(705) TFCP CALENDAR OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES from June 2002-December 2003

THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY IN PALAU (TFCP) VICE PRESIDENT AND SPORTS COMMISSIONER MR. SERGIO ALEMANIA ASKED ROBERTO HERNANDEZ IN 2002 IF THERE WERE ENOUGH CHESS PLAYERS TO START THE FIRST-EVER CHESS TOURNAMENT IN PALAU.

TWELVE YEARS AFTER THAT, PALAU IS NOW A MEMBER OF FIDE (WORLD CHESS FEDERATION in 2005), WITH 119 PLAYERS LISTED AT FIDE RATING LIST FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2014.

PALAU WAS ABLE TO SENT PLAYERS IN THE 2009 OCEANIA ZONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IN AUSTRALIA, 2010 WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD IN KHANTY-MANSIYSK, RUSSIA, 2012 WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY, 2013 GUAM INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT, 2013 WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IN AL AIN, ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND IN THIS YEAR 2014 WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD IN TROMSO, NORWAY (AUG. 01-14, 2014) WHERE PALAU WILL BE SENDING TEAM IN MEN/OPEN AND WOMEN'S DIVISION.

 CRIS GONZALES WAS THE SPONSOR OF TROPHIES IN THE 2002 OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT WHERE PHILIPPINE CONSUL GENERAL JULIUS TORRES EMERGED AS CHAMPION.




HERE'S THE CALENDAR:

Source: History of Chess In Palau
               By Roberto Hernandez
               March 2014