BLITZ chess specialist Tony Villa survived another close and crucial final round encounter with 3rd seed Cyril Montel, Jr. to clinch another title with Palau first National Master Manny Nedic in the final round of 2007-2008 Rapid Chess tournament held on Sunday, February 10 at Jean's Boutique and Store.
Montel, Jr. needed to win at least 2 of his 3 crucial matches to clinch or tie for the title.
When he lost to Dennis Lara of Palau Royal Resort, his chances look dim but when another PRR player, Paul Garcia, upset Villa in their 2nd round match, the race for the title is still a 3-way battle.
And finally, Cyril dropped 2 of his games against the champs and he finished the way he is seeded, 3rd.
Fourth seed Roberto Hernandez finished 4th and venue host Gene Pastrana, 5th.
Lara showed flashes of brilliance when he defeated Villa and ended at respectable 6th place.
Koror State Legal Counsel Craig Dittrich and Paul Garcia won 13 games each but Dittrich had lesser lost games and edged Garcia at 7th spot.
Palau no. 1 and 2nd NM Menandro Manuel lost 4 and drew 5 of his remaining games by default and finished 11th while 2nd seed Jose Omega was 9th after losing 5 and drawing 3 games by default.
Only the top 4 finishers will receive cash prize from the registration fee collected.
Half of it will be fund of the Knights & Rooks Chess Club.
FINAL STANDINGS OF PLAYERS AND THEIR WIN-LOSS-DRAW RECORD:
1. Tony Villa (23-4-3) 2. Manny Nedic (23-4-3) 3. Cyril Montel, Jr. (21-5-4) 4. Roberto Hernandez (21-7-2) 5. Gene Pastrana (15-12-3) 6. Dennis Lara (14-12-4) 7. Craig Dittrich (13-15-2) 8. Paul Garcia (13-16-1) 9. Jose Omega (12-11-7) 10. Mike Mercado (11-9-10) 11. Menandro Manuel (11-10-9) 12. Jaime Guevarra (9-16-5) 13. Andres Mestizo II (7-13-10) 14. Dennis Gonzales (7-15-8) 15. Danny Dandoy (1-22-7) 16. Joven delos Santos (0-28-2)
It's time now for Palau Royal Resort own version of rapid chess tourney to start on Sunday, February 17.
Class A consists of the top 8 finishers of PRR Rating Chess tournament held last year. Dittrich and Mestizo II are the 2 invited players for Class A.
Class B will have the 9th place and below finishers.
Class C will have Romy and Edgar Cayanan, Jess David, Randy Sioson, Mark Apresto, Arnold Rivera, Francis Diesta, Delfin Mallare and the invited Chat Miraflor.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 13
Volume 18
Issue 7
February 15-21, 2008
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