Dichem Tmetchul, right, 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 during 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)
HAVING FUN WITH SIMUL, BLITZ
& MEETING AT BETHLEHEM PARK
THE cross tables of the recently
concluded 2013 Palau National Chess Championship were submitted to FIDE by
Palau Rating Officer Jamie Kenmure. A total of 47 Palau chess players and their
new international ratings will be published at www.fide.com
on November 01, 2013.
Some players gathered at
Bethlehem Park on Sunday, Oct. 13 for practice, blitz chess tilt, meeting and simultaneous
exhibition by Palau top chess player Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. against Jun Mahor,
the 2013 PNCC champion of Reserves Division, Eugene Labarda, 4th
placer and Eugenio Pastrana, 4th place in the Top 12 Division.
Cyril handily defeated the 3
players where no chess clock was used. The rule is that every time Cyril moves,
his opponent must make his move after Cyril returns to him. In the early part
of their games, the 3 players can’t help themselves moving immediately.
After the simul, a blitz chess
tourney was organized with $1.00 registration fee to buy drinks for the players
(soda). The players drew the numbers with Jose Celiz at no. 1, followed by
Remrel Dizon, Jun Mahor, Cyril, Gene Pastrana and Roberto Hernandez.
Jose wins 4 straight to take the
title even if he lost his last game to Roberto by ‘sacrificing’ his king. One
of the rules in Palau blitz chess tourney is that every time you attack your
opponent’s king, you must say the word “check”. The time control is 5 minutes
for each player with 3 seconds increment.
Cyril took the 2nd
spot after winning the tiebreak (direct encounter) over Roberto. They both have
3-2 win-loss record. Gene have an even night by winning 2, losing 2 and drawing
one for 4th place again! Jun Mahor edged out Remrel by half a point
with 1-3-1 slate to Remrel’s 1-4-0.
The 6 players moved to the
lighted area when it gets dark. Jeff Balbalosa and Angie Parrado keep
practicing even in the dark.
During the meeting, the first
issue that was tackled was Jeff’s complain that the rapid time format was used
on the last day of 2013 PNCC. After some explanations, it was decided to stick
with the original format at the start of the tournament.
The laziness in writing or
updating the moves of players was also tackled especially about Gene Pastrana’s
inability to update his score sheet during his games against Rustum Cabuso and
Cyril.
The first tournament of 2014
will be rapid and Swiss system. The players who cannot play on Saturday or
Sunday are requested not to join. Swiss system can be played with as many
players as possible with the top seed player playing the player in the middle
of the ranking in the first round.
During the 2nd round,
the winners will play against the winners of the 1st round, losers
vs. losers or against players with the closest results.
In a designated game, the player
who didn’t make it will lose by default. Three default losses will
automatically disqualify player/s.
Cyril suggested that the
registration will need to increase to $25.00 so that players will think twice
of being disqualified after paying that much.
The 2013 Palau Invitational
Chess Championship was also discussed. Mr. Jan Berglund has invited a player
from Kenya and India to participate in the said event. Their ratings are just
above 2003 which mean that they don’t have to win all their games and it will
increase the rating level of Palau players. The tentative date is last week of
November to first week of December 2013, the date where Mr. Berglund is coming
to Palau.
REGULAR SUNDAY PRACTICES, BLITZ
TOURNEYS, MEETINGS, SIMULS AND SOCIALIZING WILL BE DONE UNTIL THE NEXT
TOURNAMENT – THE 2013 PALAU INVITATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Solution
to last week’s puzzle: 1. Bg6+! Kxg6 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 84
October 21, 2013
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