A
TOTAL of 13 players have registered in the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of
Christ) chess tourney that started on August 18 at the church premises
with the top 2 seeds Paquito 'Pax' Suringa, Jr., a cook at Palau Royal
Resort, and Abraham 'Abe' Francisco, the succeeding chairman of King
Royals Chess Club of PRR, winning their first classification matches.
They both have an approximate rating of 1670 that they have obtained in joining the PRR rating chess tourney last year.
The
other rated player Arnold Rivera, the chief cafeteria cook, had a 1608
rating and opted to play scrabble, the other tournament board game
together with dama (Chinese checker) and dart, where Pax also competes.
The ever-busy Ambassador of Philippines to Palau Ramoncito Marino surprised everybody by joining the chess tilt.
He didn't play a tournament game but won on practice games with other participants.
Their
pastor Eric is also considered a top candidate to land in the Class A
division which will consists of the top half finishers with the Class B
having their own double round-robin finals of the bottom half of the
field.
Other results of other games will be published next issue.
Francisco succeeded the position of Arnel Pama, who left for Qatar to be with his wife, who also worked at PRR.
The
tightly-contested election was decided by only one vote during the PRR
rating chess tourney topped by Roberto Hernandez, Dennis Lara, another
cook, and Jaime Guevarra, pastry chef.
Had Abe finished that tourney, he could have landed in the top 8. He lost his last 9 games by default.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 13 & 15
Volume 18
August 25-31, 2008
NOT A single game was
played in the resumption of adversary in the ongoing 2008 Palau National
Chess Championship as players have conflict in their schedules on
Sunday afternoon, August 10 at Jean's Boutique and Store.
Palau's
first National Master Manny Nedic arrived at 5:00 pm and not enough
time for a match with 4th seed Roberto Hernandez, the musician of Palau
Royal Resort, as he had to work at 6:00 pm. He played with blitz games
with venue host Gene Pastrana and Koror State Legal Counsel Craig
Dittrich. He won all his games against the two.
The
chess tournament of Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) will start on
Monday, August 18 at the church premises at 9:00 pm. Some of the format
that will be changed is the touch move rule and writing chess moves.
It
was suggested that in the classification round, writing chess notation
is not mandatory. They will be strict only in the round-robin finals of
Class A and B.
Practice
is now in full swing with their Pastor Eric showing some toughness
against the current chairman of King Royals Chess Club of PRR Abraham
'Abe' Francisco.
The
tournament moderator Paquito Suringa practice rapid chess against Jaime
Guevarra at Dormitory 1 of PRR. Suringa and Francisco are the top seeds
of the tourney initiated by Philippine Ambassador to Palau Ramoncito
Marino.
It
was postponed earlier this year and now it will be held along with
other games such as scrabble, dama (Chinese checkers) and dart, where
most players are joining.
IT
SEEMS THAT THE FINAL ROSTER OF THE PALAU CHESS TEAM TO THE WORLD CHESS
OLYMPIAD IN DRESDEN, GERMANY IN NOVEMBER 12-25, 2008 WILL BE COMPOSED OF
PALAU'S TOP PLAYER MENANDRO 'BOY' MANUEL (Board
1), MANNY NEDIC (Board 2), ROBERTO HERNANDEZ (Board 3), CYRIL MONTEL,
JR. (Board 4) and reserve GENE PASTRANA.
The
organizer of the Olympiad will provide the free board and lodging of
the team that will included Jan Berglund as Delegate/Coach. The FIDE
Congress will also be held during the event.
Mr.
Berglund can have anybody not to play on that day to attend with him in
the meeting. He is expected to come to Palau to train the Palau team,
which is rated 148th in the world just ahead of British Virgin Islands
and Bahamas.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 13 & 15
Volume 18
August 15-21, 2008
*NOTE: Starting August 25, 2008 Tia Belau Newspaper will now be published every MONDAY instead of every Friday.
