(4) 8-YEAR-OLD SCORES 1st WIN (TBN-May 30-June 06, 2003) Manuel, Montel, Jr, Ramos Undefeated (TBN-June 6-13, 2003)

8-YEAR-OLD SCORES FIRST WIN

The 2003 Age Group Chess Tournament fired off last Sunday, May 25 with 18 young players competing on opening day. Eleven more will join the fray on Sunday, June 01, who will be playing 2 games each to catch up with the rest of the field.

Also last Sunday, winners of the just concluded 2003 Open Chess tournament were awarded trophies and certificates. Snacks and drinks were served courtesy of sponsor, The Filipino Community In Palau (TFCP) Sports Commissioner Sergio Alemania.

As only one contestant registered in the 13-19 years old category, there will now be a Class A, B and C championships instead.

In the 12 years and under, four kids entered with 8-year old Dmitri Kyle Villanueva notching his first win by beating newcomer Chris Domingo, while 11-year old Jayrome Soriano defeated I. B. Misech.

In the first round of classification, top seed Menandro Manuel beat Roberto Hernandez in 58 moves of Caro-Kann Defence. Kris Ramos upset Tutii Joe Chilton in 34 moves of Lasker Defence (Queen's Gambit Declined). Edgardo Enarsao defeated Ivan II Chess Computer of another Queen's Gambit Declined.

2003 AGE GROUP CHESS TOURNAMENT

May 25 – August 24, 2003

Sponsored by:

The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP)

Cris Gonzales (Trophies)

ROUND  1  (Classification)                                               May 25, 2003

White: Menandro Manuel                         (Caro-Kann Defence)

Black: Roberto Hernandez

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. 0-0-0 Ngf6 13. Ne4 0-0-0 14. g3 Ng4 15. Qe2 f5 16. Nc3 Bd6 17. Ne1 Rde8 18. f4 a6 19. Nd3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Rhf1 Re7 23. Rf3 Rd8 24. Na4 Kb8 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. a3 Rc7 27. Bb4 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Bd6 Kc8 31. Bxc7 Kxc7 32. Rc3+ Kd6 33. Rc8 Nf6 34. Rf8 Nxh5 35. Rxf5 Nxg3 36. Rf6 Nh5 37. Rxb7 Kc5 38. Kd2 d4 39. Rf7 g6 40. Kd3 a5 41. Ke4 Ng3+ 42. Ke5 h5 43. Rc7+ Kb6 44. Rg7 h4 45. Rxg6+ Kc5 46. Rg4 Kc4 47. Rxh4 d3 48. cxd3 Kb3 49. d4 Kxb2 50. d5 Nf1 51. d6 Kxa3 52. d7 Nd2 53. d8=Q Nc4+ 54. Kd4 Nb2 55. Qxa5+ 56. Rh3+ Kc2 57. Qc3+ Kb1 58. Rh2 Na4 59. Qe1#             1-0

White: Kris Ramos                                                           May 25, 2003

Black: Tutii Joe Chilton        (Queen’s Gambit Declined – Exchange Variation)

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Nf3 Nf8 10. 0-0 c6 11. Rab1 Bd6 12. Bxh7 N8xh7 13. a3 Bg4 14. h4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxg5 16. hxg5 Nh7 17. f4 b6 18. Kg2 c5 19. Rh1 g6 20. Nxd5 cxd4 21. Rxh7 Kxh7 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 dxe3 25. Rxe3 Qh8 26. Rh3 Qb8 27. Qc3+ Be5 28. fxe5 Qb7+ 29. f3 Rc8 30. Qd4 Rc2+ 31. Kg1 Qc8 32. e6+ f6 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 Qh8#  1-0

With his win over Ivan II, which has a rating of 2000, or 350 points greater than his, Enarsao's rating will increase by 30 points.

Other results of 1st round matches: Mario Ramos d. Norbert Villanueva; Cyril Montel, Jr. d. Bong Alipoon; Jimmy Valenzuela d. Amante Caballero; Ben Ramos d. newcomer Genaro Manlaya and Montel, Jr. d. Valenzuela in a special 2nd round match.

Pairings drawn for the latecomers: Chito Vargas vs. Eugene Koh; Roy Rebollos vs. Mike Miguel, Jr.; Mariano Agustin, Jr. vs. Allen Kangichi; Geoffrey Moro vs. Jason Ibasco; Freddie Dumlao vs. Noel Filomeno and Jimboy de Jesus vs. latecomer 1. Winners in these pairings will face other winners in their 2nd games, while losers play against losers.

Second round pairings (First name to play white): Enarsao vs. Manuel; B. Ramos vs. M. Ramos; Ivan II vs. N. Villanueva; Alipoon vs. Caballero; Chilton vs. Manlaya and Hernandez vs. latecomer 2.

This tournament is 5-round Swiss system classification to determine the top 8 for Class A championships, which is a round-robin. Number 9-16 will have also a round-robin championships for Class B and those who will finish 17 and below will have their own championship for Class C which is supposed to be the 13-19 years category.

Ivan II Chess Computer will participate in all Classes. Its strenght level will be H or Hard for Class A, A or Average for Class B, and E or Easy for Class C and 12 years and under category.

Roberto Hernandez offers to lend his CDRom of Chessmaster 9000 to chess players who wish to improve their play by challenging the computer. The CD may be copied so that others can do the same.

Source:

Chess Mate

By Roberto Hernandez

Tia Belau Newspaper

Pages 13

Volume 12

May 30-June 06, 2003 

2003 Age Group Chess Tournament

(5-Round Swiss Classification)

MANUEL, MONTEL, JR., RAMOS UNDEFEATED

Top seed Menandro Manuel, Cyril Montel, Jr. and emerging contender Mario Ramos remained as the only undefeated players in the 2003 Age Group Chess Tournament sponsored by The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP), under the supervision of its vice president and sports commissioner Sergio Alemania and his assistants, Buddy Torres and Cris Gonzales. 

Sergio Alemania

Cris Gonzales

Manuel beat Edgardo Enarsao in 49 moves of Sicilian Defence while Ramos defeated Ben Ramos with a Ruy Lopez (Open Defence).

In the 12 years and under category, top seed Dmitri Villanueva upset Ivan II Chess Computer to remain undefeated in 2 games.

Other results of 2nd round and special 3rd and 4th round: Amante Caballero d. Kris Ramos; Eugene Koh d. Jun Mahor; Ivan II d. Norbert Villanueva; Roberto Hernandez d. Caballero; Jimmy Valenzuela d. Enarsao; Manuel drew with Koh and Mr. Consistent Bong Alipoon defeated Koh, Caballero and Mahor to be the first qualifier in Class A category. 

ROUND 2                                                                      June 01, 2003

1. Jimmy Valenzuela vs. Cyril Montel, Jr. (0-1) (May 25, 2003)   2. Norbert Villanueva vs. Ivan II Chess Computer (0-1)  3. Ben Ramos vs. Mario Ramos (0-1)  4. Edgardo Enarsao vs. Menandro Manuel (0-1)  5. Amante Caballero vs. Bong Alipoon (0-1)

6. Eugene Koh (1^st rd.) vs. Jun Mahor (1^st rd) (1-0)  7. Bong Alipoon (3^rd) vs. Eugene Koh (1-0)  8. Amante Caballero (3^rd) vs. Kris Ramos (1-0)  9. Jimmy Valenzuela vs. Edgardo Enarsao (3^rd) (1-0)  10. Jun Mahor vs. Bong Alipoon (4^th) (0-1)  11. Eugene Koh (3^rd) vs. Menandro Manuel (3^rd) (Draw)

UNDER 12 YEARS CATEGORY

1. Dmitri Villanueva vs. Ivan II Chess Computer (1-0)  2. Chris Domingo vs. IB Misech (Draw)*

Class B champion Chito Vargas and 14-year old Arvie Leynes are going for vacation so they will miss this tourney. Noel Filomeno, Eddie Grefiel and Danny Dandoy are the other Class A players who are also on vacation.

This Sunday's pairings: Adult category (First name to play white) M. Ramos vs. Montel, Jr.; Mahor vs. N. Villanueva; K. Ramos vs. Ivan II; Tutii Joe Chilton vs. Genaro Manlaya; Roy Rebollos vs. newcomer Jon Lagumen; Jason Ibasco vs. Mike Miguel, Jr.; B. Ramos vs. Hernandez; Miguel, Jr. vs. Rebollos; Lagumen vs. Mariano Agustin, Jr.; Chilton vs. Ibasco and Agustin, Jr. vs. Ibasco.

UNDER 12 YEARS OLD
      Ricky 'Jun-jun' Camacho, left,  executes a move against junior champion Jayrome Soriano while the game between Rodnnie Dizon and Christopher Domingo is already in the endgame part.
                                                                                                (Photo by: Roberto Hernandez)

12 years and under category pairings: Jayrome Soriano vs. Dmitri Villanueva and Chris Domingo vs. I. B. Misech. Their games will be best of 3 to give them more tournament exposures and it will be a triple round-robin.

There will be no more Class C in the adult category if the participants are less than 21.

This week's featured opening is the longest so far of all by the book opening. It is Ruy Lopez (Zaitsev Defence). 1. e4 e5 2. Nf6 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7

Source: 

Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez  

Tia Belau Newspaper 

Page 13

Volume 12

 June 06-13, 2003