If combined together, a good harmony to the mind and soul could develop.
What would you feel if you are playing chess against the top player of Palau while your son is piano music with another boy playing guitar?
That's what happened last Sunday, Father's Day, June 17 at Jean's Boutique and Store.
There is no ongoing at the time and National Master Menandro 'Boy' Manuel is playing blitz chess with many times venue host Gene Pastrana.
During Pastrana's son (Ken) music session, a boy with guitar (Jielton Cabierte), visited Ken and they jammed together some easy songs with Palau's 4th ranked player Roberto Hernandez, who is now the resident musician at Palau Royal Resort (PRR).
The trio's music somehow inspired the older Pastrana as he dominated Manuel in their games.
He even managed to draw a seemingly lost position by perpetual check.
At some point, the two are humming with the group when they played popular tunes like Jamaica Farewell, Leaving On A Jetplane, Jambalaya, Achy Breaky Heart, Green Green Grass of Home, Cotton Fields, Tom Dooley, Tiny Bubbles, the Mexican song La Cucaracha, Spanish song Rancho Grande and 2 of the most popular Filipino songs in Palau "Anak" (Son) and "Kumusta Ka" (How Are You).
Cabierte's father is playing guitar with the Sacred Heart Catholic church's choir.
He taught his son how to play guitar and he's done a good job as Hernandez saw great potential from Jielton, who participated in 3 chess tournaments last year.
He finished 2nd runner-up to Ken in those 3 outings and won $50.00 in the inaugural Ambassador Marino Cup Rapid Chess tournament held last year (June 25, July 02, July 09, 2006).
The Philippine Ambassador Ramoncito Marino donated $1,000.00 prize pot to that tourney which was divided into 4 divisions: rated, beginners, juniors and women.
Hernandez and Jose Omega won the rated division while Vincent Vergara of Moylan's Insurance topped the beginner's section.
Ken emerged as the only unbeaten player of the tilt and pocketed $75.00 while Hernandez' wife Flor, subdued Ms. Juvy Bulan for the title in a cliffhanger tiebreak game.
In Hernandez' 2 weeks stay at PRR's Dormitory 1, he discovered some good chess players with potential to be a rated player.
One of them is Nino Flores, who almost defeated Hernandez in their first 2 games after the former missed endgame tactics.
Arnel Pama is seriously considering a chess career and Mr. Jaime Guevarra is surely one of the more experienced who can make it if he will take the game seriously.
This year's Ambassador Marino Cup will go international as 2 NM from Philippines and USA confirmed their participation in the event to be held from August 30-Septermber 03, 2007.
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 13
Volume 17
June 22-28, 2007
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