(543) PHOTOS (2ND WEEK OF 2013 PNCC)

First game of the 2nd week of 2013 Palau National Chess Championship -- CM Bernardo Garcia, right, vs. Jeff Balbalosa with newcomer Fernan John Velarde and a Palauan guy at left watching. The result is a hard-fought draw. Bernard is ahead by a pawn but a 3-move repetition forced the draw.
                                                   (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Eugene Labarda, left, scored his 2nd straight win by outwitting Fernan John Velarde. Labarda won over Bangladeshi bet Mohammad Manik Hossain last Saturday, Aug. 10 in a special game to accommodate the 2 players with their conflicting schedules.                                       (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)                     

File photo of Fernan John Velarde, new employee at Palau Royal Resort. Almost 1/4 of Palau Chess Federation members are from PRR, with more than half of them not in Palau anymore.
                                                           (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

CM Bernardo Garcia, left, vs. Jeffrey Balbalosa with a Palauan guy watching.
                                                       (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

First game of National Master Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., left, against NM Tito Cabunagan, who just come back from Pohnpei to participate in this 2013 PNCC. He cancelled his trip to Guam for this event.
                                                  (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)