VARGAS, K. RAMOS LEAD B
MENANDRO Manuel, now with 8 points and still undefeated, is moving closer to the championship of Class A of the 2003 Open Chess Tournament sponsored by TFCP, Image Restaurant and Sports Bar, and Budget Mart.
He beats Roy Rebollos and Noel Filomeno. Defending champion Consul General Julius Torres is just half point behind Manuel with 7.5 points after beating Jimmy Valenzuela and Rebollos. He drew with Edgardo Enarsao.
Roberto Hernandez (6 pts.) regained 3rd spot with a victory over Danny Dandoy in 40 moves of Pirc Defence. He won also by default over Jimboy de Jesus.
Bong Alipoon and idle Eddie Grefiel are tied at 4th with 5.5 points each. Top seed Cyril Montel, Jr. is 6th followed by Filomeno who won 3 out of 4 games. He beats Mariano Agustin, Jr., Valenzuela and Rebollos.
OTHER RESULTS OF CLASS A's 6th-9th ROUND:
Montel, Jr. d. Mike Miguel, Jr.; Default winners -- Dandoy d. Mario Ramos and Montel, Jr. d. Ramos.
Special game was held on Thursday, March 13 in which Rebollos defeated Ramos.
In Class B, Chito Vargas suffered his first loss and now shares the lead with 17-year-old Kris Ramos. Vargas' default win over Tutii Joe Chilton was replayed because Chilton thought he was eliminated from the tilt.
He didn't make it in Class A but not in Class B. With that Vargas' loss to Chilton, the race for the top 4 finishers in Class B becomes wide open.
Kris Ramos beats 14-year-old Arvie Leynes 3-1 in a best of 5 series. This was allowed to give young players more tournament games. Ramos now has 4 points.
OTHER RESULTS:
Vargas d. Ben Ramos while Norbert Villanueva drew with Allen Kangichi in a match that lasted 3 hours!
Winners by default were Dmitri Villanueva d. Remy Mingo; Chilton d. Vincent Vergara and Amante Caballero d. Nilo de Jesus.
CLASS A PAIRINGS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE GAME.
CLASS B 6th ROUND PAIRINGS (First name to play white):
Caballero vs. K. Ramos; N. de Jesus vs. Leynes; Vargas vs. Vergara; Kangichi vs. Mingo; B. Ramos vs. D. Villanueva and Chilton vs. N. Villanueva.
If you've logged on to www.fide.com you might notice that: 1. Gary Kasparov stays on top of the world's ranking for 12 consecutive years. 2. A lone woman Grandmaster is number 13 in the men's ranking. She is Judit Polgar, 26, champion of the world, Olympiad gold medalist, Oscar-award winner (Yes, there is Oscar in chess!) and holder of several Guinness records. 3. A 72-year old Grandmaster (Viktor Korchnoi) is no. 43 in the world. Despite his age, he's still competitive. A proof that in chess, age doesn't matter.
This week's featured opening is King's Gambit Accepted:
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. d4 Ne7 8. Nc3 f6 9. Qe1 Nbc6 10. Ne2 g5 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. e5 fxe5 13. dxe5 Bb4 14. c3 Bc5 15. b4?? Qxf3! 16. gxf3 Bh3 mate. (Lokasto vs. Marcinkowski Poland, 1971).
Solution to last week's puzzle: 1. b3+ Nxb3 2. Rb4+ Bxb4 3. Nb6 mate. The 2 puzzles last week have the same technique of solving: block the escape squares of the king with his own pieces.
This week's puzzles: White to move and mates in 3
(Solution next issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 8-9
Volume 12
March 28-April 04, 2003
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