: THE NEWCOMER IS ALSO AN
ELECTED OFFICER OF TFCP
Angelo Salvadora, right, tried his mettle
against Sofronio ‘Pons’ Mahor in the 1st round of 2015 Top 3
Qualifying Chess tourney and won convincingly.
He’s currently tied at 5th-6th place after losing
his 3rd round game due to tiredness. GOOD LUCK TO YOUR NEXT 6 GAMES!
PARRDO JOINED TOP 3
QUALIFYING TOURNEY
PALAU'S first Woman National
Master (WNM) Angelica Parrado has just come back from 2015 World Youth U-16
Chess Olympiad in Mongolia with her 3 daughters participating for the first
time in Palau chess history. Although the result is disappointing, the
experience of playing against the best junior players in the world is a
wonderful experience.
Their return is just in time for
the start of 2015 Top 3 Qualifying Tournament to determine the other top No. 8,
9 and 10 chess players of Palau that will participate in the Top 10 division of
2015 Palau National Chess Championship that will start next month upon the
return of Jeff Balbalosa and Tito Cabunagan from their participation in the
Datu Arthur Tan Malaysian Open (DATMO).
Angie decided to join in the
event to gain more experience playing against higher rated opponents. If she
would make it to the Top 10, the Women’s Division of 2015 PNCC would be an
interesting match-up between Baby Edna Mission, Gladys Anne Paloma, Joan Gemota
and Roxanne Parco. Roberto Hernandez has set up the 10 participants in the
Swiss Perfect software that Jeff has installed in his laptop.
According to their FIDE rating
(standard and rapid), the players are listed as follows, 1. Tamayo, John Mark
(1662) 2. Alcid, Allan (1656) 3. Parrado, Angelica (1630) 4. Inres, Arnolfo
(1607) 5. Mahor, Sofronio (1447) 6. Moyet, Josef Karlo (1389) 7. Navarroza,
Glen (1292) 8. De Jesus, Nilo 9. Oling, Felix and newcomer 10. Salvadora,
Angelo, who showed his potential by winning his 1st round match
against Sofronio ‘Pons’ Mahor.
In the 1st round, Tamayo and
Moyet drew their game while Alcid nipped Navarroza. Parrado and Inres both won
by default over De Jesus and Oling respectively. And newcomer Salvadora showed
his chess prowess by beating Mahor, whose brother Manuel didn't make it in Day
1.
The other top contenders who
didn't make it are, Gonzalo Escapatoria, Jr., who is busy with his job. Eugene
Labarda is still on vacation and Neph Macasaet didn't show up also.
Round
2 fits Alcid vs. Inres (0-1); Salvadora vs. Parrado (0-1); De Jesus vs. Tamayo
(- +); Moyet vs. Mahor (0-1) and Oling vs. Navarroza (- +), which means all
players handling the black pieces won either by default or actual games.
In Round 3, both leaders Parrado
and Inres faced each other with Parrado ahead by a piece and a pawn but Inres
found a way to force a draw by perpetual check. Alcid clobbered Tamayo and
Navarroza found his rhythm of winning a won game by being extra careful not to
let a whole point slip away and out-dueled Mahor. De Jesus and Oling had a
draw. If they wish to continue playing the last 6 games, they will start with
half point.
Thus, Arnolfo Inres, who's been to
Palau for only a few months, shares the lead after 3 rounds of play in the
non-FIDE rated tournament held on Sunday, Sept. 13 at Bethlehem Park.
He’s now being called “INRES, THE ESCAPE ARTIST’ as he plays like a Houdini in his 3rd round
encounter against the lone woman qualifier Angie Parrado. He was able to get a
perpetual check on Angie's king to force a threefold repetition of moves, thus
a draw.
A total of 10 players slug it
out in the 9-round Swiss system event to be played in rapid time format of 25
minutes for each player to finish the game with an increment of 10 seconds
starting from move 1.
STANDINGS AFTER 3 ROUNDS: 1.
Parrado, Angelica (2.5 pts.) 2. Inres, Arnolfo
(2.5) 3. Alcid, Allan (2) 4. Navarroza, Glen (2) 5. Tamayo,
John Mark (1.5) 6. Salvadora, Angelo (1.5) 7. Mahor, Sofronio (1) 8. Moyet, Josef Karlo (1) 9. De Jesus, Nilo
(.5) 10. Oling, Felix (.5)
4TH ROUND
PAIRINGS: (Sept. 20, 2015) 2pm onwards (First
name to play white)
1. Parrado vs. Alcid 2. Inres vs. Navarroza 3. Salvadora
vs. Tamayo 4. Mahor vs. De Jesus 5. Oling vs. Moyet
Solution to last week’s puzzle
No. 3786: 1. Qxg3+!! hxg3+ 2. Kg1 h4 3. Nf4 mate.
This week’s puzzle No. 3787:
White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 24
Issue 76
September 21, 2015
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