: RESERVES OR WOMEN’S DIVISION?
Joel Gemota, 2nd from right, brother/sister of
Joan Gemota, right, poses for the 1st round with Manuel 'Jun' Mahor, Jr. at
Board 1 of the Reserves Division. Gemota's 1st round opponent is Nilo de Jesus,
who is playing basketball in the Masters League. Roberto has to informed Nilo
that his clock is running (22 minutes has gone by) before taking a break from
basketball and defeated Gemota in less than half hour.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
HERNANDEZ NIPS ANGELO & PAX;
LEADS 2015 PNCC
TOP seed Roberto Hernandez (FIDE 1840 Rating) tested the
strength of Top 10 qualifier Angelo Salvadora in the Opening Day of 2015 Palau
National Chess Championship held at Bethlehem Park on Sunday, Oct. 11 and
subdued Salvadora in 27 moves of Danish Gambit.
THE
MOVES:
Hernandez,
Roberto (1840) - Salvadora, Angelo [C21]
2015 PNCC (1), 11.10.2015
1. e4 e5 2.d4 Qf6 3.d5 Bc5 4.Nf3 h6
5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.0–0 Bg4 8.a3 Ne7 9.Nd2 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Ng6 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.Be3
Bxe3 13.fxe3 Qg5 14.Rf5 Qe7 15.Raf1 0–0 16.Qg4 Nd7 17.Ne2 Nf6 18.Rxf6 gxf6
19.Qh5 Kh7 20.Ng3 f5 21.exf5 Nh8 22.f6 Qd7 23.Nf5 Qxf5 24.Qxf5+ Ng6 25.Rf3 Kh8
26.Qh5 Kh7 27.Rh3 1–0
Next to finish off his opponent is 3rd
seed Tito Cabunagan, who outsmarted Manuel Mahor, Jr. in 31 moves of French
Defence (Exchange Variation). THE MOVES:
Cabunagan,
Tito (1821) - Mahor, Jr., Manuel (1489) [C01]
2015 PNCC (1), 11.10.2015
1. e4 e6
2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.h3 Be6 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 h6 9.c3 c6
10.Qc2 a5 11.a3 b5 12.a4 b4 13.c4 c5 14.Bf5 Qe7 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.0–0 0–0 17.Rfe1
Qf7 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Bxc5 Bxc5 20.cxd5 Rac8 21.Qd3 Nxd5 22.Ne4 Nf4 23.Qf1 Nxh3+
24.Kh1 Qh5 25.Nxc5 Nxf2+ 26.Kg1 Qh1+ 27.Kxf2 Qh4+ 28.Kg1 Rxf3 29.Qxf3 Rxc5
30.Qa8+ Kh7 31.Qe4+ 1–0
The longest game of the day is
between 2nd seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., who outlasted top
qualifier Allan Alcid in 76 moves of Blumenfeld Gambit wherein Cyril thought
for more than 15 minutes in his 36th move. It pays off as he was
able to thwart the promotion of Allan a pawn. Their game lasted till 5:45 pm
where all games were decided already.
The game between 4th seed
Jeff Balbalosa and 7th seed Dennis Gonzales was set up to their
agreed date and time while the game of 5th seed CM Bernardo Garcia
and 6th seed Paquito Suringa, Jr. was set on the following week day.
Paquito contacted Bernard for their
game. Bernard said he will call Paquito which he did not do. Roberto is off on
Saturday, Oct. 17 and he played with Paquito at Palau Royal Resort Dormitory 1
at 9pm. Roberto bite the bait of Paquito which almost cost him the game. A
queen sacrifice for a rook and a knight ensue which left Roberto with 2 rooks
against a queen. Paquito has a draw for the taking by perpetual check but he is
ahead by 3 pawns and pushes his luck too much and lost instead after a marathon
70 moves of Sicilian Defence (Pelikan and Svesnikov Variations). THE MOVES:
Hernandez,
Roberto (1840) - Suringa, Jr., Paquito (1706) [B33]
2015 PNCC (2), 17.10.2015
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5
5.Nf5 d6 6.Ne3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Bb5 Be7 9.Ned5 0–0 10.Nxe7+ Nxe7 11.Bg5 Ng6
12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qf3 Rc8 14.h4 a6 15.h5 Nf4 16.Bf1 Bc4 17.g3 Ne6 18.Bxc4 Rxc4
19.Nd5 Nd4 20.Qg4+ Kh8 21.0–0 Rxc2 22.Kg2 Rg8 23.Qh4 Rg5 24.Rac1 Rxb2 25.Rc7
Kg7 26.Rfc1 h6 27.Re7 Qa5 28.Rcc7 Rxf2+ 29.Kh3 Ne6 30.Rxe6 Qe1 31.Qxg5+ fxg5
32.Rg6+ Kh7 33.Nf6+ Rxf6 34.Rxf6 Qh1+ 35.Kg4 Qxe4+ 36.Kh3 Qd5 37.Rfxf7+ Kg8
38.Rg7+ Kf8 39.Rh7 Qe6+ 40.Kg2 Kg8 41.Rcg7+ Kf8 42.Rxb7 Kg8 43.Rhe7 Qxa2+
44.Kh3 Kf8 45.Rec7 Qe6+ 46.g4 Qe8 47.Rh7 Kg8 48.Rbg7+ Kf8 49.Rh8+ Kxg7 50.Rxe8
Kf6 51.Ra8 e4 52.Rxa6 Ke5 53.Kg3 Ke6 54.Kf2 Ke5 55.Ke3 d5 56.Rxh6 d4+ 57.Ke2
Kf4 58.Rg6 Kxg4 59.h6 Kh5 60.h7 Kxg6 61.h8Q d3+ 62.Ke3 Kf5 63.Qd4 g4 64.Qxe4+
Kg5 65.Qf4+ Kh4 66.Kxd3 Kh3 67.Qh6+ Kg2 68.Ke3 g3 69.Kf4 Kf2 70.Qh4 1–0
In the Reserves Division, Glen
Navarroza, Gonzalo Escapatoria, Jr., Nilo de Jesus and Josef Karlo Moyet won
their games over John Mark Tamayo, Arnolfo Inres, Joel Gemota and Eugene
Labarda respectively. Newcomer John Malinao and Rafael Paloma drew their game.
There are 12 players in the Reserves Division
and if it's Swiss system format, the last 3 rounds must be done manually
according to Jamie Kenmure, Palau's Rating Officer and Team Captain in the last
3 World Chess Olympiads (2010 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, 2012 Istanbul, Turkey
and 2014 Tromso, Norway).
The 12 players are 1. Joel Gemota 2. John Malinao 3. Gonzalo
Escapatoria, Jr. 4. John Mark Tamayo 5. Josef Karlo Moyet 6. Arnolfo Inres 7.
Nilo de Jesus 8. Glen Navarroza 9. Rafael Paloma 10. Eugene Labarda 11. Felix
Oling and 12. Rey Sanchez, who won by default over Oling in the first round.
Oling will be having a 4-day annual leave starting Oct. 16-19, 2015
and is expected to lead the field as he did last year when he lost to
Escapatoria, Jr. by a mere half point because he didn't finish his last game
against Labarda with big material advantage. When they drew their game, that
half point cost him the title.
Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3790: (There are 2 solutions:
(1) 1. Qxc7+!! Rxc7 2. Rxd8+ Rc8 3. Rdxc8 mate. (2) 1. Qxc7+!! Ka8 2. Qc8+!
Rxc8 3. Rxc8 mate.
This week’s puzzle No. 3791: 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 96
October 19, 2015
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