COUNTRIES WHO VIEWED PCF WEBSITE
The Top 10 Countries who viewed PCF website are 1.USA (193,282) 2.Russia (9,878) 3.Philippines (7,681) ) 4.Palau (5,534) 5.Germany (4,862) 6.Australia (1,632) 7.Ukraine (1,314) 8.France (1,264) 9.South Korea (1,129) 10.UK (1,026). The total all-time page view is 296,458.
New countries who are viewing this website now include 11.Latvia 12.Japan 13.Bangladesh 14.India 15.China 16.Cote d’ Ivoire 17.Togo 18.Malaysia 19.Kuwait 20.Poland 21.Brazil 22.Serbia 23.Benin 24.Mexico 25.Qatar 26.Senegal 27.Saudi Arabia 28.Ghana 29.Hong Kong 30. Sri Lanka 31. Norway 32. Pakistan 33. Jordan 34. New Zealand 35. Romania 36. Bulgaria 37. Sweden 38. Hungary 39. Bahrain 40. Austria 41.Martinique 42.Guam 43.Canada 44.Spain 45.Estonia 46.Netherlands 47.South Africa 48.Papua New Guinea (682-2015) 49.Singapore 50.Croatia 51.Taiwan 52.Italy 53.Bosnia & Herzegovina 54.Indonesia 55.Barbados 56.Chile 57.Ireland, 58.United Arab Emirates 59.Zambia 60.Nigeria 61.Bahamas 62.Zimbabwe 63.Georgia 64.Slovakia 65.Algeria 66.Micronesia 67.Portugal 68.Panama 69.Marshall Islands 70.Vietnam 71.Northern Mariana Islands72.Azerbaijan 73.Kazakhstan 74.Argentina 75.Thailand 76.Lithuania 77.Andorra 78.Mauritius 79.Fiji 80.Macau 81.Czech Republic 82.Israel 83.Lebanon 84.Burkina Faso 85.Venezuela 86. Armenia 87.Morocco 88.Burundi 89.Switzerland 90.Albania 91.Turkey 92.Iceland 93.Puerto Rico 94.Dominican Republic 95.Belarus 96.Trinidad & Tobago 97. Ecuador 98. Mongolia 99. Iraq 100. Belgium 101. Greece 102. Denmark 103. Colombia 104. Uruguay 105. Nepal 106. Laos 107. Ethiopia 108. Guinea 109. Maldives 110. Yemen 111. Kenya 112.Reunion 113.Rwanda 114. Brunei 115. Cuba 116. Malta 117. Cook Islands118. Cambodia 119. Cameroon 120. Oman 121. Angola 122. Jersey 123.Kiribati 124.Costa Rica 126. Turks & Caicos Islands 127. Nicaragua 128. Cape Verde 129. Moldova 130. Malawi 131. Guernsey 132. Syria 133. Solomon Islands 134. Nauru 135. Czechia 136. Congo (Republic) 137. Guyana 138. Bhutan 139. Turkmenistan 140. Bolivia 141. Cyprus 142. Curacao 143. Antigua and Barbuda 144. Luxembourg 145.
ALSO, THE TOP 100 PAGE VIEWS AND THEIR FIGURES:
TOP 100 PALAU CHESS POSTS PAGE VIEWS (Minimum 300 Views)
As of Dec. 26, 2017 10:50am 296,458 Views
Post No. Title Page Views
1. 331 CITIZENSHIP IN PALAU by Dmitri Kyle Villanueva 3,837
2. 42 PALAU CHESS FEDERATION Players/Names/Pictures 06/09/02-Present 1,504
3. 229 MARCOS AND HERNANDEZ FAMILY AFTER 3rd PIICC 1,247
4. 752 Palau Chess Fed. Members/Photos (Inc. Honorary) 06/09/02-Present 1,048
5. 183 Bulgar (Expose) Newspaper Features 1st PICC 1,057
13. 792 Palau Chess Team Itinerary (July 31-Aug. 15-Manila-London-Oslo-Tromso-
20. 81 FIL-OZ LADY IS A CHAMP 572
22. 308 Music & Me (9/27/12) My Music Experience with Former President
45. 36 DR. ALFREDO PAEZ CONFIRMED TO 2011 PIICC 412
61. 701 PHOTOS – 2006 AMBASSADOR MARINO RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT 373
67. 753 MUSIC AND ME (Feb. 13, 2014) EXOTIC PALAU FOOD – FRUIT BAT! 368
68. 348 WEEK 5 PHOTOS AND STANDINGS – 2012 PNCC 363
69. 804 Getting Schengen Visa in Manila by Palau and Philippine Chess Team 360
70. 933 Music & Me (2/5/15) Estonia’s Most Popular Song “Kungla Rahvas” 374
71. 334 2012 PNCC PHOTOS (3rd WEEK) 355
72. 380 2012 PNCC PHOTOS (3rd WEEK) 355
73. 195 PALAU REGISTERED; 43 MORE COUNTRIES UNREGISTERED YET 350
74. 295 ROUND 7 – PALAU VS. MACAU 1-3 348
75. 917 Music & Me (Dec. 18, 2014) PRR Christmas Party at Palasia Hotel 368
76. 750 PHOTOS—2014 PALAU OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT 353
77. 228 SIMUL VS. JAMIE. Any one? 352
78. 307 BERNARDO GARCIA OF PPR IS PALAU’S FIRST TITLED PLAYER 343
79. 547 MUSIC AND ME (June 13, 2013) BELATED HAPPY FATHER’S DAY 350
80. 467 PALAU WINS WORLD HERITAGE LISTING 342
82. 34 CURRICULUM VITAE OF ROBERTO HERNANDEZ 345
83. 707 PHOTOS – 2005 REGULAR CHESS TOURNAMENT 339
84. 543 AMBASSADOR MARINO CUP POSTPONED 337
85. 983 A FRIENDLY CHESS GAME WITH PRR GUEST JOVANI CURRY 336
86. 599 PHOTOS – WEEK 4 OF 2013 PNCC 333
87. 759 GEOFFREY BORG IS BACK! CONDUCTED FIDE TRAINERS’ SEMINAR 335
88. 1065 10 YEARS OF PALAU JOINING FIDE 356
89. 585 SPECIAL GAMES (TBN-Aug. 12, 2013) 331
90. 718 PHOTOS – 2004 RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT 332
91. 745 PHOTOS – MICRONESIAN OPEN 2014 ROUND 1-9 332
92. 291 GARCIA SCORES FIRST HALF POINT OF PALAU 321
93. 292 PALAU WINS OVER U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 2.5—1.5 325
94. 704 AMERICAN GIRL SINGING JAPANESE SONG “SUKIYAKI” 321
95. 947 Music & Me (3/12/15) A Night w Palau Pres., 2 Del., Airai Gov. & Alvin-Nurse 321
96. 692 Music and Me (Nov. 14, 2013) 5 JAPANESE GUYS ENJOYED MY MUSIC 324
97. 801 PINAYS TO REPRESENT PALAU IN NORWAY CHESS OLYMPIAD 312
98. 247 MERCADO NIPS GARCIA AND DITTRICH; ON TO THE FINALS 312
99. 775 A LETTER TO PNOC PRESIDENT FRANK KYOTA 314
100. 345 MUSIC AND ME (Nov. 08) Japanese Jazz Singer Nao Yasuda 306
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6 PHOTOS AT THE OCC MEETING - SEPT. 10, 2016
Nobody was able to take photos of the ongoing meeting of Delegates of Oceania Chess Confederation during the 2016 Baku, Azerbaijan World Chess Olympiad. This selfie photo is a little blurred because when I bought a cellphone protector, the one who install it put the hole where the camera's lens, is partly covered.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
AN INFORMAL MEETING OF O. C. C.
MEMBERS IN SEPT. 10, 2016
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, General Secretary of PCF, an 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, have 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!
While the meeting is going on, the letter of Palau Rating Officer Jamie Kenmure is being circulated that states: Dear Oceania Delegates, in regards to the motion that Mr. Stuart Fancy from PNG is going to raise, I would like to explain: In 2014 I was asked by Joselito Marcos, who then I thought was the PNGCF President at the time, asked me to register 5 players for him. I only thought this was for players to play in a competition as it is a requirement for tournaments to have a FIDE I. D. I had no knowledge that he was planning to send a team to the Olympiad with the players I registered. I had no idea that I was doing anything wrong. Yours, Jamie Kenmure.
Before the open forum starts, Toti left the meeting. Maybe he sensed something controversial will happen even with the absence of Jamie and Joselito.
Stuart Fancy is claiming that Joselito stole their right to vote and even called Joselito a “criminal”. He didn’t know that Toti was the one who gave Joselito the signal “You won! You're the official PNG Delegate! Please get Schengen visa as soon as possible.”
Joselito got Schengen visa and pay for it as well as the tickets in going to Tromso, Norway as the official Delegate of PNG, with the right to vote for PNG in the election of FIDE President.
When Mr. Fancy mentioned about Joselito being a Head of Delegation of “another” country, I explained to the meeting that it is the decision of the Palau Chess Federation Board to hire him as Team Captain. Shaun Press, knowing the new rule of FIDE that only qualified Trainers and Instructors (ST, FT, FI, NI, or DI) can be a Team Captain, said it is not possible.
Stuart also asked if Joselito is still in PNG. I said he is still there in the last 16 years (where it is supposed to be 20 years—his sojourn in PNG is 1996). Stuart stays in Port Moresby while Joselito is the Deputy Director – Academic
Department of Education
Technical Vocation Education and Training Division
The National Polytechnic Institute of Papua New Guinea
P. O. Box 4366, Lae
Morabe Province 411
Lae, for Stuart is not PNG. It seems that for him, only Port Moresby is the ‘recognized’ part of PNG. It’s like saying Darwin is not part of Australia.
Joselito mentioned something to me, “I am now the acting Academic Director, which is not possible if I’m not here in PNG.”
In his book "Memoirs of a Chess Amateur --My Memorable Games and Compositions" by Joselito Marcos, the "About The Author" page states:
"Joselito Marcos, a FIDE Candidate Master, (a title which the World Chess Federation awarded him retroactively in 2012 for his performance in the Bled Olympiad in 2002 where he scored the most number of wins for the PNG team, 5 ½ out of 9 points—a total output that was just short of one-half point for an outright FIDE Master title), was the lone certified arbiter of the defunct Philippine Chess Federation in Central Luzon region in his home country prior to his sojourn to Papua New Guinea in 1996. He is the founding president of Nueva Ecija Woodpushers Society and of Nueva Ecija Chess Arbiters Association, both in his home country.
He is also an accomplished problemist having composed numerous chess problems that were published both in local newspaper chess columns and in international chess magazines such as Chess Life and Stratagems. He is the acknowledged chess problem consultant of the Hong Kong Standard, South China Morning Post, Manila Times, Philippine Star, Today and Chess Plaza Weekender."
Then, when I explain to them that our President, Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps, appointed him as Head of Delegation and the last words, “BUT HE SHOULD BUY HIS OWN TICKETS”, makes Stuart silent about that topic from then on… “BUY YOUR OWN TICKETS”, is not in their vocabulary. Eventually, Joselito made it to 2014 World Chess Olympiad as PNG Delegate buying his own ticket and visa payment. Whose person, in his right mind/thinking, will spend that amount of money and time just to prove something--that he has the say of who to vote in the election of FIDE President (contested by incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and former world chess champion Gary Kasparov). Nobody but me and him knew whom he voted for. Both camps are courting him for his vote with big amounts involved.
THIS QUOTE FROM HIM SHOWS HOW BAD AND DORMANT CHESS HAS BEEN IN PNG:
"This is why I go to Norway--I will never allow the PNG players to put the bribe money (to buy votes) in their pockets BECAUSE PNGCF HAS NO BANK ACCOUNT!!!"
Marcos’ daughter Jemima studied Tourism at PNG’s International School so when she applied as Tourism Teacher, PNG’s government is very much willing to accept her. She is now in PNG while her father is taking a 6-week Yuletide vacation. Jemima’s 3 kids will join her at PNG in the near future. This shows how Joselito Marcos made PNG his second home. He tried very hard to improve the chess development in PNG with his expertise but being in Lae and not in Port Moresby hinders his chess development programs.
I
n the early rounds of 2016 World Chess Olympiad, we are riding in the same bus going to the venue. Stuart is in front of Joselito, then me and him ready to take our seat when Stuart started shoving Joselito, who retaliated by shoving, too and shouted, "Are you a bully?"
After the 2016 Baku Chess Olympiad, the Palau Chess Team arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport. I don’t have a ride so I asked Joselito that I will ride with him because Jemima, Nanette (Joselito’s wife) and the 3 kids of Jemima, will pick us up at the airport.
When we arrived at about 11pm, I heard 2 kids shouting “Big Daddy! Big Daddy!” It’s Joselito’s grand kids, who are calling him “Big Daddy”. Joselito signed his soon to be released book “Memoirs of a Chess Amateur—My Memorable Games and Composition” and gave it to me at the airport with a short note: “To: My BFF Robert, Here’s wishing that this book helps you progress in chess aside from knowing me more. Sincerely (signed), Joselito Marcos (09/15/2016).”
Jemima drove the car using its GPS to track the address of my daughter Karen in Tandang Sora, Quezon City. While inside the car, I can see the closeness of the Marcos family with the 3 English-speaking kids.
Father and daughter Joselito and Jamie-Kirstie Marcos has been to Palau during the 3rd Palau Invitational Chess Championship in Dec. 14-20, 2011, with Joselito's wife Nanette. The 3rd PICC has been the most well organized Palau Chess Event so far with Lito donating $200.00 for miscellaneous expenses for the event. He also donated all of his $150.00 cash prize so that Palau can pay their yearly dues to FIDE. During the awarding, he also donated chess books, PNG hats and pouches, magnetic chess boards and pieces aside from sharing his knowledge in recording the games in PGN format and pairings.
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
December 29, 2002 -- December 12, 2016
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 -- December 12, 2016
Memoirs of a Chess Amateur
My Memorable Games and Composition
By CM Joselito Marcos
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- December 12, 2016
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspapewr
December 29, 2002 -- December 25, 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 -- December 25, 2017
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002--December 25, 2017
Memoirs of a Chess Amateur
My Memorable Games and Compositions
By CM Joselito Marcos
