Palau's number 4 Roberto Hernandez, with FIDE rating of 1830 will lead the PRR players Jaime Guevarra, Dennis Lara, Arnel Pama, Eli Madrinan and Paquito Suringa, Jr. to greater opposition against Palau's top rated players.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FORMAT OF THE TOURNAMENT:
1. The time format is 90 minutes for each player to finish the game with 30 seconds increment per move.
2. Writing chess notations is mandatory in either Algebraic or English (descriptive) notation.
3. It will be a single round-robin event and players will handle the white and black pieces as even as possible. It will be a FIDE rated tournament and players are advised to finish their games without a single default as it will hinder the chances of unrated players to gain international ranking. The most flexible schedule in the world is offered to participants.
4. Palau Royal Resort players have different time schedules and day offs. Other players can with them at Dormitory 1 in an agreed time and date.
5. Jan Berglund, the International Arbiter (IA) and Organizer (IO), will join the tournament to test the weaknesses and strengths of possible team players to participate in the World Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany in November 2008. He will also be the Chief Arbiter and will captain the Palau team to the Chess Olympiad.
6. Registration fee is $20.00 with half of the collected fee to be given to Mr. Berglund as "appearance fee" and the other half for cash prizes of the top 3 finishers.
7. Registration is now going on. For more information, call Roberto Hernandez at PRR Dormitory1 at 488-2000 ext. 114 or 488-8052 (Thursday morning); or Gene Pastrana at 488-4640.
8. The venue of the tourney is Jean's Boutique and Store in front of Maris Stella School.
IN THE RESUMPTION OF PALAU ROYAL RESORT RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT:
Andres 'Aying' Mestizo II took the leadership of Class A division with a sweep of Suringa and had 4 remaining games against Darwin Nisperos and Laurence Abuton.
He will join the NCC and will play a day earlier on Saturday, April 26 against anyone available in the afternoon.
He doesn't know how to write chess moves yet and Hernandez will teach him.
In the Class B division, invited player Chat Miraflor informed the organizer that he will lose all of his games by default due to schedule conflict.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 13 & 15
Volume 18
April 25-May 01, 2008
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