VARGAS IN CLASS B
PHILIPPINE Consul General Julius Torres, with 8 points, now leads the Class A division of the 2003 Open Chess Tournament held at Image Sports Bar last Sunday, March 23, 2003.
He was upset earlier by 12th seed Danny Dandoy but bounced back with a victory over Roberto Hernandez, using his favorite French Defence.
Erstwhile leader Menandro Manuel is now at 2nd after losing his first ever game of the tilt to Eddie Grefiel.
Hernandez, with 7 points, remained at 3rd with a win over Jimmy Valenzuela in 38 moves of Gruenfeld Defence.
Bong Alipoon, 6.5 points, defeated Grefiel and stayed at 4th spot. At 5th is Grefiel, who lost another game earlier to Noel Filomeno, 2002 Open Chess Tournament's Most Improved Player (MIP).
With his upset win over Torres, Dandoy climbed to 6th place followed by Filomeno and idle Cyril Montel, Jr.
Freddie Dumlao won 3 games (including a default win), and now in 9th place followed by Mike Miguel, Jr.
In Class B, Chito Vargas (5 points) is now the solo leader after winning by default over Nilo de Jesus.
Co-leader Kris Ramos (4 points) lost to Amante Caballero. Tutii Joe Chilton (4 pts.) beats Norbert Villanueva (2.5 pts.) while Allen Kangichi (4 pts.) won by default over Remy Mingo.
56-year-old Ben Ramos (3.5 points) beats 8-year-old Dmitri Kyle Villanueva to stay in contention for the top 4 places.
The match between Arvie Leynes vs. Vincent Vergara was a default draw.
10TH AND 11TH ROUND PAIRINGS -- CLASS A
(First name to play white):
Torres vs. Manuel; Hernandez vs. Montel, Jr.; Valenzuela vs. Alipoon; Dandoy vs. Filomeno; Roy Rebollos vs. Mariano Agustin, Jr.; Edgardo Enarsao vs. Mario Ramos; Montel, Jr. vs. Dandoy; Agustin, Jr. vs. Hernandez; Valenzuela vs. Ramos; Miguel, Jr. vs. Dandoy; Ramos vs. Jimboy de Jesus; Filomeno vs. Miguel, Jr. and Dandoy vs. De Jesus.
CLASS B (7 ROUND PAIRINGS)
Kangichi vs. Vargas; Mingo vs. Caballero; B. Ramos vs. Leynes; D. Villanueva vs. Chilton; N. Villanueva vs. De Jesus and K. Ramos vs. Vergara.
The ongoing 2003 Open Chess Tournament has the most FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE IN THE WORLD.
1. It was designed to accommodate ALL players who has at least 2 available hours every Sunday afternoon.
2. You can play 2 games and skip the next Sunday.
3. You can play through telephone with any available player night or day.
4. You can request special games of weekdays.
5. You can finish all your games ahead so that when you come back from vacation, you're still up to date.
6. You can play through email and other form of correspondence.
WITH ALL THESE OPTIONS, WHERE CAN YOU FIND A CHESS TILT THAT OFFERS THESE CONVENIENCES?
This week's featured opening is Alekhine's Defence:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nf4 4. d4 Ng6 5. h4 h5 6. Be2 e6 7. Bh5 Nh4 8. Qg4 Nf5 9. Qg6 Qe7 10. Bg5 fxg6 11. Bxg6+ Kd8 12. Rh8 wins. If 9. ... fxg6 10. Bxg6 Ke7 11. Bg5# (Hill vs. Janeway, New York, 1946)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 12
April 04-11, 2003
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