(889) RESUMPTION OF ROUND 6, 7 OF 2003 OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT (TBN-March 14-21, 2003)

                      RESUMPTION OF ROUND 6, 7
               OF 2003 OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT

THE FIRST time that 4 drawn games have been played in any round of the ongoing 2003 Open Chess Tournament held at Image Restaurant and Sports Bar on March 09, 2003 which is jointly sponsored by The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP), Margarita Borja Dalton (Owner/Manager of Image Restaurant and Sports Bar) and by Budget Mart.

Dubbed as "Draw Master" previously, Edgardo Enarsao halved the point with former champion Eddie Grefiel for the first drawn game.

Roy Rebollos and Jose Misael de Jesus also drawn their game while the "Drunken Master" Jimmy Valenzuela had a deuce with newcomer Menandro 'Boy' Manuel. Jimmy was dubbed as "Drunken Master" for playing better when he had enough to drink.

The last and 4th draw of the day was between De Jesus and Noel Filomeno. It's the 2nd draw of De Jesus for the day.

COMPLETE RESULTS OF 6TH AND 7TH ROUND (Class A)
                   (First name have played White pieces)

1. Edgardo Enarsao vs. Danny Dandoy (0-1) 2. Menandro Manuel vs. Mariano Agustin, Jr. (1-0)  3. Roy Rebollos vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (Draw)*   4. Jimmy Valenzuela vs. Cyril Montel, Jr. (0-1)   5. Eddie Grefiel vs. Edgardo Enarsao (Draw)  6. Mario Ramos vs. Roberto Hernandez (0-1)*  7. Julius Torres vs. Freddie Dumlao (1-0)  8. Jose Misael de Jesus vcs. Mario Ramos (Draw)*  9. Menandro Manuel vs. Jimmy Valenzuela (Draw)

10. Julius Torres vs. Eddie Grefiel (1-0)  11. Menandro Manuel vs. Bong Alipoon (1-0)

12. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Noel Filomeno (Draw)  13. Cyril Montel, Jr. vs Mariano Agustin, Jr. (1-0)  14. Danny Dandoy vs. Menandro Manuel (0-1)  15. Bong Alipoon vs. Cyril Montel, Jr. (1-0)  16. Freddie Dumlao vs. Roberto Hernandez (1-0)  17. Freddie Dumlao vs. Mike Miguel, Jr. (0-1)


In the Class B Division's Round 4, Chito Vargas and Amante Caballero are making their moves for the lead in their division with convincing victories over Norbert Villanueva and Ben Ramos respectively.

Tutii Joe Chilton suffered a setback from the hands of 14-year-old Arvie Leynes while the remaining 3 matches were default wins by Remy Mingo over Kris Ramos; Villanueva over Vincent Vergara and Allen Kangichi over Nilo de Jesus. 

                   ROUND 8 & 9 PAIRINGS: 
                           CLASS A 
                  (First name to play White) 

1. Noel Filomeno vs. Roy Rebollos   2. Roberto Hernandez vs. Danny Dandoy

3. Jimmy Valenzuela vs. Julius Torres   4. Mariano Agustin, Jr. vs. Noel Filomeno   5. Roy Rebollos vs. Menandro Manuel   6. Noel Filomeno vs. Jimmy Valenzuela   7. Menandro Manuel vs. Noel Filomeno  8. Julius Torres vs. Roy Rebollos   9. Edgardo Enarsao vs. Julius Torres  10. Cyril Montel, Jr. vs. Mike Miguel, Jr.  11. Mike Miguel, Jr. vs. Bong Alipoon  12. Danny Dandoy vs. Mario Ramos  13. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Roberto Hernandez
14. Cyril Montel, Jr. v Mario Ramos 15. Jose M. de Jesus vs. Mike Miguel.

Special game on Thursday, May 13, 2003 at 2:00 pm:
                                    MARIO RAMOS VS. ROY REBOLLOS

This special game is accommodated to players who requested so to fit to their schedules. All Palau chess tournaments are flexible so that ALL players regardless of their schedule, can join.
Roberto will be the arbiter during the game and will supply the players with pens, score sheet, chess board and clock.

                        ROUND 5 PAIRINGS: (Class B)
                          (First name to play White)

  

1. Ben Ramos vs. Chito Vargas   2. Norbert Villanueva vs. Allen Kangichi

3. Arvie Leynes vs. Kris Ramos  4. Nilo de Jesus vs. Amante Caballero

5. Vincent Vergara vs. Tutii Joe Chilton  6. Dmitri Villanueva vs. Remy Mingo  7. Chito Vargas vs. Tutii Joe
 Chilton.


Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
             Tia Belau Newspaper
             Page 9
             Volume 12
             March 14-21, 2003