Sunday, November 24, 2013

(650) GREAT POTENTIAL IN CHESS PUZZLE SOLVING (TBN-Nov. 11, 2013)


EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH (DIFFERENT YEAR)
     Leizl Michael, left, participated in the 2013 Palau Rapid Chess Tournament and 2013 PNCC but don't have international rating yet. Her FIDE I. D. Number is 16600479. She been the Employee of the Month (August 2013) while Marilyn Alonzo, right, has been the EOM in October 2011. 
                                  (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

                 GREAT POTENTIAL IN 
              CHESS PUZZLE SOLVING
   

ROBERTO Hernandez is supposed to be teaching Dichem Tmetchul one hour piano lessons and one hour chess lessons every Saturday afternoon like the previous times.
                On Nov. 09, 2013, he started to teach Dichem how to solve chess puzzles (usually white to move and mates in 3) last week but this week is devoted to mostly puzzles. They exceeded already the chess timetable by 20 minutes but Dichem chooses to continue because she practiced piano already that week.
                Roberto was amazed by his discovery of Dichem’s talent in solving chess puzzle! Out of 11 puzzles that he set for her, she missed the right answers only in the 8th and the 11th , which is the most difficult as the 2nd move is very critical and can’t be seen or imagined by a 10-year-old chess neophyte.
                Dichem also learned how to read and follow chess moves from a book. Her first game that she followed by setting the chess board from its starting position was the Ghitescu vs. Donner match in 1967 in Beverwijk.

                On the 19th move, she was asked to check the position if it’s the same as the one in the diagram. And the lesson begins about the strategy and tactics of hunting the opponent’s king by sacrificing a piece or even a queen.
                The inclusion of Dichem to the Palau Chess Team to 2014 World Chess Olympiad is an idea of Roberto so that if there is at least 2 withdrawals from the women’s team, she can fit in handily as she is with his dad, Senator Mlib Tmetchul, the Head of Delegation of Palau Chess Team.
                Her inclusion also ‘waken’ some women players to really commit to the team as Board 2 player Gladys Anne Paloma inquired this early to Roberto about the requirements to be prepared.
                Roberto’s firm answer is the roundtrip airfare in going to Norway, to be shouldered by each members of the team. It will be one of the requirements in getting Schengen visa, which is acceptable to 17 other European countries.
                Roberto didn’t mention yet the other requirements such as health insurance, bank account, company’s service certification that allows that employee to have a vacation, visa fee ($75.00 in 2008), passport (including the old ones), police clearance, and letter of invitation from the Norwegian Organizing Committee.
                Gladys don’t have a standard international rating yet because of some conflict in the recently concluded 2013 Palau National Chess Championship but she’s got already a FIDE I. D. number 16600495.
                Palau Rating Officer Jamie Kenmure of Australia suggested having a Whipps Family Cup that includes new President of PCF Eric Ksau Whipps, his wife Joy Flores Whipps, his son Ksau Anthony Whipps, and his nephew Zachary Techall Whipps.
                It will be a single round-robin tourney that can be played in their house. Only Joy doesn’t have international rating among the Whipps. A probability is to have Gladys be included so that the 2 women will finally have international rating.
                Solution to last week’s puzzle: (It’s black to move) 1. …Nc2+! 2. Rxc2 Qxa3+!! 3. bxa3 Rb8 mate.
                This week’s puzzle: Black to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)


Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
             Tia Belau Newspaper
             Pages 9 & 11
             Volume 22
             Issue 90
             November 11, 2013 

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