Super Grandmaster (GM) Alexie Shirov of Spain signs the score sheet of his drawn game against Daniel Lapitan. Shirov also gave him a book and an autigraphed chess board. The small machine (Monroi) on Daniel's left side enables their game to be streamed live on the internet together with 7 other games. Shirov defeated the other 25 players in a simulteneous exhibition games as part of Surfer's Paradise Triple Chess Events held at Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on Sept. 27, 2009. The 10-year old Daniel halved the point also with GM Dejan Antic in Dec. 2007.
(Photo by Raymond Nancy Lapitan)
BILLAH UPSETS HERNANDEZ;
DANIEL LAPITAN DREW W/ GM SHIROV
BANGLADESHI bet Masum Billah overcame a whole rook disadvantage and scored the biggest win of his chess career by upsetting 4th seed Roberto Hernandez in 31 moves of Irregular Opening.
On the 17th move, he blundered away a rook but put Hernandez' queen out of play with a neat 20. ... Nd5 posting of his knight, blocking the white diagonal.
A king hunt ensued but the hunted king became the final offensive piece to force Hernandez' resignation.
Billah was beaten earlier by Jun Mahor in 38 moves of Larsen Opening and later by Romeo Caballes in 54 moves of another Larsen Opening.
Elpidio Manaligod and Caballes halved the point in 57 moves of Bishop Opening.
Craig Dittrich failed to exploit two connected pawns in the queenside and lost his first game to Palau's number one and top seed Menandro Manuel in 47 moves of King's Indian Defence.
Second seed Cyril Montel, Jr. made short work on Paquito 'Pax' Suringa, Jr. in just 20 moves of another King's Indian Defence.
On Thursday night, October 08, 2009, Joel Flor played 2 Class B games at Palau Royal Resort Dormitory 1. He bowed to Jamie Guevarra in 47 moves of Queen's Gambit Declined but outwitted Elizalde Madrinan in 63 moves of Ruy Lopez.
Mario Ramos drew with Andres 'Aying' Mestizo II in 39 moves of King's Pawn Opening.
After being in Guam for 2 weeks, Tito Cabunagan is back and trounced the other Bangladeshi bet Mohammad Manik Hossain in 40 moves of another Ruy Lopez.
Manik lost another one to Ramos in 60 moves of Sicilian Defence.
And in the last game of Sunday, October 11, 2009, at D. J. Cruz General Merchandise premises, Cabunagan dealt Flor his 2nd loss in a marathon 74 moves of Center Counter.
Panfilo Pepito, Jr. was present again and a default win was given to the lone female entrant Kristen Senajon, who was not able to play because there is no more available chess table to play on.
She said she is willing to play on weekdays. A possible opponent for her is Guevarra, who is off on Friday. And a match is set for them to play but it was just a chess clinic given by Jaime as Kristen is really not good enough. She will be given a special excuse not to write her moves so that she could concentrate more on the game.
On September 27, 2009, Daniel Lapitan, a 10-year old Filipino-Australian whom Hernandez met during the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in June, had a draw with one of the top chess player in the world, super Grandmaster (GM) Alexie Shirov of Spain in a simultaneous game held at Goldcoast Convention and Exhibition Centre. Shirov played with 26 players from different states composing of very strong juniors, adults and senior players.
All of them got beaten except Daniel. After 3 hours of playing, Shirov agreed with a draw. He later called Daniel and told the crowd that he agreed with a draw because Daniel got a very good position.
Shirov gave Daniel his book entitled "Fire on Board Part II" with his signature along with an autographed chess board.
This was the 2nd time Daniel finished with a draw with a GM in a simutaneous game. He was only 8 years old in the first occasion when he drew with GM Dejan Antic of Serbia/Montenegro in December 2007.
Daniel's father Raymond had emailed Hernandez on July 15, 2009 that says:
Hi, Robert, Hope everything is okay with you there. Thank you for putting my son's story in your newspaper. It inspired him to practice everyday and become the best of what he can be in chess.
At the moment, Daniel is preparing for the Surfer's Paradise Open this coming September here in the Gold Coast. He will play in the Open division. He is also scheduled to particiapate in the simul with Alexie Shirov.
A draw with him would be very nice. He he he! He learned a lot of things in the Zonal and I'm helping him to correct his mistakes to improve his chess skill.
I will send you a copy of the newspaper about Daniel when it comes. That's it for now and enjoy playing chess. Regards again, Raymond Lapitan.
He subscribed to The Filipino Channel (TFC) 3 weeks ago. They are watching news about the great flood in the Philippines and they felt pity to their countrymen.
Daniel suggested that AU$200.00 from his chess prize savings will be donated to the ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya Foundation after seeing the poor kids on TV.
This act of generosity is very rare for a 10-year old chess prodigy. More of his accomplishments will be featured next issue.
Special games were played on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at the tournament site. Paquito 'Pax' Suringa, Jr. played with venue host Gene Pastrana (his first) and the latter dealt Pax his 2nd straight loss in 54 moves of Sicilian Defence.
Tito Cabunagan and his wife were present also and he played a Class B game against Andres 'Aying' Mestizo II.
Pax played another game with Billah and he scored his first win when Billah failed to get the opposition in a king vs. king and a pawn endgame.
Billah asked Hernandez if there is still a vacant slot for another Bangladeshi player in Class B and he was given a go signal as Tutii Joe Chilton emailed Hernandez that due to his tight schedule, he is withdrawing from the tournament.
The current tournament is being sponsored by PALIBHASA ($60.00 cash prize) and by Bhoey Gopez of Island Logistics, Lucio Bandibas of WCTC and Ed Martinez of Print Zone. They are members of Alpha Phi Omega (APO) Palau Chapters.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 13 & 15
Volume 18
Issue 42
October 19-25, 2009
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