Cherry Tayag, right, will be featured for the first time in this website and Tia Belau Newspaper after she posed during the first official game of the 2014 Palau National Chess Championship held at Palau Royal Resort Dormitory 1. 3rd seed Roberto Hernandez, left, was fitted against 9th seed Paquito 'Pax' Suringa, Jr. in the first round of the Top 10 division. Roberto prevailed in 40 moves of English Opening. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez -- Taken by Wilfred Dacano)
FIRST GAME OF 2014 PNCC--
Roberto Nips Pax in 40 moves of English Opening
On Nov. 09, Sunday, the drawn numbers of participants in the 2014 Palau National Chess Championship was set with Bernard picking the no. 1, Jeff- no. 2, Jojo-3, Robert-4, Tito-5, Cyril-6, Pax-7, Dennis-8, Menandro-9 and Rustum-10.
After some research by Jeff Balbalosa, it was learned that Gonzalo 'Jojo' Escapatoria's rating is just 1599 and not 1699 as earlier reported by Roberto.
Rafael Paloma's rating is 1612 and he replaced Escapatoria in the Top 10 Division.
THE PAIRINGS OF THE TOP 10 DIVISION IS AS FOLLOWS:
1 vs. 10; 2 vs. 9; 3 vs. 8; 4 vs. 7 and 5 vs. 6.
Since no. 4 Roberto and no. 7 Paquito are both working at Palau Royal Resort, they decided to hold their game at PRR Dormitory 1 on Thursday, Nov. 13 so that Roberto can attend to the needs of many players on the opening day.
No. 9 Menandro Manuel is off on Saturday and he asked No. 2 Jeff Balbalosa to hold their game on Saturday, Nov. 15, where Jeff is off also.
The game Roberto vs. Paquito started at 2:15pm where they used the DGT 2000 clock instead of the newest version and the one being used at Chess Olympiad --the DGT 2012 because the two don't know yet how to set it to manually --75 minutes for each player with 30 seconds increment.
The crucial part of their game is on the 16th move, where Roberto, playing the white pieces, sacrificed his queen for a bishop and 2 rooks.
It became a struggle for Pax as his queen is no match against 2 rooks, a knight and a bishop. His bishop is also in a bad square without mobility.
On the 40th move, Roberto opted to win Pax's queen instead of mating him in 2 moves. Anyway, Pax queen will be lost without compensation and he resigned. Pax consumed only 1/3 of his allotted time. Too much blitz and rapid chess practices contributed to his downfall.
THE MOVES:
White: Roberto Hernandez Black: Paquito Suringa, Jr.
English Opening
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. c5 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Qd2 Nxf4 10. Qxf4 a6 11. Ng5 0-0 12. Bxd5 e6 13. Bf3 Qe7 14. d5 e5 15. Qh4 h6 16. dxc6! hxg5 17. cxb7! gxh4 18. bxa8=Q Rxa8 19. Bxa8 Qxc5 20. 0-0-0 b5 21. Kb1 b4 22. Ne4 Qc4 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. gxh4 f5 25. Ng5+ Kh6 26. Bd5 Qxh4 27. Nf7+ Kh7 28. Rd7 Qf6 29. e4 c6 30. Rd6 Qh4 31. Rxc6 Qxf2 32. Rc2 Qd4 33. h4 fxe4 34. Ng5+ Kh6 35. Bxe4 a5 36. Rc5 Kh5 37. Bxg6+ Kg4 38. Be4 a4 39. Rg6 Qd2 40. Nf3+ (40. Ne6+ Kh5 41. Nxg7#) 1-0
There are 18 players now listed in the Open Division ---
1. Marcial Santander 2. Felix Oling 3. Glen Navarosa 4. Manuel Mahor, Jr. 5. Eugene Labarda 6. Melvin Parinas 7. Arnold Undecimo 8. Remrel Dizon 9. Gonzalo Escapatoria 10. John Joseph Pabiona 11. Leif Toribiong 12. Charley Patris 13. Nelson Sablan 14. Geoff Martin 15. Christopher Kitalong 16. Crisarjo Mel-John Ulap 17. Tuloy Rengiil 18. Neph Macasaet
THERE ARE ONLY 6 IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION. IT WILL NOW BE DOUBLE ROUND-ROBIN.
1. Destiny Sisior 2. Ultei Angelie Surangel 3. Angelil Sisior 4. Robert Godwin Sola 5. Cyrelle Ann Montel 6. Kayah Whipps
FINALLY, THERE ARE 7 CONTESTANTS IN THE WOMEN'S DIVISION ---
1. Angelica Parrado 2. Baby Edna Mission 3. Gladys Anne Paloma 4. Jennifer Angeles 5. Joy Flores Whipps 6. Roxanne Parco 7. Jade Mariur
Rustum Cabuso withdrew and was replaced by Nilo de Jesus.
Jeffrey Balbalosa and top seed Menandro ‘Boy’ Manuel played their game in the
latter’s room at Malakal on Sat. Nov. 15 at 1:00pm. Roberto visited them in
the middle part of their game where Menandro is in time trouble but ahead by
5 pawns but his time run out on his 51st move. He complains about
the increment which is not working upon review of Roberto and declared the game
as draw in which the 2 players agreed.
THE MOVES: White: J. Balbalosa Black: M. Manuel 1.e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be2 Qc7 9. 0-0 Nbd7
10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nb6 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Rac1 0-0 15. f5 e5 16. Nde2
Nc4 17. Nd1 Rfd8 18. Nec3 Nxb2 19. Nxb2 Qxc3 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. a4
Bg5 23. Nd1 Ra3 24. Rb1 Rxa4 25. Nc3 Rc4 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Rxc2 28. Be4 Rc4
29. Bf3 h6 30. h3 e4 31. Be2 Rc2 32. Bg4 e3 33. g3 Bf6 34. Rfe1 Re8 35. Be2 Rd2
36. Rbd1 Re5 37. Bf3 Rf2 38. Bg4 a5 39. Kg1 Rc2 40. Be2 b4 41. Bb5 e2 42. Ra1
Rxd5 43. Ba4 Rcd2 44. Rab1 Bc3 45. Bb3 Rxf5 46. Kg2 d5 47. Ba4 d4 48. Bb3 d3 49.
Bc4 Rc5 50. Bb3 Rb2 51.Rxb2 Bxb2(Draw agreed - Increment not working).
Source: History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
November 2014
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