Angie Parrado, left, has been Palau's top woman chess player for a while. When he was swept by Gladys Paloma, right, in the 3rd week of 2013 Palau Rapid Chess tournament, there might be a changing of the guards in Palau women's chess. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
ANGIE SWEPT BY GLADYS;
BHENG SWEPT BY ANGIE
IN SPITE of being swept by Gladys Paloma in the 3rd week of 2013 Rapid Chess tournament, top women’s seed Angie Parrado still leads the tourney with a 3-2 win-loss slate after sweeping in return Baby Edna “Bheng” Mission in the 4th week of the tilt.
Mission now has an even 2-2 card. Her 2 victories were from the 2 beginners –66-year-old Paz Ngiratechekii and Lilibeth Cabunagan.
No junior player arrived in the 3rd and 4th week except Cyrelle Ann Montel. He was taught by Roberto Hernandez some endgame fundamentals on how to win with a pawn and a king against a lone king.
The other 2 matches of the 4th week are between Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. vs. Remrel Dizon and the exciting Tito Cabunagan vs. Dennis Gonzales match where the latter almost upset the Group B top seed had he promoted his h pawn.
Tito prevailed and scored his 5th straight victory while Cyril easily subdued Dizon.
STANDINGS AFTER 4TH WEEK OF 2013 RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT AND THEIR WIN-LOSS-DRAW RECORD:
GROUP A—1. Roberto Hernandez (4-0-0) 2. Rafael Paloma (2-1-0) 3. Paquito Suringa, Jr. (2-1-0) 4. Jeff Balbalosa (2- 2-0) 5. Miguel Hilario, Jr. (1-2-0) 6. Glen Navarosa (0-5-0) 7. Michael Jordan Ngiratechekii
GROUP B – 1. Tito Cabunagan (5-0-0) 2. Mohammad Manik Hossain (3-1-1) 3. Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. (2-1-1) 4. Dennis Gonzales (1-1-0) 5. Jose Celiz (0-2-0) 6. Eugene Labarda (0-2-0) 7. Eric Ksau Whipps (0-2-0) 8. Remrel Dizon (0-2-0) 9. Jon Manuel Reyes (0-0-0).
WOMEN—1. Angie Parrado (3-2-0) 2. Gladyz Paloma (2-0-0) 3. Baby Edna Mission (2-2-0) 4. Joy Flores Whipps (1-0-0) 5. Paz Ngiratechekii (0-2-1) 6. Lilibeth Cabunagan (0-2-1) 7. Leizl Michael (0-0-0).
JUNIOR – 1. Cyrelle Ann Montel (2-0-0) 2. Ksau Anthony Whipps (0-1-0) 3. Angelil Sisior (0-1-0) 4. George Anzawa (0-0-0) 5. Destiny Sisior (0-0-0) 6. Zachery Techall Whipps (0-0-0).
In the latest FIDE ratings for March, 40 chess players from Palau are listed at www.fide.com The other 5 who are listed but without ratings are Elizalde Madrinan, Joy Flores Whipps, Jerry Sermeno, Ann Acebron and Elizabeth Manuel.
Meanwhile, Philippines’ top chess player GM Wesley So became the first Filipino to teach the elite 2700 FIDE rating with 2701, a point ahead of Latvia’s Alexie Shirov.
GM So is now no. 50 of the top 100 chess players of the world after his undefeated campaign in January and February of this year.
Source:
Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 8 &11
Volume 22
Issue 24
March 25, 2013
No comments:
Post a Comment