He’s been to Texas, USA for 10 years, played chess there
sparingly without much strong opposition. During his practice games with Palau
top players, many have noticed his potential to be at par with Palau’s best.
Now he joins the 2014 Palau Open and drew his first game against Palau Chess
Team Member to Norway Baby Edna Mission in this photo. CHARLEY PATRIS – THE NEW
CHESSMATE NEXT DOOR! (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
ROUND ROBIN IT IS!
THE 2014 PALAU OPEN
IN THE 12 years history of Palau chess, only 2
tournaments have been held using the Swiss system—the inaugural 2002
All-Filipino Chess Tournament and the 2003 Seniors and Juniors Chess tilt with
the Junior Division a double round-robin event.
The
main problem in holding a Swiss event is the conflicting schedule of all
players. This happens during the recent 2014 Palau Open Chess Tournament. In 3
weeks, the first round had only 5 games played in 19 scheduled games.
The
Palau Chess Federation President and its Board members held a meeting on
Monday, March 24 to resolve this matter. It was decided to have it a single
round-robin event with Pool A and Pool B.
The 38 players
were reduced to 22 with Pool A having top seed NM Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., 3rd
seed NM Roberto Hernandez, 5th seed CM Bernardo Garcia, 9th
seed Dennis Gonzales, Rafael Paloma, Alfredo Pacenos, Jr., Gladys Anne Paloma,
Jose Senase Rodriguez, Joy Flores Whipps, Peter Erick Magbanua and newcomer
Neph Macasaet.
Pool
B will have 2nd seed NM Jose Celiz, 4th seed NM Tito
Cabunagan, 8th seed Jeffrey Balbalosa, 10th seed Paquito
‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr., WNM Angelica Parrado, Baby Edna Mission, Eric Ksau Whipps,
John Joseph Pabiona, Arnold Undecimo, Charley Patris and Joey Balute.
The
finished games will be carried-over to their respective pools –Pabiona won over
Cabunagan; Gladys over Jose Senase; Rafael over Magbanua and the drawn game of
Mission and Patris.
With
this order (Pool A and Pool B), everybody will have 5 games with white pieces
and 5 games likewise with black pieces. Players are required to look for their
games chart before playing to check what color they will be playing.
This
Sunday’s games (March 30) is expected to be very hectic. Players who have their
own chessboards are requested to bring those to accommodate at least 20
players.
In
the meeting, the attendees agreed to accept the offer of Grandmaster Harry
Schussler of Sweden to be the coach/trainer of Palau Chess Team to Norway for
free. GM Schussler will take care of his airfare and accommodation to the 2014
World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway to be held from Aug. 01-14.
In
the 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey, Palau was offered also by
FIDE to have a GM Team Captain but they have to pay for his airfare and service
fee as Papua New Guinea has done. They paid their GM Team Captain 1,200 euros
and bought his tickets for $200.00 from Bulgaria to Turkey. Shaun Press offered
the same to Roberto but he refused because they can’t afford it and they have
already Jamie Kenmure of Australia as their team captain.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE CURRENT WORLD
CHESS CHAMPION MAGNUS CARLSEN RECORD:
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Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 23
Issue 27
April 03, 2014 (Thusday)
