Palau Royal Resort Musician Roberto Hernandez, right, hands the $500.00 check donation of PRR to Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) Brother Gilbert Navarro for its medical mission to super typhoon Yolanda survivors. The PMCC brethren are doing caroling this month every day and night around Palau to support this mission.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
FATHER AND SON ERIC AND KSAU TO WYCC IN UAE
Palau Chess Federation new President Eric Ksau Whipps with his son Ksau Anthony during the final day of 2013 Palau National Chess Championship where Ksau defeated Destiny Sisior to bag the Junior plum of the event. The duo will represent Palau for the first time in the World Youth Chess Championship in Al Ain, UAE on Dec. 17-29, 2013. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
ERIC, KSAU TO WYCC IN UAE
DEC. 17-29, 2013
THIS is the breakthrough that Palau Chess Federation is
waiting to happen—to send at least one junior player to the biannual World
Youth Chess Championship to be held in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates on Dec. 17
(arrival)-29(departure), 2013.
In
an email to the new PCF President Eric Ksau Whipps, Mr. Casto “Toti” Abundo,
the Deputy President of Asian Chess Federation, wrote on Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at
1:12PM:
Dear Mr. Whipps, We invite you and two
players to participate in the World Youth Chess Championship scheduled 17-29
December 2013 in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
We shall provide you free visas,
air tickets and board and lodging during your stay.
Please we urgently need passport
copies and ID photos to register for visa application.
We shall process your visas here
and send you electronic visas by email.
Please, for more information you
may visit the official site http://www.worldyouth2013.com
Regards, Casto
Abundo +971 50 3544938
Eric
replied on Dec 1 at 7:06 AM:
Hello Mr. Abundo, Thank you for the
invitation. I will be able to attend the World Youth Chess Championships
together with my son as I have gotten approval from my work and will get from
his school tomorrow.
We are excited and looking
forward to attending and participating in this event. I will send you our Palau
passport information before 9am.
Regards, Eric
Here’s
an email from Mr. Jan Berglund about this development:
On Sunday, December 1, 2013 6:46 PM,
Jan Berglund <berglund_jan@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Mr. Hernandez,
Thank you for this interesting piece of information. It is good that someone really wants to participate!
Just so that there will be no misunderstanding:
- There is just one boy and his father going. Is that correct?
- Is there no girl, who wants to go free of charge, any age group? Ask around!
Thank you for this interesting piece of information. It is good that someone really wants to participate!
Just so that there will be no misunderstanding:
- There is just one boy and his father going. Is that correct?
- Is there no girl, who wants to go free of charge, any age group? Ask around!
- Are there no one from
any other age group, who would like to go to the cost of flight ticket and
€100.-?
The tournament regulations states, that each member federation is
entitled to send one boy and one girl for each age group and two
accompanying persons (One male and one female) free of charge (Local
transportation, board & lodging, sight-seeing, etcetera) at the expense
of the organizers, in this case the UAE Chess Federation:
"Every National Federation can
register one official player in each category (under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18
years old, open and girls). This total of twelve (12) Official Players plus two
(one man and one woman) accompanying officials belonging to the national
federation are invited by the Organizers. A player must not have reached his
8th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, or 18th birthday, respectively, before January 1st
of the year 2013."
On top of that, as I e-mailed
you on October 9th, in Tallinn, Estonia I was promised, that the FIDE
participation fee of €100.-/official invitees plus air fare would be paid for
one boy, one girl, and one accompanying person by FIDE, as we are a FIDE #5
nation (Former CACDEC nation). To sum it up, that is totally free of charge for
up to 3 people and to a reduced price for another up to 11
people. Best wishes, Jan
Roberto Hernandez offered a slot for Geaury Ken Pastrana, Ronald Mission and Cyrelle Ann Montel but they declined the offer because the date is Christmas time and there’s still some days left to finish school. Ksau Anthony Whipps, the 2013 PNCC Junior Champion, will miss 3 days in school.
Roberto Hernandez offered a slot for Geaury Ken Pastrana, Ronald Mission and Cyrelle Ann Montel but they declined the offer because the date is Christmas time and there’s still some days left to finish school. Ksau Anthony Whipps, the 2013 PNCC Junior Champion, will miss 3 days in school.
Joy
Flores Whipps, Ksau’s mom, asked Roberto to give Ksau some pointers and little
training before going to UAE. Roberto has given him some endgame, opening,
middle game, puzzle solving lessons for 2 hours each on Thursday and Friday
(Dec. 05 and 06). Their next training is on Wed., Thursday and Friday
afternoon.
Palau
Delegate to 3 World Chess Olympiads Mr. Jan Berglund of Sweden, offered to
coach Ksau at UAE while Palau Rating Officer Jamie Kenmure of Australia,
offered the same and is excited to meet Palau Chess Federation new President.
Solution
to last week’s puzzle: 1. … Nf4+ 2. Ke4 or Ke3 Re2 3. Kxf4 Be5 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 & 10
Volume 22
Issue 98
December 09, 2013
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