GENEROUS LITO MARCOS
Papua New Guinea's top chess player Joselito "Tolitz"Marcos, left, offered some cash amount as prize to the 2010-2011 Palau National Chess Championship to start on Nov. 14. He met Roberto Hernandez, right, in the 2009 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in Australia and renewed their friendship in the 2010 World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Tolitz unselfish attitude is rarely seen nowadays in this materialistic world. Keep it up, Mapkoc. (Photo by: Tito Cabunagan)
2010-2011 PALAU NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS NOV. 14
AFTER a month of rest from 2010 World Chess Olympiad in Russia, the next tournament in Palau will fire off on November 14 and will conclude on Feb. 13, 2011.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TOURNAMENT FORMAT:
1. It will be a single round-robin event limited to 15 players only on a first-come, first-serve basis.
2. The time control is 90 minutes to make 40 moves and 30 minutes more to finish the game with 30 seconds increment starting from first move.
3. Interested players will be given an entry form to be filled up.
4. Registration fee is $10.00. It must be paid 7 days before the start of the tournament. A receipt will be issued upon payment.
5. The 3 venues for the event are:
a. Beken's Store and General Merchandise (across Sacred Heart Church)
b. Migrant Center for Workers (beside Sacred Heart Church)
c. Palau Royal Resort Dormitory 1
6. This will be a World Chess Federation (FIDE) rated event. The 8 players who already got FIDE ratings are 1. Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. (1942) 2. Menandro Manuel (1906) 3. Roberto Hernandez (1833) 4. Eugenio Pastrana (1754) 5. Manuel 'Jun' Mahor (1662) 6. Romeo Caballes (1629) 7. Bernardo Garcia (1629) and 8. Elpidio Manaligod (1540).
7. This will be the chance for other unrated players to gain international rankings. They must finish at least 9 games and must have played 4 rated players in those 9 games.
8. The FIDE Laws of Chess will be displayed at all tournament sites for referral in case of a protest or dispute.
9. An unofficial arbiter will be assigned as follows:
a. Gene Pastrana at Beken's Store and General Merchandise.
b. Tito Cabunagan or Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. at Migrant Center for Workers.
c. Roberto Hernandez at Palau Royal Resort Dormitory 1.
If they are playing while a protest is made, their clock will be stopped and will only be restarted after the dispute is settled.
10. Score sheet will be provided and players are required to write chess notations in Algebraic form.
11. Six trohpies will be provided again by Mr. Bhoey Gopez. He promised to be present in the awarding ceremony this time.
12. The prizes (unconfirmed yet) are as follows:
CHAMPION - Trophy + 1 night stay at Palasia Hotel with free breakfast
for two.
2nd PLACE - Trophy + Dinner for 2 at Palau Royal Resort
3rd PLACE - Trophy + $25.00 cash
4th PLACE - Trophy + $15.00 cash
5th PLACE - Trophy + $10.00 cash
6th PLACE - Trophy
The excess cash collected from the registration fee will be added to last year's fund to buy a laptop for Palau Chess Federation or to pay yearly due to FIDE (480 euros).
13. The cash prize might be increased because of the offer of Mr. Joselito Marcos of Papua New Guinea to donate some cash for the prize.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper Volume 19 Issue 43 October 25-31, 2010
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