move and mates in 2 (Solution next issue)

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

               Tia Belau Newspaper

               Pages 9-10

               Volume 28

               Issue 22

               March 18, 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 18, 2019

              The History of Chess in Palau

              By Roberto Hernandez

              June 09, 2002 -- March 18, 2019

(1589) ROUND 9 OF 2018 WCO (Oct. 03, 2018) -- CYRIL GOT HIS CM TITLE; Arkady Dvorkovich--New FIDE President

REST DAY AFTER THE BERMUDA PARTY
     The 14-member Palau Chess Team hired a Mercedes Benz van for a trip around Batumi during the rest day of 2018 World Chess Olympiad after the traditional Bermuda Party was held at 10 pm the previous day. The male contestants thought that it's a joke when the announcer said, "The entrance fee at Bermuda Party is free for the ladies and $10.00 for men!" The bridge at the background in this photo can accommodate 1 small car at a time so we just took photos around the place. More photos were taken by me, left, using the small camera which is not allowed inside the playing hall. Cyril, right, got his CM title after trouncing Harisch Pillay of Seychelles at Board 1 while at Board 4, Rustum
Cabuso, middle, got half point for drawing with Benjamin Hoareau (1820 rating) for his 1.5 points total in 9 games.
                  (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)


                  ROUND 9 OF 2018 
        WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD--

          CYRIL GOT HIS CM TITLE;
                 Arkady Dvorkovich-- 
                 New FIDE President

         I informed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., Palau's top chess player in the last 9 years, that all he need is a draw to be the new Candidate Master of Palau in his game against Seychelles in the 9th round of 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia held on Oct. 03, the same date of election of new President of World Chess Federation (FIDE).

        Playing the lowest rated player of Seychelles at Board 1 with a rating of 1250 (to his 1882), Cyril played cautiously against Harisch Pillay and don't settle for a draw when he seized the initiative knowingly that he still got a shot at FM  (FIDE Master) title if he would win his last 3 games.

        At Board 2, Bobot Tan faces the highest rated Seychelles player Andre Stratonowitsch (2138), who crossed his 2 index finger, an indication that he is offering a draw to Bobot, who didn't realize this 'sign' of a truce. Me, likewise, didn't know this sign yet at the time that Andre told Bobot that he has offered a draw which he thought Bobot declined. He said later to Andre that he didn't know yet that sign and added, "Who am I to decline a draw offer from a highly rated opponent?" Anyway, with the loss to Andre, Bobot lost his chance for at least a CM title, needing to win also his last 3 games to have a total of 5 points and need to play 10 games.

        Angelo Salvadora scored his 2nd victory over the brother of Harisch Pillay, Ragul at Board 3 for the 2nd match win for Palau Open team. They nipped Antigua and Barbuda (3-1) in the 6th round and drew with Central African Republic in the 8th round.

        The Women's Team of Palau swept Togo with Joan Gemota whipping the only rated player of Togo Cosife Esse Akua (1355) to keep her shot at a WCM title intact. Angelil Sisior clobbered Claudia Eyram De Souza Ivana with Angelica Parrado, Angelil's mom, continued her search for Palau's first ever WFM title with a masterful conquest of Ave Maria Dzoglo Sename and the last game of the day for Palau Women team, in which I am the Team Captain, is between Angelica Morales Magno, my guitar/chess student in Palau, and Ama Edoh. 

        I am taking a close look at all their moves, with Angelica winning 2 pawns and having the initiative. With a few seconds remaining in Edoh's clock, she had played only 39 moves and about to get another 30 minutes if she would play her 40th move in the nick of time. She is ready to check Angelica's king for a perpetual check and a draw but before doing so, her clock expires! I immediately call the attention of the Match Arbiter FA Yildirim Yucel of Turkey and said, "Time"! in which he pronounced Angelica as the winner.
Adoh is very frustrated about it and let half point slips away or at least averted a shutout.

       It was the first win of Angelica as she won by default in Round 3 against Burundi where they have no player at Board 4, in which Angelica Parrado avoided to keep her shot at WCM and WFM title in sight. Her 2nd default win is against Sao Tome & Principe where we did the same thing--Angie at Board 3 and Angel at Board 4 without an opponent. It resulted in Angie getting a WCM title with 4 points in 6 games.

        While in the bus going back to our hotel (Oasis), Angel told me that she was shocked by the 39th move of Adoh but because she is in the attacking position, Adoh took a lot of time finding the right moves. And when she found the move that can save at least a draw, her time expires.

Arkady Dvorkovich elected FIDE President

Arkady Dvorkovich became the new FIDE President at the General Assembly in Batumi, Georgia on 3rd of October. 103 delegates voted for him, while former FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos received 78 votes, one vote was invalid. The third candidate Nigel Short withdrew his application during his final speech before the elections.

Arkady Dvorkovich's biography: fide2018.com/biography 

Members of the Presidential Ticket of Arkady Dvorkovich are elected into office:

Bachar Kouatly – Deputy President
Sewa Enyonam Fumey – General Secretary
Mahir Mammedov – Vice President
Julio Granda Zuniga – Vice President
Zhu Chen – Treasurer

Olalekan Adeyemi, Martha Fierro, Akaki Iashvili, Michael Khodarkovsky, Anastasia Sorokina, Tahar Battikh, Nigel Short, Gulkiz Tulay, Lukasz Turlej, Jiangchuan Ye are the Vice Presidents of FIDE.

Mohammad Jafar Kambouzia, Damal Villivalam Sundar, Ian Wilkinson became the Honorary Vice Presidents of FIDE.

Continental elections:

Lewis Ncube is the Continental President for Africa.
Jorge Vega is the Continental President for Americas.
Zurab Azmaiparashvili is the President of the European Chess Union.
Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nehyan is the Continental President for Asia. 

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Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
               Tia Belau Newspaper
               December 29, 2002 -- October 16, 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 -- October 16, 2018

               The History of Chess in Palau 
               By Roberto Hernandez
               June 09, 2002 -- October 16, 2018

               www.fide.com




    

(423) Federation Is Sued; Kirsan Claims More Support

OFFICIAL HOTEL OF 2009 OCEANIA ZONALS
Palau lone representative to the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in Australia last year Roberto Hernandez, had a photo taken at the terrace by Joselito Marcos of Papua New Guinea. The view is overlooking the Gold Coast Airport where Pacificflier (Palau) is flying the Australian route. The hotel is Outrigger Twin Towns Resort at Tweed Heads, Gold Coast on the Queensland/NSW border. Hernandez is wearing the campaign shirt with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov photo (2006 WCO in Torino, Italy). It was given to him by former FIDE President Florencio Campomanes during his visit to Palau in May 11-14, 2006.
(Photo by Joselito Marcos)

                            FEDERATION IS SUED;
                 KIRSAN CLAIMS MORE SUPPORT

SEVERAL national federations and the presidential campaign of former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov filed a lawsuit against the World Chess Federation on Thursday, July 08, 2010 in the court of arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The lawsuit, which was filed by White & Case, a Manhattan firm, is seeking to have the ticket of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the incumbent who is running for re-election, disqualified.

The lawsuit, which includes the chess federations of the United States, France, Germany, Switzerland and Ukraine as plaintiffs, challenges the legitimacy of Ilyumzhinov's nominations by Russia, Argentina and Mexico.

It also questions the nominations of Beatriz Marinello for vice president on Kirsan's slate. As each candidate is required to have a state to fill each major office in the federation, and to have one least one candidate to be a woman, Karpov is trying to invalidate Kirsan's candidacy by eliminating Marinello from the ticket.

The question of which candidate Russia is supporting has been a point of bitter contention throughout the election. Both candidates are Russian and the rules of the federation, which is also known by the acronym FIDE (for Federation Internationale des Echecs), stat that a candidate for office must either have the nomination of his or her home country, or of a federation of which the candidate has been a member for a least a year.

Karpov, who also has the nominations of France, Germany and Switzerland, claims that a vote by majority of the Russian Chess Federation on May 14 to endorse him was legitimate and that he therefore is the Russian nominee.

After that vote, Arkady Dvorkovich, the chairman of the board of supervisors of the federation, and a high-ranking Kremlin official, took control of the federation and decreed that the vote was invalid.

In a meeting on June 28, a quorum of members of the federation voted to give Dvorkovich sole authority to act on the federation's behalf until a new meeting can be called in October--after the FIDE elections.

Dvorkovich then reaffirmed an earlier letter he sent to FIDE in April endorsing Kirsan as president.

The lawsuit seeks to reaffirm the May 14 vote. It also seeks to show that Kirsan has not been a member of the Argentinian and Mexican federations for long enough to be nominated by them.

The parties of the lawsuit say that the federation has not turned over documents showing proof of his membership, despite repeated requests.

With regard to Marinello, who was born in Chile but has lived in the United States for 20 years, the lawsuit claims that her nominations by Chile and Brazil are not legitimate as she is not a member of either federation.

That is not true, Marinello said in a telephone interview. She said that she has dual citizenship with Chile, travels there often because her family still lives there, and still conducts chess seminars there.

As for Brazil, she said that she had played chess for a league there for many years.

"My ties with Chile and Brazil are much stronger that Karpov's ties with France and Germany," she said.

The Ilyumzhinov campaign now says that it has the support of 64 federations, although at least a couple of those--Honduras and Russia-- are claimed by both campaigns.

Karpov campaign lists 23 countries as supporters. The federation has about 170 members with each having one vote.

It is in the interest of both campaigns to appear to be wrapping up enough votes to win the election, as front-runner status may attract more potential voters who might be afraid of being shut out from money and support if they back the loser.

Of course, pledge support is just until the votes are counted. The election is this September at the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

The FIDE election for 2010 may not take place as planned. Courts actions have intervened. Kirsan, who leads one of two election tickets, began legal proceedings when it was announced that a suit for slander would be brough against Karpov, who is the leader of presidential candidate of the other ticket. It was alleged that Karpov wrongly accused the FIDE leadership of corruption.


Solution to last week's puzzle: 1. h4+ Kh5 2. Rf5+!! gxf5 3. Bf7 mate.

This week's puzzle: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)


Source:
Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 12-13
Volume 19
Issue 33
August 16-22, 2010