Lapuz and Buyacao came in the morning while Dittrich was waiting early in the afternoon.
When he left, Idol came in the afternoon and no single game was played.
In the rated division, Tony Villa and Cyril Montel, Jr. came early in the afternoon but left after an hour and came back late in the afternoon.
Second seed Jose Omega showed up for a few minutes and didn't play a game as his schedule for this week is tight.
National Master (NM) Manny Nedic came in late also and practiced blitz chess with Villa while waiting for other players to come.
Fourth seed Roberto Hernandez came in at 2:00 pm and played blitz chess with Dittrich, who defeated venue host Gene Pastrana twice and scored his 3rd win over Hernandez.
Top seed Menandro 'Boy' Manuel didn't show up also as well as the other 3 rated players while 12-year-old Dmitri Villanueva, the youngest contestant, didn't make it likewise.
Dittrich cited that the $20.00 registration fee might have been one of the reasons for the low turnout of players.
If next week's schedule continues, there will be no separate divisions of players and the registration may be reduced to $10.00 or $15.00.
The prospect of sending at least 2 chess players to Fiji for the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship looks dim as players are not financially capable of producing $2,000.00 for airfare/accomodation just to represent Palau in the biennial event to be held from May 5-12, 2007.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 11
Volume 17
January 26-February 01, 2007
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