Minda Roa, left, and Flor Hernandez are undergoing intensive training and practice to prepare for the next Open chess tournament that will have a separate division for men (rated and unrated) and women, and kids. The open tournament might excite some inexperienced women and kids to start participating in chess events. Remy Mingo, who participated in the first tournament in Palau (June 09, 2002), might have a comeback as she is back in Palau. She had a 5-4-0 win-loss-draw record in that tournament and all her 5 wins were over men (Bong Alipoon, Amante Caballero, Roberto Hernandez, Eugene Koh and Mario Ramos). (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
FORMER World Chess Federation (FIDE) President Florencio Campomanes will arrive in Palau for a visit on May 11, 2006 to see how chess is doing on the latest FIDE member.
He will be arriving from Davao City boarding on Asian Spirit Airline.
Campomanes, popularly known as "Pocamps" or "Campo" to his close friends, headed FIDE for many years and did a lot to make chess very popular around the world especially in Asia where Grandmaster Eugene Torre became Asia's first Grandmaster.
Viswanathan Anand of India became a world champion. China is now the reigning Chess Olympiad champion in the women's division and produced women world champions.
He emailed Roberto Hernandez 3 weeks ago and called him last week about his first trip to Palau.
The incumbent FIDE President that succeeded him, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, is running for re-election during the 2006 Torino, Italy World Chess Olympiad that will be held this month.
Ilyumzhinov is the President of Russian Federated Republic of Kalmykia, which is located in the Moscow time zone. Elista is the capital and will host the undisputed world chess championship between Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and the only man to have beaten Gary Kasparov in a match, Russia's Vladimir Kramnik on September 21 to October 03, 2006.
Campomanes is pushing for the re-election of Ilyumzhinov, the controversial and wealthy man who poured hin millions of his own money for chess' best interests.
Palau Chess Federation and Knights and Rooks Chess Club are planning to have Campomanes a courtesy call with President Tommy Remengesau. A barbecue lunch is also being prepared for Campomanes on Saturday.
ONLY THREE GAMES WERE PLAYED IN THE 8TH ROUND OF 2006 PALAU NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP HELD ON SUNDAY, MAY 7 AT JEAN'S BOUTIQUE AND STORE PREMISES. The 6 glass trophies and $100.00 brilliancy prize are donation from Manny Kimpo of Pinoy Express Remittance.
3rd seed Cyril Montel, Jr. remained undefeated by nipping Dennis Gonzales in 56 moves of Caro-Kahn Defence.
It was a very interesting battle of wits as the two exploited the maximum and even forces of 2 rooks against a queen. Montel, Jr. managed to locate his queen to the best places as Gonzales made a passive h pawn move that cost him the game.
Former champion Jess Toldoya, who also received a phone call from Campomanes last week, outwitted venue host Gene Pastrana in 50 moves of Sicilian Defence (Najdorf Variation).
Their game was even in material and position but Toldoya managed to exploit the defensive position of Pastrana and won the latter's bishop with a knight fork.
Toldoya won his 2nd game of the day over Palauan bet Morton Sawaichi in 47 moves of another Sicilian Defence.
Sawaichi lost his queen in the middle game and all that Toldoya did was to simplify the game. A good lesson for Sawaichi is to remember that if his king and queen are on the same diagonal and his opponent has a bishop of the same color, he should move either of the two away from it.
Two-time champion Menandro Manuel didn't play a single game but won the 5-player blitz chess competition with a 7-1-0 win-loss-draw slate. The other players were Hernandez (5-3-0), Montel, Jr. (5-3-0), Jimmy Valenzuela (2-5-1) and Pastrana (0-7-1).
Solution to last week's puzzle: 1. Ne3 Kxa4 2. Nc2 and black has no other move (in zugzwang position) except e3 3. b3 mate.
Tia Belau Newspaper
May 12-19, 2006
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