Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., right, is being watched by 4 Palauans while pondering his next move in a special game against 2nd seed Roberto Hernandez, who took this photo at Bethlehem Park on Friday, Oct. 04, 2013. The venue is becoming the favorite of many players to meet friends, socialize and promote chess. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
CELIZ, PARRADO, MAHOR & KSAU
ARE 2013 PNCC CHAMPIONS
JOSE Celiz and Rustum Cabuso played their game last
Friday at 9pm. This is the most crucial game for Celiz to clinch the 2013 Palau
National Chess Championship title if he will beat Cabuso, one of the 2
remaining contenders for the plum.
Their
game lasted till 11:30pm with Celiz prevailing with the white pieces. Roberto
Hernandez immediately congratulated him for becoming the 7th
National Master of Palau and in the process, will replace Cyril Tomas Montel,
Jr. as the number 1 chess player of Palau in the November 2013 edition of World
Chess Federation (FIDE) ratings list.
The
other contender for the crown, Candidate Master (CM) Bernardo Garcia, will play
his last 2 games on the final day of the tournament- Oct. 06 against Rafael
Paloma, with the hope of settling for 1st runner-up as Cabuso showed
no interest to finish his last 2 remaining games –against Garcia and Nilo de
Jesus, who needs to play 3 crucial games that will affect the standings of at
least 3 players.
His
game against Celiz will be recorded as +- and Celiz will just be an observer of
the final day games. If Cabuso will not show up on Oct. 06, his game against
Garcia will be recorded as +-.
Jeff
Balbalosa will need a win over Paloma to overtake Cabuso and Hernandez at 4th
place. The struggling Paquito Suringa, Jr. will have to play Dennis Gonzales
and Nilo de Jesus in rapid time control because his available time on Sundays
is only 1 hour.
Top
seed Cyril and 2nd seed Roberto played their 11th round
match at Bethlehem Park on Friday at 4”15 pm. It lasted till 6:45 and they move
to a concrete table with lights from post. Cyril prevailed in 50 moves of
Modern Defence and finished with 7-4 win-loss record while Hernandez settled
for 6-5.
Their game was watched by many Palauans who are amazed
seeing chess players playing with time clock and writing their moves. They
waited patiently for Cyril to make a move and consumed 8 minutes.
Hours earlier, Cyril dealt Suringa his 7th
loss in 41 moves of Queen’s Indian Defence in another special game (3) held at
Palau Royal Resort Dormitory 1. Suringa and Paloma are the only players who
haven’t scored a single victory yet.
Gonzales also struggled but won over Tito, drew with Eugenio Pastrana
and lost 7 likewise. Tito won 2 games, lost 5 and drew 4 games, 3 of those were
declared draws to ease the schedules of Paloma, Suringa and Nilo de Jesus.
In the Reserves Division, Fernan
John Velarde (1-2-2) will be having his day off on the final day and he needs
to play against Alfredo Pacenos, Jr. (5-2-0), Sib Reyes 0-2-4), Glen Navarosa
(1-6-2) and Jun Mahor (4-1-2). Rapid time format might be use to finish all his
4 games.
Current
leaders Eugene Labarda (8-2-0) and Remrel Dizon (8-2-0) have both one remaining
game – against Jaime dela Cruz (1-2-3) and Sib Reyes, respectively. If both of
them will win their games, they will be co-champions with Jun Mahor still has a
chance to make it a 3-way tie for the title if he will win his last 4 games –
against Velarde, dela Cruz, Reyes and Mohammad Manik Hossain (6-3-0).
Pacenos
still has a mathematical chance to make it a 4-way tie for the title if he will
win all of his 4 remaining games—against Velarde, dela Cruz, Eric Ksau Whipps
and Senator Mlib Tmetchul.
The
important thing about the Reserves Division is that players must be present to
get the default wins unlike in the Top 12, the un-played games will be recorded
as +-.
In
the Women’s Division, Angie Parrado is the champion with an unbeaten record of
10-0-1 followed by Baby Edna Mission (9-1-1), Gladys Anne Paloma (8-2-1), Joy
Flores Whipps (4-6-1), Ma. Florida Hernandez (5-2-4), Elizabeth Manuel (1-4-6),
Paz Ngiratechekii (2-6-3), Lilibeth Cabunagan (1-5-5), Visitacion Rave (1-5-5),
Remelyn Pascual (1-6-4), Rowena Ngiralmau (1-6-4), Leizl Michael (1-6-4).
In the Junior Division, undefeated
Destiny Sisior (8-0-0) will be the champion if she will win her last game
against fellow unbeaten Ksau Anthony Whipps (5-0-1), who need to win against
Destiny, her sister Angelil (3-2-2) and Geaury Ken Pastrana (1-1-4). Cyrelle
Ann Montel (4-2-0) can catch up with Angelil in the battle for 3rd
place if she will win her last 3 games – against Ronald Mission (1-3-3), Ken
and Angelil, who need to win against Cyrelle and Ksau to nail the 3rd
spot.
The
youngest contestants Kyarii Sisior and Kate Celiz finished the event with 1-5-3
and 0-5-4 slates respectively while Dichem Tmetchul and Zachery Techall Whipps’
records are 1-3-5 and 1-4-4 respectively.
ABSENT
JUNIOR PLAYERS IN THE FINAL DAY WILL LOSE BY DEFAULT.
FINAL STANDINGS AND THEIR WIN-LOSS-DRAW RECORD:
(TOP 12 DIVISION)
Champion - Jose Celiz (9-1-1) 9.5 points
2nd - CM Bernardo Garcia (8-2-1) 8.5 pts.
3rd - Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. (7-4-0) 7 pts.
4th - Eugenio Pastrana (6-4-1) 6.5 pts.
5th - Rustum Cabuso (6-5-0) 6 pts. (Direct encounter tiebreak winner over Roberto Hernandez )
6th -Roberto Hernandez (6-5-0) 6 pts. (Direct encounter winner over Nilo de Jesus)
7th -Nilo de Jesus (6-5-0) 6 pts.
8th -Jeffrey Balbalosa (4-4-3) 5.5 pts.
9th -Tito Cabunagan (3-7-1) 3.5 pts. (Direct encounter winner over Rafael Paloma)
10th -Rafael Paloma (3-7-1) 3.5 pts.
11th -Dennis Gonzales (2-8-1) 2.5 pts.
12th -Paquito Suringa, Jr. (1-9-1) 1.5 pts.
RESERVES DIVISION:
Champion - Manuel Mahor, Jr. (9-1-1) 9.5 pts.
2nd - Remrel Dizon (9-2-0) 9 pts. (Direct encounter winner over Alfredo Pacenos, Jr.)
3rd - Alfredo Pacenos, Jr. (9-2-0) 9 pts.
4th - Eugene Labarda (8-3-0) 8 pts.
5th - Mohammad Manik Hossain (7-4-0) 7 pts.
6th - Eric Ksau Whipps (2-4-5) 4.5 pts.
7th - Mlib Tmetchul (3-5-3) 4.5 pts.
8th - Jaime dela Cruz (2-5-4) 4 pts.
9th - Jon Manuel Reyes (1-6-4) 3 pts.
10th - Glen Navarosa (1-6-4) 3 pts.
11th - Fernan John Velarde (1-7-3) 2.5 pts.
12th - John Joseph Pabiona (1-8-2) 2. pts.
WOMEN DIVISION:
Champion: - Angelica Parrado (10-0-1) 10.5 pts.
2nd - Baby Edna Mission (9-1-1) 9.5 pts.
3rd - Gladys Anne Paloma (8-2-1) 8.5 pts.
4th - Ma. Florida Hernandez (5-2-4) 7 pts.
5th - Joy Flores Whipps (4-1-6) 7 pts.
6th - Elizabeth Manuel (1-4-6) 4 pts.
7th - Paz Ngiratechekii (2-6-3) 3.5 pts.
8th - Lilibeth Cabunagan (1-5-5) 3.5 pts.
9th - Visitacion Rave (1-5-5) 3.5 pts.
10th - Remelyn Pascual (1-6-4) 3 pts.
11th - Rowena Ngiralmau (1-6-4) 3 pts.
12th - Leizl Michael (1-6-4) 3 pts.
JUNIOR DIVISION:
Champion - Ksau Anthony Whipps (8-0-1) 8.5 pts.
2nd - Destiny Sisior (8-1-0) 8 pts.
3rd - Cyrelle Ann Montel (7-2-0) 7 pts.
4th - Angelil Sisior (3-4-2) 4 pts.
5th - Geaury Ken Pastrana (1-3-5) 3.5 pts.
6th - Ronald Mission (1-3-5) 3.5 pts.
7th - Zachery Techall Whipps (1-4-4) 3 pts.
8th - Dichem Tmetchul (1-4-4) 3 pts.
9th - Kyarii Sisior (1-5-3) 2.5 pts.
10th - Kate Celiz (0-5-4) 2 pts.
Solution
to last week’s puzzle: 1. g7+ Rxg7 2. Qh6 Rh7 3. Qxh7 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 & 11
Volume 22
Issue 80
October 07, 2013
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