(790) DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PALAU CHESS FEDERATION (TBN-Sept. 29, 2014)

GIANT CHESSBOARD AND CLOCK

                    After the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, the complete 12-member Palau Chess Team strolled in the nearby department store with Roberto Hernandez and Destiny Sisior testing the giant chessboard and clock.          (Photo by Roberto Hernandez  -- Taken by Gladys Paloma)

**Due to long article for this week, this photo was not published in this issue.

                   DEVELOPMENT PLAN

        FOR PALAU CHESS FEDERATION 

Palau Rating Officer Jamie Kenmure of Australia is working on how to get support from World Chess Federation (FIDE) and Asian Chess Federation (ACF) for the chess development plan for Palau Chess Federation. It’s not final yet but it was filled-up by almost all board members of PCF.

The following is the proposed plans:

              Development Plan for Palau Chess Federation

1. WHERE ARE WE TODAY 2. WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO

3. HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE

                           1. WHERE ARE WE TODAY

a) Materials (simple quantity check)
* chess sets for Federation wooden or plastic with 95mm king, 

2 digital chess sets, 4 plastic chess sets, 
* chess sets for clubs and schools with smaller kings  0 sets
* chess clocks (analogue or digital)

10 digital clocks, 1 mechanical clock, 4 DGT 2000 digital clocks

* demo boards   0 boards

b) Members

* How many in total   (313 including Honorary Members since June 09, 2002)

No paying members but have 15 active players. Around 121 listed with 103 rated players but less than 90 on island.

* broken down by men, women, juniors (U20), 

71 rated men, 19 rated women, and 13 rated juniors
* youth broken down by boys and girls and various age groups if possible

Boys: 2 U18, 3 U14

Girls: 3 U12, 4 U10, 1 U6

* system of membership (direct, club etc..)
Direct membership

c) Federation

* Premises
No premises but have games weekends at Bethlehem Park

* equipment (Computer/s, printer/s, fax)
No electronic/computer equipment

* Board makeup (how many people, what positions)
7 board members

President – Eric Ksau Whipps

Vice President – Tito Cabunagan
Treasurer – Dennis Gonzales
General Secretary – Roberto Hernandez
Director – Cyril Montel, Jr.
Director – Bernardo Garcia
Director – Jeffrey Balbalosa

* Experience of Board members

Treasurer – Dennis Gonzales Experiences:

Member of the Federation since 2004

Member of Palau Open Team in 2014 World Chess Olympiad

             In Tromso, Norway (Board 4)

Director – Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. Experiences:

Member of the Federation since 2002

National Champion 2009 and 2011

Member of Palau Open Team in 2014 World Chess Olympiad

             In Tromso, Norway (Board 2)

Director – Bernardo Garcia Experiences:

Member of the Federation since 2009

Gained CM Title in 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey

Member of Palau Open Team in 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway (Board 3)

Director – Jeffrey Balbalosa Experiences:

Member of the Federation since 2011

Participated in 2013 Guam International Chess Tournament

Member of Palau Open Team in 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway (Board 5/Reserve)

General Secretary –Roberto Hernandez Experiences:

Member of the Federation since June 09, 2002

Chess Columnist at Tia Belau Newspaper – Dec. 29, 2002-Present

Represented Palau in 2009 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship In Australia

National Champion 2007 and 2011

Participated in 2010 World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Participated in 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey (Board 1)

Member of Palau Open Chess Team in 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway (Board 1)

Gained FIDE Instructor Title (FI) in 2014.

Vice President Experiences:

 Member of the federation since 2009.

 2011 and 2012 National Champion.

 Federation delegation to 2010 World Chess Olympiad

  in Russia.
Please provide your experiences

* Statutes

?

* Year of constitution
?

* Website presence
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/

* Link with Government  ---in communication with Minister of Education for introduction to schools and also with General Secretary/Minister of Cultural Affairs for acceptance into Palau NOC. President Remengesau has also been very supportive for future development of chess.

* Link with media

Have weekly articles from Roberto in Tia Belau, have news in Island Times through Peter Magbanua and have worked with Kassi Berg of Oceania TV.

* Date of next elections, frequency of elections

 Feb. 6, 2017.   Every 4 years.

d) Stakeholders

* How many rated players (national and international)
103 FIDE rated players

* How many titled players

1 titled player with CM title

* How many arbiters (national and international)

1 FA, 3 National Arbiters

* How many trainers
1 FI, 6 NI, 7 DI

* How many organisers
No IO

 e) Events

* What events are held each year? Bi-annually?

Palau National Chess Championships (annually)

Micronesian Open (bi-annually)

* Men ? Women ? Junior ? Youth ? School ?

2 men only, 2 women only, 1 youth event, no school or junior events.

* Any team events?

0 team events. Planned team events –3 players from Palau Pacific Resort (Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., CM Bernardo Garcia and Eugene Labarda); 3 players from Palau Royal Resort (Roberto Hernandez, Paquito Suringa, Jr., and Felix Oling); 3 players from PPUC (Tito Cabunagan, Jose Celiz, Neph Macasaet); 3 players from Surangel’s and Sons (Jeffrey Balbalosa, Angelica Parrado and Rafael Paloma) to compete in the first ever team chess championship next year.

* What time controls are being used?

75 minutes + 30 second increment, Olympiad Time Control, Blitz (5 min. + 3 sec. Increment), Rapid (20 min. + 10 sec. Increment), 90 min. Without inc.

f) Chess in Schools

* Is there any activity being carried out?

No but will look into afterschool activities

* If yes, at what level? Primary, secondary, tertiary?

Looking at primary school level

* How many certified instructors?
7 Dev. Instructors, 6 National Instructors, 1 FIDE Instructor

* What equipments?

Chess clocks

g) International activity
Participated in the 2014 Olympiad and World Youth tournaments, Hosted Micronesian Open 2014, 2009 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship, 2010 World Chess Olympiad, 2012 World Chess Olympiad

* Participation in regional events?
2009 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship, 2013 Guam International Chess Tournament.

* Participation in continental events?

No participation in continental events yet

* Participation in FIDE events ?

Participation in 2009 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship, Olympiad 2010, 2012, 2014 and WYCC 2013

Solution to last week’s puzzle: 1. Bh6+! Kxh6 2. Qf6+ Kh5 3. g4 mate.

This week’s puzzle: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)

Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez

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