THE TOP three finishers of Palau Royal Resort rating chess tournament will join the year-ending rapid chess tournament to start on Sunday, November 18 at Jean's Boutique and Store.
Palau's number 4 Roberto Hernandez, the PRR champion, Dennis Lara and Jaime Guevarra confirmed their participation in the double round-robin of active chess.
They will test their mettle against top 3 seeds Menandro Manuel, Jose Omega and Cyril Montel, Jr. together with the fast-rising and blitz chess specialist Tony Villa and Palau's 1st National Master Manny Nedic.
Venue host Gene Pastrana showed a lot of improvement as he swept Hernandez 4-0 in a 4-game practice of blitz chess on Sunday, Nov. 11 as the above-mentioned players, except Manuel, were present and practicing for the preparation of the tough field of internationally rated players.
Invitation to participate was also extended to other top finishers of PRR chess tilt. Nino Flores, Paul Garcia and Zaldy Ranopa, the 4th, 5th and 6th place finishers respectively, were invited with Garcia's entry will depend on his transportation problem.
Arnel Pama, who finished 7th, who will come back from emergency leave on November 14, will be invited also.
Inactive French Defence specialist Danny Dandoy and newcomer Michael Mercado of Aqua water would like to join.
The format of the tournament is 30 minutes for each player to finish the game. Touch move rules will be applied and the player's move become official when he lets go off the piece that he touches.
Writing chess notation is not required. If a player had the white pieces in his first game against a certain player, he will have the black pieces in their 2nd round match.
There will be a registration fee of $10.00 where half will be used as cash prize i the organizers can't find sponsors.
The Sonnenborn Berger system of tiebreak will be applied if there is a tie for the top 5 spots.
Hernandez will act also as arbiter and in his absence, Gene Pastrana will take over.
The awarding of trophies, medals and cash prizes of the recently concluded PRR rating chess tourney will tentatively held also on Sunday, Nov. 18 with Mr. Allan Tuppil, the Food & Beverage Manager of PRR, also donating the chicken for barbecue. He sponsored the trophy, 4 medals and $100.00 cash prize of the event.
For more information about the coming tournament, please call Roberto Hernandez at 488-2000 ext. 114 or Gene Pastrana at 488-4640.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 13 & 15
Volume 17
November 16-22, 2007
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