MENANDRO 'Boy' Manuel, a surveyor from Surangel's, won the Class A Championship of the 2003 Open Chess Tournament sponsored by TFCP, Image Restaurant & Sports Bar and Budget Mart.
He defeated Roberto Hernandez in a special game last Saturday, April 12, 2003 in 51 moves of English Opening. With the loss, Hernandez is battling it out to clinch 3rd spot with Eddie Grefiel of Daewoo, top seed Cyril Montel, Jr., Bong Alipoon and Noel Filomeno.
Philippine Consul General Julius Torres finished 2nd with 11.5 points, just half a point behind Manuel, who won 11 games, drew 2 and lost 2.
OTHER RESULTS OF CLASS A's PENULTIMATE ROUND:
Edgardo Enarsao d. Mario Ramos; Ramos d. Mariano Agustin, Jr.; Alipoon d. Ramos and Roy Rebollos drew with Danny Dandoy via default draw.
Players are requested to be present in the final round on Easter Sunday to talk about the next tournament's site and format. Absent players will lose by default.
CLASS A's FINAL ROUND PAIRINGS:
(First name to play white)
The first 5 pairings are crucial for 3rd and 4th place:
Montel, Jr. vs. Rebollos; Hernandez vs. Grefiel; Dandoy vs. Alipoon; Ramos vs. Filomeno; Grefiel vs. Freddie Dumlao; Ramos vs. Jimmy Valenzuela; Dumlao vs. Rebollos; Mike Miguel, Jr. vs. Dandoy and Rebollos vs. Dandoy.
In Class B, Chito Vargas now has 9 points and 2 points ahead of his nearest rivals after beating 8-year-old Dmitri Kyle Villanueva. Dmitri's father, Norbert, finished the tourney with 7 points also with 2 games left against Allen Kangichi (6 pts.) and Tutii Joe Chilton, who has 5 points and 5 games left.
Others who still in contention are: Ben Ramos (6.5) and his son Kris (6). Both of them have 2 games left, against each other and against Chilton.
World Chess Olympiad is being held every two years. In 2000, Istanbul, Turkey was the site and just last year, it was in Bled, Slovenia, where the Russian's Open team won it again with 4 quick draws against Yugoslavia in the final round.
There is also women's team where China won in 2000. And just a few days after the Olympiad, the World Youth Chess Championship took place in Crete, Greece participated by boys and girls in different category.
Boys 18 years and under, 14 and under and 10 and under. The girls have under 12 and under 10.
Is it possible that someday, Palau can send chess players to participate in World Chess Olympiad?
In some countries, players shoulder their own expenses just to be able to participate if they can't find sponsors.
This week's featured opening is the Scotch Game:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 d5 9. Nd2 Re8 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. f3 Nh5 12. e5 Bc5 13. Kh1 Ng3! 14. hxg3 Qg5 15. Rf2 Bxf2+ 16. Nf1 Re6 - + and Black wins. If 17. Bc1 Rh6 18. Nh2 Rxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qh5 mate. (Vogel vs. Stoppe, Bad Schandau, 1932).
Solution to last week's puzzle: 1. Qc7 Rc8 2. Qxb8+! Rxb8 3. Nc7 mate. This is the first puzzle that didn't involve a sacrifice on the first move.
This week's puzzles: White to move and mates in 3
(Solution next issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 10-11
Volume 12
April 18-25, 2003
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