It's past 6pm when CM Bernardo Garcia, left, and NM Tito Cabunagan, right, transferred to the concrete table at Bethlehem Park during the final day of 2014 Palau Olympians Tune-up games on July 13, 2014. Roberto Hernandez, middle, assisted them to the wet concrete bench and table. Tito played all his 3 remaining games and won over eventual champ Dennis Gonzales and here against Bernard. He lost to Hernandez in a marathon 89 moves of Pirc Defence.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez -- Taken by Jeff Balbalosa)
NORWAY HERE WE COME!
Everything is ready for 11-member Palau Chess Team that
will compete in the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway on Aug. 01-14,
2014. All of the members have bought their Palau-Manila tickets and 9 of them
will leave on July 15 (Tuesday) and will stay in Manila for 2 weeks to get
their Schengen visa before flying on July 31 to Norway.
The
12 members of Palau Chess Team are 1. Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps (Head of
Delegation/Delegate/Captain of Women’s Team) 2. Roberto Hernandez (Board 1) 3.
Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. (Board 2) 4. CM Bernardo Garcia (Board 3) 5. Dennis
Gonzales (Board 4) 6. Jeffrey Balbalosa (Board 5/Reserve) 7. Angelica Parrado
(Board 1-Women’s Team) 8. Baby Edna Mission (Board 2) 9. Gladys Anne Paloma
(Board 3) 10. Angelica’s daughter Destiny Sisior (Board 4) 11. Joy Flores
Whipps (Board 5/Reserve) 12. Jamie Kenmure (Australia –Men/Open Team Captain).
Kenmure
was the team captain of Palau team in 2010 World Chess Olympiad in
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia and at the 2012 WCO in Istanbul, Turkey. He’s the
Delegate of Solomon Islands.
The
Norway organizers have given all players from 180 countries, travel fund of
about 60% of the airfare according to the distance of a country to Norway. New
Zealand is the farthest and more than $1,200.00 will be given to each player.
Palau
is no. 11 in the list and will have $932.00 for each player.
Philippine
Congressman Prospero ‘Butch’ Pichay called Roberto on Friday to inform him that
he is running for Asian Continental President of World Chess Federation (FIDE)
against the Sheik of Abu Dhabi. Cong. Pichay is also the President of National
Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).
According
to him, he is leading in the survey by 3 votes while former world chess
champion Gary Kasparov is leading incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov by 5 votes in
the FIDE Presidential Election to be held during the 2014 World Chess Olympiad
in Norway.
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New
Guinea, Guam and Solomon Islands have gone public that they are supporting
Kasparov. Palau has not gone public yet about whom will it vote as it is listed
under Oceania and Asia.
Cong. Pichay offered to host the
9 members of Palau Chess Team on July 16 while they are working on their
Schengen visa application.
The last day of 2014 Palau
Olympians Tune-up Games will be held on Sunday, July 13 at Bethlehem Park. Tito
Cabunagan will have to play his remaining games against Hernandez, Garcia and
Gonzales. He lost to Jeff and won over Cyril before his vacation to attend his
daughter’s wedding.
It’s impossible for Tito to play
3 games in one afternoon with the time control of 90 minutes to make 40 moves,
another 30 minutes to finish the game with 30 sec. increment starting from move
1. It was suggested by Hernandez, Balbalosa and Montel, Jr. to have a rapid
chess time control to finish the event on time—20 minutes to finish the game
with 10 seconds increment. This was done also in the last day of 2013 Palau
National Chess Championship.
Gonzales is leading the
tournament with 3 straight wins followed by Garcia and Balbalosa with an
identical 2-1 win-loss slate. Hernandez is 1-3 while Cyril is still winless in
3 games.
Solution to last week’s puzzle:
1. …Bh3+! 2. Nxh3 Qg3+ 3. Kh1 Qxh3 mate.
This week’s puzzle: White to
move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 8
Volume 23
Issue 56
July 14, 2014
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 8
Volume 23
Issue 56
July 14, 2014
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