(1038) ENARSAO NOW IN 2ND SPOT (TBN-July 25-Aug. 01, 2003)

THE 4th round of the 2003 Age Group Chess tournament saw Class A 7th seed Edgardo Enarsao dealing Jimmy Valenzuela his first loss in 33 moves of Queen's Gambit Declined.

THE MOVES:

[Event "2003 Age Group Chess"]
[Site "Koror City, Palau"]
[Date "2003.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Enarsao, Edgardo"]
[Black "Valenzuela, Jimmy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Ply Count "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Rd8 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e4 11. Be2 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Ba3 Na5 15. axb5 Nc4 16. bxa6 Nxa3 17. Rxa3 O-O 18. c4 Qc6 19. c5 Ne8 20. f3 f5 21.
Bc4+ Kh8 22. fxe4 Nf6 23. Rxf5 Nxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. a7 Qa8 26. Bd3 Nf6 27. e4 c6 28. e5 Nd5 29. Bxh7 Nc7 30. Bg6 Nb5 31. Qd3 Rd8 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Rf3           1-0

 

The tournament is sponsored by The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP), its Vice President Sergio Alemania, Cris Gonzales and Genaro Manlaya.

Enarsao and Valenzuela are now tied at 2nd place behind unbeaten top seed Roberto Hernandez, who outsmarted Mariano Agustin, Jr. in 26 moves of French Defence.

THE MOVES:

 [Event "2003 Age Group Chess"]
[Site "Koror City, Palau"]
[Date "2003.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hernandez, Roberto"]
[Black "Agustin, Jr., Mariano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Ply Count "71"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Qd2 Qd7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bd3 Nf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Bf6 Rhg8 15. Ng5 Bxf6 16. exf6 h6 17. Nf3 Rxg2 18. Qxh6 Rg6 19. Qh7 Rxf6 20. h5 Qe7 21.
O-O-O Qf8 22. Ng5 Rd7 23. h6 Rg6 24. f4 Rxg5 25. fxg5 f6 26. Qg6 fxg5 27. h7 Qh8 28. Qg8+ Rd8 29. Qxe6+ Kb8 30. Qxf5 Nxd4 31. Qxg5 Re8 32. Qh5 Re7 33. Rxd4 c5 34. Rg4 Rxh7 35. Qxh7 Qe5 36. Qh8+        1-0 

In a rare display of fine sportsmanship, Enarsao and Agustin, Jr. granted Menandro Manuel's request to play the matches each has won over him by default in the previous weeks because of Manuel's tight schedule.

The rematches didn't change the standings as Agustin, Jr. won after Manuel blundered away a knight and his queen for a bishop and 3 pawns.

Enarsao mated him on the 27th move of a Ruy Lopez (Zaitsev Defence). Before the rematches, Manuel came out of an inferior position to beat Manuel 'Jun' Mahor, Jr.

THE MOVES:

 [Event "2003 Age Group Chess"]
[Site "Koror City, Palau"]
[Date "2003.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Enarsao, Edgardo"]
[Black "Manuel, Menandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Ply Count "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc2 Bd6 12. Re1 c5 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Qb6 15. h3 Be6 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Qf3 Rfe8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxf6 Kh7 20. Nhf5 Bf8 21.
Nh5 Qc6 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nb7 24. Qh4 Kg6 25. Qg4+ Kh7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27.
Qg8# 1-0

Agustin, Jr. defeated Mario Ramos after the latter blundered away a bishop in the endgame of rooks and minor pieces.

Class B competition is getting tight at the top. Leader Eugene Koh managed to escaped with a draw against Ben Ramos, while Mike Miguel, Jr. won his 2nd consecutive default win over Kelvin dela Paz to tie Koh for the lead.

This week's puzzles:

Source:

Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

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Volume 12

July 25-August 01, 2003