ENARSAO NOW IN SECOND SPOT
THE FOURTH ROUND of the 2003 Age Group Chess Tournament saw Class A 7th seed Edgardo Enarsao dealing Jimmy Valenzuela his first loss in 33 moves of a Queen's Gambit Declined.
The tournament is sponsored by The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP), its vice president Sergio Alemania, Cris Gonzales and Genaro Manlaya.
Enarsao and Valenzuela are now tied at 2nd place behind unbeaten top seed Roberto Hernandez who outsmarted Mariano Agustin, Jr. in 36 moves of French Defence.
In a rare display of fine sportsmanship, Enarsao and Agustin granted Menandro Manuel's request to play the matches each has won over him in default.
The rematches did not change the standings as Agustin won after Manuel blundered away a knight and his queen for a bishop and 3 pawns; and Enarsao mated him in 27 moves of a Ruy Lopez (Zaitsev Defence).
Before the rematches, Manuel came out of an inferior position to beat Jun Mahor. Agustin, Jr. defeated Mario Ramos after the latter blundered away a bishop in the endgame of rooks and minor pieces.
Class B competition is getting tight at the top. Leader Eugene Koh managed to escape with a draw against Ben Ramos while Mike Miguel, Jr. won his second consecutive default win over Kelvin dela Paz to tie Koh for the lead.
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 13
Volume 9
July 25-Aug. 01, 2003
BEATING A FORMIDABLE MACHINE
IT WAS NOT exactly the formidable Deep Blue that Roberto Hernandez tangled with last Sunday, July 27, 2003 nor the even more primitive Deep Throat, but it was certainly exhilarating to beat a chess machine who has been running roughshod over the field of highly-rated human players in the past weeks in the 2003 Age Group Chess Tournament being held at the premises of The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP).
Hernandez did it by checkmating Ivan II Chess Computer (rating-2000), despite having a lower rating of 1560, in 66 moves of a Danish Gambit to keep the Class A lead in the 5th round.
One point behind Hernandez is Edgardo Enarsao who beat Jun Mahor in 47 moves of a Sicilian Defence (Alapin Variation). Menandro Manuel, the 2003 Open Class A champion, bounced back from a poor start (0-3) and won his last 3 games. He defeated Cyril Montel, Jr. in 49 moves of Two Knights Defence and later beat winless Bong Alipoon . He is now 3-3 while Alipoon is 0-4 after another loss to Montel, Jr. in 30 moves of French Defence.
Mariano Agustin, Jr. escaped with a draw against Jun Mahor after the latter missed a pawn thrust at f6 square which Agustin could not prevent the promotion of the f pawn into a queen. It is the 2nd drawn game for Mahor against 4 losses while Agustin has 2 wins, 3 losses and a draw.
Mike Miguel, Jr. barged into the lead in Class B after scoring an upset win over 2nd seed Eugene Koh. Mike now totes 4.5 points after 5 games while Koh is in 2nd with 3.5 points. Jon Lagumen climbed to 3rd with 3 points after a win over Ivan II and a tie with Ben Ramos, who won by default over Genaro Manlaya.
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 9
Volume 9
August 01-08, 2003
THE FOURTH ROUND of the 2003 Age Group Chess Tournament saw Class A 7th seed Edgardo Enarsao dealing Jimmy Valenzuela his first loss in 33 moves of a Queen's Gambit Declined.
The tournament is sponsored by The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP), its vice president Sergio Alemania, Cris Gonzales and Genaro Manlaya.
Enarsao and Valenzuela are now tied at 2nd place behind unbeaten top seed Roberto Hernandez who outsmarted Mariano Agustin, Jr. in 36 moves of French Defence.
In a rare display of fine sportsmanship, Enarsao and Agustin granted Menandro Manuel's request to play the matches each has won over him in default.
The rematches did not change the standings as Agustin won after Manuel blundered away a knight and his queen for a bishop and 3 pawns; and Enarsao mated him in 27 moves of a Ruy Lopez (Zaitsev Defence).
Before the rematches, Manuel came out of an inferior position to beat Jun Mahor. Agustin, Jr. defeated Mario Ramos after the latter blundered away a bishop in the endgame of rooks and minor pieces.
Class B competition is getting tight at the top. Leader Eugene Koh managed to escape with a draw against Ben Ramos while Mike Miguel, Jr. won his second consecutive default win over Kelvin dela Paz to tie Koh for the lead.
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 13
Volume 9
July 25-Aug. 01, 2003
BEATING A FORMIDABLE MACHINE
IT WAS NOT exactly the formidable Deep Blue that Roberto Hernandez tangled with last Sunday, July 27, 2003 nor the even more primitive Deep Throat, but it was certainly exhilarating to beat a chess machine who has been running roughshod over the field of highly-rated human players in the past weeks in the 2003 Age Group Chess Tournament being held at the premises of The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP).
Hernandez did it by checkmating Ivan II Chess Computer (rating-2000), despite having a lower rating of 1560, in 66 moves of a Danish Gambit to keep the Class A lead in the 5th round.
One point behind Hernandez is Edgardo Enarsao who beat Jun Mahor in 47 moves of a Sicilian Defence (Alapin Variation). Menandro Manuel, the 2003 Open Class A champion, bounced back from a poor start (0-3) and won his last 3 games. He defeated Cyril Montel, Jr. in 49 moves of Two Knights Defence and later beat winless Bong Alipoon . He is now 3-3 while Alipoon is 0-4 after another loss to Montel, Jr. in 30 moves of French Defence.
Mariano Agustin, Jr. escaped with a draw against Jun Mahor after the latter missed a pawn thrust at f6 square which Agustin could not prevent the promotion of the f pawn into a queen. It is the 2nd drawn game for Mahor against 4 losses while Agustin has 2 wins, 3 losses and a draw.
Mike Miguel, Jr. barged into the lead in Class B after scoring an upset win over 2nd seed Eugene Koh. Mike now totes 4.5 points after 5 games while Koh is in 2nd with 3.5 points. Jon Lagumen climbed to 3rd with 3 points after a win over Ivan II and a tie with Ben Ramos, who won by default over Genaro Manlaya.
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 9
Volume 9
August 01-08, 2003
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