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Thursday, September 17, 2020

(1640) MANIK FINISHED IN THE MIDDLE OF 2019 TOKYO MARATHON (March 03, 2019)

MANIK FINISHED IN THE MIDDLE
OF 2019 TOKYO MARATHON
(March 03, 2019)

In 2012, Mohammad Manik Hossain was supposed to be a team member (Board 2) of Palau Chess Team to the 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey. At that time, there is no qualification or selection of players who wants to play in that Olympiad. As long as you are committed and has money to buy for airfare, you can be a member even if you are not in the top 10 in Palau's FIDE rating list.

Everything is ready with Istanbul's invitation for Palau's Team that was composed of me at Board 1, Manik at Board 2, CM Bernardo Garcia at 3, Menandro Manuel at 4 and his wife Elizabeth at Board 5/Reserve).

Manik asked me to write a letter to his employer to allow him to participate in 2012 WCO but he was allowed to go with just 2 weeks before the Olympiad and 4 of us got our Turkish visa already. It will be too late for him to get Turkish visa so he was left behind and we have to play all 11 games in that Olympiad because there is no reserve. Elizabeth took the spot of Manik at Board 2 and didn't win or draw in those 11 games to have an initial FIDE rating.

One of the reasons why Manik was not allowed earlier is that he wants to have a vacation in Bangladesh for 3 months after the Olympiad. He is hoping that because he hadn't had a vacation for 6 years, his employer might allow it as being done by many Bangladesh nationals when taking a vacation for that long because they didn't take it annually or every 2 years like in my case at Palau Royal Resort.

Since then, Manik has become wax cold in participating in any Palau local tournaments UNTIL 2 years ago in a blitz practice game that ignite his desire again to play.

He always find some extra time to play in standard, rapid or blitz tournaments.

Originally, there are 33 players in Eric Ksau Whipps' list of those who will come to Guam for the 2019 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in Feb. 17-24. But in the final tally, only 12 made it. I cancelled my participation because my wife Flor wants to save the money that I will spend there for our vacation in Sept.-Oct. in Philippines. She said I have already participated in 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia so cancel the Guam OZCC.

In Manik's case, it's like 2 birds in one stone as he will proceed to Japan for the prestigious 2019 Tokyo Marathon on March 03. He won the lottery to be allowed to participate in that event. There are 370,000 applicants for that marathon and only 37,000 were invited through lottery. Manik said there are 73,000 participants with him finishing in the middle (14,000th finisher).

He said there are 11,000 volunteers and they are lined-up in the streets. Some of them are giving water. He specified some have peeled oranges for them to eat while running. The guy from Kenya finished first with a time of 2:25.00, a little short of the world record.

Manik told me that the wind and rain and cold weather prevented him to finish better. He's already in his hotel and about half of the runners are still running. There's a 73-year-old man from Chicago that able to finish the marathon in more than 5 hours.

Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world and Manik said that taxi fare of about a kilometer costs $10.00. Because the roads signs are all in Japanese, there are lots of time that he lost his way to his hotel.

All finishers were given a very nice gold-plated medals.

Because of Manik's participation in the 2019 Tokyo Marathon, he lost his first 2 games by default. Upon his return, his first opponent in the 3rd round is a boy from Solomon Islands Carlos Santus Amo Sifix, left, whom he defeated.

While Jennifer Tubtub Angeles, left, is playing vs. Bruce Soriano, their sons Aome Angeles and Brandon Kyle Soriano are having kids' chat while waiting for the next round pairings. Aome plays Nobu Yano next while Kyle lost to Manik in the 4th round.

In the 4th round, Manik defeated my guitar/chess student Brandon Kyle Soriano, 2nd from right, who likewise went to Guam for Spring vacation with his dad Bruce Soriano and mom Violet Lagmay Soriano. Both the father and son lost their 5th and 6th round matches respectively vs. Angelito 'Jun' Mintar, Jr., left, and Mary Grace Capili, my 7th round opponent on March 24. Jun's opponent here is my other guitar/piano/chess/ukulele student Angelica Magno.

In the 6th round, Bruce lost by default to Destiny Sisior while Brandon Kyle is lucky to have a BYE for an automatic 1 point.

Manik won over Rommel Gulla in the 4th round for an even score of 2 wins and 2 losses.

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
December 29, 2002 -- March 21, 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 21, 2019

The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- March 21, 2019

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

(1372) CHESS NEOPHYTE ELIZABETH MANUEL AT 2012 WCO IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY

NEOPHYTE ELIZABETH MANUEL VS. GM MOHAMMED AL SAYED
          The first ever tournament participated in by Elizabeth Manuel, 3rd from left, is against a GM! She made it to Palau Chess Team when Bangladesh national in Palau Mohammad Manik Hossain missed his once in a lifetime chance to play in an Olympiad. Elizabeth committed an illegal move against Al Sayed, whose rating is 2517.                          (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

    CHESS NEOPHYTE ELIZABETH
      MANUEL AT 2012 W. C. O. IN
         ISTANBUL, TURKEY

THE PALAU Chess Team to the 2012 World Chess Olympiad is supposed to be composed of Roberto Hernandez, Tito Cabunagan, Bernardo Garcia, Menandro Manuel and Mohammad Manik Hossain.

But Tito Cabunagan was the only technical person (mechanical engineer) that can assist a group of Japanese to check the 2 generators that Japan has donated to improve the power supply in Palau.

This opens the door for Elizabeth Manuel, the wife of Palau's most successful chess player Menandro, to be a reserved player. She's been to Palau many times to make her eligible but her experience is very little.

While in Manila working at Tourism Department of Philippine government, she works for Palau team to get Turkish visa with the members giving their cash money to pay for it, except Manik, who is still not permitted by his employer to go despite my letter requesting so.

After me, Bernard, Menandro and her got our Turkish visa, Elizabeth works on her and Menandro's Schengen visa so that they can travel to Italy and France after the Olympiad before coming back to Manila. Eventually, they were issued Schengen visa even without the personal appearance of Menandro. Unlike in 2014, the Palau Chess Team (Open and Women) has to go to Manila 2 weeks earlier to get their Schengen visa at Royal Norwegian Embassy.

The members also send money for round-trip ticket (Manila-Singapore-Istanbul) to acquire Turkish visa. Manik was finally allowed by his employer to go but with 2 weeks before the departure of the team, it's too late for him so it will be me at Board 1, Elizabeth (2), Bernard (3) and Menandro at Board 4 hoping to gain at least a CM title playing at the lowest board despite his 1924 rating to mine's 1875.

The 4-member Palau Chess Team check-in at Ninoy Aquino International Airport for a 11 hours stop-over in Singapore. While checking-in, I met my nephew Rommel Hernandez, who is also going to Singapore for all-expense paid job training. He works at Sony Corporation. We had some photos taken even at the waiting area. I haven't seen him in more or less 10 years.

During the check-in, I forgot to give the desk attendant my United Airlines Mileage No. RY685853, which prove to be crucial in me getting a lot of mileage for the Singapore-Istabul trip as it is a member of Star Alliance.

The long hours of waiting in Singapore is nothing compares to 11-hour trip to Singapore. I have finished 3 movies already and I am sitting with a Turkish who snores very loud that an American lady 5 meters away complained about the noise.

We met our Delegate Jan Berglund at Adela Hotel, where many teams esp. from Africa were also billeted. I left my gift items from organizers at the lobby. When I remember it and goes back to look for it, it's gone. Some African players are still sitting close to the spot where I left it.

At the Opening Ceremony, we were able to have photos with Hikaru Nakamura, Brian Jones, our team captain for 2nd time Australian Jamie Kenmure, who is also our Rating Officer, Gary Bekker, Dr. Virgilio de Asa of Fiji...

Our 1st round opponent is Qatar, who boasts 2 GMs in their lineup. I will be playing GM Mohamad Al-Modiahki while Elizabeth will be playing another GM Mohammed Al-Sayed.

Elizabeth's game against GM Al-Sayed produced the first illegal move in this Olympiad, when in the 13th move, her king is checked by a pawn. Instead of capturing the pawn with her king, she moved the bishop to e3. Al Sayed called the attention of the arbiter shaking his head. The arbiter asked me to explain to Elizabeth about the illegal move. I talk to her in English so that everybody will understand.

After she made the king capture, the arbiter deducted 2 minutes from her time. A move later, she resigned.

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men) 40th"] [Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.28"] [Round "1.2"]
[White "Manuel, Elizabeth"] [Black "Al Sayed, Mohammed"]
[Result "0-1"][ECO "B50"][Black Elo "2517"][PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "TUR"]
[Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[White Team "Palau"] [Black Team "Qatar"]
[White Team Country "PAL"] [Black Team Country "QAT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. a3 O-O 8. g3 d5
9. h3 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Bxc3+ 11. Ke2 dxe4 12. Qc1 exf3+ 13. Kxf3 Qd5+ 0-1

At the bus, we are laughing while recalling the illegal move. Some Africans in the same bus are jealous of our happiness. I told them that we lost/swept by our opponent but we are very happy unlike those who won but not enjoying the moment.

I noticed that Elizabeth's games are short-lived. He lost against Iraq in 20 moves; against Maldives--mated on 15th; lost in 18 against Hong Kong; mated in 25th vs. US Virgin Islands and mated in 12 moves vs. Bermuda.

I gave her an idea to make her games longer. If she will make it till the 30th move, she can offer a draw and maybe her opponent will accept because she's a woman.

I told her to play 1. ... d6 even if her opponent opens up with 1. e4 or d4; proceed to play g6 and put the bishop at g7 and castles. That's a fort that's very hard to penetrate and just hang on till she reaches move 30 and offer a draw. We will be happy if she can score at least a draw in 11 games. We don't have reserve player so we have to play all 11 games.

While we are eating lunch, Elizabeth took notes of the strategy that I'm telling her. She wrote it on a piece of napkin. While playing against Macau in the 7th round, she followed my advice but when she don't remember the sequence, SHE IS LOOKING AT THAT PIECE OF PAPER AS IF SHE IS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CHEATING AT THE EXAM!

Eventually, she lost but reached move 28th!

She's back again to her 'old' style and lost in 19 moves against Rwanda in Round 8 and in 25 moves against Guernsey.

Her best chance is against a Burundi team that has only 2 players. I won over Board 1 playing 1. a4 and Menandro at Board 4. Bernard, who gain a CM title by scoring 3.5 points in his first 7 games, won and even if Elizabeth would lose her game, Palau will still score their match on 3-1. Elizabeth's opponent, Deo Ntagasigumwami, became my friend through FB since then. We meet again in Norway and Azerbaijan Olympiads.

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
   Tia Belau Newspaper
   December 29, 2002 -- April 23, 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 --April 23, 2017

The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002--April 23, 2017

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

(1319) PARRADO-SISIOR SCORES 1st WIN OVER GIANT-KILLER MAHOR (TBN-Dec. 24, 2016)

: FIVE YEARS AGO

The 2011 3^rd Palau Invitational Chess Championship was held at the Conference Room of Palau Royal Resort from Dec. 14-22, 2011. The only invited player who made it, CM Joselito Marcos, middle, and CM Bernardo Garcia, left, are doing the ceremonial first move. Looking are (from right) NM, FI, Roberto Hernandez, DI Paquito Suringa, Jr. and NM, NI Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. Mr. Marcos then created the PCF website http://palau-chess.blogspot.com now with 250,000 page views from 132 countries.

(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

PARRADO-SISIOR SCORES FIRST

WIN OVER GIANT-KILLER MAHOR

AUCKLAND, New Zealand-bound Palau’s first Woman National Master (WNM) Angelica Parrado-Sisior scored her first victory in the resumption of play in the 2016 Palau National Chess Championship’s Top 10 Division last Sunday, Dec. 18 at Bethlehem Park.

The event will take a 2-week break because Dec. 25 (Christmas) and Jan. 01, 2017 (New Year) both fall on a Sunday and are official holidays. The final 3 weeks of PNCC will resume on Jan. 08, 15, and 22 while the 2017 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship will commence on Jan. 14-20 in Auckland, New Zealand. The other rep of Palau to the OZCC, Tito Cabunagan, didn’t play his Dec. 18 match with top seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. Both are absent with the other completed game of 5^th seed Rustum Cabuso and me took 77 moves before I committed a blunder on the 75^th move in a drawn game of rook and pawn vs. rook endgame.

After scoring half point in the 2^nd round, Angie made sure that the whole point will not slip away against giant-killer Manuel ‘Jun’ Mahor, Jr. with a king-hunt although she missed an outright knight advantage on the 16^th move with a better 18. Ba6+ that won her a bishop instead. Mahor’s king travelled 7 squares till Angie’s a3 square. After a rook check on b3, the inevitable mate on a2 forced Mahor to resign, to boost Angie’s confidence in her first-ever OZCC participation, where she and Tito got their electronic New Zealand visas already.

THE MOVES: Parrado-Sisior, Angelica (1655) - Mahor, Jr., Manuel (1489) [C02]

2016 PNCC Top 10 Division (5), 18.12.2016

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be2 Qb6 6.c3 Bd7 7.0–0 Nh6 8.c4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.cxd5 Bc5 11.Bd3 exd5 12.h3 0–0–0 13.a3 Qe6 14.Bf4 Nf5 15.Qc2 Qc6 16.b4 Bb6 17.Qxc6+ bxc6 18.Ba6+ Kb8 19.e6+ Bc7 20.Bxc7+ Kxc7 21.exd7 Rxd7 22.Bd3 Nd6 23.Nd2 Re8 24.Rac1 Kb6 25.a4 a6 26.Nb3 g6 27.Nxd4 Rc7 28.Rc2 f5 29.Rfc1 Rec8 30.Ne6 Re7 31.Nc5 a5 32.bxa5+ Kxa5 33.Rb1 Ne4 34.Nb3+ Kxa4 35.Na1 Ka3 36.Rb3+ 1–0

Here are some interesting statistics and facts of “An Informal Meeting of OCC Members During the 2016 World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan:

Oceania Chess Confederation President Paul Spiller of New Zealand arranged an informal meeting of its members on Sept. 10, 2016 at 10am during the last 5 days of 2016 World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan and held in a meeting room of Fairmont Hotel, where the Delegates and high ranking officials of World Chess Federation were billeted. The Agenda of the Oceania Zone 3.6 Meeting is as follows:

1. Apologies 2. Introduction of Delegates; 3. Report from Al-Ain Asian Federation Meeting by Paul.

4. Chess Development in Oceania – Federation surveys and allocation of resources. 5. Upcoming tournaments – Oceania Youth Chess Championship; 2017 Oceania Zonal; 2017 Asian Seniors Championship 6. Oceania Chess Confederation background and incorporation 7. General Business

The attendees are given a few minutes to introduce themselves with Shaun Press stating that he was born in Papua New Guinea and the current president of PNGCF; Calvin Prasad of Fiji is playing at Board 1 of Fiji team in this Olympiad and the previous Olympiads;

Roberto Hernandez introduced himself as the one who pioneered chess in Palau in 2002, writing a chess column in Palau’s first newspaper Tia Belau for 13 years, NM and FIDE Instructor;

Gary Westell of Australia; Stuart Fancy, the vice president of PNGCF; Kevin Bonham of Australia which I have mistakenly spelled his family name as Bohan;

Roger Orio of Guam and the current President of Guam Echecs after Leon Ryan retires. He listed his number +64 274 595 176; President Paul Spiller of New Zealand as well as Hilton Bennett, who both participated in the inaugural 2006 Palau Invitational Chess Championship in Aug. 31-Sept. 05, 2006 that started the chess boom in Palau;

and the last one to come is Asian Chess Federation Deputy President Casto ‘Toti’ Abundo, who visited Palau with FIDE C. E. O Geoffrey Borg in January 2014.

The issues that were tackled are the under 18 chess tournaments that IM, FM, and CM titles can be achieved. In Americas, GM norms can be achieved even in U20 tournaments.

HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS:

Titled Players – Australia (151); New Zealand (42); Fiji (11); PNG (6); Guam and Palau (1 each);

Solomon Islands and Nauru (0)

Active Rated Players in 2015 – Aus (692), NZ (155), Palau (48), Fiji (20), Guam (12), PNG (5),

Solomon Islands and Nauru (0)

Standard Open Tournaments in 2015 – Aus (48), NZ (11), Fiji (2), Palau (1)

Rated Games – Aus (13,959), NZ (2,293), Palau (203), Fiji (112), Guam (98)

No. of Games by Foreigners – Aus (1,488), NZ (444), Guam (25)

No. of Games by Players Abroad – Aus (1,224), NZ (547), Fiji (61), PNG (41), Palau (31), Guam (7)

According to Toti, there are 51 countries in Asia. He also said that Congressman Prospero ‘Butch’ Pichay can’t travel outside Philippines because of charges against him by Phil. Government.

THERE ARE MORE WOMEN PLAYERS IN PALAU THAN IN NEW ZEALAND!

Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 2 by CM Joselito Marcos: 1. Ra1 Kxe6 2. Ra7 Ke5 3. Re7#

If 1. …Kxe4 2. Ra3 Ke5 3. Re3# Published in StrataGems USA, July 1999

This week’s puzzle No. 3: White to move and mates in 4 (Solution next issue)

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

Tia Belau Newspaper

Pages 9 & 11

Volume 25

Issue 103

December 24, 2016

Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)

The Beginning of Chess in Palau

By Roberto Hernandez

Soon to be published as a book

Memoirs of a Chess Amateur

My Memorable Games and Compositions

By CM Joselito Marcos

Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez

Tia Belau Newspaper

March 15, 2012 -- April 18, 2013

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com

April 25, 2013 -- December 23, 2016

The History of Chess in Palau

By Roberto Hernandez

June 09, 2002 -- December 23, 2016

Monday, January 9, 2017

(1304) TOP 73 PALAU CHESS POSTS PAGEVIEW (MINIMUM 300 Views)

CEREMONIAL FIRST MOVE OF 2011 PIICC
CM Bernardo Garcia, left,doing the ceremonial first move with fellow CM Joselito Marcos during the opening ceremony of 2011 Palau Invitational Chess Championship held at the Conference Room of Palau Royal Resort in December 14-22, 2011. At right is Roberto Hernandez and watching at the background are Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. and Paquito Suringa, Jr. Mr. Marcos created the website of Palau Chess Federation http://palau-chess.blogspot.com on Dec. 26, 2011 and has since has been viewed more than 240,000 times by 131 countries including the latest -- Syria! (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

TOP 73 PALAU CHESS POSTS PAGE VIEWS (Minimum 300 views)

Nov. 22, 2016 1:30pm 240,059 Total views

Post No. Title Page Views

1. 331 CITIZENSHIP IN PALAU by Dmitri Kyle Villanueva 2,861

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/10/citizenship-in-palau-by-dmitri-kyle.html

2. 42 PALAU CHESS FEDERATION Players/Names/Pictures (06/09/2002 – Present) 1,322

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/02/palau-chess-federation-players-names.html

3. 229 MARCOS AND HERNANDEZ FAMILY AFTER 3^rd PIICC 1,097

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/07/marcos-hernandez-family-after-3rd-piicc.html

4. 752 Palau Chess Fed. Members/Photos (Inc. Honorary) from 06/09/2002-Present 945

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/palau-chess-federation-members.html

5. 896 PHOTOS (WEEK 6 – 2014 PNCC (Dec. 21) 896 http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2015/01/photos-week-6-2014-palau-national-chess.html

6. 151 2009 OCEANIA ZONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (PHOTOS) 798

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/05/2009-oceania-zonal-chess-championship.html

7. 356 DID KASPAROV CHEAT J. POLGAR IN ’94? 767 http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/11/did-kasparov-cheat-polgar-in-94-tbn-apr.html

8. 574 PHOTOS (OPENING DAY – 2013 PNCC) 726

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/08/photos-opening-day-2013-palau-national.html

9. 81 FIL-OZ LADY IS A CHAMP 595 http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/03/fil-oz-lady-is-champ-july-27-aug-02.html

10. 7 MARCOS, MANUEL – CO-CHAMPIONS OF 3^rd PIICC 594

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2011/12/marcos-manuel-co-champions-of-3rd-piicc.html

11. 287 OPENING CEREMONY (ISTANBUL OLYMPIAD) 591

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/08/opening-ceremony-istanbul-olympiad.html

12. 52 PALAU CHESS FEDERATION HAS 208 MEMBERS NOW 579

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/02/palau-chess-federation-has-208-members.html

13. 199 HOW DID PALAU BECOME A FIDE MEMBER? 573

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-did-palau-become-fide-member.html

14. 772 PHOTOS (ROBERTO’S FAMILY, FRIENDS IN PALAU – 20 YEARS AGO) 565 565

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2014/05/photos-robertos-family-friends-in-palau.html

15. 863 Music & Me-125 (Sept. 11, 2014) Pastor Sammy Bagcat Gospel Concert inPalau 544

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2014/11/music-and-me-sept-11-2014-pastor-sammy.html

16. 792 Palau Team Itinerary (7/31-8/15 –MNL-London-Oslo-Tromso-Bodo-Oslo-Doha) 527

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/palau-chess-team-itinerary-july-31.html

17. 256 4 PALAU CHESS TEAM MEMBERS GRANTED TURKISH VISA 511

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/07/4-palau-chess-team-members-granted.html

18. 444 1990 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (March 16, 2013) 507

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/1990-philippine-national-chess.html

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/03/1990-philippine-national-chess.html

19. 723 GEOFFREY BORG, CASTO ABUNDO VISIT PALAU (Jan. 23-24, 2014) 505

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2014/01/geoffrey-borg-casto-abundo-visit-palau.html

20. 966 THE ‘EVOLUTION’ OF ROBERTO HERNANDEZ’ BUSINESSCARD 487

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-evolution-of-roberto-hernandez.html

21. 308 Music & Me (9/27/12) My Music Experience w/ Former Pres. T. Remengesau, Jr. 484

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/09/music-and-me-sept-27-my-music.html

22. 957 CHARTERED FLIGHTS REDUCED APRIL 15 467

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2015/03/charter-flights-reduced-april-15-tbn.html

23. 514 MUSIC AND ME-59 (May 23, 2013) DRUMS LESSONS FOR MIKA TSUJI 442

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/05/music-and-me-may-23-2013-drums-lessons.html

24. 806 END OF ERA IN PHILIPPINE CHESS AS TOP GM WESLEY SO SAYS GOODBYE 435

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2014/07/end-of-era-in-philippine-chess-as-top.html

25. 649 JANUARY 2004 LIST OF TOP 50 CHESS PLAYERS OF PHILIPPINES 429

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/09/january-2004-list-of-top-50-chess.html

26. 426 NEW PHIL. CONSUL TO PALAU IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF PCF 425

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/02/new-phil-consul-to-palau-is-also-president-pcf.html

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/02/new-phil-consul-to-palau-is-also.html

27. 312 ARMENIA, RUSSIA WIN GOLD MEDALS IN THE 4Oth CHESS OLYMPIAD 419

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/10/armenia-russia-win-gold-medals-in-40th.html

28. 288 QATAR SWEPT PALAU; 44 OTHER COUNTRIES SWEPT, TOO 413

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/08/qatar-swept-palau-39-other-countries.html

29. 836 MUSIC AND ME--115 (July 03, 2014) Recording 20 Palauan Songs w/ Alfonso Diaz 411 411

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2014/10/music-and-me-july-03-2014-recording-20.html

30. 198 UNBEATEN NO MORE; GANCAYCO IS CLASS B CHAMP 410

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/06/unbeaten-no-more-gancayco-is-class-b.html

31. 376 TORRE, ASIA’S FIRST GRANDMASTER 404

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/12/torre-asias-first-grandmaster-tbn-june.html

32. 78 OUTSTANDING OFW IN PALAU AWARDEES 390

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/03/outstanding-ofw-in-palau-awardees-june.html

33. 924 Music & Me-143 (Jan. 08, 2015) Dragon Tei OFFERS A LOT TO TOURISTS AND LOCAL 388

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2015/02/music-and-me-jan-08-2015-dragon-tei.html

34. 271 PASTRANA ESCAPES WITH A DRAW; BILLAH INVITED AT CAYANAN CUP 384

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/08/pastrana-escapes-with-draw-billah.html

35. 144 2010 WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD (RUSSIA) – Photos 380

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/04/2010-world-chess-olympiad-russia.html

36. 321 MUSIC AND ME-28 (Oct. 11, 2012) Palau Royal Resort Traditional Christmas Choir 377 377

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/music-and-me-oct-11-palau-royal-resort.html

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/10/music-and-me-oct-11-palau-royal-resort.html

37. 214 ENARSAO, LAGUMEN NOW LEAD Class A, B 374

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/06/enarsao-lagumen-now-lead-class-b-tbn.html

38. 138 EXCURSION IN RUSSIA – SEPTEMBER 2010 370

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/04/excursion-in-russia-sept-2010.html

39. 445 30^th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF ROBERTO – FLOR March 18, 2013 368

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/30th-wedding-anniversary-of-roberto-flor.html

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/03/30th-wedding-anniversary-of-roberto-flor.html

40. 284 PALAU PLAYERS NAME TAG 366

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/08/palau-players-name-tag.html

41. 886 THE ERMITA-MALATE OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT IN Philippines (March 19-27, 1990) 352

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-ermita-malate-open-chess-tournament.html

42. 555 MUSIC AND ME-65 (July 11, 2013) INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 352

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/07/music-and-me-july-11-2013-international.html

43. 911 ROBERTO HERNANDEZ – Palau First FIDE Instructor 347

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2015/01/roberto-hernandez-palau-first-fide.html

44. 3 MARCOS FAMILY COMING TO PALAU FOR CHESS AND LEISURE 347

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2011/12/marcos-family-coming-to-palau-for-chess.html

45. 985 2012 Palau National Chess Championship (Reg. Fees, FIDE Fees (Arrears), Photos 342

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2015/04/2012-palau-national-chess-championship.html

46. 74 2009 PAQUITO SURINGA CUP 341

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/03/2009-paquito-suringa-cup.html

47. 894 CHESS MATE MARKS 12^TH YEAR WITH ITS 620^TH ISSUE 340

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2015/01/chessmate-marks-12th-year-with-its.html

48. 554 PHOTOS – 2^ND CHINESE SONGS SINGING CONTEST 340

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/07/photos-2nd-chinese-songs-singing-contest.html

49. 548 PHOTOS (FINAL DAY OF 2013 PALAU BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP) 338

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/06/photos-final-day-of-2013-palau-blitz.html

50. 36 DR. ALFREDO PAEZ CONFIRMED TO 3^RD PICC 337

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/1078-dr-alfredo-paez-confirmed-to-3rd.html

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/01/australias-chess-future-daniel-lapitan.html

51. 82 FILIPINO HOSPITALITY IN AUSTRALIA 336

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/03/filipino-hospitality-in-australia-aug.html

52. 85 GETTING A RUSSIAN VISA 334

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/03/getting-russian-visa-tbn-aug30.html

53. 219 MUSIC AND ME-15 (June 21, 2012) AMAZING PIANO MAN 332

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/06/chess-music-june-21-amazing-piano-man.html

54. 251 Is Sen. Mlib Going to 2014 Norway Chess Olympiad? 328

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/07/sen-mlib-to-2014-norway-chess-olympiad.html

55. 719 KSAU CUP DREW 24 PLAYERS; ROBERTO RUNNING FOR OFFICE 327

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2014/01/ksau-cup-drew-24-players-roberto.html

56. 871 The Biggest Turnout of Participants in Palau Chess History—2014 PNCC Opening Day 326

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-biggest-turnout-of-participants-in.html

57. 735 ROBERT JAMES FISCHER –1943-2008 Bobby Fischer – The Times Obituary 326

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/robert-james-fischer-1943-2008-bobby.html

58. 289 PALAU SWEPT BY IRAQ THIS TIME; VS. MALDIVES TOMORROW 324

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/08/palau-swept-by-iraq-this-time-vs.html

59. 302 2 CHAMPS WIN GAMES 319

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/2-champs-win-games-tbn-jan-16-22-2004.html

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/10/2-champs-win-games-tbn-jan-16-22-2004.html

60. 738 Brian Jones SIMUL (Feb. 25, 2014) at Island Paradise Resort Club (Palau) 317 317

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/brian-jones-simul-feb-25-2014-island.html

61. 195 PALAU REGISTERED, 43 MORE COUNTRIES UNREGISTERED YET 317

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/06/palau-registrered-43-move-countries.html

62. 380 PHOTOS OF 2012 PNCC – 7^th WEEK 316

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/12/photos-of-2012-pncc-7th-week.html

63. 701 PHOTOS – 2006 AMBASSADOR MARINO RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT 315

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/12/photos-2006-ambassador-marino-rapid_5.html

64. 295 ROUND 7 – PALAU VS. MACAU 1-3 314

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/09/round-7-palau-vs-macau.html

65. 135 GETTING A TURKISH VISA 313

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/04/getting-turkish-visa-tbn-april-23-2012.html

66. 784 Music & Me-104 (4/17/14) 116^th Phil. Independence Day Celeb/Gala Dinner 6/14/14 312

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/music-and-me-april-17-2014-116th.html

67. 212 PALAU CHESS FEDERATION (National Rating 2003-2007) 311

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/06/palau-chess-federation-national-rating.html

68. 547 MUSIC AND ME-62 (June 13, 2013) BELATED HAPPY FATHER’S DAY 309

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/06/547-music-and-me-june-13-2013-belated.html

69. 34 CURRICULUM VITAE OF ROBERTO HERNANDEZ 309

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/01/34-curriculum-vitae-of-roberto-hernandez.html

70. 348 WEEK 5 PHOTOS AND STANDINGS – 2012 PNCC 307

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/11/week-5-photos-and-standings-2012-pncc.html

71. 334 2012 PNCC PHOTOS (3^RD WEEK) 304

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/2012-pncc-photos-3rd-week.html

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/10/2012-pncc-photos-3rd-week.html

72. 804 GETTING SCHENGEN VISA in Manila by Palau and Philippines Chess Teams 300

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2014/07/getting-schengen-visa-in-manila-by.html

73. 307 BERNARDO GARCIA OF PPR IS PALAU’S FIRST TITLED PLAYER 300

                http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/09/bernardo-garcia-of-ppr-is-palaus-1st.html

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Tia Belau Newspaper
December 29, 2002 -- November 30, 2016

Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
Soon to be published as a book

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Tia Belau Newspaper
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Palau Chessmate