MONTEL JR. LEADS AGE GROUP TOURNEY
SECOND SEED Cyril Montel, Jr. has grabbed the solo lead in the 3rd round of the 2003 Age Group Chess tournament sponsored by The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP) by defeating Mario Ramos with the black pieces of a Ruy Lopez (Open Defence) last Sunday.
Idle Bong Alipoon and Menandro Manuel are in 2nd and 3rd places respectively while 2 newcomers fight it out in their very first after Allan Palomo defeated Jon Lagumen. The latter drew with Mariano Agustin, Jr. and Roberto Hernandez mated Ben Ramos in 26 moves of a Sicilian Defence (Alapin Variation).
Other results of adult category: Jun Mahor d. Norbert Villanueva; Agustin, Jr. d. Mike Miguel, Jr.; Eugene Koh d. Miguel, Jr.; Mahor d. B. Ramos; Mahor Jr. d. Palomo and B. Ramos lost his 4th straight game to Palomo. He finished the classification round with 1 point.
In the 12 years and under category, Jayrome Soriano beat top seed Dmitri Villanueva 2-1 in their best-of-three game while Chris Domingo was swept by Ivan II Chess Computer 3-0.
Chess computer programs are getting strong every year. Eight months ago, world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and Deep Fritz, billed as the most powerful computer, drew their 8-game match, 4-4. Kramnik got $750,000 while Deep Fritz programmer Mathias Fiest received $250,000. A few months later, Gary Kasparov, who reigned as world champ for 12 years, battled Deep Junior, another powerful chess computer. Their match also ended in draw with each scoring a victory against.
4th round pairings: (First name to play white) Montel, Jr. vs. Manuel; Hernandez vs. Jimmy Valenzuela; Palomo vs. M. Ramos; Edgardo Enarsao vs. Miguel, Jr.; Genaro Manlaya vs. Lagumen; Agustin, Jr. vs. Ivan II; N. Villanueva vs. Manlaya; Lagumen vs. Ivan II; Manlaya vs. Agustin, Jr. and Tutii Joe Chilton vs. Manlaya.
The tournament is organized by TFCP Vice President and Sports Commissioner Sergio Alemania, assisted by Bong Torres and Cris Gonzales.
Solution to last week's puzzle:
1. Ng5+! Rxg5 2. Rf6+ Kxf6 3. Rd6 mate
This week's puzzles:
Source:
Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 13
Volume 12
June 13-20, 2003
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