2004 NON-MASTER CHESS TOURNAMENT
(Jose Omega, Nilo de Jesus, Lin de Guzman
and Joji Casinas)
DURING the last few weeks of the 2003 Senior and Junior
Chess Tournament, Roberto Hernandez was approached by Lin de Guzman, a
Comptroller at Neco Corporation. He is planning to host/sponsor the Knights and
Rooks Chess Club’s next tournament –the 2004 Non-Master Chess Tilt to be held
from Jan. 11-April 11, 2004. Lin will join, for his first serious chess
participation in Palau.
He
invited some players (Roberto, Menandro Manuel, Jimmy Valenzuela, Nilo de Jesus
and Bong Alipoon to his place, the Paul Brothers Tri-M General Merchandise and
Food Retail in Malakal Hamlet. They were treated with light food and drinks
while talking about the sponsorship of the next tournament. The restaurant
cannot accommodate 24 players inside so the entrance area and terrace will be
used and if it rains or gets darker, it will be held inside. Lin also said that
his partner Joji Casinas will sponsor 5 trophies in the Senior Division and 4
trophies for the junior (18 years and below).
The
format of the next tournament was also discussed as well as the registration
fee, in which Menandro suggested to make it $15.00 instead of $10.00. The extra
$5.00 will be for the cash prizes of $40.00 for 2nd, $30.00 for 3rd,
$20.00 for 4th and $15.00 for 5th placers.
The
seeding will be 1. Ivan II Chess Computer (1993-Previous 2000) 2. Roberto
Hernandez (1879)-1740 3. Menandro Manuel (1794)-1740 4. Cyril Montel, Jr.
(1782) – 1740 5. Jimmy Valenzuela (1742)—1680 6. Jose Omega (1708)—1665 7. Bong
Alipoon (1701)—1640 8. Mike Miguel, Jr. (1695)—1655 9. Eugene Koh (1690) 10. Danny
Dandoy (1662)—1600 11. Nilo de Jesus (1623)—1560 12. Jon Lagumen (1620) 13. Mariano
Agustin, Jr. (1617)—1625 14. Mario Ramos (1584)—1595 15. Jess Toldoya
(1579)—1510 16. Amante Caballero (1563)—1515 17. Manuel Mahor, Jr. (1515) 18.
Ben Ramos (1515) 19. Norbert Villanueva (1515) 20. Tutii Joe Chilton (1510) 21.
Genaro Manlaya (1510) 22. Rolando Funa (1510) 23. Francis Cuenco (1510) and 24.
Lin de Guzman (1500).
It
will be a single round-robin in the Senior Division and double round-robin in
the junior division which is compose of top seed and defending champion Charles
Aquino, former junior champion Jayrome Soriano, Karen Gennibeth Hernandez,
Michael Velarde, Christopher Domingo, Ricky Camacho, newcomer Georby Domingo
and Ivan II Chess Computer which will be set in A (Average) strength while in
the Senior Division, it will be set at H (Hard). It can also be Best-of-3 in the
Junior Division according to the preferred format of the junior players.
The
Chief Arbiter will be Roberto. In case that he is playing while a complaint is
to be settled, his clock will be stopped to settle the dispute and will resume
his game after resolving the issue. In case that he is not around, both players
have to write the position of the pieces and the time remaining. The game will
be resumed on the next Sunday after the issue was settled.
Jose
Omega, who finished 9th in the Senior Division of 2003’s last event
of the year, offered to sponsor the $100.00 cash prize of the champion of 2004
Non-Master Chess tilt. He will be participating in that event but requested
some adjustments in time control in lieu of his complex time schedule. There
might be some games of him that needs to be finished in one hour and others in
30 minutes.
The
other major sponsor is the current venue host and trophies sponsor Nilo de
Jesus, who will sponsor the $50.00 cash prize of the top 3 finishers of the
junior division. He will also donate 2 long tables to be used in the next
tournament.
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 9
Volume 12
Issue 52
December 26, 2003 -- January 02, 2004
