Remrel Dizon, right, dealt Jun Mahor, left, his 1st loss in the Reserve Division of 2013 PNCC to lead with 4-1 win-loss record. Mahor is 3-1. Dennis Gonzales, 2nd from left, vs. Gene Pastrana (draw) while Jeff Balbalosa, middle, lost to Rustum Cabuso (4-1), who now leads the Top 12 Division. Baby Edna Mission is watching the games while waiting for Gladys Anne Paloma, who didn't show up. Their game will determine the 1st runner-up in the women's division. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
CABUSO, DIZON LEAD 2013 PNCC
SURPRISE! Surprise! On the 6th week of 2013
Palau National Chess Championship, 2 newcomers are leading the Top 12 and
Reserve Divisions.
Rustum
Cabuso, who changed his mind in participating in the 2009 PNCC, seized the
leadership of the event after scoring 2 wins and a loss on Thursday, Saturday
and Sunday.
He
won his first game over National Arbiter (NA) Dennis Gonzales and drubbed both
6th seed Paquito Suringa, Jr. and 2nd seed Roberto
Hernandez at Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) premises on 2 consecutive
Thursday evening special games.
He
lost his 3rd special game to 7th seed Eugenio Pastrana in
50 moves of King’s Indian Defence held at the latter’s residence –Beken’s Store
and General Merchandise.
He
played his 5th game against Jeff Balbalosa and won again in 45 moves
of English Opening to seize the leadership over erstwhile leader and idle Jose
Celiz, who has 3.5 points in 4 games and still undefeated. Him and Tito
Cabunagan were absent in the 6th week.
Cabuso’s
leading might be short-lived as he has not played yet the other top 3 players
of Palau –National Masters Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. and Cabunagan, 4th
seed Celiz and CM, NA Bernardo Garcia.
Garcia
dealt Roberto his 3rd loss with a victory in 45 moves of their
Budapest Defence encounter. Hernandez now has an even 3-3 win-loss card while
Garcia improved to 3-2-1.
Here's
the moves: 1. f4 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7.
0-0 g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 c5 10. Nde2 Bg7 11. e5 Ng4 12. Qd5 Be6 13. Qc6+ Bd7
14. Qd5 Be6 15. Qc6+ Bd7 It should have been draw here if I move 16. Qd5 -the
3-repetition but there's no excitement with that so I proceed with 16. Qf3 dxe5
17. h3 Nh6 18. fxe5 0-0 19. g4 Be6 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Rad1 Qa5 22. Bg5 f6 23. exf6
exf6 24. Qe3 fxg5 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rd7 c4 28. Rd5 Qc7 29. Ne4
Qa7+ 30. Kg2 Qe3. I thought for 25 minutes or more to my next move. I'm running
out of time --13 minutes to complete the 40 moves or 10 more moves in 13
minutes. 31. Nxg5 Qf2+
32. Kh1 Qf1+ 33. Ng1 Qc1 (Here, I didn't think long
enough to make a blunder like this 34. Rd7?? Qxg5 35. Qxc4 a5 35. Qc7 Qe5 (I
should have exchanged queens here but made another blunder 36. c3 Qe4+ and I
resigned. Eugenio Pastrana said that Bernard Garcia should have won a piece at
31. ... Rf2+ instead of Qf2+. But he didn't calculate the 32. Kf1 Rxe2+ 33.
Qxe3 Rxe3 34. Rd8 recovering the piece after 34. ...Bf8 as 34....Ng8 35. Nf7 mate.
Balbalosa,
Garcia, Hernandez, Pastrana and Gonzales are on track to finish their 11 games
on Oct. 06, the last day of the event. Un-played games will be marked as + -
and will not be counted as points to both players.
Garcia
can play with Suringa, Jr. on the last Thursday of this month. Suringa vs.
Celiz might take place on Sat. morning at 8am. Pastrana vs. Suringa will be
played at 9:30am on Saturday but on a shorter time control (30 minutes each) to
accommodate this special game because Suringa doesn’t have a Sunday off.
Balbalosa has to sacrifice one Sat. morning schedule vs. Suringa (8am). If he
will not sacrifice a few hours of sleep, he might not get the National Master
title he’s aiming for.
In
the Reserve Division, Remrel Dizon surges to the top after winning his last 4
games. He lost his first game to Palau Royal Resort new employee Fernan John
Velarde. Since then, he’s a different player.
He
defeated Alfredo Pacenos, Jr., Eugene Labarda, Glen Navarosa and his latest
victim was the undefeated Jun Mahor, whom he clobbered in 44 moves of Bishop
Opening.
Labarda
has 4 points also but he’s got 2 losses. Mohammad Manik Hossain and Pacenos
have an identical 2-2 card. Manik said he will play this Sunday, the 7th
week of the event.
Solution
to this week’s puzzle: 1. Rf8+!! Kxf8 2. Qa8+ Ke7 3. Qe8 mate
This week’s puzzle: White to move
and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9 & 10
Volume 22
Issue 74
September 16, 2013
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