TO GIVE certain advantages in all venues of the 2008 World Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany, the Palau Chess Team is urged by its Delegate/Coach/Trainer to have press accreditation in submitting their final roster of players.
A Palauan Chess Newsletter will be created to be issued by Palau Chess Federation to its members. And all members can be contributors to all newspapers in Palau: Tia Belau, Palau Horizon and Island Times.
Since Roberto Hernandez is writing in Tia Belau since 2002, he will be contributing all his reports to Tia Belau.
Accreditation card holders are given free street-car rides in Dresden, to and from the venue/hotels and don't have to pay Euro 9.50/day to get entry in the venues.
Other members of the team are Menandro 'Boy' Manuel, a surveyor at Surangel's, will handle Board 1. Manny Nedic of PTC, is Board 2; Hernandez, the musician of Palau Royal Resort, will be assigned at Board 3; Board 4 will be Cyril Montel, Jr., landscaper at Palau Pacific Resort; and reserve player is Gene Pastrana, sales and marketing manager of Jean's Boutique and Store.
Dennis Lara, a cook at PRR, has arrange private accommodation in Dresden on his own and will participate first in Asian Chess Championship in Iran slated to start in October 22-29, 2008.
He is expected to participate in other European tournaments while waiting for the biennial Chess Olympiad where he is playing in collateral tournaments parallel to the Olympics.
Jan Berglund is Palau's Team Captain/Delegate/FIDE Committee member (computer/Press FIDE Press card/USTV.
His wife, Bessie Rave is Councelor/Press (USTV) and has arranged her private accommodation in Dresden on her own.
She was also with Jan in the 2006 World Chess Olympiad in Torino, Italy where Palau is already eligible to participate. But due to financial constraints they were not able to send a chess team.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 13 & 15
Volume 17
September 22-28, 2008
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