MARIO Ramos, the 9th seed who notched only 2 victories and a draw in 6 games against humans, proved his chess mettle with a surprise win over Ivan II Chess Computer last Sunday in what was the biggest upset win in his chess career.
He employed the Four Knights Defence in which a knight is sacrificed on the 15th move. He recovered the knight on the 19th move with interest (a pawn).
After the exchanges of queens and 2 minor pieces, he has three unopposed pawns on the king side that enabled him to win in 63 moves. Ramos, with a rating of 1460, thus became the lowest rated player to beat Ivan II.
[Event "2003 Age Group Chess"][Site "Koror City, Palau"]
[Date "2003.08.03"][Round "6"][White "Ramos, Mario"]
[Black "Ivan II, Chess Computer"][Result "1-0"][ECO "C49"]
[Black Elo "2000"][Ply Count "125"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Nh4 g6 13. a4 c6 14. Bf1 d5 15.
Nf5 gxf5 16. exf5 Ng7 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. f6 Qxe5 19. fxg7 Kxg7 20. f3 Nxc3 21. Rxe5 Nxd1 22. Bd2 Nb2 23. Bc3 f6 24. Re7+ Kf8 25. Rxh7 Kg8 26. Bxf6 Kxh7 27. Bxd8 Bf5 28. Bf6 Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. c3 Rf8 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Kf2 Rf8 33. Be3 b6 34. Re1 Rf7 35. h3 Bc2 36. Ra1 Rf5 37. g4 Ra5 38. h4 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Bxa4 40. h5 Kg7 41. g5 Bc2 42. f4 c5 43. Kg3 a5 44. Kg4 a4 45. f5 Bd1+ 46. Kh4 Kf7 47. g6+ Kf8 48. h6 Bc2 49. Kg5 Bxf5 50. Kxf5 a3 51. Bc1 a2 52. Bb2 Kg8 53. Kf6 a1=Q 54. Bxa1 Kf8 55. h7 Ke8 56. Ke6 Kd8 57. Kd6 Kc8 58. Kc6 Kd8 59. h8=Q+ Ke7 60. Qe5+ Kf8 61. Qc7 Kg8 62. Qf7+ Kh8 63. Qh7# 1-0
In the only other completed Class A match, Ramos lost to Edgardo Enarsao, in 30 moves of Pirc Defence.
THE MOVES: [Event "2003 Age Group Chess"]
[Site "Koror City, Palau"][Date "2003.08.03"][Round "6"]
[White "Ramos, Mario"][Black "Enarsao, Edgardo"]
[Result "0-1"][ECO "B07"][Ply Count "60"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 e5 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O a6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 c5 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qg3 Bd6
15. f4 b5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 bxa4 18. Qf3 Rae8 19. Bd2 Bc6 20. Rae1 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 f5 22. Qg3 Bxe4 23. Bc3 Bxf4 24. Qh3 c4 25. Qh5 Rd8 26. h4 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Bg3 28. Bxg7 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qh2# 0-1
Enarsao is now tied for the lead with Roberto Hernandez when the latter's opponent, Jimmy Valenzuela, showed up late in the afternoon. Enarsao totes a 5-1 win-loss record while Hernandez is 5-0.
In the Class B category, Jose Omega won his first 3 games against Ivan II, Ben Ramos and 3rd seed Mike Miguel, Jr. He also won by default over Genaro Manlaya and carry-over draw with Norbert Villanueva. Omega has taken the place of Kelvin dela Paz, who is on vacation. Dela Paz' default loss to Tutii Joe Chilton will be replayed this Sunday.
In the 12-years-and-under category, another new kid, Kelvin Cuenco, has joined the block of youngsters showing interest in the brain-challenging game.
After losing his first 4 games against Chris Domingo (1-2), Ricky Camacho (1-2), Ivan II, and Rodnnie Dizon (0-3), he won 3 default games over I. B. Misech, Michael Jordan Ngiratechekii and Dmitri Kyle Villanueva.
Domingo dealt Jayrome Soriano his 2nd loss of the tourney (2-1). He has the most wins for the day with four against 2 losses.
THIS WEEK'S PUZZLES:
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 12
August 08-15, 2003
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