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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