(855 )PHOTOS-- WEEK 6 (2014 PALAU NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP) -- Dec. 21, 2014

There is an ongoing Christmas party of The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP) at Bethlehem Park so the Palau Chess Federation's resumption of 2014 Palau National Chess Championship was held in front of the government's Finance Office. 9-year-old Robert Godwin Sola clashes wits with Angelil Sisior on the first table while Ultei Angelie Surangel (2nd from right, splits her 2-game match with top seed Destiny Sisior with one win apiece. At the other table, women's top seed Angelica Parrado outclassed 2nd seed Baby Edna Mission while Gonzalo Escapatoria clobbered Tuloy Rengiil in their encounter.
                                                   (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Women's Division 3rd seed Gladys Anne Paloma, standing left, discusses something other than chess with top seed Angelica Parrado, with two of Parrado's daughter playing against a boy and a girl (daughter of Senator Surangel Whipps, Jr.)                            (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Standing (left to right) -- Glen Navarroza and Felix Oling are waiting for their opponents.
Tuloy Rengiil faces off against Gonzalo Escapatoria, 2nd from right. Rare appearance of Roxanne Parco, right, avoided a default loss to Baby Edna Mission but suffered the same fate as she loses to the 2nd seed and a member of Palau Chess Team to 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway.
                                                 (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Four Palau women chess players collide in the 7th week of 2014 PNCC with all wearing PCF Polo shirts. Angelica Parrado, right, wears a new one courtesy of the organizers, polo shirt with Kasparov Foundation (Asia Pacific Region) logo on her left shoulder. Baby Edna Mission wears a yellow-collared one supposed to be worn during the Norway Olympiad but not finished yet the printing of Olympiad and PCF logo. It was given to the Olympiad team members 4 months after the Olympiad. Parrado and Mission both prevailed over Gladys Anne Paloma and Roxanne Parco respectively.           (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Tuloy Rengiil, right, clashes with one of the frontrunner of the Open Division Gonzalo Escapatoria.
                                                    (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Tito Cabunagan, left, outsmarted Jeff Balbalosa in the 7th round encounter. Tito moves so fast that the remaining time in his clock is 78 minutes. The time control is 75 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move starting from move 1. It means that Tito just consumed the increment for every move. Jeff said he was carried away by fast moves of Tito and moves fast likewise that he misses some drawing lines. Senator Surangel Whipps, Jr. outlasted fellow newcomer Leif Toribiong at the other board.
                                                   (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Lucio Bandibas, left, Dennis Gonzales, right, and Rafael Paloma, 2nd from right, watch the game of Tito and Jeff while Glen Navarroza practices with a bystander.                   (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

THE MOVES:

White: Jeffrey Balbalosa (1721)   Black: Tito Cabunagan (1825)     Round 6       Dec. 21, 2014

     1. e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Nge2 Nc6 5.d4 Qh5 6.g3 Bg4 7.h3 0-0-0 8. Be3 Bf3 9. Rh2 Nf6 10.h4 Ng4 11. Bh3 e6 12. Bxg4 Qxg4 13. Qd3 Bb4 14. 0-0-0 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qf5 16.g4 Qa5 17. Ne4 Qxa2 18.c3 Be7 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20.dxc5 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qe2 Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Qa4+ 24. Kc1 e5 25.f3 f6 26. Rf2 Rd7 27. Rf1 a6 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Kd7 31. Kd2 Ke6 32. Kd3 Ne7 33.c4 c6 34.b4 f5 35.g5 f4 36. Bf2 Kf5 37. Be1 h6 38.gxh6 gxh6 39. Bf2 Ng8 40. Be1 Nf6 41. Bd2 e4+ 42.fxe4 Nxe4 43. Be1 f3 44. Ke3 f2 45. Bxf2 Nxf2 46. Kxf2 Kg4 47. Ke3 Kxh4 48. Kf4 h5 49. Kf3 Kg5              0-1

10th seed Rafael Paloma, right,  hasn't won a game yet in the Top 10 Division. The same result in his game here against 3rd seed Roberto Hernandez as he was outplayed by Roberto in 24 moves of Sicilian Defence.
Leif Toribiong, 2nd from left, and Senator Surangel Whipps, Jr. are about to start their game likewise.
                                                          (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Source: History of Chess in Palau
             By Roberto Hernandez
             December 2014
             To be published as a book in the future