The draw was agreed after 73 moves of Modern Defence in a game that lasted almost 3 hours and held on Sunday, February 11 at Jean's Boutique and Store.
Azana lost his first game to top seed Tony Villa in a drawn endgame when he maneuvered his king on the wrong side of the board.
He bounced back from defeat and score 2 wins in a row over Koror State Legal Counsel Craig Dittrich and venue host Gene Pastrana.
With a tough draw in his last game, he kept the lead in the standings.
Dittrich also showed a lot of improvements in a time control that fits his style of play.
He is one hour behind and had a few minutes left on his clock when he found all the right moves and forced Pastrana to resign.
Both players stopped annotating their game in the latter part of the game and the exact number of moves can be traced later.
It was Dittrich first win against a rated opponent. His starting rating of 1500 will increase by 30 points if he beats a player with 350 or more that his.
His victory over fellow newcomer Emmie Buyacao 2 weeks ago will earned him 15 points.
Palau's top player Menandro Manuel showed up in the tournament site and he informed the players that he is skipping this tournament to concentrate in a more physical sports like tennis.
He will participate only in blitz chess tourneys that didn't proceed as the Nedic-Azana match took long to cancel the blitz tilt.
Second seed Roberto Hernandez left at 5pm to play piano at Palau Royal Resort in their 5-day Valentine's Special and accepts performances anywhere with permission from his employer Yuriko Irikedamoto.
Dennis Gonzales is back in Palau and showed interest to participate in the ongoing tourney.
He must play at least 2 games to catch up.
Source:
Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 11
Volume 17
February 16-22, 2007
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