TONY Villa is not even one year in Palau but he has almost unbeatable in all blitz chess tournaments that he participated.
The most impressive was his last two outings where he swept the opposition like a storm.
Maybe the absence of Palau's top player Menandro Manuel and his nemesis Edwin Eti have somehow boosted his chances of winning undefeated.
Eti was the only player that swept Villa in a double round-robin blitz tilt.
With Eti not in Palau anymore, a true contender to Villa's blitz supremacy is yet to come.
And with Manuel skipping the current tournament, Villa will rule chess in Palau in blitz, rapid or regular time control.
Top seed Jose Omega confirmed his participation in the ongoing tournament.
He arrived early but didn't play a single tournament game and just practiced blitz chess with Villa and 3rd seed Roberto Hernandez.
He refused to join the 5-player blitz chess contest as he is working without day off.
Not a single game was played in the regular tournament and National Master Manny Nedic finished 2nd to Villa after sweeping Hernandez, venue host Gene Pastrana and Joel Azana.
Pastrana's constant practices paid off as he swept Hernandez for 2 consecutive weeks.
Villa was asked if he has financial capacity to represent Palau in the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in Fiji on May 5-12, 2007.
He is not and now the only chance to send at least one player lies on the decision of Palauan bet Morton Sawaichi, who is inactive in competitive chess for about a year.
Source:
Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 11
Volume 17
February 23-March 01, 2007
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