(629) FINAL 26 GAMES OF 2013 PNCC (TBN-Oct. 14, 2013)

*The caption for this photo was a repeat of last week's caption -"WATCHING THE TOP 2 CHESS PLAYERS OF PALAU".           (Sorry for the double printing)

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CHESS AND MUSIC PART 4
     Dichem Tmetchul is being taught by Roberto Hernandez chess and music every Saturday. The 10-year-old daughter of Senator Mlib will be coming with the Palau Chess Team in the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway from August 01-14, 2014. She will participate in a tennis tournament in Guam in July 2014 before going to Norway.                                                         (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)




        FINAL 26 GAMES OF 2013 PNCC
 
  

HERE'S the last 26 games of the 2013 Palau National Chess Championship held at Bethlehem Park on Oct. 06, 2013 starting at 2pm and ends at 6:45 pm. The first–name-mentioned players handled the white pieces and all games used the rapid time control (20 minutes + 10 seconds increment) except the Rafael Paloma vs. CM Bernardo Garcia match.

Manuel ‘Jun’ Mahor, Jr. started his final day with a win over Bangladeshi bet Mohammad Manik Hossain in the Reserves Division. Eugenio Pastrana whipped Nilo de Jesus to keep his chance for 4^th place intact if he will win his last game against Paloma.

 Manik has to work at 4:00 and he waited for Sib Reyes, who showed up late in the afternoon so Manik got a default victory over him. Garcia solidifies his 1^st runner-up finish by beating Paloma and later a default win over Rustum Cabuso that nailed his best finish in a national championship.

Dennis Gonzales dealt Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr. 9^th setback but he lost to Paloma to finish 11^th with 2.5 points, just a point better than Pax, the cellar-dweller after losing to de Jesus in a game where he missed a mate in one. Roberto Hernandez is ready to list his first ever win but he missed it to the dismay of the crowd.

He redeemed himself by trouncing 4^th seed Tito Cabunagan. Their game was already listed as draw, the same with de Jesus, when Tito went for a week vacation. He was able to show up at the final day and played those 2 ‘drawn’ games and lost both. He won over Paloma and they are tied at 9^th place but their direct encounter tiebreak favors him.

Pastrana clobbered Paloma to finish his best ever finish in a PNCC. Eventual champion Jose Celiz is just an observer but his un-played game against de Jesus was played and he suffered his first loss.

Six players are waiting for Paloma, who played like there’s no tomorrow. His 2^nd to the last game against Jeff Balbalosa showed no fatigue on him and defeated Jeff after he fork his king and queen with a knight. That loss put Jeff to 8^th place instead of 4^th place had he won that game.

The last game of Paloma against de Jesus is very crucial also for de Jesus, who can clinch 3^rd place with a win. But he lost also and accepted his defeat like a warrior and settled at 7^th place.

In the junior division, Ksau Anthony Whipps mated previously unbeaten Destiny Sisior to clinch his first National title after winning by default over Angelil Sisior and Keaury Ken Pastrana. Cyrelle Ann Montel settled for 3^rd after winning by default also over Angelil, who finished at 4^th.

In the Reserve division’s resumption of play, Alfredo Pacenos, Jr. took the measure of Jaime dela Cruz to finished 3^rd with 9-2-0 slate. He tied Remrel Dizon, who defeated Jon Manuel ‘Sib’ Reyes, for the same score but Remrel won on tiebreak (Direct Encounter). It’s raining hard and getting dark so the players moved to a lighted place (in front of Finance Office).

Dela Cruz lost also to Mahor, who clinched his first title by outwitting Sib later in the night. Eugene Labarda failed in his effort to tie Remrel and Alfredo when he was outsmarted by Dela Cruz.

And in the last game of the day, Dela Cruz had a 2-2 day after touting Sib.

The drawn game of Mahor against John Joseph Pabiona was declared a win for Mahor when Pabiona didn’t show up to break the triple tie for championship with Dizon and Pacenos.

There’s good news from Mr. Jan Berglund, Palau Permanent Delegate, who just finished attending the FIDE Congress in Tallinn, Estonia. The following is his email:

     Dear Mr. Hernandez,
           World Youth is being played in Al Ain, UAE 17(Arrival) - 29(Departure) December 2013. ABSOLUTE dead line for application and PAYMENT of registration fees is October 17th 2013. The categories are: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18. All age groups have a boy's section and a girl's section. One boy and one girl in each age group plus one male and one female accompanying person have got free local transportation, board and lodging from the organizers. Although, they would have to pay the registration fees of €100.-/person to the organizing federation, the UAE, no later than October 17^th, FIDE reimburses these registration fees in February next year. FIDE has also promised to pay the airfare for two participants and one accompanying person. However, I believe we can work something out, if there happen to be three players from the same family.
 Best wishes, Jan Berglund

                This is a golden opportunity for the following junior players –2013 PNCC champion Ksau (Under 14 years), 1^st runner-up Destiny Sisior (U10), Ronald Mission (U18), Cyrelle Ann Montel (U12), Angelil Sisior (U12) and Geaury Ken Pastrana (U18).

                Solution to last week’s puzzle: 1. Bg6+! Kxg 2. Rg4+ Kf5 3. Qh5 mate. If 2. …Kf7 then 3. Rg7 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 82
             October 14, 2013