THE date of the 3rd Palau Invitational Chess Championship was changed to accomodate Papua New Guinea's top player Joselito Marcos.
Although his wife doesn't want to travel abroad this year, the door is still open for him to participate if given the chance.
Palau team captain to the 2010 World Chess Olympiad Jamie Kenmure is available from Dec. 14, 2011 to January 13, 2012. He will invite another Australian (male or female) to join also the group of rated invited players.
Then come some good news from Philippines and USA Master Almario Marlon Bernardino, Jr., the 2nd placer in the inaugural 2006 PICC.
He said that Philippine Congressman Prospero 'Butch' Pichay, the President of National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFD), is sending 2 FIDE rated players to participate in the said event.
They are FIDE Master Paulo Bersamina, only 12 years old but with a rating of 2098 and Jared Docena.
With Bernardino (2166) and another FIDE Master Christopher Castellano (2253) also coming, the total rated invited players is now 7 and a 2 double round-robin tournament can be accommodated to give chances to unrated Palau chess players gain international rankings like Mohammad Manik Hossain, Dennis Gonzales, Gonzalo Escapatoria, Tito Cabunagan, Elizalde Madrinan, Ferdie Altea, Jeffrey Negrillo, Ferdinand Gutierrez, Jeff Balbalosa, Angie Parrado, Amante Caballero, Andres Mestizo II, Tutii Joe Chilton and newcomer Jose Celiz.
The top chess players in Palau are Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. (1941), Menandro 'Boy' Manuel (1910), Roberto Hernandez (1846), Manuel Mahor, Jr. (1646), Bernard Garcia (1629) and probably the return of Paquito 'Pax' Suringa, Jr. (1602) will make the tourney more interesting.
The FIDE rule that the tournament must have at least a third of the field must be FIDE rated players, will not be violated this time.
In the 2010-2011 Palau National Chess Championship, 9 players without ratings didn't get ratings because only 4 rated players participated in the 15-player championship.
The proposed date of the 3rd PICC is December 15-22, 2011 to give time for the invited players from the Philippines to still celebrate Christmas in there if they don't want to experience Christmas in Palau.
The young players (Bersamina and Docena) to be sent by Mr. Pichay, might be the fulfillment of his promise to Hernandez during the last day of the Olympiad in Russia that Palau will not be short of players in the next World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey on Aug. 22-Sept. 12, 2012.
Mr. Pichay also mentioned that he might visit Palau late in 2010 or early 2011 via his private plane (Cessna).
Philippine men team captain wants to come also to Palau if there is still space for him in the 5-seater plane.
Hernandez will email Mr. Pichay so that he can probably sponsor the cash prizes of the event. And to have his prodigies stay at Palau Royal Resort so that players can use the conference room for free and PRR players will have easier time to play against every participant.
His prodigies might also be included to the Palau Chess Team to Istanbul if they are willing to change federation.
In the resumption of 2011 Rapid Chess tourney being held at Palau Royal Resort Dormitory 1, the 6-game winning streak of Ferdie Altea was snapped by the surging Elizalde Madrinan.
Joel Gabris scored a rare win over Rey Alenain, who is leaving Palau for good on April 13.
Mohammad Manik Hossain had set up a date and time for his match against newcomer Jose Celiz on Sunday at 11am.
Manik arrived at 11:30 and he left already for work when Tito Cabunagan and Celiz arrived at 1:30pm.
Manik is complaining that he should have won that first game over Celiz as he agreed on time and date but didn't make it on time and he spent some money for gas to be there.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 16 & 19
Volume 20
Issue 16
April 18, 2011
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