TOP seed Tony Villa drubbed Koror State Legal Counsel Craig Dittrich in 60 moves of Queen's Gambit Declined to keep pace with National Master Manny Nedic who trounced 4th seed Roberto Hernandez in 32 moves of Sicilian Defence in the 4th round of chess tournament held Sunday, February 25 at Jean's Boutique and Store.
Absent Joel Azana kept the lead with 2.5 points from 2 wins, a loss and a draw with Nedic 2 weeks ago.
Villa had 2 points while Nedic got his 2 points from a win and 2 draws in his first 2 games.
Dittrich is currently in 4th spot as he split his 4 games (2 wins and 2 losses).
Hernandez is 1-1, 2nd seed Cyril Montel, Jr. had half point. Emmie Buyacao is 0-1 and venue host Gene Pastrana is still winless in 2 games at 0-2.
A blitz chess competition was held after the completion of regular games. The players were Villa, Nedic, Hernandez, Pastrana and Dittrich.
Villa gave a 5-minute odds against everybody who had 10 minutes to his 5. Still, he didn't lose by time forfeit and swept his opponents in the first round of the double round-robin event.
When the tourney was more than halfway, Palau's top player Menandro Manuel joined the tilt.
He lost his first game to Hernandez but won the next 7 games. When Hernandez dealt Villa his 2nd loss, the last 3 games of Manuel is crucial in tying Villa for the title and cash.
He needs to win 2 games against Pastrana and one game against Hernandez.
He defeated Pastrana twice and the title game was set.
Manuel missed the winning line in the endgame and Villa claimed his 3rd blitz title in a row.
FINAL STANDINGS OF PLAYERS AND THEIR WIN-LOSS-DRAW RECORD:
1. Villa (8-2-0) 2. Hernandez (7-3-0) 3. Manuel (7-3-0) 4. Nedic (2-5-3) 5. Pastrana (2-7-1) 6. Dittrich (1-7-2).
Source:
Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 11
Volume 17
March 02-08, 2007
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