FIDE C.E.O. Mr. Geoffrey Borg, middle, is flanked by Palau’s first titled
player CM Bernardo Garcia, right, and NM Roberto Hernandez, who are both
National Arbiters. Mr. Borg, from Malta, conducted a FIDE Trainers’ Seminar
that enabled all 14 participants to get their respective titles with Roberto
getting an FI Title while Bernard and 5 others got NI titles. Roberto is
wearing a white Malta polo shirt given to him by Mr. Yoshiharu Kurata, a senior
JICA Volunteer in Palau.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez, Taken by Gladys Anne Paloma)
Hernandez Tops
FIDE Trainers' Seminar
THE RESULTS of the FIDE Trainers’ Seminar held on April
14-16, 2014 and was conducted by Mr. Geoffrey Borg is already published at FIDE
website with National Master (NM) Roberto Hernandez topping the event and got a
FIDE Instructor (FI) title while 6 others got National Instructor (NI) titles.
The other 7 got Developmental Instructor (DI) titles.
In
his letter to the participants, Mr. Borg noted:
Dear Participants,
Here are the FIDE Titles that I
decided should be distributed to you. In order to finalize my decisions, I took
into consideration your ID-Cards and the valuable info you provided and further
information I was able to collect, your behavior and attendance during the
seminar and of course the written exam.
In
the Titles’ Award Table, the 14 participants were listed alphabetically
according to their Surname, Name, Birth, Country, FIDE ID, and Award as follows:
1. Balbalosa, Jeffrey (1979) (Palau) (1600240) (NI) 2. Cabunagan, Tito (1959)
(Palau) (16600169) (NI) 3. Garcia, Bernardo (1976) (Palau) (16600096) (NI) 4. Gonzales,
Dennis (1978) (Palau) (16600150) (NI) 5. Hernandez, Roberto (1956) (Palau)
(16600010) (FI) 6. Labarda, Eugene (1967) (Palau) (16600576) (DI) 7. Magbanua,
Peter Erick (1977) (Palau) (166001181) (DI) 8. Mission, Baby Edna (1967)
(Palau) (16600355) (DI) 9. Montel, Cyril (Tomas is missing for his complete
name also the Jr. after Montel) (1970) (Palau) (16600517 –The correct FIDE ID
no. is 16600037) (NI) 10. Paloma, Gladys Ann (Anne is the complete name) (1982)
(Palau) (16600495) (DI) 11. Parrado, Angelica (1968) (Palau) (16600215) (DI)
12. Perdon, Ohjea Mae (1984) (Palau) (16600835) (DI) 13. Suringa, Paquito (Jr.
is also missing here after Suringa) (1973) (Palau) (16600134) (DI) 14. Whipps,
Eric Ksau (1977) (Palau) (16600550) (NI).
After this, the procedure is as follows:
1. FIDE will approve (or disapprove) your
proposed titles in the coming FIDE GA meeting (August 2014).
2. An invoice will be sent to your federation,
according to your awarded title (FIDE Instructor =100 euros *National Instructor = 50 euros *Developmental Instructor = 50 euros).
3. After approval and payment the title
certificates, pins and badges will be sent to your federation.
Please forward this letter to your federation officials, as they should
be informed on your results.
Once more we would like to thank you for your participation and for
your efforts during the Koror (Palau) FIDE Trainers’ Seminar.
The Lecturer Geoffrey Borg
Only
one official game was played in the 5th round of 2014 Palau Open
Chess tournament at Bethlehem Park last Sunday, April 27. Many players are
present but most of them have played against each other already: Cyril Tomas
Montel, Jr., CM Bernard Garcia, Tito Cabunagan, John Joseph Pabiona, Dennis
Gonzales, Roberto Hernandez, Paquito Suringa, Jr., Neph Macasaet, Jeff
Balbalosa, Angie Parrado and Baby Edna Mission.
The
only game that was played was the Hernandez- Gonzales match.
THE MOVES: Roberto Hernandez (White) vs. Dennis Gonzales
(Black) Danish Gambit
1.
e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Bxf7+
Kf8 6. Qd5 Bxf2+ 7. Ke2 Qf6 8. Bxg8 Rxg8 9. Nxc3 Bb6 10. Nh3 Qe6 11. Rf1+ Ke8
12. Qh5+ Qg6 13. Qxg6+ hxg6 14. Nf4 g5 15. Nfd5 g4 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Nd5 Na6
18. b4 b5 19. a4 c6 20. Nb6 Nc7 21. Nxa8 Nxa8 22. axb5 Nb6 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Ra8
Kd8 25. b6 d6 26. Bg5+ Kd7 27. Rf7+ Ke6 28. Re7#.
RESULTS OF 6TH ROUND (May 04, 2014):
Tito snapped
the 4-game winning streak of Jeff in 31 moves of French Defence; Paquito
sacrificed a whole rook to obtain a perpetual check on Jose Celiz to claim a
draw in 51 moves of King’s Indian Defence; Gladys Anne Paloma blundered away
his queen and lost to Neph Macasaet in 53 moves of Queen’s Pawn Opening and in the last game of
the day that lasted till 6:20pm, Roberto took the measure of Rafael Paloma in
57 moves of Sicilian Defence to lead both pool with 6 straight wins.
THE MOVES: Rafael Paloma (White) vs. Roberto Hernandez
(Black) Sicilian Defence
1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6
6. Qe3 Nf6 7. h3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Re8 12. Qd3 a6
13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. b4 Qc7 15. Bb2 Ne4 16. Be5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qd4 Nf6 19. c4
Re4 20. Qd3 Rxc4 21. Nbd2 Rf4 22. Rfe1 Bf5 23. Qf1 h6 24. g3 Rxf3 25. Nxf3 Be4
26. Nd2 Bg6 27. Rac1 Ne4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Re3 Bg6 30. Rc5 d4 31. Re1 d3 32.
Rec1 Be4 33. Qd1 d2 34. Ra1 Qd3 35. Re5 Bf3 36. Re3 Qxe3 37. fxe3 Bxd1 38. Rxd1
Rd8 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Ke2 Rxa3 41. Rxd2 Rb3 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Ra8 Rxb4 44. Rxh6 c5
45. Rc6 c4 46. Kf3 f6 47. h4 Kg6 48. g4 Kf7 49. Rc7+ Ke6 50. Rxg7 Kd6 51. Rg6
Ke5 52. Rxh6 c3 53. Rh5+ Ke6 54. Ra5 c2 55. Ra6+ Kd5 56. Rxf6 c1=Q 57. Rf5+
Ke6 0-1
Solution to last week’s puzzle:
(It’s mate in 2 not 3) 1. Qxf7+!! Bxf7 2. Bxf7 mate.
This week’s puzzle: White to
move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 10-11
Volume 23
Issue 37
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