Class A Champion Edgardo Enarsao (wearing white cap) practices with Class B Ben Ramos while current 1st runner-up Mike Miguel, Jr. plays on the other board.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
ENARSAO, OMEGA WIN CLASS A, B CHESS TITLE
EDGARDO ENARSAO and Jose Omega topped the Class A and B championships respectively, of the 2003 Age Group Chess Tournament sponsored by The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP), its vice president Sergio Alemania and Cris Gonzales.
Enarsao lost his final game to Cyril Montel, Jr. in 37 moves of Sicilian Defence but won by default over Bong Alipoon that gave him the winning total of 7 points.
Jose Omega clinched the Class B title after beating Mike Miguel Jr. in a sudden-death match of one hour each.
Montel, Jr. and Jimmy Valenzuela are tied at 2nd place but he former won in a tiebreak over the latter (29.5-27.5). Using the Sonnenborn Berger system, winner get as additional the points of those they defeated.
Menandro Manuel and Roberto Hernandez drew their final round match in 54 moves of another Sicilian Defence to tie at 4th. A coin toss resulted in Manuel placing 4th and Hernandez 5th.
Ivan II Chess Computer placed 6th, Mario Ramos 7th, Mariano Agustin, Jr., Bong Alipoon and Jun Mahor are at 8th, 9th and 10th places respectively. Ramos won the $20.00 prize for a brilliancy game.
In Class B, Miguel, Jr. settled for 1st runner-up. Jon Lagumen placed 3rd after winning by default over Amante Caballero and Eugene Koh clinched 4th after Ben Ramos lost to Ivan II last week.
Kiddie champion Jayrome Soriano finished the triple round-robin of the 12 years and under category with 19.5 points. In a 3-way tie for 2nd place are: Chris Domingo, Rodnnie Dizon and Ricky 'Jun-Jun' Camacho with 14.5 points each in 14 wins, 9 losses and a draw.
The tiebreak resulted in Domingo with 43.5 points while Camacho and Dizon were tied again with both 28.5 points. It was decided to give the 2nd runner-up to Camacho for being the first player to beat the champion Soriano.
All the top 4 finishers of Class B and kiddie category will receive hand-carved trophies designed by Hernandez and Gonzales. The awarding of trophies, certificates and brilliancy prize will be announced later.
Ivan II actually finished 2nd to Soriano with 16.5 points but its participation is just for fill-in to give kids a chance to play with a chess computer.
After the completion of all final games, the format of the next tournament--the Senior and Junior Chess Tournament in Sept. 21, 2003 was discussed. It will be a 13-round Swiss system for seniors and double round-robin for juniors (18 years and below).
The time control for seniors is 2 hours for each player to make 40 moves, and 30 minutes each for juniors to finish the game.
The top 5 finishers in the senior division and the 4 juniors will receive trophies.
NOTEWORTHY FACT: The last 4 chess tournaments held since last year produced different champions--Eddie Grefiel, All-Filipino Chess Tournament, June 09, 2002; Philippine Consul General Julius Torres, 2002 Open Chess Tournament, September 15, 2002; Menandro Manuel, 2003 Open Chess tournament (Class A) and Chito Vargas (Class B); Edgardo Enarsao wins the 2003 Age Group Chess Tournament (Class A) and Jose Omega (Class B), and Jayrome Soriano, the first ever kiddie champion.
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 13
Volume 9
Aug. 29-Sept. 05, 2003
ENARSAO--2003 AGE GROUP CHESS TOURNEY CHAMP
EDGARDO ENARSAO is this year's Age Group Chess Tournament champion after besting 10 other contestants in the Class A category.
Enarsao, with a 7-2 record, beat Cyril Montel, Jr. in the final round of the tournament held Aug. 24 at The Filipino Community in Palau offices.
Roberto Hernandez, tournament director, said that Montel, Jr. and Jimmy Valenzuela tied for the first runner-up with 6 wins, 3 losses card. A tiebreaker using a Sonnenborn Berger tiebreaking system in chess was used, with Montel emerging as the winner with 29.5 points. Valenzuela had 27.5 points.
Third runner-up went to Menandro Manuel while Roberto Hernandez got the 5th place after breaking another tie. With their last round a draw, organizers decided to toss a coin to decide who gets the 3rd runner-up place. Manuel eventually got it.
In Class B category, Jose Omega was declared the champion with 7.5 points. Another match was declared between Omega and Mike Miguel, Jr. to break the tie. Omega emerged as the champion after one sudden-death game.
Miguel received the 1st runner-up; Jon Lagumen 2nd runner-up and the 3rd runner-up went to Eugene Koh.
For the 12 years and under category, Jayrome Soriano was the champion with 19.5 points. Three players tied again for the 1st runner-up with 14.5 points each. Domingo eventually got the 2nd place with 43.5 points; Ricky Camacho, 2nd runner-up and Rodnnie Dizon, 3rd runner-up.
All winners will receive trophies. The tournament started last May 25 with the chess matches play every Sunday. The next tournament is slated on Sept. 21 this year.
With report from Agnes M. Abrau
(Horizon News Staff)
Source: Palau Horizon
Tuesday
August 26-28, 2003
The Filipino Community's 2003 Age Group Chess Tournament concluded last Sunday, Aug. 24. Photo shows Class A veterans Menandro Manuel, left, and Roberto Hernandez in a match during the final day of the tournament.
(Photo by John A. Conception)
Source: Palau Horizon Tuesday August 26-28, 2003
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